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Originally Posted by 1fastz28
This is a really informative video that explains the new Climate Change bill will influence government spending to update our electric power grid, existing nuclear/hydro/geothermal plants.
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Thanks for the video. I do have some thoughts on it.
1. The vast bulk of the money is going to exactly what I expected, wind and solar and as I stated and he acknowledges the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine. Do some research on how much acreage it would take for enough solar and wind to power this country. You could cover all of California and not have enough.
2. The money for nuclear is designated for keeping existing plants online, at least that's what the narrator of the video says. That doesn't expand our infrastructure, it just maintains what we already have. And, they'll only give that money out with a bunch of management strings attached.
3. The research money seems fine, no harm in research and often some good.
4. All the stimulus money is just going to increase the strain on the electric grid. The expanded subsidies for buying EVs, the subsidies from switching from gas to electric stoves and hot water heaters. That just exacerbates the problem.
5. There's no money for new nuclear plants. There's no money for upgrading coal fired plants. There's almost nothing for hydro.
So although I appreciate the information in the video I don't find it persuasive.