My favorite take on this sort of issue: "Can we just get the 90% done first?" [1]
The faster we build solar, the better. We can sort out lots of things along the way.
[1] https://twitter.com/JigarShahDC/status/1701228390735602048?t...
The faster we build solar, the better. We can sort out lots of things along the way.
[1] https://twitter.com/JigarShahDC/status/1701228390735602048?t...
It is not enough to merely fill bids for new generation contracts. There's this assumption that just because you build it, everything else will come. This is a dangerously shortsighted view of the world that only people hoping to win a quick buck on a stock price increase will sell you on. Anybody pushing this idea is vested in a green energy company.
A nation isn't a start-up. There are real-world consequences to running before you can walk. People need to come to grips with this or we're all gonna suffer the consequences.
The world is filled with uncertain and dangerously shortsighted ideas. Our current power grid has been unintentionally (arguable) geo-engineering the planet for more than a century. Whoopsie daisy.
You're right, the world isn't a startup; there's more to life than financial incentives. I have a lot more tolerance for risk when it comes to the profits of green energy corporations than I do with our collective future.