Grift. Clear as Day.
Wind-Soar-Batteries have strong natural constituencies precisely because they consume vast natural resources and produce crap power, requiring even more backup and resources. It's absurd. Bash is in the business and comments frequently on Substack.
Grift. Clear as day. The investors don't give one hoot for the actual power produced. They grease the right palms and we consumers get the shaft. Every. Single. Time. This is the underlying cause of the problems @MeredithAngwin points out so carefully in her book.
Nuclear power produces so much energy with so few inputs, it has no natural constituency save the whole of humanity. Grassroots politics is the only way nuclear power will happen on a large enough scale to matter.
Nuclear Power Has No Natural Constituency--But Instead, Natural EnemiesIf It's Such a Good Idea, Why Hasn't Nuclear Power Flourished?https://open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/p/nuclear-power-has-no-natural-constituency?r=1rapbo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
We ordinary citizens of Civilization are being gaslit by the interests who stand to lose the most by large-scale deployment of nuclear power. Educate yourself and others. My substack is free. Read. comment. Share.
Ever Heard of "Gaslighting"?Imagine Paying $48 to Power Your Life for 100 Yearshttps://open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/p/ever-heard-of-gaslighting?r=1rapbo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidturver/p/exposing-the-hidden-costs-of-renewables?utm_source=direct&r=nhgn1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I have covered the hidden costs of supposedly cheap renewables in my new substack.
Have you ever wondered why the UK has the highest electricity prices among its economic competitors despite spending billions on renewables?
When you provide cheap money you create market distortions. This has been seen in the crazy Tech and Crypto worlds where money was thrown at anything with a half decent pitch deck. Even in oil, the hyper low interest rates drove the shale boom. The flip side is that cheap money goes into sub-economic projects. Eventually though the money wises-up and the economic reality reasserts itself. But as you say, in the meantime, huge damage is done and grifters will extract unimaginable rent from joe public.