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US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024 (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

This is even more impressive when you realize that in some regions of the country, power companies are adding zero renewables. TVA, the biggest power provider in the country, is all-in on natural gas, allegedly because its board members get incentives from natural gas providers and refuse to expand predicted demand with solar, wind, or forced geothermal.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We put in 10kwh of batteries in Feb of this year with our solar panel installation. So I suppose I might be part that headline's statistic. April was the last time we had a monthly electrical bill. Last month we ripped out our aging gas furnace and put in a cold climate heat pump. One week after we had the natural gas disconnected permanently from the house. Our cars are charged on sunlight. We're doing what we can do de-carbonize.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm jealous! I'd love to do all those things to my house. Unfortunately, I'm priced out of homeownership in my area. So I rent and all the money I'd otherwise be spending on climate-friendly upgrades are instead financing my landlord's wealth accumulation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'll be the first to say de-carbonizing a home isn't cheap to do (or the home ownership for that matter). I'm doing what I can by buying and implementing the de-carbonized solutions today to increase market demands driving the technology and solutions lower for everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

We need more people like you! Thanks for helping us move forward.

[+] [email protected] -38 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ill stick with natural gas, its cheaper, clean burning, and doesn't require being reliant on the electrical grid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

for cooking and heating? It's worse for cooking, that shits like the equivalent of sitting in a garage with a small combustion engine running, as for heating, it's only nice if you don't use a heat pump system, and if you're using a heat pump, you might as well throw in a solar system.

Modern gas based furnaces still require electricity to run anyway.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah...none of that is true. Onshore wind is the cheapest power generation. Photovoltaic is second cheapest. Methane is leaky and raises your risk of asthma and cancer. You do not need to be tied to an electrical grid for anything with solar panels and batteries for energy storage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Actually it is true:

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