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@andyinabox @anildash

I blogged about how renewable energies represent a fascinating shift ...

... which is that (apart from nuclear, a minority player in the history of energy) they are forms of power generation that do not involve burning anything

And this has mythopoetic stakes! Fire is gorgeous and primal, and we like not only being near it for warmth, but *seeing* it

So: *Some* of the disdain for renewables might burble up from this primal well

https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-end-of-burning-6fa52138326a (gift link)