Pirate's Cove

I suggest we start by putting limits on how much power NPR can use daily

U.S. electricity demand is set to explode. That will make it harder to cut climate pollution

The United States is poised to burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of emissions that are raising global temperatures.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions barely budged in 2024, despite huge investments the country has made in clean energy under the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark climate law President Joe Biden signed. Market analysts say America’s goal to cut heat-trapping pollution in half from 2005 levels by the end of the decade is now all but out of reach.

For power companies charged with keeping the lights on, natural gas looks like a reliable way to boost energy supplies for new data centers and factories, as well as consumer goods like electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Utilities have to “meet demand no matter what,” says Ben King, an associate director at the Rhodium Group, an energy research firm. “And the way that they feel most comfortable and confident doing that is by [using] the same stuff that they’ve always put on the grid.”

Yes, they do, and the demand will keep growing and growing. If we have to rely on solar and wind it’s going to be rather tough, unless we want to cover large swaths of land with easily broken solar panels, and, it still won’t be enough. But, the cult is concerned over the use of natural gas. How will they power all the EVs they want Other People to buy? Oh, right, the point is actually to force Other People out of privately owned vehicles altogether.

Meanwhile

Amazon electric vehicles seen charging in the snow

All these vehicles are being charged by a huge diesel generator. The generator is on, you can hear it running providing the power

“Doesn’t that defeat the purpose when you literally have a diesel powered generator electrifying… pic.twitter.com/wcyXuKnIzr

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 15, 2025