I always come back to hydroelectric in this regard. We have dams that have existed since the beginning of industrialized electricity, we have used water wheels for millennia. It's a known, proven answer.
Those dams have provided virtually unlimited energy compared to the upfront energy costs, and they produce more than enough energy to recreate themselves.
But it isn't pretty, and it's entirely too practical. It's effective and boring. It doesn't let you rewrite society from the ground up. So they hate it.
Those dams have provided virtually unlimited energy compared to the upfront energy costs, and they produce more than enough energy to recreate themselves.
But it isn't pretty, and it's entirely too practical. It's effective and boring. It doesn't let you rewrite society from the ground up. So they hate it.
I know that Manitoba and Quebec are both basically entirely hydroelectric, and the resulting electrical power is some of the least expensive in the world. You can heat your home with electricity in Manitoba or Quebec and it isn't a big deal, you can't do the same in Ontario which is mostly nuclear.