Renewables can be a useful tool as long as you don't go full retard.
Very rarely.
Hydro isn't bad, but Solar and Wind? No, they're crap. They have a few very minor uses, niche at most.
Billions of dollars, for effectively zero real benifits.
..... I could argue this shit all day, and we'd still disagree.
Unless you can store enough power, it's not all that useful to have power at barely predicable timeframes.
Thus, solar is not ever going to be great, until we can set them outside the atmosphere. And wind is always going to be seriously limited.
Yes, nuke is great, and nowhere near as risky as all sorts of folk think. But, any form of power generation we can't control isn't something we want.
I'm told that's the biggest issue with power armor, too!Aggreed on battery tech every single advancement that we want is being held back by shitty battery technology.
The future arrived and batteries were not included.
I'm told that's the biggest issue with power armor, too!
Renewables can be a useful tool as long as you don't go full retard.
Yes, nuke is great, and nowhere near as risky as all sorts of folk think. But, any form of power generation we can't control isn't something we want.
Wind turbines emit highly dangerous climate-destroying gas, with Germany the worst polluter in Europe
While Germany races to build wind farms, there is cause for concern, with a chemical identified as the strongest greenhouse gas in the world being emitted from wind turbines. In fact, measurements of the air over Germany have already identified the country as the worst offender in Europe when it...rmx.news
Well that's interesting. But do turbines have to use that gas?
The EU does not plan to ban the gas until 2030. There is currently a vacuum tube system from Siemens that does not use the chemical, but it is rarely used in wind turbines.
As said above, you pay the price in bulk. SF6 is usually found on substations(I didn't even know they used SF6 in wind turbines until that article came up), which allows them to be a lot smaller than they usually are(and, like askarel, research hasn't found a replacement that delivers the same performance for its niche yet).Well that's interesting. But do turbines have to use that gas?
Orders of magnitude too little of it.Biofuels would be a good alternative source of energy if you still want a liquid based fuel to run your vehicles. Can anyone imagine using a combo of old, discarded cooking oil from restaurants with human fat extracted by liposuction as fuel?
Hydrogen is pretty nice if you can get it...Hydrogen Powerplants have potential. Why hydrogen-fired power plants 'will play a major role in the energy transition' | Recharge (rechargenews.com)