▲ 51 ▼ Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues | A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas (www.pewresearch.org) submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Oh, but woe is us, what will happen to the renewables when there's like a slight breeze or the sun goes down for 5 minutes? Mass power outages all around the world! It will be a DISASTER!!! Surely the only form of reliable energy we have are fossil fuels. Burn that coal and pump that oil baby! permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago I grew up in DFW and moved away in 2004. It was fine before then, but they let it go to hell by not keeping up with maintenance and repairs. So now it's a shitty grid. :| Thanks, Republicans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Oh, but woe is us, what will happen to the renewables when there's like a slight breeze or the sun goes down for 5 minutes? Mass power outages all around the world! It will be a DISASTER!!! Surely the only form of reliable energy we have are fossil fuels. Burn that coal and pump that oil baby! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago I grew up in DFW and moved away in 2004. It was fine before then, but they let it go to hell by not keeping up with maintenance and repairs. So now it's a shitty grid. :| Thanks, Republicans. permalink fedilink source parent