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What makes you think the GP doesn't fully understand this? Put another way, the GP comment is a pretty damning comment about the failure of lawmakers to pass l
by infamouscow 3y ago
What makes you think the GP doesn't fully understand this?
Put another way, the GP comment is a pretty damning comment about the failure of lawmakers to pass laws modernizing the electric grid. It doesn't really matter much if the fuel used to produce all of this electric energy happens to be worse and more destructive to the environment than gasoline.
When people refuse to have intellectually honest conversations about this, it dramatically undermines the stated objective and gives detractors legitimate evidence of bad faith dialog.
- AYBABTME 3y agoElectrification is a necessary condition to overall improvement. Without electrification of most all sectors, it's the same as having an economy without money, only barter. Improving the grid's mix is also very important, of course, but it's something that can be done in parallel or lagging of electrification. Improvements to the grid are amplified by electrification. When everything is electric, there's only one thing to focus on and it becomes electricity generation. But without this, improvements to the grid are much less impactful. Also it's to be noted that grid scale non-renewable power plants are orders of magnitude more efficient than the same power sources at household scale. That somewhere some government replaced wind with coal doesn't change this.