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That really depends. Oil and gas could just as easily get replaced by coal in a not-very-different alternative world.
by marcosdumay 5mo ago
That really depends. Oil and gas could just as easily get replaced by coal in a not-very-different alternative world.
- pstuart 5mo agoSure, and the Trump admin is trying to do just that. But the economics of renewables itself (let alone the environmental impact), are compelling: utility solar is cheaper than anything else (without storage), and while battery costs take it significantly higher, those prices are plummeting and by 2030 will likely be cheap enough so that pure solar + battery beats everything else.