KEY QUOTE "With the growth of renewables, the retirement of base load fossil-fired generation and the dependence on renewables, on days renewables are not showing up, it's going to be very pricey," said Amperon CEO Kelly.

It is federal policies that are undermining industry growth. Wind and solar are not industrial scale energy. Texas does not need these renewables. California is benefitting because of the heavy rainstorms which power their electric dams. What you get with solar and wind is expensive energy because the backup energy will not have a fixed volume of supply, those power plants have to be in standby, not making profits, and when they do come online, it is spot market distribution. The problem is the Federal Government, that is pushing the market into malicious investment. I am not against wind and solar, but they are no replacement for base load energy. If you hear otherwise, then you are consuming propaganda. Base energy generates revenues by constant generation. Germany is an example of what renewables will do; renewables deindustrializes an economy. Considering the unpredictable nature, it is questionable whether building transmission lines just for these energy types is really all that worth it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As someone who lived thru the Texas freeze, may I say with all due disrespect: go eff yourself.

Your post is so deeply stupid I don’t know where to begin. I can only hope you’re a bot and if not, may god have mercy on your ignorant soul.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ew, no. For someone who invokes the concept of "listening to propaganda," this sure sounds an awful lot like fossil fuel industry claptrap.

[–] sfbing 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That might be a winter-time concern, but for summertime it is hogwash. The air conditioners need to run when the sun is out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Renewables work, you just have to build batteries to store it, which California has been doing and is part of the reason energy is cheaper there. There is more hydro too, but solar into batteries has been overtaking it at peak recently.

[–] FenrirIII 5 points 7 months ago

Seeing 14c prices when it was 10c like 3 years ago. Fucking ridiculous