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What is happening now is, for example, USA/Canada building oil extraction platforms, possibly with fracking, in Botswana. https://www.theguardian.com/environmen
by amatic 5y ago
What is happening now is, for example, USA/Canada building oil extraction platforms, possibly with fracking, in Botswana. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilf...
Maybe the more developed countries should build or invest in power plants from renewable sources, or maybe nuclear, in less developed countries.
- ThomPete 5y agothat require fossil fuels. Ever seen what goes into building a windmill? https://spectrum.ieee.org/to-get-wind-power-you-need-oil?fbclid=IwAR14fH2-d17QvtQ9gjs89pxsX16JBKpP6mmuvjokzGiM4Wxh1_CJE0aXY0k https://spectrum.ieee.org/to-get-wind-power-you-need-oil?fbc... We are not even theoretically close to getting off oil, gas or coal.
- amatic 5y agoIs nuclear a better option then?
- ThomPete 5y agoIf it can be built without the draconian regulation you see in the west perhaps. Fossil fuel is still required though.
- amatic 5y agoIf it is safety regulation you're talking about, that is not exactly a plus for the local population. Sure, it is a non-renewable source of power, but it doesn't produce CO2 after it starts to operate. Ideally, it could be even used to capture carbon from air.
- ThomPete 5y agoi am a big proponent of nuclear but less than 20% of any country’s energy needs are electricity.
- toofy 5y agoIf there is ever a good excuse to use fossil fuels its to build something which will deprecate them.
- ThomPete 5y agoI love nuclear but we are not going to deprecate fossil fuels. You can't build neither nuclear nor wind or solar without huge amounts of fossil fuels and again electricity is less than 20% of a country's energy consumption.