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I didn't downvote you. Did you read the chapter I linked to? I'm guessing not, because it contains answers to your implied questions. In particular, how England

by lemming 13y ago

I didn't downvote you. Did you read the chapter I linked to? I'm guessing not, because it contains answers to your implied questions. In particular, how England might use solar and the fact that the argument above applies equally to wind. I also gave an example from the book for tidal energy. If you took the time to read the book you'd learn that solar panels are actually not that far off their absolute theoretical efficiency, so we're never going to get another order of magnitude from them, or anything like it. Basically, from here on in I'm just going to be regurgitating arguments from a book that apparently you don't care to read, so I'm just going to leave it there. If you're really interested and not just trolling, the answers are in there.

afterburner 13y ago
The book is 5 years old, it won't properly account for the incredible improvements made since then. What I'm interested in is avoiding wasting money on nuclear power.
- afterburner 13y ago
  Pro-nuclear HN'ers downvote opposing views like crazy, let it be known.
  - lemming 13y ago
    You're not being downvoted because your views are unpopular. You're being downvoted because your comments in this thread at least are basically content-free, and full of unsubstantiated assertions. You've refused to even look at the resource I provided, and have preferred to argue that things ...probably also mean... and the like with no evidence of any kind. You've attributed things to me that I didn't say. You've also repeatedly failed to address the fact that the main issues facing alternative energies are not technical, but political and social, and those haven't changed in the last 5 years nor are they likely to any time soon. Basically, it seems like you're more interested in shouting from a soapbox than having any sort of argument, and HN frowns on that.
    - afterburner 13y ago
      You don't think that renewable costs per watt plummeting towards coal/nat.gas. price is a significant part of the decision making? Politics get overridden by price at some point. You've failed to acknowledge that maybe a book on renewables from 5 years ago, focusing primarily on the technical side, might have some problems when so much has changed since that time. My assertions aren't unsubstantiated, I linked to the them in my initial response. I don't really care why I'm being downvoted.

by lemming 13y ago

afterburner 13y ago

The book is 5 years old, it won't properly account for the incredible improvements made since then. What I'm interested in is avoiding wasting money on nuclear power.

afterburner 13y ago
Pro-nuclear HN'ers downvote opposing views like crazy, let it be known.
- lemming 13y ago
  You're not being downvoted because your views are unpopular. You're being downvoted because your comments in this thread at least are basically content-free, and full of unsubstantiated assertions. You've refused to even look at the resource I provided, and have preferred to argue that things ...probably also mean... and the like with no evidence of any kind. You've attributed things to me that I didn't say. You've also repeatedly failed to address the fact that the main issues facing alternative energies are not technical, but political and social, and those haven't changed in the last 5 years nor are they likely to any time soon. Basically, it seems like you're more interested in shouting from a soapbox than having any sort of argument, and HN frowns on that.
  - afterburner 13y ago
    You don't think that renewable costs per watt plummeting towards coal/nat.gas. price is a significant part of the decision making? Politics get overridden by price at some point. You've failed to acknowledge that maybe a book on renewables from 5 years ago, focusing primarily on the technical side, might have some problems when so much has changed since that time. My assertions aren't unsubstantiated, I linked to the them in my initial response. I don't really care why I'm being downvoted.