Sigh...Now that the technology has caught up and the costs have come down, we've made electrification a viable solution to climate change - and then we overthink it, start second-guessing ourselves, and make perfect the enemy of the good.
But wind turbines kill birds... But solar panels and batteries have components that are mined and mining is bad... But poor people can't afford brand new EVs...
Arrgh!! Just stop! Get on this train, because it's the only one that goes where we need it to. It's not perfect, and that's OK.
Only somewhat related to the topic, but I wanted to point to this excellent article I saw in my morning's LA Times on challenges to upgrading the transmission network serving Los Angeles (https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-09/joe-biden-wants-100-clean-energy-will-california-show-that-its-possible ). E.g., ideas like burying transmission cables offshore to avoid eminent domain issues. One thing that comes through loud and clear is that role of obscure agencies, like the Public Util…