sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSolar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st timeabcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down15
arrow-up1600arrow-down1external-linkSolar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st timeabcnews.comsanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareinb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago bUt WhAtAbOuT wHeN iT’s nIghTime u sTUpId LIbS!?!?! -MF’s who have never heard of a battery
minus-squareadarza@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agothey’re also getting the benefits of solar, despite voting for the moron nixing renewables while peddling coal and oil. States won by President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election accounted for 74% of all solar capacity installed in the first quarter
minus-square13igTyme@piefed.socialBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoPart of that is because of how fucking empty the middle fly over states are.
minus-squarefrischkaesbagett@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAlso: Wind is typically stronger when sun is not harvestable.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOr simply run dirty energy as a last resort. You don’t need to, and shouldn’t be, dependent on a single energy source.
-MF’s who have never heard of a battery
they’re also getting the benefits of solar, despite voting for the moron nixing renewables while peddling coal and oil.
Part of that is because of how fucking empty the middle fly over states are.
Also: Wind is typically stronger when sun is not harvestable.
Or simply run dirty energy as a last resort. You don’t need to, and shouldn’t be, dependent on a single energy source.