40% of US electricity is now emissions-free | Ars Technica

[rcjordan]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/40-of-us-electricity-is-now-emissions-free/


18 - Nuclear
10 - Wind
6   - Solar
6   - Hydro

[littleman]

Way more than predicted.  Apparently geo-thermal is about to take off too by leveraging fracking technology, and it's going to use the same labor pool.

[ergophobe]

>>6 - Solar

In his proposed 1981 budget, Jimmy Carter had allocated funds to kickstart solar energy with the goal of reaching 20% from solar by the year 2000, based on the dire predictions about climate change that scientists made. He at first did not believe them and asked a second panel of scientists to review the report and they confirmed that, yes, we needed to get off fossil fuels.