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Beauchamp: Solar and wind are merely additive to record fossil fuel use

“If you look back to 1800, even biomass today is used more than it was in the 1800. Oil is used more. Gas, coal, everything is used more. And solar and wind were simply additive.”

Damien Beauchamp Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 4:50 The sunk cost dilemma

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Lacey: Gas replaced retired New England plants due to NIMBYism, not renewables

“But in New England, because of interconnection constraints and lots of nimbyism, gas has pretty much filled in the gap, not utility-scale wind and solar.”

Stephen Lacey Jul 26, 2023 ▶ 5:57 A surprise benefit of rooftop solar in New England

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