Range will get there.

But we also need to deal with climate disaster or hauling a boat for funsies. Waaaaaay to many people in the latter category

Yep, my position title changed from Dev to Programmer to SW Engr and back perhaps a dozen times in 30 years.

The lack of qualified people made giving the few you could hire more 'impressive' titles as a minor non-monetary compensation.

entirely different but same scenario. Newark Air Traffic Control couldn't pay people enough to work there. Pay was lower than other NYC area airports and nobody wanted to work there.

They had to literally move the Newark ATC to Philly to be able to staff it.

Cost of living absolutely requires higher pay in high cost markets.

One ironic thing about how cheap grid scale renewable is....it's too cheap for profit oriented businesses to build.

Our power grids, while ostensibly publicly owned, are run by for profit companies. The regulatory environment those companies operate under (i.e. purchased with PAC donations) is geared towards them only making serious money on big infrastructure builds.

Solar and wind farms don't allow them a similar return on capital investment. I haven't seen similar analysis about grid scale storage but I'd expect it's not much different.

Now, the correct answer is, renewable grid scale projects are *perfect* for gov't to build and run, since the gov't doesn't need to turn a profit.

Until we fix that, lots of roadblocks will be constructed even if the finance says otherwise.

And that's the rub. Going Green in any fashion won't be 'cheap'. It will be far cheaper than not doing so but that still remains the hurdle.

Until we price the full cost of burning fossil fuels into their usage, renewable/green options are fighting up hill.

Utter insanity to believe we can control something at planet scale.

We also may have to do things at planet scale that we can't control.

exception proves the rule. Most marathons are very very flat.

As the grid gets greener, they aren't 'causing' the problem anymore, just localized hotspots.

The planet will not warm to levels where AC/Heat Pumps aren't viable* cooling tech. 120-130 is well within operating ranges....for AC and heat pumps, even up to 145.

*with the caveat that if the average global temp on the planet is 130....AC will be quite a few rungs down the ladder of problems we'll be facing.

OP is just wrong.

Ask yourself what other sport has the physical demands of cycling.

3 grand tours each year that are 2000 miles long...
in 3 weeks...
over 100 miles each day...
over multiple mountains on any given day....
while sprinting on flats at 40 mph.

Plus dozens of day and several/day races.

Marathoners are the only other mainstream sport close and that's generally pretty damned flat...lol

One issue is Grand Tours. 19 days in 21 days. You need the bike basically every day.

They already x-ray every bike, every day I believe.

I also believe I've seen then use FLIR/infrared on the bikes while a race is going on. hiding a heat signature in very small spaces isn't easy.

the shifters are electronic nowadays

doesn't appear to be behind a paywall for me

but here is a non-paywall version

https://archive.ph/0IDYy

UK claims their wood pellet CO2 release is 'green' but they import a significant amount of the fuel. The CO2 release shouldn't be considered green since they didn't cut it down.

https://www.bbc.com/news/busin...

Even at 120-130F AC can cool inside just fine.

it won't be the AC that can't handle the heat....it will be the people.

Wet Bulb danger events are going to be come almost routine in humid areas. 102 and you can die if you don't have access to cooling.

can confirm the frugality. On the other end of the spectrum, some Dutch families I stayed with, literally only heated a few rooms. The bathroom was not one of them lol