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> If Berkley is using more clean electricity then someone else can't. I don't follow this statement at all. There's not a limit[0] on the amount of energy tha
by paranoidrobot 7y ago
> If Berkley is using more clean electricity then someone else can't.
I don't follow this statement at all.
There's not a limit[0] on the amount of energy that can be supplied from renewable sources.
Preferentially purchasing green or greener energy sends a signal to the market to develop more green energy generation capabilities to meet those demands.
[0] within reason. Obviously there's limits to the amount of energy we can harness from renewable sources, but those limits are far higher than our total energy needs.
- ars 7y ago> There's not a limit[0] on the amount of energy that can be supplied from renewable sources. Yes there is, the limit is how many power plants have been currently built. So this new ban by Berkeley is very very foolish and counterproductive. Right now, today, by making people heat with electricity instead of natural gas, they force additional electrical generation with coal or natural gas, and since there is a ton of transmission waste, it's even worse.