Two new solar records today in Texas/ERCOT:
🏆 first time over 30,000 megawatts
☀️first time over 58% of supply
Quite the progression:
2015: 500 megawatts
2017: 1,000 megawatts
2021: 5,000 megawatts
2022: 10,000 megawatts
2024: 15,000 megawatts
Feb. 2026: 30,000 megawatts!!
@ENERGY U.S rig count (number of active drilling rigs) plummeted this year -- this is all bs marketing spin. Let the free market work and stop treading on us. https://t.co/YlQUzLUDa6
@SecretaryWright Homo Sapiens Sapiens ultimately have no choice but to live in harmony with the Earth — escaping to Mars or another solar system to refill the non-renewable resources to sustain 8+ billion people on Earth may be technically achievable but will ultimately be futile
@GovNuclear How much is each category of ratepayer paying per kWh today and over the next 25,000 years for the military grade security detail needed to protect this site? I see an extensive camera network indicating off site military grade security as well
“I don’t think most American citizens really viscerally understand how much of the content they see on social platforms is actually a foreign intelligence operation." — @StateDept official, via @HC_Richardson
2023 BIG RECORD US $BILLION DISASTERS
Record severe Storms Now 2024
2024 (June 10), 11 US $billion weather/climate disasters 9 severe storms. 84 deaths 1980–2023 annual average 8.5 events NOAA Increase trend
https://t.co/mudxo3RXSm
#extremeweather#climatechange#globalwarming