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It's just simple logic. Renewables and batteries are cheaper and quicker to build than coal and gas and easier to locate near the demand.
But agreed that the near term situation is concerning with coal and gas still being used and built which is idiotic. And the politics around renewable energy in the US aren't helping things, though I expect economics will win out in the end in the medium to long term.
Not even near term. Trump's administration here in the US is bankrolling all kinds of fossil fuel investment and specifically curtailing renewables and trying the hardest to cancel renewable contracts, as well as nuclear. Various states are also doing this, for very little discernable reason. Sure, you can pop up a solar array pretty quick, but wind turbine farms take a while to build, same with hydro and tidal power where you can use those.