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60% of new generation is a good start but it should be higher than that. We also need to retire more old generation and upgrade our transmission lines / grid i
by boringg 5y ago
60% of new generation is a good start but it should be higher than that. We also need to retire more old generation and upgrade our transmission lines / grid infrastructure for more efficient use of energy / lower our energy losses. Any major non-renewable investment stands to be at least 20 years of pollution before being retired unless it becomes financially ineffective.
Why build more when we have cost effective/low pollution energy available and we know that the costs of climate change are only increasing. It's a ridiculous economic bargain.
- zionic 5y agoWhat we need is a 10-20MV DC national transmission grid that connects all 50 states. States should be able to buy/sell power to/from this grid in an efficient manner at interconnect points. This lets a solar panel in Texas "power" a heat pump in Vermont at less than 3% loss.
- boringg 5y agoWould be pretty helpful. I imagine the politics would be tricky given then the markets from local to federal. I can't see utilities and their politicians liking this idea or the ISOs for that matter. Do you know what the CAPEX on something like that would be / return on investment? I.e. is it possible to build / financially viable? I agree would be pretty fantastic and the dividends that we would get from lower costs GHG/$ would be strong.