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Yes, solar has emissions. But in your previous message you implied that it is larger than it is by making a deceptively long list of items. These are the number

Yes, solar has emissions. But in your previous message you implied that it is larger than it is by making a deceptively long list of items. These are the number of total CO2 emited per energy produced (gCO2e/kWh): - Nuclear and eolic, 4. - Solar, 6. - Gas CCS, 78. - Hydro, 97. - Coal CCS, 109. Citation, as requested: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-017-0032-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-017-0032-9 Implying that solar, nuclear or wind have emissions nowhere near gas or coal is not fair play.

AstralStorm 5y ago
Note that nobody really pulled off large scale CCS, so we should be comparing standard gas, such as closer too 400-ish.
kortilla 5y ago
> But in your previous message you implied that it is larger than it is by making a deceptively long list of items. No I didn’t. Your reading comprehension did that. I was simply pointing out that a dipshit stance like “no energy source can have any emissions and be called green” actually rules everything out and destroys the nuanced discussions between green energies. The statement I replied to was literally “It is as simple as I originally stated”. > Implying that solar, nuclear or wind have emissions nowhere near gas or coal is not fair play. Wanna try that sentence again? I think you meant to say something else because solar, wind, and nuclear absolutely have emissions nowhere near gas or coal.
- otherme123 5y ago
  The message I answered was to support that CO2 emited by solar, wind or nuclear are indeed minute compared with a gas plant, even including "short of a life, manufacturing, transport, installation, and disposal" emissions. Because someone reading that long list of items could get confused and think that those things added so much emissions that they could be near fossil emisions. It seems that it was not your intention, but I felt a clarification and a citation was needed.

AstralStorm 5y ago

Note that nobody really pulled off large scale CCS, so we should be comparing standard gas, such as closer too 400-ish.

kortilla 5y ago

> But in your previous message you implied that it is larger than it is by making a deceptively long list of items. No I didn’t. Your reading comprehension did that. I was simply pointing out that a dipshit stance like “no energy source can have any emissions and be called green” actually rules everything out and destroys the nuanced discussions between green energies. The statement I replied to was literally “It is as simple as I originally stated”. > Implying that solar, nuclear or wind have emissions nowhere near gas or coal is not fair play. Wanna try that sentence again? I think you meant to say something else because solar, wind, and nuclear absolutely have emissions nowhere near gas or coal.

otherme123 5y ago
The message I answered was to support that CO2 emited by solar, wind or nuclear are indeed minute compared with a gas plant, even including "short of a life, manufacturing, transport, installation, and disposal" emissions. Because someone reading that long list of items could get confused and think that those things added so much emissions that they could be near fossil emisions. It seems that it was not your intention, but I felt a clarification and a citation was needed.