aannnaa

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by aannnaa 14y ago
[I got this from the do the math blog: http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/11/a-solar-powered-... ] "Comparing annual insolation for 239 U.S. cities over 30 years leads to the startling conclusion that the best place in the continenta
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by aannnaa 14y ago
The only thing slightly more horrifying than geoengineering is letting global warming just happen, so I guess you are right. To make what I said more precise, I am looking for a choice that doesn't do dangerous experiments with the earth's
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by aannnaa 14y ago
Less CO2 than coal or oil is still too much CO2. Natural gas will release about half the CO2 per joule than coal. This is still way too much to have a modern lifestyle and avoid rolling the dice with the earth's climate.
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by aannnaa 14y ago
A back of the envelope calculation shows that solar and wind power can both be useful components of an overall energy solution ( http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/12/wind-fights-sola... also see David MacKay's excellent book free on
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by aannnaa 14y ago
I include fission power when I say clean energy.
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by aannnaa 14y ago
I never said I thought the current policies that exist are sufficient. Quite the contrary. I completely agree that intermittent power is very hard to work with and I don't know what I said that made it seem otherwise. However, maybe we will
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by aannnaa 14y ago
Clean energy is expensive, takes a long time to build, and introduces more problems, but we have no other choice! We can either suffer the consequences of global warming or try to avoid the worst of it. Sticking with fossil fuels is not a c