17 surprising facts about energy
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@George-K said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
@Doctor-Phibes said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
I'm sure it's true, but I'm also sure it's got nothing to do with the climate being any less dangerous now.
From Wiki:
"Epstein is a former adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a former fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute"
Argumentum ad Hitlerium?
All I did was point out where he's from. He stated 17 facts, I provided two additional ones.
I'm a big supporter of nuclear power, and I make much of my living from the fossil fuel industry.
The Simpson's video was just for fun, because it's hilarious.
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I'm also highly critical of much of the climate change activism, but this guy goes a bit too far IMO (judging from the book blurb).
We are notoriously bad at predicting how much fossil fuel remains, but we know for certain that we consume fossil fuels much more rapidly than they are renewed, and we know that the supply is shrinking rapidly. We can argue about time frames, but there is no doubt in my opinion that we'll have to mainly use other sources of energy in the future.
If I'd be the world's boss, I'd build nuclear plants, solar energy where it is hot (for instance, not in Germany), wind energy where it's windy etc. I'd invest much more money into research on a) battery technology, b) alternative energy sources such as nuclear fusion.
The way to stop everyone from burning coal etc. is to make it cheaper to generate energy without fossil fuels, not by crowd-pleasing sermons.
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Want to lower CO2? Plant trees.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
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@Jolly said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
Want to lower CO2? Plant trees.
Somebody needs to tell President Bolsonaro.
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@Klaus said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
I'm also highly critical of much of the climate change activism, but this guy goes a bit too far IMO (judging from the book blurb).
We are notoriously bad at predicting how much fossil fuel remains, but we know for certain that we consume fossil fuels much more rapidly than they are renewed, and we know that the supply is shrinking rapidly. We can argue about time frames, but there is no doubt in my opinion that we'll have to mainly use other sources of energy in the future.
If I'd be the world's boss, I'd build nuclear plants, solar energy where it is hot (for instance, not in Germany), wind energy where it's windy etc. I'd invest much more money into research on a) battery technology, b) alternative energy sources such as nuclear fusion.
The way to stop everyone from burning coal etc. is to make it cheaper to generate energy without fossil fuels, not by crowd-pleasing sermons.
Agreed. We need to get off fossil fuels one way or the other. We just need not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
@Jolly said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
Want to lower CO2? Plant trees.
Somebody needs to tell President Bolsonaro.
Interesting map. This is since 2001. Red areas are tree loss, green are gain.
Someone needs to tell the Finns.
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@Klaus said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
I'm also highly critical of much of the climate change activism, but this guy goes a bit too far IMO (judging from the book blurb).
We are notoriously bad at predicting how much fossil fuel remains, but we know for certain that we consume fossil fuels much more rapidly than they are renewed, and we know that the supply is shrinking rapidly. We can argue about time frames, but there is no doubt in my opinion that we'll have to mainly use other sources of energy in the future.
If I'd be the world's boss, I'd build nuclear plants, solar energy where it is hot (for instance, not in Germany), wind energy where it's windy etc. I'd invest much more money into research on a) battery technology, b) alternative energy sources such as nuclear fusion.
The way to stop everyone from burning coal etc. is to make it cheaper to generate energy without fossil fuels, not by crowd-pleasing sermons.
One thing I want to add would be geo-thermal. Dropping a pipe a few hundred feet down makes a hell of a difference in heating and cooling… Though I do worry about leeching heat off of the earth.
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Charcoal driven steam engines FTW…
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@LuFins-Dad said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
@Klaus said in 17 surprising facts about energy:
I'm also highly critical of much of the climate change activism, but this guy goes a bit too far IMO (judging from the book blurb).
We are notoriously bad at predicting how much fossil fuel remains, but we know for certain that we consume fossil fuels much more rapidly than they are renewed, and we know that the supply is shrinking rapidly. We can argue about time frames, but there is no doubt in my opinion that we'll have to mainly use other sources of energy in the future.
If I'd be the world's boss, I'd build nuclear plants, solar energy where it is hot (for instance, not in Germany), wind energy where it's windy etc. I'd invest much more money into research on a) battery technology, b) alternative energy sources such as nuclear fusion.
The way to stop everyone from burning coal etc. is to make it cheaper to generate energy without fossil fuels, not by crowd-pleasing sermons.
One thing I want to add would be geo-thermal. Dropping a pipe a few hundred feet down makes a hell of a difference in heating and cooling… Though I do worry about leeching heat off of the earth.
I agree. Isnt it Iceland which get s alot of its energy from geothermal?
EDIT: Yes, it is
"Over 85% of all houses in Iceland are heated with renewable energy sources, thereof are 66% geothermal. Five major geothermal power plants are active in Iceland. Those five plants also produce a little over 26% of the electricity used in Iceland. The vast majority of the nation’s electricity is generated by hydropower (waterfalls and steam) 73,8% to be exact. Only 0,1% is produced with fossil fuel."
(https://adventures.is/information/geothermal-energy-iceland/)
