Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "Ask Peter: What's the Deal with Manchin's Gas Pipeline? || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. I like how you are thinking. There is no one size fits all. For every place where green energy is applicable, that lowers the overall emissions. We should be concentrating on the overall picture. This will evolve over time. Activists tend to just see their local situation. Actually, most activists are just tools of other actors who have little or no interest in the activist cause I have seen it. Long distance power transmission, with small loss, is now possible. Ironically, it is with DC transmission. DC originally lost out to AC for transmission because of the technology of the time. Technology changes. As for the cost comparisons, that is going to be interesting. I liken this to how we compare ICE powered vehicles to EVs. There is an attempt to force fit a measure that tries to emulate MPG for EVs. That is stupid. The real measure, now that we have completely different "fuel" sources is cost per mile. Interestingly, I have seen reports that it costs about the same per mile in the UK (and I expect most of Europe). To get back to the subject, we don't pay for electrons, we pay for the reliable delivery of electrons. A measure that can take that into account across different power sources would be the best way to compare. After all, it doesn't matter to the end user where the electrons come from, just that they are available when needed.
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