Nobody likes to be wrong on Twitter. Ok, that’s not entirely true, there are annoying people who enjoy being wrong just to annoy others … but most people like to come across as at least knowing what they’re talking about. For example, Noah Smith really really really likes solar and wind technologies:
People who instinctively and relentlessly look for reasons to oppose solar and wind are simply technophobes. They are afraid of change, afraid of weird scary new technologies that make their world look different. In 1910 they'd have been scared of cars.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) August 14, 2022
We won’t bore you with the entire thread.
You’re welcome.
It’s obvious from the first tweet that it didn’t get any better … comparing people who know solar and wind won’t produce enough energy to power this country to people who were afraid of cars? REALLY? People were more than happy to explain to Noah why he was not only wrong but embarrassingly wrong.
I didn’t know that Sunday was joke day. Solar and wind are not the panacea promised. They are like the cars you reference. A lauded technology that reveals it ugly side in due time. pic.twitter.com/vWBtnxYTRT
— The Doctor (@TennantRob) August 14, 2022
Don’t you need fossil fuels for solar and wind? Ahem.
LOL! You are the Luddite (that’s the word your inarticulate brain failed to find). Production & disposal of wind & solar are environmentally dirty, as is production/disposal of batteries. Enough wind power to make a difference in energy would literally modify the climate… badly.
— WitCoHE 🇺🇸 (@E__Strobel) August 15, 2022
BUT IT SOUNDS SO PRETTY AND NICE AND STUFF. Wind, sun … Noah would like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony.
No. We dismiss solar and wind because they are maintenance heavy, inefficient money grabs.
Why do you fear nuclear, technophobe?
— Scotty Potty 🇺🇸🏴 (@HTX_Con) August 14, 2022
Heavy, inefficient money grabs. Perfect.
And yet here we are today https://t.co/rtaOSEggeX
— Guardian USAF (@GuardianUSAF) August 15, 2022
Close to zero for several hours on Tuesday.
Yeah, that’s not good, guys.
https://twitter.com/TomMatecki/status/1558889708381507589?s=20&t=HfLZZSqN29ZqK4A2kR_0dQ
His response?
Energy density only matters for transportation.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) August 14, 2022
ONLY TRANSPORTATION?!
Really?
Dude.
Transportation is everything.
This is wrong, and technically ignorant.
— "FLASH BAZBO – SPACE EXPLORER!" (@JimmyMcSavage) August 14, 2022
Describes Noah perfectly
— Willy Lee (@williefroman) August 14, 2022
Ouch.
Heh.
https://twitter.com/amishsecreto/status/1559012070917410817?s=21&t=vE5soQOkTCt3S4xChSdtXg
And then he cited himself.
Because you know, that totally proves his argument. Heh.
Stay with me here, kid, stay with mehttps://t.co/Yu2K6MKitS
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) August 15, 2022
And again.
I love nuclear power, but the facts force me to recognize that it's only going to be a modest part of our future energy mix…and even that will require heavy government support.https://t.co/Yu2K6MKitS
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) August 15, 2022
Annnd again.
The technologies that humanity uses to power our next energy transition will be determined by the cold hard facts of costs and feasibility, NOT by local politics.
And all over the globe, companies and countries are switching to solar.https://t.co/Yu2K6MKitS
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) August 15, 2022
Maybe he thinks if he posts it enough people will believe him?
So far, that hasn’t been the case. Just sayin’.
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