Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.

Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.

  • BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 year ago

    Once you’ve got a critical mass of productivity online, it’s time for utilities to get out of the business of burning hydrocarbons and selling steady-state electricity- and into the business of capturing daytime surpluses, selling it back to the grid at night

    The point, of course, is that there’s never been a shortage of energy- only scarcity of readily-available stored power at a given place or time, sometimes

    • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      The excuse always has been that there isn’t one energy storage solution that takes up minimal space, has the same efficiency, requires little maintenance, doesn’t affect the environment, is cheap, and works everywhere. There are tons of solutions that would work but as soon as one of those prerequisites are lacking, the solution is deemed inadequate and we’re back to the slow sacrifice of the environment. Anything short of perfection isn’t enough to be convincing.