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Nuclear for flat energy output and as a fallback in case of grid failure, sure, but renewables are where it's at. "If properly harvested, there is enough solar energy cast on the earth inan hour to power all of humanity for a year".
We have the technology right now to do this. Solutions Project, like more than a decade ago, came up with a specific model for each individual state based on their unique geography and climates, modeling a specific mix of renewables that would work for that region. More offshore wind and solar for California, more geothermal for Hawaii, more solar-thermal towers fir the desert, etc. they also broke down the economic impact this would have in each region (which is very positive). And the messed up thing is that we know this plan would have worked, because Europe has kind of been doing exactly that and we're starting to see the real benefits emerge.
Personally I advocate for a mixed-renewables energy model, ideally with a distributed micro-grid down to the neighborhood level.
TLDR: This is a solved problem and capitalists are actively suppressing it. Click around on the Solutions Project energy map for you area. It's pretty neat:
https://thesolutionsproject.org/what-we-do/inspiring-action/why-clean-energy/
This is great and looks quite doable ….. for Massachusetts they’re projecting 55% offshore wind? While that makes sense, it’s not happening while taco Don Quixote is president. And even beyond current political chaos, trying to build offshore wind has been a decades long mess of environmental and people bottlenecks
https://electrek.co/2026/05/01/1-4b-saved-massachusetts-locks-in-cheaper-offshore-wind-power/