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The thermal forcing from emissions are on the order of 20x the direct thermal forcing. Any energy releasing process (nuclear, fossil fuel with ccs, geothermal)
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
The thermal forcing from emissions are on the order of 20x the direct thermal forcing.
Any energy releasing process (nuclear, fossil fuel with ccs, geothermal) is bounded somewhere around 10-20x current energy use by running into direct thermal forcing.
PV produces less waste heat depending on where it is installed so has a slightly higher limit, but both solar and wind have pretty severe land use limits you run into at 20-100x current global energy.
Basically, everyone can have enough energy to flourish, but it's time to reign in growth and maybe dial it back a bit from US levels of consumption.