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I don’t think so. At the end of the day, I think people are pragmatic. It’s not about not believing in climate change, it’s about money. What is the tech that

• epistasis 2y ago
  Look at Texas, pretty much the only energy system that is capitalist with people trying to make money by producing energy cheaper than the competition. It's allllll solar and batteries going in, because it's the cheapest energy source. If people were pragmatic and cared about money, that's what would be happening everywhere. Instead, most utilities make more money when energy costs more, so they go with the old fossil fuel tech and keep old infrastructure in place. If you're on HN and don't know how cheap renewables and storage are, that's a really bad sign, and proof that people are not very pragmatic and fundamentally lazy. There's a massive technological shift going on and nobody even seems know about it.
  • dr_dshiv 2y ago
    Renewables are getting built at a massive rate. Doubling every 3 years. It’s not a replacement yet, though. That’s because existing energy infrastructure is cheaper (eg gas), as is, than replacing it. Don’t be mean, we are after the same thing. Further, fundamental laziness leads to pragmatism. If you really want to be lazy, you do the cheap and easy thing.