Agenda Signals / Environment / Renewables

Renewables

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TheJournal.ie : Ireland's energy future What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
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Renewables are framed as insufficient and low-density, failing to meet civilisational energy needs

[cherry_picking] The article dismisses renewables as part of a 'smaller' future without engaging with their scalability or integration strategies.

“Try to replace that with lower-density renewables, and the numbers get uncomfortable. You can’t simply swap one for the other and expect everything to stay the same.”
The New York Times : Sewage Poured Into the Potomac. We Could Have Prevented It.
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Renewable energy projects are framed as endangered by bureaucratic delays, not protected by regulation

[cherry_picking], [omission]

“The TransWest Express, a line that is supposed to transmit renewable electricity from Wyoming to the Southwest, took 18 years to receive final approval”
The Guardian : ‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA …
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Renewable energy framed as a universally positive, no-regrets investment with no downsides

[editorializing], [loaded_language] — Birol’s statement that renewables are a 'no-regrets alternative' and that he 'never heard that anybody ever regretted' building them promotes an uncritically positive view.

“Building renewables was an option “I never heard that anybody ever regretted”, he said. “I don’t see any downsides for renewable energy.””