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Arguably, that is a feature. I’m not against coal or nuclear, However, if progress, as it is defined here, includes disregarding the opinion of the minority or

by pylua 2y ago

Arguably, that is a feature. I’m not against coal or nuclear, However, if progress, as it is defined here, includes disregarding the opinion of the minority or does not respect the rules then maybe it is not real progress. Progress must include taking into account the constraints of the rules we have set in place. We are basically making progress, albeit slowly, in trying to solve the issue in a way that is consistent with law and precedent. This includes a lot of debate and rejection, but over a long enough period of time it can be solved.

kibwen 2y ago
> I’m not against coal or nuclear It's $CURRENT_YEAR, we can safely be against coal.
vegetablepotpie 2y ago
To fight climate change, the US needs renewable energy, and fast. Ironically, we already have it, the US has 947 GW of renewable generation capacity that is not hooked up to the grid [1]. To put that number into perspective, the US currently has 1.16 TW of generation capacity in total [2]. We could nearly double our generation capacity today if we could just hook it up. Unfortunately it takes 10 years to build new transmission lines in the US [3]. Changes are going to need to be made to the process, which may include giving more responsibility and agency to FERC to oversee the review process. [1] https://emp.lbl.gov/utility-scale-solar https://emp.lbl.gov/utility-scale-solar [2] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-... [3] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/permitting-americas-next-big-climate-conundrum/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/permitting-americ...
- StevenHarlow 2y ago
  Not all of that capacity in the interconnection queues are ready to flip the switch though, correct? Requests can be pre-construction, construction, built/non-operating, and operating [1] [1] https://www.enverus.com/blog/the-interconnection-queue-an-introduction/ https://www.enverus.com/blog/the-interconnection-queue-an-in...

by pylua 2y ago

kibwen 2y ago

> I’m not against coal or nuclear It's $CURRENT_YEAR, we can safely be against coal.

vegetablepotpie 2y ago

To fight climate change, the US needs renewable energy, and fast. Ironically, we already have it, the US has 947 GW of renewable generation capacity that is not hooked up to the grid [1]. To put that number into perspective, the US currently has 1.16 TW of generation capacity in total [2]. We could nearly double our generation capacity today if we could just hook it up. Unfortunately it takes 10 years to build new transmission lines in the US [3]. Changes are going to need to be made to the process, which may include giving more responsibility and agency to FERC to oversee the review process. [1] https://emp.lbl.gov/utility-scale-solar https://emp.lbl.gov/utility-scale-solar [2] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-... [3] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/permitting-americas-next-big-climate-conundrum/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/permitting-americ...

StevenHarlow 2y ago
Not all of that capacity in the interconnection queues are ready to flip the switch though, correct? Requests can be pre-construction, construction, built/non-operating, and operating [1] [1] https://www.enverus.com/blog/the-interconnection-queue-an-introduction/ https://www.enverus.com/blog/the-interconnection-queue-an-in...