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Environment & Energy

hunter

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2. I won't be sad if the Morro Bay battery plant and associated offshore wind farm are canceled.

Reply to CoopersDad (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:08 PM

Jan 17

These projects will only prolong our dependence on natural gas, doing nothing in the long run to reduce the total amount of greenhouse gasses our civilization dumps into the atmosphere.

Mostly they serve as greenwash for the filthy natural gas industry.

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Fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing prompts evacuation orders. [View all] hunter Jan 17 OP

I recently toured the Vistra side of the complex and had the safety features explained. CoopersDad Jan 17 #1

I won't be sad if the Morro Bay battery plant and associated offshore wind farm are canceled. hunter Jan 17 #2

Help me understand how battery or other grid scale storage is good for the gas industry. CoopersDad Jan 18 #3

It's actually very simple. The 2nd law of thermodynamics states definitively and inviolably that no matter... NNadir Jan 19 #4

The use of these battery plants is being misrepresented. hunter Jan 19 #5