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> Republicans expanded their majority on the utility commission to 4-1 in 2022 and have taken steps since then to reverse clean energy mandates. This infuriat

> Republicans expanded their majority on the utility commission to 4-1 in 2022 and have taken steps since then to reverse clean energy mandates. This infuriates me. They're being oppositional simply for the sake of being oppositional. Fuckers.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Feelings on this topic are warranted, climate change and all that jazz (parts of India are hitting 52C/126F today). With that said, success is inevitable based on current trajectories, but very unpleasant there will be substantial unnecessary effort to get there. Humans gonna human, keep on grinding. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61242 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61242 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.01.16/chart2.svg https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.01.16/chart2.s... https://www.wri.org/insights/clean-energy-progress-united-states https://www.wri.org/insights/clean-energy-progress-united-st... https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/responding-to-growing-demand-duke-energy-amazon-google-microsoft-and-nucor-execute-agreements-to-accelerate-clean-energy-options https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/responding-to-growing-... https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/22/huge-1-2-million-panel-wyoming-solar-farm-gets-green-light-to-build/ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/22/huge-1-2-million-pan...
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Additional citation: https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change... ("AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat")
MattGrommes 2y ago
Exactly. It's one thing to have objections to some climate policy, it's another to explicitly try to block future projects. God forbid we actually learn something and change our behavior in the future.

toomuchtodo 2y ago

Feelings on this topic are warranted, climate change and all that jazz (parts of India are hitting 52C/126F today). With that said, success is inevitable based on current trajectories, but very unpleasant there will be substantial unnecessary effort to get there. Humans gonna human, keep on grinding. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61242 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61242 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.01.16/chart2.svg https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.01.16/chart2.s... https://www.wri.org/insights/clean-energy-progress-united-states https://www.wri.org/insights/clean-energy-progress-united-st... https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/responding-to-growing-demand-duke-energy-amazon-google-microsoft-and-nucor-execute-agreements-to-accelerate-clean-energy-options https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/responding-to-growing-... https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/22/huge-1-2-million-panel-wyoming-solar-farm-gets-green-light-to-build/ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/22/huge-1-2-million-pan...

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Additional citation: https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change... ("AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat")

MattGrommes 2y ago

Exactly. It's one thing to have objections to some climate policy, it's another to explicitly try to block future projects. God forbid we actually learn something and change our behavior in the future.