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What dependence on specifically ground-drilled fossil fuels are there in alternative energy? Aside from the fact that current grid powering the construction/man
by AtlasBarfed 4y ago
What dependence on specifically ground-drilled fossil fuels are there in alternative energy? Aside from the fact that current grid powering the construction/manufacturing of it is currently still a lot of coal / gas turbine.
As in, I get there are current dependencies, but what is it fundamentally about the wind turbine's parts is beholden to ground-extracted oil? Plastics/fiberglass (should be replaceable)? The electric dynamo because of needed heat in metallurgy/refining?
For solar (silicon solar cells specifically), again, what is it beholden to? Silicon? Etching chemicals?
I can see oil still being used for lots of industrial processes (and plastic production), but ... EVs are going to drop a massive amount of demand for them. And while plastics suck for lots of reasons, fundamentally plastic is fossil fuel carbon that has been sequestered in a durable long-lived form.
I'll check it out, but again I wonder if the dependence is due to someone "growing up" ensconced in a petroleum world not realizing the full path forward that will eliminate so much of it, particularly the massive scale of burn-into-CO2 part.
- tomcar288 3y agoall i can tell you is he's interviewed experts with deep extensive knowledge of how oil is used. there's one interview with a guy where the guy explains in details how all the parts of oil are used for over 45 min! most of it was over my head. some of his videos do go into great detail about how reknewables can't take the place fully. I think part of it is that wind and solar are too intermitent and that, that greatly limits their applicability.