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NNadir

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6. It's probably fine in esoteric settings, road signs, etc...

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 09:00 AM

Jul 2021

...but given its external costs, it's use should be minimized.

It is not a viable source of industrial energy, however, and has proved worse than useless in addressing climate change, since it has soaked up huge resources for no measurable result.

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The Growth of Solar Capacity In California, Capacity Utilization, and Solar Energy Production. [View all] NNadir Jul 2021 OP

This isn't science jpak Jul 2021 #1

i believe you make a major error lumping large capacity renewable w distributed distribution systems mopinko Jul 2021 #2

Thanks for the bean counting, but... NNadir Jul 2021 #3

Are you ever civil? Just curious. If your vaunted expertise makes you unwilling to Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #7

thank you. mopinko Jul 2021 #8

This always seemed to me to be some kind of game. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #9

it's not rational conversation, that's for sure. mopinko Jul 2021 #10

It is always aimed at nuclear being the only cat's pajamas. Which... no. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #11

as someone who lives about 40 miles from a closed, rotting nuke plant mopinko Jul 2021 #12

Why Nnadir is right John ONeill Jul 2021 #17

i'm still on the grid, but mopinko Jul 2021 #18

There's some interesting work being done with concrete formulation. hunter Jul 2021 #19

pretty much right there w ya. there is no single answer. mopinko Jul 2021 #20

Um, um, um... NNadir Jul 2021 #13

So I guess that's a "no." Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #14

Take it as you wish. NNadir Jul 2021 #15

Buh bye. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #16

Seems like solar would be more useful for remote areas where running cstanleytech Jul 2021 #4

It's probably fine in esoteric settings, road signs, etc... NNadir Jul 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author cstanleytech Jul 2021 #5