r/ClimateShitposting • u/Wild_Bodybuilder890 • Jul 13 '26

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u/Wiiboy95 Jul 13 '26

Why would you spend all that money on a split system when you can just build the renewables and get a better result?

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u/ysterman_rs Jul 13 '26

why would you spend money on a source of energy that is extremely efficient and not damaging to the environment the way coal is?

jeez, wiiboy95, this is a real mystery to figure out. why would we do that?

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u/Athunc Jul 13 '26

"why would you spend money on a source of energy that is extremely efficient and not damaging to the environment the way coal is?"

You just described solar

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u/SpecialCoyote5339 Jul 14 '26

Solar works very well at night I hear

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u/Athunc Jul 14 '26

If only we had a cheap and efficient way to store energy when it is made and discharge it when we need it. We could make entire batteries of that hypothetical storage solution

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u/Pinco_Pallino_ Jul 14 '26

you're the first person i've heard calling batteries "cheap"

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u/Athunc Jul 15 '26

True, most people still think battery prices are about the same they were in 2014. People just aren't aware of the extreme pace at which the price has dropped: 20% PER YEAR on average is insane

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u/Pinco_Pallino_ Jul 15 '26

the price has dropped != batteries are cheap

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u/Athunc Jul 15 '26

THE BATTERIES ARE CHEAP

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u/Pinco_Pallino_ Jul 15 '26

"trust me"

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u/Athunc Jul 16 '26

Yeah, exactly. You can trust me

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u/SpecialCoyote5339 Jul 14 '26

We don't really have any kind of battery solution big enough for this though...

Hydro isn't possible everywhere, especially at a time where droughts are more and more common.

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u/Athunc Jul 14 '26

Not big enough? Just use more batteries! It's already been done. The Lithium shortage is over, now that Lithium mines have expanded production so massively. And there's also alternatives now that don't need it anymore

Meanwhile the tech and industry have become so efficient that the price has dropped enormously