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Those who read my posts know that I believe the quest to build solar and wind as fast as possible is a foolhardy long-term strategy. I liken it to “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙚” folktale.
In the clean technology adaptation of the story solar and wind are the hare. Technologies like nuclear and geothermal are the tortoise. Guess who wins?
It is just insane to continue to proliferate inefficient and intermittent technologies that are subject to the ebbs and flows of the environment.
Solar makes a great deal of sense on rooftops where no other option exists. Beyond that, the climate movement is attempting compensate for the limitations of these technologies with massive, expensive, and inadequate (duration-wise) battery storage solutions also based on technology (lithium-ion) I doubt will be utilized 100 years from now.
We need to pivot to solutions that more easily adapt to current grid architectures and can offer uninterrupted and predictable 24/7 utility-scale power.
Yesterday I summarized recent developments in nuclear. Today, I offer a primer on geothermal. And of all the potential clean technologies, geothermal is the only one that offers a unique strategic advantage. Check out the post to discover what that is.
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