Posted on 07/22/2023 6:57:12 AM PDT by george76
Any “thinking adult” that considers, seriously, the various methods of generating electricity will come down STRONGLY in favor of nuclear. Frankly, it will take a transition to that before EV’s will be practical on any large scale.
When Spider-man can swing from coast to coast on wind turbines it will be amazing ,LOL
there’s a reason why we bypassed windmills and electric cars as we grew...we found something better. now the goverment wants to go backwards....to prove again...why we need fossil fuels going forward.
You’re applying reality and facts to an ideologically driven non issue.(climate change)
Nuclear, natural gas, oil, and hydro should all be implemented.
EVs will never be realistic for most when factoring in battery production.
What are the requirements in lithium et al for total ICE replacement?
War and economic depression are on the horizon.
No one gives a damn about environment and feelings when society breaks down.
Tobey Maguire or Tom Holland?…
Yes.
Tobey Maguire or Tom Holland?
The stunt guy that wears the spider suit ,LOL
They never get recognition, except in Hooper.
> Any “thinking adult” that considers, seriously, the various methods of generating electricity will come down STRONGLY in favor of nuclear. <
Surprisingly, environmental scold and all-around goofball Greta Thunberg agrees with you. Last fall she came out in favor of nuclear energy. I guess the thought of winter put a little fear into her.
We drove through Texas a year back, and saw large piles and larger piles of discarded wind turbine blades. Many. Looking up details as to how they would be disposed of demonstrated to me the folly of this. Recycle? Hardy-haw.
Nuclear and Covid.
In 2008 I did my collegiate English paper on nuclear power.
I had to point to France as a model example.
This was just after getting out of the USAF and nuclear test ban treaty monitoring.
It was painful to use France…
Not knowing this about turbines is on par with not having known that masks were shown to be useless for a respiratory virus way back in 2015. Geesh, both WHO and CDC funded studies that dumped on masks.
Base load providers (e.g., dams, nukes, coal, gas, etc) have been warning about the total waste associated with turbines since the ‘80’s. PG&E actually had a humongous turbine operating out thisaway back then and paid huge sums of money getting rid of the structure. Way out of proportion compared to electricity generated and getting rid of a baseload plant.
It is a niche tech only. Kinda a vanity project.
Buried.
The standard metrics assert that they have a 20 year operational life and a 21 year payback period.
Actual data shows the average operational life is closer to 10 years.
Additionally, the "payback" calculations ignore the cost of tax incentives, do not include disposal cost, and ignore the inability to store energy, and overestimate the reliability and availability of the energy.
Did I forget to mention they have their own, significant environmental impact and are ugly?
-— “Buried.” Yup, hidden from sight.
Wind turbines already cost more energy to produce than they will generate in their lifetimes and then they produce waste that cannot be recycled. The mind numbed brain dead robots of the left have difficulty recognizing a fictitious unicorn when it appears in a mirage.
Great article, thanks.
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