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Environment & Energy

kristopher

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20. There you go again.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 03:19 PM

Dec 2013

Remember the Right's misuse of "...You didn't build that..." statement by POB?

Lovins never made the claim that we WOULD he said we COULD and the context provides a very very large IF.

When you depend on excluded context and engage in the act of redefining the words used in someone's arguments in the manner you just did, you are once again showing your true colors.

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Der Spiegel: How German Electricity Became A Luxury Item. [View all] NNadir Dec 2013 OP

The ONLY answer is more nuclear power. Wilms Dec 2013 #1

The opening statement is correct, the sarcasm afterwards may be addressed by noting... NNadir Dec 2013 #3

How Much Global Warming Is Guaranteed Even If We Stopped Building Coal-Fired Power Plants Today? FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #9

I see two major errors with that study NickB79 Dec 2013 #13

Still trying to greenwash the behavior of the megaCorps, eh? kristopher Dec 2013 #2

Thank you for quoting the fool investment websites. I'm, um, unimpressed. NNadir Dec 2013 #6

Your concern is *exclusively* with the nuclear industry. kristopher Dec 2013 #8

27% Reduction in World Crop Yeilds due to Global Warming by 2050 FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #10

Meaning: the high speed and low cost of renewables is crucial to a transition from carbon. kristopher Dec 2013 #11

Thank you for offering another opinion on a subject you know nothing about. NNadir Dec 2013 #12

Energy storage will be the determining marsis Dec 2013 #4

Not really. Current research and experience have altered our understanding kristopher Dec 2013 #7

Thanks marsis Dec 2013 #17

It would be an economic decision, here are some references. kristopher Dec 2013 #30

This is a trend that is world wide. The old technologies cannot tsuki Dec 2013 #5

Kick... hunter Dec 2013 #14

What do you think of Canada Free Press? kristopher Dec 2013 #15

If one lives by googling and cut and paste sound bites... NNadir Dec 2013 #16

"Germany has the second highest electricity prices in Europe, after Denmark" kristopher Dec 2013 #18

Actually your evocation of "experts around the world," reminds me of Amory Lovin's 1976 "paper"... NNadir Dec 2013 #19

There you go again. kristopher Dec 2013 #20

There isn't a single anti-nuke "solar will save us" maven who ever uses any word BUT "could..." NNadir Dec 2013 #21

So your claim is that nuclear WILL save us? kristopher Dec 2013 #22

Um...um...I really don't think that you are any more qualified to give grammar lessons than you... NNadir Dec 2013 #33

Did you even bother to look at the publication date? Iterate Dec 2013 #23

�dispossessed�? There is no involuntary homelessness in Germany. Iterate Dec 2013 #24

If German electricity was priced by the usual market methods, Iterate Dec 2013 #25

Graphing German household energy costs kristopher Dec 2013 #29

We could parse the article word-by-word, number-by-number, Iterate Dec 2013 #32

yikes gopiscrap Dec 2013 #26

Lastly, when you fling insults like that Iterate Dec 2013 #27

My, my, my, this is an elaborate series of proofs that all of the poor people in... NNadir Dec 2013 #28

"Have a nice evening" kristopher Dec 2013 #31