Yeah, yeah. I'm sure those will be built around the same time that the stupid nuclear submarines they're so proud about turn up: the 12th of never.
The RWNJs hate renewables so, so very much that they simply can't help indulging in these bizarre fantasies.
It's all about putting off the end of fossil fuels, at the end of the day. Nothing more than that.
Whoops! When even the legacy coal-powered electricity industry doesn't want to invest in nuclear over renewables - which they are eagerly investing in now, to be fair - you'd normally predict that the right-wingers would back down.
However, modern "conservatives" can't back down on anything. It's as impossible for them to admit that they're out of touch with reality as it is to admit that experts and facts exist.
@DyDave I have seen some reporting and discussion of the viability of the use of hot rocks (graphite) for thermal storage in conjunction with renewables to retrofit coal fired turbines for electricity production that look quite promising. For example,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSQ0i4b-5ug&t=564s
#ClimateChange
I think all innovation in this space is 👍.
The problem is that politicians secretly want to keep burning coal longer because both sides have created a problem for themselves by:
1. Pandering to the coal $$ lobby, and
2. Failing to do anything to help ordinary voters in coal areas transition
We have to move ASAP, and we can do it with existing tech if we want.
Check out South Australia on this chart: they decided to swap to renewables and just did it. Eastern states, not so much.
