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> The hard work Carter asked for — building the physical capacity to never need the buffer — was quietly abandoned. But since then, US natural gas production d
by skybrian 5mo ago
> The hard work Carter asked for — building the physical capacity to never need the buffer — was quietly abandoned.
But since then, US natural gas production doubled [1], and solar power is growing exponentially [2]. Leaving that out of the history seems excessively gloomy.
[1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9050us2a.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9050us2a.htm
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183447/us-energy-generation-from-solar-sources-from-2000/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/183447/us-energy-generat...
- margalabargala 5mo agoThe person named in the byline (can we still call them "author" when Claude wrote the text?) may have included "be pessimistic" in their prompt.
- sien 5mo agoIf you look at US share of energy consumption by source you can see that solar is 2.83% of energy used in the US. Natural gas is 34.2% . https://ourworldindata.org/profile/energy/united-states https://ourworldindata.org/profile/energy/united-states
- Grombobulous 5mo agoThat's a really interesting/informative link you have. Some highlights are: - Energy use per capita has been declining since 2000 - Overall energy use has been basically flat since 2000 - Essentially, coal is being replaced by gas, almost 1:1. Lump both together and their relative share of the market is pretty stable. - Solar went from 0.3 to 2.8% in the last 10 years, wind from 0.3% to 4.2% in the last 20 years. 7% wind/solar isn't world-leading but getting from basically 0 to 7% in 20 years is significant movement.
- jasonmp85 5mo ago[dead]