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it also gets little attention, but the IRA has been a stupefyingly successful bill and is driving clean energy investment far beyond what its proponents hoped for the clean energy future still might not get here in time to stave off much of the damage but it’s coming faster than we thought
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Dunkin' Idahos
@wendlle.bsky.social
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It's also very funny to mention that renewables like rooftop solar panels would make the US power grid much more resilient in the event of a large-scale near-peer war, and then watch the classic enemies of renewables struggle to invent reasons why that's actually bad.
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Terraformer
@terraformer.bsky.social
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rather than "seeing the light", as it were, t looks like we're going to have to pull the knuckle-dragging right wing nincompoops along with us so they can continue to attack expertise in the next generation
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Joberama
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I'm working on an IRA-related software project right now. A lot of people are not understanding the scope of this bill. Funding that used to be restricted to low-income households is now available for everyone to make their homes more efficient. This is unlocking HUGE energy $ savings for everyone.
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Death will not release you!𓅽
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Biden's own staff does a bad job of talking about what he's done. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
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Mike Wiser
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While I hate that the US system to encourage basically anything is tax credits, it's still true that the tax credits were a significant factor in my getting solar panels last year. We're at the point where it is economically rational to have residential solar power in *Michigan*. It's just wild.
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MizzKaraRose (she/her)🏳️⚧️
@mizzkararose.bsky.social
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Pete
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Not gonna lie on first reading I thought the Irish Republican Army had wholeheartedly adopted renewables
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Erika Fawcett
@krystolla.bsky.social
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I wonder if the change over actually happens faster when people ‘aren’t looking’, when there are no both sides news articles making it partisan. Just the financials and morals make the argument.
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Sigvat
@sigvat.maanebedotten.bo
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I'm old enough and Euro enough that seeing "the IRA" described as doing good things still trips me up
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Sleeplessone
@sleeplessone.bsky.social
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Sweet we're on track for replacing our dirty energy with clean energy. Tech: Yeah but what if we turned back on all that dirty energy production and used to to run massive lying machines?
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Sage 🏳️⚧️
@trans.bsky.social
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why the hell wouldn’t Biden’s admin be advertising & talking about this constantly? Dems are embarrassingly bad about messaging. 🤦♀️
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Lynn of the Fae
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Bacon-Davis means everyone gets prevailing wage to do this work, additionally. If a project gets 1 penny of fed money, even Right to Work scum states have *document* and pay what union guys in the same trade are paid It's a bfd
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Ryan Roat
@ryanroat.bsky.social
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Up the RA!
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Cindy Lou Whomst🇺🇦
@silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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Unironically, if you loathe Biden, and can't think of any other reason to vote for him, this vs. Trump's 40M oil haul this week should lock it down. Any equivocating after that and you're obviously just in it for the thrills.
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@metboy.bsky.social
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In addition to burning less coal, rooftop solar reduces the need for distribution infrastructure, lowering the environmental cost further.
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Osbo the Osborne
@jmarquiso.bsky.social
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NFTs have better PR firms.
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Sensual Kazoo
@sensualkazoo.bsky.social
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Part of it is also china having invested in r&d and production. I bought 7kwh worth of lithium iron phosphate cells for my rv and it was like 800 dollars including international shipping and the bms. It was cheaper than conventional lead acid batteries before you consider the much longer lifespan.
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panda, the artful scientist
@artfulscientist.bsky.social
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thanks for sharing this heartening news into my skyline <3 i'm a pro-tech luddite sort of guy.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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from here (don't have a Times subscription so I can't unlock it myself, sorry)
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Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
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I mean depending on what happens next.
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Verity
@becausepithy.bsky.social
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Part of this skeet “the IRA has been a stupefyingly successful …” hits somewhat differently on this side of the Atlantic. 💣
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Jade Cargill stan account 🍉🇺🇦🇺🇸
@adaytaramember.bsky.social
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Also has the added benefit of making our power grid much more robust and resilient in the face of intensifying natural disasters
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Colm Ryan VA
@cryanva.bsky.social
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As an Irish man I was very confused for awhile there
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Adam Cain
@adamcain.bsky.social
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Incidentally, it gets a decent amount of attention in the UK and Europe, where it's being held up as both a model to imitate and a threat if we don't.
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Anna
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This is very true. My practice area is *exclusively* IRA clean energy tax credits right now because there is massive interest, not just from energy companies, but from cities and towns switching to zero carbon energy for all sorts of things thanks to direct pay incentives in the IRA. It's beautiful.
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@helchose.bsky.social
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Yup, any time I have a yearning to quit doomscrolling and feel good about the news I skooch over to my GreenSky feed. It's very bright over there, almost all the time these days.
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