If the govt really wants to cut carbon, they'll get utilities to build more nuclear plants. Otherwise we're waiting on technology to catch up with policy

They're polluting more often than ours. We don't have gas shale for fracking which is thankful and barely operated coal mines here in Vermont. We take care of our own Mother Nature very well. And we are also always in top three for most healthily and fitness. We are also the first state to say NO to nuclear power plant not more than two mile from my home.

If somethings work in VT, which also is geographically small, why would they not work in a state that is both bigger and has more people? I suspect that difference with VT is the responsiveness of government and the respect for what really matters for quality of life. I suspect though that the answer may differ given the needs and what works in different areas. For example, few states could follow Washington State's heavy use of hydroelectrical power.

You might actually have a better case if you said HI, where the temperature is a near constant at a comfortable temperature. Heating and air conditioning are in total likely quite low compared to other places.

It sounds more like you having an agenda.

Methane capture system. Works great and supplies power to a food processor as well. Smart clean way to generate power. But its not gonna work for the city I live in, which has nearly 100K.
Sure, we should continue to implement these types of tech, but if you just say "close all the coal plants" like some want, our power bills WILL go way up. And who will be hurt the most? The poor.
We're already forced to buy AC units with a "cleaner" freon and most AC folks will tell you they wont last nearly as long as the previous units. So again, you have to spend MORE money quicker. Refrigerators have the same issue. Cost more, shorter life, but save a little on power. Thankfully autos are longer lasting than they were 30 yrs ago. Thats a plus.
I dont have an agenda; its just that none of this makes a shitpot of difference when China and India and others continue to do what they want.

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