How Hawaii is leading the switch to renewable energy

Renewable sources of energy will account for 24% of the nation's energy in 2023, more than double what it was a decade ago. CBS environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.

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[matthewbaynham]

Look at the figures in the chart, renewables make up only a quarter of electricity. Compared to Germany where more than half is renewables.

They have so many options with those volcanos they could has geothermal, or hydroelectric, or wave power, but they are only going for a very small amount of wind and solar.

[jessmason]

Every new home should have the costs of solar arrays, 4-10 home batteries, and small home wind turbines combined with their home mortgages. Simple to create laws, regulations, and codes to implement that. The contractors already exist to do this. The banks are going to love it. The homeowner will save a lot of money on energy costs by paying upfront for those apparatuses. Furthering people purchasing power by buying more goods and services.

[spacetimemalleable]

If Hawaii decides to also go with EVs (electric vehicles), the demand for electricity will significantly increase. How will they deal with it? The demand for electricity will get higher at night when they need to charge their EVs. Therefore will their electrical storage be up to the task at night? Alternative energy sounds good but it is highly dependent on the weather. There will be times when it gets cloudy and the wind doesn't blow. Yes Hawaii has lots of sun and wind however one should not be highly dependent on something for which one has no control. I wish them well in their transition but I am dubious about the long term.

[B]

Is that why nobody can afford Hawaii anymore 🤣🤣

[joanneelliott]

Lithium ion batteries extremely hot fires

[trevorstepoo]

I think we should open up more coal-fired power plants and nuclear energy and natural gas instead of this cheaper forms of energy

[NekoNebula]

Nice one of the reasons why it's on fire

[danielwhyatt]

We’ll done Hawaii. Hope the rest the the US and the world does the same.

[simonpannett]

Offshore wind and battery or hydro energy storage vs peaker plants!

[thesilentone]

And clearing the land of plant life to do soo.
Like have you not heard of a building thats over 3 stories tall ya cover the walls.
No solar panels are not only black and blue some are made to look like wood and rock or even dirt if you wished.
Cover the tall building with solar stop killing the land by choping down plants and trees for a solar farm with black panels ya guess what its going to be 5 to 20 f hottest around that solar farm now.

[vanrozay]

solar panels on ALL roofs, and in-home batteries, would solve the problems. so try to get that, via rules and incentives, with earlier adopters getting more tax breaks or other goodies. let the market achieve blanket coverage.

[joaot]

CLEAN ENERGY, seriously??? What happens to the old solar panels??? Or those monstrosities of the wind turbines??? NONE is recyclable and causes a HUGE problem. And of course ALL those batteries, also NOT recyclable. Where are they going to dump them??? And how do they do those things?? The solar panels, the wind turbines, the batteries???? WHY DON'T YOU CHECK IT OUT???? What it takes to make those things??? IT IS NOT CLEAN, IT IS NOT RECYCLABLE, IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE!!! It would be CLEAN ENERGY from HOW IT IS CREATED, HOW IT WORKS, AND HOW IT IS BE DISPOSED. THIS WILL DEFINITELY CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER. No wonder we are in living in the chaos...

[gpop]

What a surprise the right environment and bingo the media acts like this is life changing. Try it in Wyoming or the Dakotas now that would be news worthy. Duh