> the U.S. administration has chosen to actively fight against it

the biggest producer of renewables is Texas, by a longshot. and the state of california just created insane NEM laws that favor the pockets of pg&e (and are shit for the environment) and as a result solar home installations have cratered.

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ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> the biggest producer of renewables is Texas

That doesn't refute the point at all.

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dnautics 3 hours ago | parent [-]

no, but renewables do speak for themselves in dollars and cents, even if they dont have subsidy. now should petrochem subsidies end too? probably yes.

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		> renewables do speak for themselves in dollars and cents Yes. But administration opposition can change that math, as they have with the tariffs.

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toast0 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From the CalISO graphs, there doesn't seem to be a shortage of solar power for most of the day. It doesn't seem reasonable to incentivise production in the same way as it was when that wasn't the case.

I think NEM 3.0 incentivises storage now? Which seems to be what the (California) grid is looking for.

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ZeroGravitas 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Texas barely scrapes into the top ten red states by percentage of wind and solar, despite its ideal geography.

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some-guy 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Both NEM 2.0 and 3.0 have serious issues, but for different reasons. NEM 2.0 was basically a early adopter's rich person's subsidy that heavily distorted the market, and NEM 3.0 does not have nearly enough subsidies to justify the cost unless you pay cash up front for a large system. (For the record, I am on NEM 3.0 and got such a system).

At the end of the day, the best case scenario is large scale renewable / battery storage to bring costs down as much as possible, and for those of us who want battery backup / solar can choose to invest in it, but it shouldn't be "the" solution.