Comment Comment by gcheong The geopolitics don't go away because the resources needed to switch to renewables aren't evenly distributed geographically:https://www.statista.com/chart/33754/countries-with-the-larg...https://www.techpolicy.press/us-critical-mineral-aggression-...Battery storage is only a solution if you can actually generate a surplus of energy that can be stored, which is not a given.We absolutely need to move off of fossil fuels but thinking that renewables are the only solution seems very short-sighted to me. parent gcheong 15 days ago
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Battery storage is only a solution if you can actually generate a surplus of energy that can be stored, which is not a given.
We absolutely need to move off of fossil fuels but thinking that renewables are the only solution seems very short-sighted to me.