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Amishman

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20. Agreed, without huge advances in energy storage; wind and solar can only be a small source
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 06:03 AM
Oct 2021

Nuclear is the answer, though fission should be phased out as soon as fusion is viable - and we should be pumping tens of billions a year into fusion power research.

Liquid salt thorium reactors are close to viability, and would be an excellent interim solution

But yes, wind and solar are limited in their utility by energy storage technology. The output it too variable.

If we are going to phase out fossil fuels for transportation and home heat, we need to massively expand our electric generation capacity, and it needs to be fully dependable.

That being said, we should have more wind and solar. I'd rather have larger vertical axis wind turbines on top of every new urban highrise than put them offshore. Less habitat disruption and less energy lost in transmission

Ooh, completely surround Mar-a-Lago! tanyev Oct 2021 #1
Good! Windfarms don't spill toxic sludge on our beaches! SunSeeker Oct 2021 #2
Build the wall, of wind turbines! Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #3
That's a terrible idea hunter Oct 2021 #4
So we should abandon renewable energy all together? Vdizzle Oct 2021 #5
Hunter wants to make things better, as do I. StevieM Oct 2021 #18
So you think nuclear power is the answer womanofthehills Oct 2021 #7
That doesn't really align with reality. ForgedCrank Oct 2021 #9
Agreed, without huge advances in energy storage; wind and solar can only be a small source Amishman Oct 2021 #20
This is all a matter of managing our expectations. ForgedCrank Oct 2021 #8
Population OrangeJoe Oct 2021 #11
Energy can be stored quakerboy Oct 2021 #14
California moves huge amounts of water around... hunter Oct 2021 #21
There is a number of clean energy sources now and I doubt that the intention is to count on just one Bev54 Oct 2021 #17
Right. And nuclear. To keep everyone alive and the nation running Hortensis Oct 2021 #34
So we should develop nukes instead of storage technologies? lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #22
What storage technology do you propose? hunter Oct 2021 #26
Obviously, a complementary range of storage technologies. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #27
I've been watching technological developments in renewable energy... hunter Oct 2021 #29
I might consider thorium, because it burns the filthy waste of uranium nukes. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #30
He's going to cause CANCER!! live love laugh Oct 2021 #6
and kill all the birds the republicans don't shoot or poison certainot Oct 2021 #10
Bravo! Fuck nuclear power plants! C Moon Oct 2021 #12
Nuclear power won't destroy our civilization. hunter Oct 2021 #13
Thats why everyone is rushing to invest in quakerboy Oct 2021 #16
The most horrible thing we learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima... hunter Oct 2021 #24
renewables simply do not have enough ERoEI, nuclear does, and the latest gen reactors are far safer Celerity Oct 2021 #19
Bill Gates has it figured out WarGamer Oct 2021 #33
K & R Duppers Oct 2021 #15
Like anything else, technology for renewables will advance as we develop it. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #23
That is great Bettie Oct 2021 #25
I wish they would pursue wave-action power too RussBLib Oct 2021 #28
It's windy there already. Why are they putting fans in? TrogL Oct 2021 #31
Good, don't forget the nukes WarGamer Oct 2021 #32
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