A 100% green power grid does not mean service for 100% of the people. What a 100% green power grid means is austerity for those who can't afford their own solar panels, batteries and supplemental generator power, rolling brown outs & blackouts. Essentially, green power shifts more of the cost of power generation onto the individual by creating greater scarcity in publicly generated power. Wind and solar simply cannot meet demand when the sun is down.
Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Did someone kidnap all the environmentalists before this monstrosity was installed? This is somehow good for the planet??
"And on the plus side, we can also use our new death ray to incinerate anybody who argues with Supreme Overlord - sorry, I mean 'Governor' - Newsom"
"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!"
Republicans fly over in Cessnas dropping rocks. "Yeeeehaaaaaw!"
I'm currently reading a book on geoengineering. One of the proposals they discuss is completely covering all deserts with solar panels.
A 100% green power grid does not mean service for 100% of the people. What a 100% green power grid means is austerity for those who can't afford their own solar panels, batteries and supplemental generator power, rolling brown outs & blackouts. Essentially, green power shifts more of the cost of power generation onto the individual by creating greater scarcity in publicly generated power. Wind and solar simply cannot meet demand when the sun is down.
Mark my words.
That's a very shiny boondoggle.