Comments by "" (@bsmithhammer) on "Is Federal Regulation Coming to the Texas Power Grid? || Peter Zeihan" video.

It might do so in the future. It is hardly doing that at the moment, in a broad sense. There are also robust debates still to be had about which approach is actually better, environmentally. If one cares to actually delve into both physical and carbon footprints.
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@Dularr Someone seriously needs to do a rigorous study on the total carbon footprint of mass deployment of Li-Ion batteries before we go too far down the road of thinking we are "helping the environment" with this approach.
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@Dularr I know how batteries work - I am in the industry. I suppose if coal is the other, most viable option, then renewables + batteries make some sense. Where I live, it's mostly hydropower, and I remain unconvinced that massive deployment of L-Ion batts is a real step forward ecologically, as many want to believe.
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And what is your counter-factual perspective?
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One of several inherent problems that people on the "pro-renewable" side of the argument typically refuse to acknowledge.
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@Dularr Agreed that it is very difficult to get any new hydro projects built, mainly because of environmental groups (ironically) litigating as soon as plans are announced. I don't see any way around the fact that nuclear will be a big part of our nation's power mix in the future. We can't have generation dictated to us by naive ideologues who don't actually understand how any of this works.
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@ If you know of a good, comprehensive, non-biased study that is available, I'm all ears.
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@SigFigNewton And are they taking into account the extraction, refinement and manufacturing footprints, or simply looking at emissions? Because if it's only the latter, that's my point.
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