Unsustainable

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@George-K said in Unsustainable:

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

Nuclear.

Next question?

Yup. Now, how you gonna convince the greenies of that?

When Africa runs out of Cobalt (EV batteries) and the Water Wars start in the west...

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Unsustainable:

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

Nuclear.

Yup. Now, how you gonna convince the greenies of that?

Let the greenies be green, more power for us.

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in Unsustainable:

@George-K said in Unsustainable:

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

Nuclear.

Yup. Now, how you gonna convince the greenies of that?

Let the greenies be green, more power for us.

Like most things of the Left, they know what is best for everybody. Therefore, everybody will be green.

[jon-nyc]

I’m always a little skeptical about these Paul Erlich style analyses though, they assume the technology doesn’t develop.

You can imagine it being 1845 and this guy saying “we’ll never have lighting for 1B homes. There just aren’t that many whales in all the seven seas!”

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

I’m always a little skeptical about these Paul Erlich style analyses though, they assume the technology doesn’t develop.

Good point. How long ago was it we reached "peak oil?"

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

I’m always a little skeptical about these Paul Erlich style analyses though, they assume the technology doesn’t develop.

You can imagine it being 1845 and this guy saying “we’ll never have lighting for 1B homes. There just aren’t that many whales in all the seven seas!”

Exactly. People always try to predict the future assuming things will stay the same in science. Look at the increase in food production.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Unsustainable:

I’m always a little skeptical about these Paul Erlich style analyses though, they assume the technology doesn’t develop.

I've been testing batteries for 33 years (it's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it...), mostly associated with wireless technology rather than cars - the results we get now are significantly different from those I got in 1989, and development is not slowing down.

I still think there are much better solutions.

[jon-nyc]

Hell, hydrogen fuel cells are basically a battery to power EVs. And abundant AF.

[Jolly]

Don't forget portable and scalable.

[Doctor Phibes]

...somebody played this at our last battery committee. Still a favourite

Link to video

[Copper]

[George K]