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Yup, a lot of the conversation around energy and electricity feels like we're not at all talking about the same things. A book worth reading on the subject: htt
by elproxy 6y ago
Yup, a lot of the conversation around energy and electricity feels like we're not at all talking about the same things. A book worth reading on the subject: https://www.withouthotair.com/ https://www.withouthotair.com/
- sir_bearington 6y agoThe book mostly focuses on raw generation figures. I see little to no writing on how to handle the intermittency of renewable sources. Also, the 1,000 year figure for fissile fuel does not consider reprocessing which reclaims over 80% of fuel used.
- pfdietz 6y agoThat author is long dead, and his assumptions are increasingly out of date.
- pydry 6y agoWorth bearing in mind that it was published in 2009 & the author died in 2016. A lot has changed since then - the costs he specifies, for instance, might as well be from the previous century. Energy use has also decreased.