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Because our policies are being construed by environmentalists with a Communist or leftist agenda instead of scientists and pragmatic leaders. Renewables are mu
by UltraViolence 5y ago
Because our policies are being construed by environmentalists with a Communist or leftist agenda instead of scientists and pragmatic leaders.
Renewables are much less cost-effective if you take into account the energy storage needed to make them work. And even then they're ineffective because you essentially need 100% backup capacity for an indefinite period of time for when the wind doesn't blow or the sun is obscured by clouds. Current energy storage systems can only provide enough power for two days at the most.
We're being led like Lemmings into the ravine by these environmentalists. It's time we scientists and engineers took charge.
- ncmncm 5y agoBlaming the commies does not make you seem more sane. And, "taking charge" smells fascist. Maybe try to come up with a legitimate economic argument? Just one?
- UltraViolence 5y ago
- ncmncm 5y agoYou have suggested, "every drop of fossil fuel and every pound of coal will be burned" by poorer nations as prices respond to reduced demand. At some level, though, the cost of extracting exceeds that price. As cost for renewables declines, using renewables becomes strictly cheaper than the cost of extraction, and even the poorest people will thus prefer renewables. Anyway, we may expect access to coal and oil under many countries will be forbidden. In addition, as renewable energy gets cheaper, extracting carbon from the atmosphere to fix in solid form gets cheaper than mining it, so excess atmospheric carbon dioxide can be drawn down. (That, besides extracting carbon to volatiles to be burned and re-emitted.) The deep ocean has capacity to safely sequester excess carbon already in the atmosphere. It may be moved there cheaply.
- UltraViolence 5y ago