This is a good way to beat the grid death spiral!

And if they are successful and the costs get passed onto consumers, they'll blame the higher energy bills on woke renewables.

The flip side is that if lenders expect inflation and expect expect rates to rise again to fight inflation, they may decide not to lower long-term interest rates.

How can we trick the MAHA crowd into fighting against this and not vaccine research?

It is more of a thought experiment here in the US where the government tries its hardest to double the cost of imported solar panels. 😔

I think if you listen to it, this specific podcast is pro climate action. It just argues that divestment is ineffective for accomplishing this goal.

Freakonomics likes the idea of geo-engineering, but I haven't gotten the impression that they are against other actions. I could be wrong, though.

Great for the climate, but also great for the people. Stable electricity decentralized away from corrupt governments.

I'm working on a blog post about the negative effects of solar tariffs. I'll have to add an addendum- things can always get worse.

I think you're right. Trash and litter are extremely visible. CO2 emissions are literally invisible. The 80 pounds of gasoline I used to burn in my weekly commute was not visible to me at all. It went straight from the pump into my car and straight from my car into the atmosphere.

Most people don't try to learn things as adults. They were taught "Reduce Reuse Recycle" in grade school, and that's all they have now. If we start teaching school children to drive an EV and buy a heat pump, those might be on the list in another 35 years.

I mean, this was 6 years ago, and Open AI has a much clearer path to making money now. Perhaps he was onto something...

They put a fox in charge of the hen house.

The definition of motivated reasoning.

I was thinking about this recently. I'm happy to see it!

And they have finally circumvented the risk of rolling blackouts... Renewables don't seem very unreliable to me

More like great morning with great news!

Great. I hope we get some more projects before the tax credits are cut off.

I agree. I think if we end up with a mostly solar grid, we will probably use a big chunk of the summer oversupply to produce hydrogen for the winter. But regardless of whether this is right or wrong, I think building a ton of solar and batteries is obviously the right policy.