Senate passes the Inflation Reduction Act
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Yep. I’m still annoyed with Trump about Georgia. I hope Walker can win that seat but we shall see. I’m not against wind and solar but it’s crazy to push those exclusively at the expense of oil and gas and cost people jobs. Also why not build more nuclear plants
Wind and Solar are really over-invested and have been for a while. Nuclear is very under-invested.
Coal is the whipping boy that is getting attacked and driven out of business. The only thing keeping the grid alive for now is the massive amount of natural gas that is needed in order to fill the gaps when solar and wind underperform.
It's just a shitty grid now. We need more base load plants like nuclear or fossil fuels. The libs kept claiming that batteries would fix the situation but batteries can't remotely store enough energy to make any meaningful difference at the scales that are needed. Pumped hydro can do an okay job but the opportunities for it to be built are rare since it needs precise conditions.