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Michael Shellenberger

What Michael Shellenberger thinks about solar

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American writer; co-founded the Breakthrough Institute in 2003 and founded Environmental Progress in 2016. Author of Apocalypse Never (2020) and San Fransicko (2021); publishes Public, a newsletter on politics, energy and free speech.

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3 dated positions, 2021, in their own words. Our reading of what Michael Shellenberger has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe Clean Energy Performance Program would have increased electricity prices, blackouts, and US dependence on Chinese-made solar panels.

    energyChina

    Their wordsBut the Clean Energy Performance Program was a badly written subsidy that would have increased electricity prices, blackouts, and US dependence on solar panels made by enslaved Muslims in China.

    ↗If Democrats Really Cared About Climate Change They Would Have Gone Nuclearpublic.news 1st of 3 in this piece

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  3. Our readingThe true cost of solar electricity will rise four-fold when the high cost of managing toxic solar panel waste is accounted for.

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    Their wordswhen the high cost of managing toxic solar panel waste is eventually accounted for, the true cost of solar electricity will rise four-fold.

    ↗Why Bad Climate Legislation Is Worse Than No Climate Legislationpublic.news 1st of 3 in this piece

  5. Our readingDecarbonizing electricity grids without centering nuclear power will lead to blackouts.

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    Their wordsany efforts to decarbonize electricity grids without creating blackouts must center nuclear power, not weather-dependent solar and wind.

    ↗Why Bad Climate Legislation Is Worse Than No Climate Legislationpublic.news 3rd of 3 in this piece