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Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That has always been the the MO of 'Murica

They will always do all they can to be wrong, because they choose the shitty stupidity because they are driven by ignorance and hate

But occasionally they get something right, only because they ran out of stupid

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oh we didn’t run out of stupid, it’s just that America is absolutely coin operated. Solar is cheaper per power generated now and that means America will adopt it over the long run even while they shit on it.

    Look at Texas’s energy production, they are leading in renewable energy because it’s cheaper but publicly they make fun of it because the people are dumb.

    If there’s one product you can count on America for it’s the export of stupid.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    The exporting of stupid is one thing, because even the dumbest of people in the civilised world sees it as stupid

    It's the export of hatred.

    Its telling people that their lives will be better, if they can just hate brown people, or queer people, or anyone just a bit harder

    'Murica exports war. Political, economic, and cultural in an attempt to grab power, resources, influence or just a cancerous presence sitting in the background

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    • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    https://ember-energy.org/chapter/insight-1/

    Wind and solar surpassed coal back in 2024. This most recent article is only including solar.

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    • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Trump: >:(

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    [–] 11 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    • Degrade and underinvest in rail networks, so you can't move coal cheaply across the country

    • Knock out Russian gas production, so it's more profitable to ship NGLs overseas than use them at home

    • Blockade the Straight of Hormuz, so you lose access to cheaply refined petroleum.

    • Also, sabotage productive capacity in Venezuela and tear up all your sulfur refining facilities, so you can't exploit the largest fuel reserve in the Western Hemisphere

    Sunny Days Are Here Again.

    Thanks, Donald!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Degrade and underinvest in rail networks

    Fuck that, freight rail has been doing that for over half a century. Coal doesn’t care how slow it moves or how off schedule it is, but when that’s all freight ts cares about, they ruin rail for everyone.

    Time to seize that track by eminent domain, force them to obey the law giving g passenger rail priority, and forcing maintenance if they want to use the track

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    • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    This kinda scare me because I thought coal was surpassed awhile back. Likely it was all renewables but for some reason I thought both wind and solar had done it individually.

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    • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    We got your "beautiful clean coal" right here.

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I feel like this should be "than coal in US" not "in US than coal" for some reason

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