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kristopher

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19. Interesting choice of arguments

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 10:03 PM

Nov 2015

Considering your preference for nuclear. I presume you have heard how the UK is moving backwards WRT emissions, right? The conservative government has scrapped one of the most successful renewable/energy efficiency programs in the world in favor of subsidizing an already antiquated new fleet of nuclear reactors and gas turbine power plants to back them up. Your post makes it clear that you don't know that unpredictable, large scale nuclear power plants - with their dramatic impact on the grid when they pull one of their very frequent unplanned emergency shutdowns - require more fossil fuel backup than variable renewables.

Then again, given your ethics, you probably did know it.

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China's Tongwei Group Plans World's Biggest Solar-Cell Plant (5GW/yr) [View all] kristopher Nov 2015 OP

This should exacerbate the heavy metal pollution in China's crop land. NNadir Nov 2015 #1

No, it shouldn't - in fact, just the opposite kristopher Nov 2015 #3

Really? I would guess that the unenlightened really have no idea about Chinese mining... NNadir Nov 2015 #9

Interesting choice of arguments kristopher Nov 2015 #19

Wow! As always, we have another case of someone knowing nothing about nuclear energy... NNadir Nov 2015 #22

As usual you write a wall of nonsensical text to divert from not addressing the issue kristopher Nov 2015 #23

Um...um...um...yeah...yeah... NNadir Nov 2015 #37

This is what moving away from fossil fuels (and nuclear) looks like kristopher Nov 2015 #38

Just to clear things up, this plant WILL NOT produce and electricity. Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #11

Exactly dumbcat Nov 2015 #14

Are you saying you expect your panels to suddenly go kaput in 3 years? kristopher Nov 2015 #16

No, I don't dumbcat Nov 2015 #17

There's no problem with my reading comprehension kristopher Nov 2015 #18

And that is exactly the problem with your reading comprehension dumbcat Nov 2015 #20

I get the idea from the words you write. kristopher Nov 2015 #21

You've been doing this for 25 years and don't seem to understand the basics of the warranty? Finishline42 Nov 2015 #34

I stand corrected. I read that 10 yr figure a long time ago, Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #25

What a load of crap. kristopher Nov 2015 #28

So when somebody points out an error I made, I should do what? Stand my ground Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #30

You didn't make an "error", you made a deliberate false statement kristopher Nov 2015 #32

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Orrex Nov 2015 #36

I used to use a 10 year estimate dumbcat Nov 2015 #35

2 million homes each year. 50 years to minimally finish the US. Festivito Nov 2015 #2

More like 1,666,666 homes per year, every year the factory is operating kristopher Nov 2015 #4

The number of houses that 5GW/Year represents. eom Festivito Nov 2015 #5

You might want to learn what a "GW" is first. kristopher Nov 2015 #6

Oops. Monday. I was treating 5GW-year as power, not 5GW per year as energy. Festivito Nov 2015 #7

Yeah... Oooops... Riiiiiiiiight.... More like 1.67 million homes per year. kristopher Nov 2015 #8

{Sigh} This is really sad dumbcat Nov 2015 #10

They understand. kristopher Nov 2015 #12

What you just said dumbcat Nov 2015 #13

It follows from the words you typed. kristopher Nov 2015 #15

The answer is simple. Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #24

You are right, it is simple kristopher Nov 2015 #26

The truth will set you free... Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #27

I don't have a problem dealing with the truth kristopher Nov 2015 #29

There comes a time in a discussion when you realize that Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #31

Playing the innocent lamb after trying to pass off RW falsehoods on a liberal forum? kristopher Nov 2015 #33