More than half of households have at least two cars, more than half have a garage or carport. With used electric cars available for under $10k, I'd say there are ways to avoid gas lines without owning a Tesla. #DriveElectric
Of course, we can't ignore the racial component. Black families are far less likely to own a car (a perverse shield from this fuel availability issue) but also, due to long-term income and wealth disparities, less likely to be able to manage the costs.
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While my original post compares utility-scale and rooftop solar, we ought to spend less time comparing them because a) they aren't subject to reasonable comparison and b) it's the utility's playbook. Here's a few examples:
1) Utility-scale solar and rooftop solar aren't comparable because one is wholesale, the other retail. Big solar has socialized delivery costs (all customers pay for its transmission and distribution). Rooftop solar provides power at retail, with no delivery cost.
How do you build a pro-climate electric utility like @xcelenergy? Here's a helpful timeline:
1994: then separate state-based companies, the Minnesota company asks the legislature for permission to store more nuclear waste at its nuclear power plants. The Legislature agrees, in exchange for 400 megawatts of wind (x2 if cost-effective)...
2003: With 400 megawatts of cost-effective wind energy on its grid, Xcel Minnesota is required by the 1994 agreement to double its wind portfolio to 800 megawatts.
Bonus: the inexpensive Local Decarbonization scenario also includes 13 gigawatts of rooftop solar PV in Minnesota!
Another bonus: decarbonization insulates Minn. from high gas costs. In a high-cost scenario, shifting to renewable energy saves over $40 billion by 2050!