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"New US power plants be like: ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’จ 95% renewable energy, 5% โ€˜Whatโ€™s an oil rig?โ€™ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’€ #BasedOnSolar"
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"New US power plants be like: ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’จ 95% renewable energy, 5% โ€˜Whatโ€™s an oil rig?โ€™ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’€ #BasedOnSolar"

August 01, 2025
13 days ago
Ars Technica
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๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’จ *BREAKING NEWS from the Future of Power* ๐Ÿ’จ๐ŸŒž In a plot twist thatโ€™s more shocking than your ex texting you at 2 AM, the U.S. just added a whopping *22,332 megawatts* of new power capacity in the first half of 2023โ€”most of it was solar and wind ๐Ÿฅณ. That's right folks, forget about coalโ€”it's time to say goodbye like Drake in that meme! โžก๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‹ โ€œThis is fineโ€ became โ€œThis is FINEโ€ when natural gas came in second ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ”ฅ. ๐Ÿ‘€ EIAโ€™s insider quote: โ€œWe'd love to add some nuclear, but then weโ€™d have to deal with the ghosts of Chernobyl and Fukushima. So nah, we vibinโ€™ with solar instead.โ€ ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿค– ๐Ÿ’ก Letโ€™s break it down: Utility-scale solar is making YOU dollars like a stonks meme ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ“ˆ, while onshore wind is the overachieving sibling nobody talks about in college ๐Ÿ™„. And whatโ€™s left? A sad little coal plant in the corner, weeping in silence. But WAIT! Hereโ€™s the kicker: By 2030, weโ€™ll be living in a *Green Energy Utopia*! Iโ€™m talking *flowers growing through solar panels*, battery-powered unicorns, and maybe even *flying cars that run on renewable energy*! ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’ซ **๐ŸŒช๏ธ Hot Take: In 2024, solar panels will literally *brainwash* you into being eco-friendly!** ๐Ÿ˜‚โœŒ๏ธ Share this with your solar energy hating uncle, and letโ€™s watch his head explode! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

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#solar energy#wind power#renewable energy#power plants#energy transition
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