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That's really a good field for research right now, because like Jancovici notes in his conf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQBPhKSWu0&list=PLMDQXkItOZ4II_sYv

That's really a good field for research right now, because like Jancovici notes in his conf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQBPhKSWu0&list=PLMDQXkItOZ4II_sYvh0BevIBwmm7fvuHL&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQBPhKSWu0&list=PLMDQXkItOZ...) that we currently price renewable energy in a world where oil is abundant. But once you have to create your wind turbine, solar panels and battery with electricity from wind turbines and solar panels, the price gets very different.

u320 4y ago
Yes it gets more expensive.
ZeroGravitas 4y ago
How does that add up if he's a proponent of replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power? Won't that get more expensive too? He's a weird one, as he's generally on board with consensus climate change, but he's always had a bee in his bonnet about renewables, making lots of claims that haven't came true. Could we live as today with just renewable energy? (2005) https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/renewables/could-we-live-as-today-with-just-renewable-energy/ https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/renewables/could-...
- BiteCode_dev 4y ago
  > How does that add up if he's a proponent of replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power? > Won't that get more expensive too? Yes, that's the whole point of the conference. Fossil fuels are magical. And at some point, we won't have them anymore. > He's a weird one, as he's generally on board with consensus climate change, but he's always had a bee in his bonnet about renewables, making lots of claims that haven't came true. Jancovici doens't make timed predictions, so I can't see how this can be true. A makes statements about how things are, starting from first principles. The only thing he did insist on some time period was the fact we will cross the +2C°, at some point in the next decades. We are well on track for that.

u320 4y ago

Yes it gets more expensive.

ZeroGravitas 4y ago

How does that add up if he's a proponent of replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power? Won't that get more expensive too? He's a weird one, as he's generally on board with consensus climate change, but he's always had a bee in his bonnet about renewables, making lots of claims that haven't came true. Could we live as today with just renewable energy? (2005) https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/renewables/could-we-live-as-today-with-just-renewable-energy/ https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/renewables/could-...

BiteCode_dev 4y ago
> How does that add up if he's a proponent of replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power? > Won't that get more expensive too? Yes, that's the whole point of the conference. Fossil fuels are magical. And at some point, we won't have them anymore. > He's a weird one, as he's generally on board with consensus climate change, but he's always had a bee in his bonnet about renewables, making lots of claims that haven't came true. Jancovici doens't make timed predictions, so I can't see how this can be true. A makes statements about how things are, starting from first principles. The only thing he did insist on some time period was the fact we will cross the +2C°, at some point in the next decades. We are well on track for that.