points by Hamuko 22 hours ago | 0 comments
If that's the case then China is running circles around the US. They're actually investing in energy rollout whereas US is going as far as to pay companies to not build wind farms.
[–] nonethewiser 21 hours ago
[–] tzs 16 hours ago
They use coal for what they have not yet been able to replace with solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear because coal is their most abundant, accessible, and cheap domestic fossil fuel.
Exactly the same reason the US uses a huge amount of natural gas for producing electricity: it is their most abundant, accessible, and cheap domestic fossil fuel.
The US was doing a "yes to all" approach, and it still somewhat is due to market forces, but the federal government is trying hard to but the brakes on the solar and wind parts of that, and also trying hard to encourage more fossil fuel use.
[–] WarmWash 19 hours ago
Well at least Trump seems to have invoked the final inflection point for "we need to get off oil"
Dont forget that the US is attacking the energy supply from both sides. Oil, wind, etc. Yes to all.