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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
F no, man. F no.
Extrapolate those material and land consumption intensities to a level where renewables are contributing meaningfully to the grid and you’ll understand what kind of hell this argument is working to avoid.
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Having worked in O&G, I’ve heard 20 years of arguments from those against renewables. Literally every single one has been: “look at what’s happening now, extrapolate it 20 years out and it’s a disaster”.
It’s been wrong all along, and in fact is a really lazy argument in general, but an especially terrible argument in tech.
Anytime you have rapid innovation, then the worst assumption you can make is that a current state will persist without change in the future as usage grows dramatically.
While general commercializations will drive enormous efficiencies in renewables, added to this there is so much investment going into solving the environmental problems, efficiency, battery issues that the only certainty is all will improve dramatically.
We are still early days, and the pace of innovation and change in renewables will be enormous.