https://eu.boell.org/en/2021/04/26/7-reasons-why-nuclear-energy-not-answer-solve-climate-change The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change Analysis New nuclear power costs about 5 times more than onshore wind power per kWh. Nuclear takes 5 to 17 years longer between planning and operation and produces on average 23 times the emissions per unit electricity generated. In addition,
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The world has a much more dangerous greenhouse gas than CO2 – it’s methane, also known as natural gas. And huge amounts are locked up in the environment, and may be released by global warming. Biofuelspk said, “… natural gas which is 84 times worse for climate change compared to CO2.” I’ve read the numbers
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I don’t know what happened, but caiso.com used to be the California independent system operator website. You could go there and see how many megawatts total and of renewables were being generated in real time. Then I started getting error messages like there was a problem! I checked a few times a month and renewables
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Nice to hear. EOSE https://www.energy-storage.news/eos-gets-investors-us200-million-financing-commitment-for-zinc-battery-storage/
Sun Cable plans to build 17 to 20 gigawatt plus battery storage in Australia to power Singapore through undersea cable. $30 billion (Aus). To show how Ginormous this project is, divide 20 billion watts by 1000 watts, then multiply by 2.5 (400 watts per panel). So 20 million times 2.5 is FIFTY MILLION solar panels!!
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Nice, but it will take a few years. It will extract lithium from the brine of the geothermal plant at the Salton Sea. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/21/statevolt-plans-54-gigawatt-hour-battery-factory-in-southern-california/
Piotrek Puczek said, “Nothing has been solved, hydrogen will only be for miche applications…” There are other catalysts besides expensive metals, but they may not be as efficient. But efficiency is not a concern when the power is excess that would otherwise be constrained – wasted, unused. There are Youtube videos of hydrogen generators that
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90 GW is a huge amount of solar – that’s like adding 30 full sized power plants! But China’s voracious appetite for an ever increasing amount of electricity is causing them to build more fossil fuel power plants. What the world needs is to end the horrible addiction to cheap throwaway goods from China and
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The pyrolysis system sequesters CO2 in biochar, which is used to enrich the soil. The $1M prize is going to them for building a plant that will soon be online. https://www.kcrg.com/2022/04/23/iowa-state-research-team-wins-1000000-new-process-that-removes-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere/
Every consumer should understand this very important article about the economic reality of building a gas fired power plant. The term Stranded Asset should be explained. The electric power producers are not making decisions that are in the best interests of their customers and shareholders. The banks should be required to finance new fossil fuel
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