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How Clean Energy Is Boosting Economic Growth
- chiefalchemist 3y agoAll well and good but is Clean Energy actually accomplishing what it's supposed to do? That is, make the environment less likely to imploded? 80% of new capacity sounds great, but that still leaves 20%. Do those offset? And what about old capacity, is that being replaced? Economic growth as a KPI for Clean Energy feels counter-intuitive.
- pfdietz 3y ago"It doesn't solve the entire problem instantly, therefore it's no good."
- chiefalchemist 3y agoNot sure what this has to do with using false god vanity metrics for something that has actual metrics that matter. Or perhaps the real metrics are so good so it's time to baffle us with bullshit?
- noskills 3y agoOne of the main issues, if I remember correctly, is that the more we wait, the more the change is hard and the incentives to make that change are lower. For instance, we are in dire need of elements such as lithium and cobalt. But mines are not quickly set up, it takes years, sometimes decades to open a mine. This difference between the urgent need for alternative energy sources and the inertia of some of its needed compounds creates a shortage. This increases costs in production, which further delays projects, which in turn make the issue more pressing, which increases the delta between what is needed and the current capabilities, and on and on (from a book I am currently reading) I did not finish reading his book though so maybe there are pointers in the end about how to avoid this.