There are so many authors that point out that fossil fuels have killed many, many more people than nuclear power plants. They have a standard claim that “only a hundred people have died, directly because of nuclear power”. But then they claim that millions have died because of fossil fuels, however those deaths are indirect,
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Solar advocacy groups reveal the playbook pro-fossil groups use to stall rooftop solar. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/solar-advocacy-groups-unveil-playbook-used-by-pro-fossil-fuel-groups-to-stall-rooftop-solar/ Quote: << California’s heated battle The battle for the future of rooftop solar is at particularly high pitch in California where utilities are using the playbook described in this report to push for drastic changes to net metering in California. Earlier
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Report from BloombergNEF says new solar is cheaper to build than to run existing coal plants in many cou,ntries. Tony Seba’s (RethinkX) prediction was correct. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/report-its-now-cheaper-to-build-new-solar-than-to-run-existing-coal-plants-in-china-india-and-most-of-europe/
This is a horror story. This Frontline episode first aired 2017 Oct 11. << Make the regulated the regulators >> AKA Foxes in charge of the chicken coop. Thank God we got rid of Trump and Scott Pruitt and the EPA can now get back to doing what it’s supposed to be doing. https://youtu.be/vFfYKOTj-48
There are those who complain about the amount of water used to mine the battery raw materials such as lithium. But the water used to mine a kg of lithium is only used once. They also complain about the water or other materials used to make wind turbines. That water is used only once. But
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Watson Fixer Q.) How do you figure this? Only 44% of oil is used as fuel. The other 56% is used for thousands of different products. Just because a car doesn’t use fossil fuel, doesn’t mean a major portion of it isn’t produced with oil! Most products in our society require oil to be produced.
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From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil Disappointing statistics. << As well as commercial shipping, cruise ships also emit large amounts of air pollution, damaging people’s health. The ships of the single largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, emit ten times more sulphur dioxide than all of Europe’s cars combined.[7] >>
My reply to FB comment. Jeffery D. Elliott Said, “… the demand for electricity [for charging] will require more power plants and that will drive the cost up. You don’t hear much about that.” The reason why you don’t ‘hear much about that’ is because it’s *not true*. The amount of power wasted by the
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Everyone complains that China is the worst polluter and CO2 source. But things will change. From comment in FB group renewable energy China has a lot more solar than any other country, and produces a lot more renewable energy. If the conventional thermal power plants, which require constant refueling, can’t compete with the solar and
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Up until lately, Big Oil has been paying token lip service to climate change; it has been business as usual with little action taken. But now shareholders are taking action with their votes against Big Oil’s complacency and greenwashing. But the court ruling against Shell is really the most damning. Shell must make its actions
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