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Tony Paradiso
Tony Paradiso
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These Clean Energy Stats are Dishonest

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A๐Ÿ‘ 617-word๐Ÿ‘ under๐Ÿ‘ 4-minute๐Ÿ‘ read

Reading the spate of articles covering the record 2024 installations and expected 2025 record-breaking numbers for solar and battery storage, conjured up images from the classic movie ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ .

๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

OK, thatโ€™s overly dramatic, but there is something that has been annoying me about the solar and battery storage forecasts, and today, Iโ€™m getting it off my chest.

In short, the numbers have no bearing on reality when it comes to the emissions benefits from the technologies. Check out todayโ€™s post for why I take that position.

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