Renewables took off in Texas because it's

1. Vast
2. Flat
3. Hot
4. Windy

It's pretty much heaven for solar and wind, both of which have no qualms building out in the middle of nowhere.

I wonder if anyone's going to attempt tide generators with our freshly roided up storm seasons. The whole East Coast has barrier islands that are all about to sink, so we won't even have to go down far to anchor them.

Windmills are taking off now in Wyoming, and I can't believe it took them this long, loaded down freighters get blown over hourly every fucking day in Wyoming. They built their freeways with massive shoulders just to wreck on. Windmill farms are all down central and Eastern Washington, central and eastern Oregon and California. I can't speak much to the Midwest but you can't drive 5miles thru Iowa without seeing 100windmills. In between houses and shit. I like the spirit but goddamn, Iowa needs to chill.

Solar is huge all along the sun belt. Shit I'm off-grid in Washington and I do it off 2500w of panels and 375ah of batteries. It's not as good as having a tap to grand coulee but I don't have an electric bill and that does more than just dry my tears, it actually makes happy.