hihitsdumb

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   by hihitsdumb 7mo ago

   So they are building new coal plants.
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   by hihitsdumb 7mo ago

   Does this battery technology grow on trees in Ireland, or does it exist in a foreign (and perhaps one day adversial) nation, like China? The sheer number of people in this thread saying, "we need renewables to be independent!", fr
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   by hihitsdumb 7mo ago

   Unless you manufacture it locally, with a fully local supply chain, wind and solar are still susceptible to world events.
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   by hihitsdumb 7mo ago

   Nobody is building new coal plants... ...except China, who is building coal plants at a pace never seen in history. Are they dumb, or...?
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   by hihitsdumb 7mo ago

   What does the renewables supply chain look like? Do you build the systems right there in Ireland? Panels? Batteries? How does that money stay in Ireland?