What Noah Smith thinks about energy
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Noah Smith has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIt’s a simple truth that if you want your economy to escape poverty, you need lots of energy consumption
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Their wordsBecause solar has, broadly speaking, won the technological race. Intermittency was the last big problem, and batteries have gotten good and cheap enough to make solar reliable.
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Their wordsThe electric revolution is the first major technological revolution that America has just completely whiffed on.