alt Hacker NewsThe rhetoric around "energy independence" always sounded like it was pointing exactly toward renewables, and it's hard not to see the missed opportunity in hindsight
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specialist • yesterday at 5:20 PM
I vividly recall an episode of Dallas where Bobby was rationalizing to his brother JR about investing in renewables.
For a brief window of time our consensus for decarbonization extended all the way to (the most) popular media.
Can’t power the military with renewables. Need nuclear and fossil fuels for that. One doesn’t want to be dependent on foreign nations to power their military.