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Oliver Stone? As the old saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. That nuclear energy is a practical way forward may be true. That solar and w
by Blackstrat 4y ago
Oliver Stone? As the old saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. That nuclear energy is a practical way forward may be true. That solar and wind will never meet the world’s energy requirements is also true. But when a wacko like Stone comes out in favor, it raises the question of why.
- goodpoint 4y ago> That nuclear energy is a practical way forward may be true. It's not. > That solar and wind will never meet the world’s energy requirements is also true. It isn't.
- Blackstrat 4y agoAnd your evidence of that?
- timbit42 4y agoWe will figure out better ways to store solar and wind energy for when it is night and there is no wind. There are already technologies to do it but I haven't seen any that seem practical to scale globally yet. Ultimately, we will build enough solar and wind capacity to provide more energy than we need for when the days aren't windy or sunny enough.
- schiffern 4y ago>I haven't seen any that seem practical to scale globally yet See Tesla Master Plan Part 3.[0] LiFePO4 batteries can easily scale to the required level, and require no scarce minerals (namely cobalt and nickel). Lithium itself is abundant even outside of China. [0] https://youtu.be/BoGNEZF2XFQ https://youtu.be/BoGNEZF2XFQ
- Blackstrat 4y agoAnd the land area required to produce even the current power levels, which is unequivocally insufficient to eliminate gasoline powered cars and stoves?
- Schroedingersat 4y agoA tiny fraction of the land that is currently used for energy crops. Also a tiny fraction of the land used for fossil fuel infrastructure. And able to colocate with other uses.
- goodpoint 4y agoPlenty for a PhD and then more. And no, you don't just make a wild claim and then expect people to provide tons of evidence to the contrary. Go learn.
- Blackstrat 4y agoNuclear has the smallest land area per megawatt of any energy source. Those numbers are easily available to anyone that looks. IEEE has published information on the grid’s inability to meet the demand of EVs. Your proposal exacerbates the situation. As with most proposals to combat “climate change”, they are based on political agendas and wishful thinking.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoInclude the upstream land use required to expand it massively and try again.