☀️ “The sun doesn’t always shine! The wind doesn’t always blow!”
➡️ Diversified grids w/ wind, solar, hydro & storage solve intermittency. Offshore wind is very consistent.
🔋 “We don’t have enough battery storage!”
➡️ Storage tech is advancing fast and rapidly decreasing in cost.
➡️ Diversified grids w/ wind, solar, hydro & storage solve intermittency. Offshore wind is very consistent.
🔋 “We don’t have enough battery storage!”
➡️ Storage tech is advancing fast and rapidly decreasing in cost.
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➡️ Wind & solar are now the cheapest energy. No fuel costs = long-term savings. Fossil fuels rely on huge gov’t subsidies.
🏭 “We should focus on fossil fuels—they’re affordable!”
➡️ Fossil fuel prices swing wildly. Renewables provide stable energy prices.
➡️ 🛢️ Oil spills & climate change kill way more birds. Also: windows, cats & cars kill millions more than wind turbines.
🌊 “Solar & wind farms harm ecosystems!”
➡️ Compared to fracking, pipelines & oil spills? Come on.
➡️ Oil dependence = geopolitical risk (wars, OPEC, price shocks). Renewables = energy independence.
⚡ “The grid can’t handle it!”
➡️ Grids need upgrades, but renewables improve resilience—distributed solar & wind = less risk of massive blackouts.
➡️ Beauty is subjective, but massive climate disasters are definitely ugly (and deadly).
🏖️ “Tourists won’t come!”
➡️ Studies show minimal or positive effects on tourism. Many places even turn wind farms into attractions!
➡️ Renewables create more jobs per dollar invested.
💼 “Oil & gas is the backbone of our economy!”
➡️ Fossil jobs are shrinking due to automation & market shifts, not renewables. Investing in clean energy = more long-term stability.
➡️ Fossil fuels have been subsidized for decades (trillions globally). Renewables are just finally getting support.
💸 “Let the free market decide!”
➡️ If we did, renewables would already dominate. Fossil fuel lobbyists fight to keep their unfair advantage.