Comment on US Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for wind and solar projects”

MrKoyun@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• kamee@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you replaced all the corn that’s being grown for bio-fuels with photovoltaics you could meet the energy needs of the US, technology connections has a great video

  youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?is=Bmj-3xmJOCBJHLEc

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• DaleGribble88@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  He also complained about steel and concrete being expensive factors in their production. Doesn’t every major construction project use a lot of steel and concrete? Including traditional power plants that run on fossil fuels?

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  • CarrierLost@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, it takes steel and concrete to build coal power plants? I thought they just grew out of the ground. They’re called plants! What do you mean we have to build them?!

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• davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No, no, it’s just false.

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