sendler2112 said:
"Given the math, human tendencies, and the issues pertaining to time, scale and cost, the current green energy movement currently is little more than hot air. It’s just not going to happen in time.
We’re nowhere close to being able to build out the massive energy projects required. The equivalent of 200, 10 MW off shore (or 450, 4MW onshore) wind turbines every day for the next 30 years? That’s a total pipe dream. While at the same time replacing all built out fossil fuel infrastructure with electric.
We lack the political will, the cultural readiness, the proper narrative. Even the appropriate resources.
Beyond those concerns, nearly everything about how we heat, move, cool and manufacture the components of our modern lives will have to be refashioned (and possibly jettisoned) as part of that project.
Such an ambitious undertaking has no historical analog. It’s a ridiculously complex set of problems (which have solutions) and predicaments (which don’t). It’s exactly the sort of situation that politicians will avoid as long as possible, after which it will be too late to do very much about it"
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https://www.peakprosperity.com/getting-real-about-green-energy/
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/09/30/net-zero-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-2050-requires-a-new-nuclear-power-plant-every-day/#776522c935f7
Great post, I remember when you said something along the lines of "it doesn't matter if co2 is bad or not, we need to think about replacing fossil fuels because we will run out eventually anyway", and I thought you were so right.
That's when I started to focus even harder on nuclear technology, because it's the only practical future, like the UK stats show only 17% of energy coming from Wind/Solar is crap and Germany is just the same, even if it's just 5x times more co2 than Nuclear based France then its still a complete joke, they would never allow cars to emit 5x times more co2 than other cars, so I do not get the logic of allowing it for electricity generation, it's obvious RE is about politics/money power.
I stopped closely watching BEVs (battery EVs) because all the major manufacturers are building EV factories so its quasi-completed and done, they are mass producing them now, it will take the place of most petroleum cars in the 1st world in time, people who are crossing their fingers wondering if BEVs are going to make it are dumb.
I now moved my focus onto when Fuel-Cells and wondering when they will really become mainstream, because of its added benefits of making electric flight very viable it's far more interesting to watch the developments.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/29/skai-could-be-the-first-fuel-cell-powered-flying-taxi/
https://interestingengineering.com/look-to-the-skai-the-future-of-flying-vehicles-is-here
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/skai-high-bmw-designworks-and-alakai-take-on-air-mobility/2100006830/
The other thing I have realized is at the same time fossil fuel for electricity has won the war for the next few decades, I don't know if the general public understand it but the ADANI Carmichael coal mine in Queensland is fully approved and its located out in the middle of nowhere complete with a brand new rail-line for a reason, that reason is so that it can be expanded and made super huge, its quality coal, and they could expand it to power all of India for probably 100 years. https://www.adaniaustralia.com/projects-businesses/mine
This coal mine will be the first major coal mine in the Galilee Basin which is estimated to contain up to 247,000km2 of juicy coal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee_Basin
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^You can see here the official Green Peace Australia celebrating Labor's Annastacia Palaszczuk winning the state election with her win based on the strong promise to never allow the ADANI coal mine to be approved, but a few years later while still in power she completely changed her mind and helped speed up the approval process for the mega-coal mine, she even stayed in power rather than stepping down.
Fact is if the current Labor state government couldn't stop the approval/development of this super-mega-coal mine then the fact is no one can stop it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIdvtW8_10M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annastacia_Palaszczuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee_Basin#Coal_mining_leases
If you want another reminder that both sides in the green movement are all about the money and merely telling people what they like to hear, check this article.
Al Gore's was paid $320,000 by the Queensland Government/Annastacia to come to Queensland for a dinner.
Al Gore then dined with the Queensland Premier who also spoke and likewise avoided mentioning Adani coal mine.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-07/adani-mine-not-mentioned-as-al-gore-speaks-in-brisbane/11191116
If Al Gore was about saving the world he wouldn't be accepting money from and dining with the lady who has pushed forward the approval process for the biggest coal mine the world is likely to ever see, but Al Gore can't resist the money.
I made this meme during our last Xmas holiday break, just for my self as a weird piece of art I am not sure why but I was curious of how it would look, I think I did it because of the faces, you get to see the supposedly "battled faces" of those who hate coal and did everything they could to stop it and failed but most importantly made themselves very wealthy in the process.
I wanted to practise my image-editing skills and it would have taken less time than those people making human formations of "STOP ADANI".
When I used to watch cable TV, they would frequently run ads of "Worlds most extreme .... , tonight, on Discovery Channel", and I would think to my self ooh that sounds like an entertaining TV show, so that line kept popping back in my head for this meme.
Despite there being a Labour/Greens government in Queensland, despite all the constant and remarkable protests the ADANI/fossil fuel group won.
https://www.google.com/search?q=stop+ADANI
https://d1u4oo4rb13yy8.cloudfront.net/article/70420-lyswwnibun-1507359343.jpg
^There are tons of these Stop ADANI protest images/articles over the years.
Almost everyone below is Australian, most are in politics/renewable energy fund boards/something similar and basically all of them made themselves remarkably wealthy claiming to hate fossil fuel and trying to stop fossil fuel, but pretty much failed spectacularly.
Some of the faces look remarkably innocent but I believe they were mostly in it for money and are true geniuses in riding the madness of the world.
What brute-forced the ADANI coal mine through despite all the opposition? The brute power of real demand for the product and the raw power of real economic viability.
It's clear that fossil fuel will continue to just increase in use on a global scale alongside alternative/RE energy on the side.