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Vogon_Glory

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7. Solar ain't going to do it

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 7, 2022, 12:08 PM

Dec 2022

While I disagree with the resident curmudgeon that solar has little use (I think it DOES have SOME applications), I think that it is clearer by the season that solar has been WAY over-hyped and that the US’s (and the world’s) greenhouse gas and fossil fuel extraction/consumption problems would be a lot less if the environmentalist movement hadn’t given into the anti-nuclear activists’ hysterical bunkum. Three decades of cheerful little souls touting solar panels while greenhouse gas emissions skyrocket has had a negative effect on my credulence.

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Electricity's looking rather ugly in Europe today. [View all] NNadir Dec 2022 OP

Think the electricians would have thought of winter! Dummies! Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2022 #1

And US reactors still house the backup generators in the basements. Marcus IM Dec 2022 #2

I'm well aware of the Fukushima fetish, and will give a talk touching on the subject ... NNadir Dec 2022 #4

Huh? Marcus IM Dec 2022 #5

I'm used to hearing people when I advocate for "going nuclear" against climate change... NNadir Dec 2022 #10

I live close to Turkey point. Marcus IM Dec 2022 #13

Well, I don't know if it makes you feel any better, but it's very unlikely that boiling in the... NNadir Dec 2022 #14

Filthy Coal in Poland Vogon_Glory Dec 2022 #3

Not in the short term, at least. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #6

Solar ain't going to do it Vogon_Glory Dec 2022 #7

Nuclear waste storage cost is the issue. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #8

Renewables in Europe John ONeill Dec 2022 #15

So Wind Hydro and Solar 35%. That's a pretty sweet start! Thanks! nt Gore1FL Dec 2022 #16

Nevertheless, their stated policy is the exact opposite that of Germany. NNadir Dec 2022 #9

I'm not objecting to the Poles going nuclear Vogon_Glory Dec 2022 #11

Absolutely I agree and understand your position. Polish electricity breaks my heart as well... NNadir Dec 2022 #12