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ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_j02j2ez wrote

Russia: Panics.

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ManicSheogorath t1_j05gwtt wrote

Good. Maybe they can invent a motor that runs on wheat

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NateShaw92 t1_j11i27w wrote

That'd honestly be amazing.

Then we could shout "To the glutenmobile"

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j_stars t1_j02m691 wrote

Wind gives usable power 1/8 of the time.

Solar gives usable power 3/8 of the time.

Good luck.

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ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_j02onqq wrote

And tidal?

And when you throw them all into the mix together?

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j_stars t1_j02sq6f wrote

Germany has spent $2T on green energy in the last 5 years. Can't heat their homes with the stuff.

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ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_j02u739 wrote

Renewable energy accounts for about 51% of Germany's energy usage, and its increasing.

I'm not sure what angle you are trying to play here. This is a good thing.

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Drakotrite t1_j03u7a1 wrote

Germany's power production is 55% fossil fuel, 13% nuclear, 35% renewable. Their power use is 51% fossil fuel, 13% nuclear and 38% renewable and 5% imports. Renewable in this case is 6% solar and 12% wind, 10% biomass reactors, and about 5% hydroelectric dams. Minor production from geothermal and kinetic power.

Even the most generous sources put germany's power production and use at 45% renewable.

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CobaltEmu OP t1_j037k3q wrote

Yes because clearly those are our only options for renewable energy and of course we must only choose one. There is no easy fix for climate change. Fixing what’s broken will require a lot of different changes. Don’t try to discredit a step in the right direction just because it didn’t fix the whole problem

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Johnmannesca t1_j054ah9 wrote

Right. It's like calling the Mona Lisa ugly for having Bell's Palsy. Be cautiously optimistic for our energy securities friends, and I hope nobody is freezing this winter.

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Brownie-UK7 t1_j03cju7 wrote

This seems pretty shortsighted. Perhaps you’re just trolling but do you expect some magic silver bullet that replaces fossil fuels overnight? It is a huge problem and only a collection of solutions over decades will eradicate them. Solar, wind, wave, nuclear are all part of that solution.

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PrimeNumbersby2 t1_j0518o8 wrote

2022 is the year when the global warming trend turned the corner. It's still gonna be warmer but not going to run away into ruin.

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funnyfacemcgee t1_j030bx1 wrote

Rich people are starting to realize that they'll be just as fucked as all the poors unless they start acting on climate change.

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iamnogoodatthis t1_j063ljw wrote

I wish that was uplifting, but it's not really - currently 13% of the world's energy consumption is met by renewables. This means it's going to take at least 5 years before we reach 25% (and that's assuming energy use stays flat, which is hugely unlikely given total energy use grew by 7% in the last 5 years). So... at this "uplifting" pace, we are many years away from even halving use of fossil fuels, and those are years that we don't have.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-source-and-country

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rivboat t1_j0624hx wrote

Wind and solar passed the holy grail and became cheaper than Fossil Fuels within the last 5 years in many areas.

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elizabeth_robinson12 t1_j05k7e7 wrote

Boron is the key to unlocking this new potential for renewables and offers a more efficient and inexpensive way to produce fuel than ever before. Look for FEAM to make waves in the renewable energy industry in the next five years!

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j03xeox wrote

I wish others understood how the big renewable lie is hurting the world

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6byfour t1_j040ua6 wrote

Teach us

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j049y49 wrote

After I graduated as an electrical engineer I thought solar and storage was the answer. I designed wireless power transfer systems for vehicles to become mobile power storages for the grid

And then I started working and realized the difference between research and real-life

The best resources I can share are from these professionals

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zionlights

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewakker

Another place to learn: watch Planet of the Humans

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Wiru_The_Wexican t1_j0532bb wrote

My joke comment aside, I think while this guy made his case in the vaguest, most asshole-ish way possible, the point he's trying to get across is sound. Basically these profiles are advocating for nuclear energy over wind/solar, which a lot of big environmental groups are actually advocating for, and I'd cautiously support.

I've done some renewable energy-focused work and long story short, nuclear energy's highly misunderstood and come a long way in modern times. Wind and solar technology has pretty limited energy output atm, and while like any other technology, that'll change with time and research, given our tight timeframe to reduce carbon emissions if we wanna avert global disaster, nuclear's looking like the more feasible option.

That's not to say more wind or solar's bad, especially in regions with sunnier and/or windier climates, nuclear just seems to be more feasible on a global level.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j054d7i wrote

Like the attitude. Yes, the most SUSTAINABLE form of energy is nuclear, no doubt

I just want to highlight how we feel uplifted by renewables when we’re truly deluding ourselves with it

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TendiesMeWant t1_j05d1c8 wrote

Fellow electrical engineer here. Then explain why China, a no nonsense country filled with engineers that only cares about profit, is converting the Gobi desert into a solar farm that will produce twice the amount of energy from solar in the U.S. by 2030? The last thing this volatile world, that's constantly at risk of destruction via nuclear war, needs is an abundance of fissile material in human hands.

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Dc12934344 t1_j05ob95 wrote

Oil companies know they have more time if we just keep chasing a nuclear dream.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j06cih0 wrote

If they only care about profit then making a solar farm which shows off the tech that they produce and sell is no doubt a marketing tactic.

Do you think they truly care about sustainability more than profit?

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TendiesMeWant t1_j0774au wrote

They wouldn't make a solar farm of anywhere near that scale if they just wanted to show off and promote their tech. The investment is going to cost them a ridiculous amount of money and when 2030 rolls around the tech isn't even going to be state of the art.

No. But I think they've seen the same data I have and concluded that solar energy is cheap and abundant and not subject to the whims of OPEC+.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j077ce3 wrote

And if they make even more money off of sales then it’s worth it.

We spent more on nuclear power. And we make a lot of money off of it

This solar is just marketing tactics. Cause they know people falsely believe it’s sustainable.

Meanwhile they are quietly building more nuclear plants than any other country in history.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/powering-chinas-nuclear-ambitions/

They may very well have a cleaner country than most in the very near future

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TendiesMeWant t1_j07ay43 wrote

Marketing tactic? It will produce 455 GW of power. And how is solar unsustainable?

They are also building more solar and more coal plants than any other country. They're the richest country with the most people, this isn't surprising that they're building the most nuclear too.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j08mwbd wrote

How is solar unsustainable? What happens when the sun no longer shines on panels? Is the need for electricity no longer there?

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j08n3yk wrote

How is solar unsustainable? What happens when the sun no longer shines on panels? Is the need for electricity no longer there?

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TendiesMeWant t1_j09hwmi wrote

This is your argument....? I honestly thought I would've heard something I haven't heard a thousand times from people without electrical engineering degrees.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j09x1e1 wrote

If you want more details then there is this pretty cool website called Google.

Or, feel free to scroll up and follow any of the 5 different resources that that I linked earlier.

Although if you really wanted to understand what I mean you would have done this already.

At this point I think you are purposely deluding yourself too

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TendiesMeWant t1_j09xl1s wrote

You think governments spending countless billions around the world haven't thought of that? There are innumerable methods of storing energy during the off hours. And I don't know what articles you're referring to, all I see is those two linkedin links. Furthermore, I don't see how the misinformed idea that you can't store energy during the off hours makes renewables "unsustainable". The future will likely be a mix of multiple sources of energy for generations. We absolutely should be attempting to replace unclean and expensive energy with clean and cheap energy. It makes no sense not to.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j0a3fpd wrote

I used to think the same way - truly - I even developed wireless power transfer tools for using car batteries for distributed storage.

It’s the sustainability of storage that’s the problem - it costs too much and it doesn’t last long enough.

The thing is normal people vote for politicians who vote to spend billions on tech like this which doesn’t actually solve the problem.

We blow money like nobodies business

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darthwilliam1118 t1_j0498d8 wrote

Is the truth somewhere on Hunter Biden's laptop?

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j049j47 wrote

When cyber bullying starts happening I feel even more vindicated

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Wiru_The_Wexican t1_j04zr0u wrote

Source: "If I wasn't right, why would so many people be telling me I'm wrong?"

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Geluyperd t1_j04l6m4 wrote

Yeah that is often how the human psyche works. They hold a position and twist and warp any criticism into validation. It is a maladoption.

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