Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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But there's always a question of, like, how do you win versus how do you govern?
Fundamentally, just get it done, right?
Like, do the work.
The question is, like, how do we build momentum from place to place?
Also, it is an affordability issue because solar is cheaper than oil and gas in most scenarios now.
Like the economics of it makes sense.
We need more solar and energy and storage, battery storage to go with it.
Like that's the future.
And wind and geothermal.
There's all these other options.
But like that's the economics pan out for that.
It's like Texas and Iowa have the highest rates of wind and Texas has like the highest solar, like along with California.
It's not because they're like a bunch of hippies.
It's because it's making them money and it makes financial sense.
So there's this false assumption that to do the pro-earth thing is to sacrifice profitability or affordability.
But it's just not true.