This is not dems or reps -- this is DOE, a formerly serious organization which supports physics research and many other things.
> So, what nonsense are you talking about.
The energy infrastructure is obviously not worthless, even if it does not produce energy continuously. This is like saying that my furniture is worthless when I am not at home.
As an observation it is caveman-level. I don't need the DOE to tell me that when it is dark the solar panels do produce energy. I doubt anyone learns anything new from this.
The more interesting question is why DOE feels compelled to post this. The likely answer is that they are simply parroting Trump who keeps saying such things to disparage wind/solar.
Right, "In September 2025, Wright wrote on social media platform X that solar power cannot meet global energy demands and that covering the entire planet in solar panels would only provide 20% of demand."
They are not making some sort of reasoned argument.
In any case, getting rid of fossil fuels will take a long time, but they can be mostly replaced for electric power generation by some combination of nuclear/renewables. Nuclear needs to be a lot cheaper though.
Not really. China's policy is "all of the above". They understand they need energy and they are willing to get it from all sources. No ideology, just practicality. They expand nuclear, solar and coal all at the same time. While various idiots in our country fight each other.
If you look at the table by year, the change in solar from 2023 to 2024 is massive and accounts for almost 50% of the total change (most of the rest is hydro + wind, I was surprised nuclear did not increase much).
A lot of solar capacity has been installed over the last few years and has been coming online very recently. I could not tell from the table whether they were still adding coal though.
It is true that we are a long way from replacing coal even with gas.
Btw, i've seen a good explanation of why they are investing in clean energy and coal at the same time. Basically their main goal is energy independence, they don't want to depend on oil but they have a lot of coal.
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Date: 2025-09-10 06:09 pm (UTC)You don't mean the claim that solar doesn't work during the night, do you?
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Date: 2025-09-10 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-10 06:46 pm (UTC)So, what nonsense are you talking about.
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Date: 2025-09-10 06:53 pm (UTC)> So, what nonsense are you talking about.
The energy infrastructure is obviously not worthless, even if it does not produce energy continuously. This is like saying that my furniture is worthless when I am not at home.
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Date: 2025-09-10 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-10 10:23 pm (UTC)The more interesting question is why DOE feels compelled to post this. The likely answer is that they are simply parroting Trump who keeps saying such things to disparage wind/solar.
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Date: 2025-09-11 01:02 am (UTC)Посмотрите кто у них сейчас главный. Пустили козла в огород
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Date: 2025-09-11 04:59 am (UTC)Where do they even get those morons..
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Date: 2025-09-11 01:51 pm (UTC)Это сильно!
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Date: 2025-09-11 04:30 pm (UTC)https://heatmap.news/politics/chris-wright-twitter
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Date: 2025-09-11 01:54 pm (UTC)This is for idiots who believe that we can completely get rid of fossil fuels.
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Date: 2025-09-11 05:45 pm (UTC)In any case, getting rid of fossil fuels will take a long time, but they can be mostly replaced for electric power generation by some combination of nuclear/renewables. Nuclear needs to be a lot cheaper though.
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Date: 2025-09-11 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-11 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-11 08:24 pm (UTC)https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-fossil-fuel-consumption?time=2009..latest
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Date: 2025-09-11 09:09 pm (UTC)https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation-from-solar-and-wind-compared-to-coal
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php
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Date: 2025-09-12 03:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-12 03:54 am (UTC)The growth in Chinese energy consumption recently comes primarily from renewable energy: https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/china-energy-transition-review-2025/
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Date: 2025-09-12 04:33 am (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China
There's a chart there that show that energy production grows from all sources:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Electricity_production_in_China.svg/2560px-Electricity_production_in_China.svg.png
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Date: 2025-09-12 06:10 pm (UTC)If you look at the table by year, the change in solar from 2023 to 2024 is massive and accounts for almost 50% of the total change (most of the rest is hydro + wind, I was surprised nuclear did not increase much).
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Date: 2025-09-12 10:52 pm (UTC)That's just one year. And they are still adding coal.
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Date: 2025-09-13 10:43 pm (UTC)It is true that we are a long way from replacing coal even with gas.
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Date: 2025-09-13 11:20 pm (UTC)Forget about replacing. It will take decades for "green" power to catch up with fossils.
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Date: 2025-09-13 11:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, it will take a while.
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