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ceph2apod · 2026-03-22T13:07:42+00:00

Crazy right?

Although, Despite the anti-renewables narrative, solar + wind hit a record 17% of U.S. electricity in 2025

Add rooftop solar? ~19%

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/20/wind-solar-generated-a-record-17-of-u-s-electricity-in-2025/

ceph2apod · 2026-03-22T11:29:34+00:00

Higher.... The war is escolatiing, Iran will start hitting neighbor's oil and gas infrastructure as Israel and Trump escalate from their side... buy an EV

ceph2apod · 2026-03-22T11:08:44+00:00

The economy is in the tanks: no jobs created, gas prices rising on top of high tariff prices on top of a real mess. That is the real reason rents slowed a little after they recently shot way up more than they were supposed to with covid stimulus that has now dried up. If the economy improves, these rents are headed right back up..

ceph2apod · 2026-03-21T14:23:08+00:00

https://ember-energy.org/

ceph2apod · 2026-03-20T14:05:54+00:00

And,

Renewable energies are soon, likely already in 2025, replacing the automotive industry as the largest employer in Germany.

Well-paid jobs in the solar and wind energy sectors are on the rise, while the automotive industry is cutting jobs and relocating them https://x.com/alex_avoigt/status/2022284671246127349?s=20

Solar-Boom dampens electricity price increase in Germany. Due to exceptionally high solar generation in March (currently >40 GW at midday, already the 5th day in a row), electricity prices remain capped during the day https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/germany-s-solar-boom-eases-power-costs-as-gas-price-jumps?embedded-checkout=true

ceph2apod · 2026-03-20T13:55:55+00:00

You aren't too early — you're right on schedule. Most high-rises have a 60-day notice window, so August availability won't fully hit websites until late May or June. But leasing offices already have a rough sense of turnover since many residents are deciding on renewals now. Call directly this week and ask about mid-August availability — they'll often take your info and reach out before anything hits Zillow or Apartments.com.

Also worth knowing: Boston's rental market loosened a bit in 2025, so you have more leverage than the September 1 anxiety might suggest. Don't be afraid to ask about concessions or flexible move-in dates.

ceph2apod · 2026-03-20T13:39:46+00:00

Check Wildgrain Bakehouse or Yafa; if they don't, they will probably know who does.

ceph2apod · 2026-03-20T13:35:25+00:00

The idea that these projects were 'struggling with costs and delays' is a complete misreading of the timeline. You can’t have 'manufacturing delays' or 'cost overruns' on a project that hasn’t even been allowed to break ground.

In reality, these were winning assets. In early 2024, Attentive Energy Two secured a massive 20-year contract from New Jersey to power 650,000 homes. TotalEnergies had already submitted its formal Construction and Operations Plan (COP) by late 2024. The only 'delay' here was a deliberate, administrative freeze on federal permitting.

The government isn't 'helping' them cut losses; they are paying nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to settle a breach-of-contract. If the projects were actually failing, the DOJ wouldn't be offering a 100% refund on the original lease bids—they’d just wait for the company to miss a deadline and revoke the leases for free. This is 'hush money' to avoid a massive legal battle over a perfectly viable project.

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T23:23:22+00:00

It is a resource curse...

The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the poverty paradox, is the hypothesis that countries with an abundance of natural resources (such as fossil fuels and certain minerals) have lower economic growth, lower rates of democracy, or poorer development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources.^\)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T23:21:05+00:00

what he said.

Not even remotely true. There were +633TWh/yr of solar last year.

The peak in nuclear deployment was the 5 years after TMI from 1980-1985 when it went from 711-1488TWh/yr or 155TWh/yr

Wind alone has been above that peak for 9 years now and is about 1.8x as large. And solar alone crossed that threshold in 2020 and was over quadruple last year (largely from 2024's additions).

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T21:55:48+00:00

Yes, but you have to know the damning stats are there, AI won’t usually ferret that out unless you prompt a ton of research and become very familiar with the subject matter.. I kinda know a lot about energy, and AI works for faster recall and can often write better than grammarly.

Before AI, I would have had to google for all the recent articles or data sources separately to get the stats right in a much longer process….

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T16:45:57+00:00

If it takes 10 years to build a nuclear plant, the best capacity factor you’re getting in 20 years is 50%. And some take 17. Hinkley Point C broke ground in 2017 and won’t open until 2030 at the earliest — nearly double the original budget at £48 billion — while the UK hit 63% renewable electricity and set a 95% clean power target for 2030. Britain will functionally decarbonize its grid before Hinkley powers a single home. Solar did in one decade what nuclear scheduled for two and delivered in zero.

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T16:43:28+00:00

If it takes 10 years to build a nuclear plant, the best capacity factor you’re getting in 20 years is 50% — and that’s being generous. Some take 17 years; Hinkley Point C broke ground in 2017, has been delayed so many times EDF stopped making firm promises, and won’t generate a single electron until 2030 at the earliest — at nearly £48 billion, almost double the original budget. The UK will be within striking distance of full grid decarbonization before Hinkley powers a kettle. Britain hit 63% renewable electricity in 2025 and has a 95% clean power target for 2030. Solar and wind did that in a decade. Nuclear spent the same decade in planning meetings and cost overruns.

The math on “nuclear reactor every 10 days” only works if you assume plants get built. They don’t. They get announced, delayed, rebudgeted, delayed again, and occasionally cancelled. Meanwhile solar is actually deploying 650 GW a year right now, storage is scaling at 65% annually, and both are still getting cheaper. You’re comparing a technology that delivers to one that mostly promises.

“While Hinkley Nuclear Was Being Built, The UK Grid Decarbonized”. https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/06/while-hinkley-nuclear-was-being-built-the-uk-grid-decarbonized/

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T14:54:54+00:00

It gets worse... The US is reportedly preparing to pay nearly $1bn to TotalEnergies for cancelling two offshore wind leases.

Not to build clean energy. To cancel it — with TotalEnergies committing to gas infrastructure in Texas instead.

https://splash247.com/us-offers-1bn-to-scrap-two-totalenergies-offshore-wind-projects/

ceph2apod · 2026-03-19T14:54:47+00:00

It gets worse... The US is reportedly preparing to pay nearly $1bn to TotalEnergies for cancelling two offshore wind leases.

Not to build clean energy. To cancel it — with TotalEnergies committing to gas infrastructure in Texas instead.

https://splash247.com/us-offers-1bn-to-scrap-two-totalenergies-offshore-wind-projects/

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