• Forester@yiffit.netOP
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    Solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels

    Aka renewables

    So while the progress of the last few decades in renewables is great progress, I’m certain you can see why we need to divest from oil and invest in nuclear tech to take up the base load

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      I’m surprised that solar isn’t yet big enough to be broken out on its own.

      I’m also surprised that natural gas is outgrowing everything else.

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        I’m surprised that solar isn’t yet big enough to be broken out on its own.

        and that’s the problem. It’s not even enough of our power generation to be its own separate entity on the graph, but these people expect it to just magically power the planet in the next 5 years.

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        We only recently developed the technology to make it more feasible. They used to just light it off and burn it at the wells when they would tap it.