The Trump presidency begins today and with it will come many changes in America's economic, energy, and environmental policies. Renewable energy's poor financial results were known but ignored.
I'm struck by how consistent the broader scientific community has been at pointing out unpopular truths about the unviability of UN IPCC mandates concerning the energy transition. Now, after a decade of ridicule, even supporters of small modular reactors and other clean energy sources are getting a fair hearing. That is the "real inconvenient truth", media hyperbole and political mandates promulgated by legislatures with a two year mandate are fading in the face of policy reversals based on real economic outcomes.
I'm struck by how consistent the broader scientific community has been at pointing out unpopular truths about the unviability of UN IPCC mandates concerning the energy transition. Now, after a decade of ridicule, even supporters of small modular reactors and other clean energy sources are getting a fair hearing. That is the "real inconvenient truth", media hyperbole and political mandates promulgated by legislatures with a two year mandate are fading in the face of policy reversals based on real economic outcomes.