@[email protected] to Green [email protected]English • 6 days agoChicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean powergrist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkChicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean powergrist.org@[email protected] to Green [email protected]English • 6 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
To achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River.
minus-squaresj_zerolinkfedilink-37•6 days agoOh yah? Pretty cool running all the heat on solar at night in January.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•6 days ago City officials plan to cover the remaining 30 percent through the purchase of renewable energy credits. Provably powered by water and wind at night.
minus-squaresj_zerolinkfedilink-10•6 days agoAh, so it’s powered by coal, natural gas, and bullshit & lies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 days agoEven if it would be 30% oil & gas, thats still a massive improvement.
minus-square@dance_ninjalink5•6 days agoA major US city is running on renewables and taking stress off the national grid only during the daytime still sounds like a win for me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 days agoNuclear, Illinois is over half nuclear. Great for base load.
Oh yah?
Pretty cool running all the heat on solar at night in January.
Provably powered by water and wind at night.
Ah, so it’s powered by coal, natural gas, and bullshit & lies.
Progress over perfection.
Even if it would be 30% oil & gas, thats still a massive improvement.
A major US city is running on renewables and taking stress off the national grid only during the daytime still sounds like a win for me.
Nuclear, Illinois is over half nuclear. Great for base load.
You tried