I’m not qualified to refute the science, but the gist makes a lot of sense to me. I can also see how it wouldn’t gain much traction either, as it’s distasteful to both sides of the aisle, as well as nearly all corporate interests. Thoughts?
Disappointed that the article sidestepped the economic implication for CA ratepayers, who are at 33.6 cents per kWh, compared to 18 cents US average (Oct EIA data). It’s expensive to virtue signal.
Great news. Thanks for this. I'd like to see a breakdown of what the data centers are storing and crunching. What percentage is consumer videos, photos, emails, i.e. legacy digital trash. What percentage is corporate. What percentage is AI. What percentage is the never-ending feeds on TikTok, Insta, Youtube, Reels. The more we understand, the more we can give policymakers some levers to pull, placing taxes and incentives in the right places.
It’ll take all this year for sodium-ion batteries to come out in enough numbers to haul their price down below that of LFP. The news of their lower-cost is after the production ramps up.
Frankly, it’s 2028 where things really start to change. So far, renewables growth from “nothing” to “noticeable” has been the story, except in Australia where it’s now “significant”.
By late 2028, the prices and consequent uptake will hit “significant” in Europe and even America, (at least in the south). By “significant” I mean “scaring the dominant power industries and changing their strategy”.
Watch Australia around late 2026 for an early peek.
Michael, I appreciate your aims (which are noble). In a thread of The Honest Sorcerer, I came upon this: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365849668_The_largest_elephant_in_the_room_aerosol_masking
I’m not qualified to refute the science, but the gist makes a lot of sense to me. I can also see how it wouldn’t gain much traction either, as it’s distasteful to both sides of the aisle, as well as nearly all corporate interests. Thoughts?
Disappointed that the article sidestepped the economic implication for CA ratepayers, who are at 33.6 cents per kWh, compared to 18 cents US average (Oct EIA data). It’s expensive to virtue signal.
I've written about electricity prices and renewables aren't the issue.
https://www.distilled.earth/p/why-are-electricity-prices-rising
Great news. Thanks for this. I'd like to see a breakdown of what the data centers are storing and crunching. What percentage is consumer videos, photos, emails, i.e. legacy digital trash. What percentage is corporate. What percentage is AI. What percentage is the never-ending feeds on TikTok, Insta, Youtube, Reels. The more we understand, the more we can give policymakers some levers to pull, placing taxes and incentives in the right places.
It’ll take all this year for sodium-ion batteries to come out in enough numbers to haul their price down below that of LFP. The news of their lower-cost is after the production ramps up.
Frankly, it’s 2028 where things really start to change. So far, renewables growth from “nothing” to “noticeable” has been the story, except in Australia where it’s now “significant”.
By late 2028, the prices and consequent uptake will hit “significant” in Europe and even America, (at least in the south). By “significant” I mean “scaring the dominant power industries and changing their strategy”.
Watch Australia around late 2026 for an early peek.