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NNadir

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19. Redundant systems in use during rare events are both environmental and...
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:54 AM
Jun 2023

...economic disasters.

We're at 424 ppm. How much longer are we supposed to wait for magic innovations to fix reactionary fantasies that don't work?

Another 50 ppm?

Two hundred million air pollution deaths?

There is a reason that handwavers shouldn't work in the energy industry. Their ignorance wastes money, but more importantly time and human lives.

From the oblivious nature of these useless bandaids for a clearly failed reactionary fantasy, given the last two effects, ethics training should precede any technical training, not that any amount of information can change the ideology of dogmatic wishful thinking.

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Simple solutions. James48 Jun 2023 #1
There are other gravity storage systems that are being built CentralMass Jun 2023 #3
...which drives up the cost of reliable energy... NNadir Jun 2023 #2
Disgusting? Disgust is a matter of perspective, apparently. Mopar151 Jun 2023 #4
As old Upton Sinclair said - ZZenith Jun 2023 #5
Good one! nt Brenda Jun 2023 #23
I don't need to be instructed on what it means to a Democrat, thank you. NNadir Jun 2023 #6
"All must pay, who disagree with me!" Mopar151 Jun 2023 #9
I'm certainly not looking for anyone to pay me anything. NNadir Jun 2023 #16
Let's talk about last year in France... Finishline42 Jun 2023 #11
I have already described that the Hollande and first Macron administration defunded nuclear.., NNadir Jun 2023 #15
What's fantasy are new build nuclear fission plants in the USA VMA131Marine Jun 2023 #7
Fantastic! 👍 Duppers Jun 2023 #8
Great post! Think. Again. Jun 2023 #10
No hydrogen facility currently planned would ONLY operate on the days of excess power NickB79 Jun 2023 #12
If the winds aren't blowing Finishline42 Jun 2023 #13
Wow. Antinukes must not get out much. NNadir Jun 2023 #14
The sun was shining in 2021 NickB79 Jun 2023 #17
Main problem with renewables - IMO Finishline42 Jun 2023 #18
Redundant systems in use during rare events are both environmental and... NNadir Jun 2023 #19
The fantasy here is the one you espouse Finishline42 Jun 2023 #20
The world, apparently, has come to the reasonable conclusion that all the antinuke scare stories... NNadir Jun 2023 #22
Hydrogen will worsen climate change, not slow it NickB79 Jun 2023 #21
Totals for May in Europe Finishline42 Jun 2023 #24
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