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They're going to regret this one when WW3 kicks off over the next year or three. Good luck repairing your renewable energy infrastructure if you're hit by one
by ting0 7mo ago
They're going to regret this one when WW3 kicks off over the next year or three.
Good luck repairing your renewable energy infrastructure if you're hit by one of many different classes of attacks.
Coal and coal-burning energy production is an insurance policy, at the very least.
Countries have been getting rid of their oil refineries as well, and now look what is happening to those countries, given the Iran situation. Their price of fuel is skyrocketing, their reserves are dwindling, and panic is setting in. Hope is not a strategy.
Relying on third party supply chains for key infrastructure that would result in mass casualty if it were to vanish, is not intelligent. It's a vulnerability.
- torlok 7mo agoA distributed power grid made out of PV panels, windmills, and local energy stores is far more resilient during armed conflict than a handful of large targets along with a supply chain necessary to keep them going.