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adrianN
on July 23, 2022
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We're going to need a lot of solar panels
We need to do the cheapest thing that reduces CO2 emissions. Currently I believe that's building more renewables and electrifying more sectors.
jshen
on July 23, 2022
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We also need to avoid a monoculture of energy source. Having all our eggs in one or two baskets is very risky.
adrianN
on July 24, 2022
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What's the risk? It's not like we run out of wind and sunshine anytime soon. Please don't answer that sometimes neither the sun shines nor the wind blows, because we already know that we'll need storage for a carbon free system.
jshen
on July 24, 2022
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Systemic risk of unknowns, path dependence, etc.
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