alt Hacker Newsit seems us is fighting yesterday's war
wars / empires etc are built on mastering an energy source
the Brits on Coal
the US rose on Oil
China is rising on renewables
my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost
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kiba • 01/15/2026
Everyone's rising on renewables. Renewable energy is just a victim of a heavily polarizing political atmosphere.
margalabargala • 01/15/2026
> my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost
I mean, clearly the answer is yes. The problem is political, not economic.
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China did most of its rising on fossil fuels. I think they are fairly pragmatic as to what to use.