Oregon and its neighbors strive to meet clean energy goals as electric demand rises

Oregon has set goals for power utility companies to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. At the same time, demand is rapidly increasing. Western states are still struggling with the near-future need to produce, store and share more power.
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[@griguthul]

Idiocracy.

[@tedbell4416]

No such thing as clean energy

[@peterbelanger4094]

Wind and solar are an eyesore and a blight on the landscape.

[@Jangtang]

Green house gas emissions are a blight on our lungs and atmosphere.

[@freeheeler09]

There is such a thing as cleaner energy. I’m a low key disaster prepper, so I’ve got solar on the roof, a battery in the garage, and right now, both an EV and a gas truck. The good thing about solar and batteries is that it allows regular people to compete with the corrupt electricity and fossil fuel cartels and produce and store our own energy. And, you don’t need to rely on expensive utility lines. The gas and electricity monopolies and cartels, because they didn’t have competition for the last 100 years, have been allowed to abuse citizens for too long. And, the new technologies can be much less expensive to use. LED lights use only a fraction of the electricity that the old incandescents used.