Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
Even as Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the US and remains the leading source of new power.
Data released Wednesday by global energy thinktank Ember, along with a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (Seia) and analytics firm Wood Mackenzie, show the continued growth of solar and decline of coal in the United States despite federal policy. In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal, or 12.8%, Ember said. Coal supplied 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.
“For years solar power has risen in the US electricity mix,” said Nicolas Fulghum, senior energy and data analyst at Ember. “At the same time, coal power has lost its status, first as the largest source in the US mix, and then gradually over the years has fallen even further.”
That has always been the the MO of 'Murica
They will always do all they can to be wrong, because they choose the shitty stupidity because they are driven by ignorance and hate
But occasionally they get something right, only because they ran out of stupid
Oh we didn’t run out of stupid, it’s just that America is absolutely coin operated. Solar is cheaper per power generated now and that means America will adopt it over the long run even while they shit on it.
Look at Texas’s energy production, they are leading in renewable energy because it’s cheaper but publicly they make fun of it because the people are dumb.
If there’s one product you can count on America for it’s the export of stupid.
The exporting of stupid is one thing, because even the dumbest of people in the civilised world sees it as stupid
It’s the export of hatred.
Its telling people that their lives will be better, if they can just hate brown people, or queer people, or anyone just a bit harder
'Murica exports war. Political, economic, and cultural in an attempt to grab power, resources, influence or just a cancerous presence sitting in the background