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If you want power, it is better to make renewables. The problem with carbon capture is that more energy and more fuel to run the capture. It costs too much. If
by ianburrell 2y ago
If you want power, it is better to make renewables. The problem with carbon capture is that more energy and more fuel to run the capture. It costs too much.
If you want to sequester the carbon, just cut down the trees and bury them. The problem is that there isn't enough trees on Earth to power civilization or sequester enough carbon.
- hmottestad 2y agoIt’s much better with renewables yes! In the freeze of the Oslo winter it’s a bit hard to capture enough sunlight to heat all the housing we have here. There’s not much wind either. We have a lot of hydroelectric power, but that’s very dependent on how much it rained in the autumn. We are also starting to build out wind power, but it’s slow going. We do import a lot of electricity from further south in Europe where there is more wind and solar. I would love to have solar on my roof. The legislation is super complicated though since I live in an apartment and we would basically have to create our own communal energy company. We would also have to pay taxes on the electricity we produce and use ourselves. It’s somewhat simpler for people that own a house, but I’m not quite rich enough to own a house in Oslo.
- hmottestad 2y agoThere is also an increasing demand for our renewable electricity in the industry and especially with the data centres that are being built because of our cheap electricity.