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Arcanineties
@arcanineties.bsky.social

Fossil fuel was a gift of historical chance to industrialisation but it will have been a temporary benefit unless we take that boost to create a permanent energy and transport infrastructure beyond it.

KnowTheTruth
@knowthetruth.bsky.social

Trump and MAGA don't realize that coal and oil are not only dirty fuels, but are very inefficient in creating electricity. Coal converts 30-35% to electricity. While, Wind achieves 45% efficiency. Batteries are higher. Hydrogen fuel cells can achieve 40-60% efficiency. Money will be wasted on coal

Barrista
@onbluskysku.bsky.social

Been dealing with this issue in my work, we're working with municipalities to pass solar-friendly ordinances and there's a lot of pressure to heavily restrict solar as a way to make fracked gas more appealing

jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

i made this point about the ideological and psychosexual dimensions of conservative opposition to clean energy and a certain slow borer of boards replied to say that actually MAGA just wanted cheap energy

ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com

apparently battery modules went down in price by 40 PERCENT just last year. and this bill gives a massive handout to companies that export metallurgical coal to China and India

Silly B Man
@lawnerd.bsky.social

It took a year from when the company I worked with started until they were able to get all the necessary approvals to start installing my rooftop panels. They finally went up in October. Since that time, I’m net-negative on the grid. I got a tax credit of ~30%, thanks to Joe Biden.

Stefan D.
@s3rp86.bsky.social

These people would drive coal powered pickup trucks that leave massive black smoke clouds wherever they go. Allot of what these people are about is pissing other people off to an absurd degree.

Ido Amir
@idoamir.bsky.social

As the rest of the world switches to solar, wind, and other clean energy sources, demand for fossil fuel will drop, the price of oil and gas will drop as well, and genius Trump's "drill baby drill" "strategy" will bring the US to the same fate of trump casinos. Bankrupt.

Brad Deltan
@braddeltan.bsky.social

Remember the storyline in Doonesbury where Mike is mortified by his ad campaign for Big Oil that features a scantily-clad Boopsie writhing sexually on a gas guzzling car and breathing "Oil! Real fuel for real cars"? That was 40 years ago. This isn't new.