That highlights the whole problem I have with "renewable" energy. The proponents never back up their plan with numbers - specifically numbers concerning possible issues or problems.
When you point out that wind power, say, is intermittent they say: batteries. However, they never tell you how many batteries; how much space they will take up; how much mining will be required etc. According to Bjorn Lomborg, the world currently has enough batteries to run the world for 1.5 minutes. We are going to need a lot more before we have a working system.
We also need to know how much land will be swallowed up by wind turbines of solar plants. How much of our manufacturing capability will be consumed by replacing "renewable" installations as they wear out?
I once did a back of the envelope calculation on the size of the windfarm required to power the US and it turned out to be eight times the size of Texas! The proponents of NetZero etc need to produce some figures of their own and then explain how we can migrate to a NetZero solution. Travelling hopefully does not cut it.
It is not “clean energy” because : 1) it takes fossil fuel energy to charge the battery, 2) replacement batteries run run $20,000-$30,000, 3). There is no safe, economical way to recycle or use the old batteries which increases polluted landfills. Why not start with something like disposable diapers, styrofoam dishes all of which are not recyclable.
Im not sure. The last time they gave me a gram of lithium in the psych ward and let me tell you, the transition was certainly not to clean energy.
would likely have to leach half the face of the earth, clean energy lol
Why do you call it "clean energy" when mining and processing lithium is one of the most environmentally damaging activities on the planet??
That highlights the whole problem I have with "renewable" energy. The proponents never back up their plan with numbers - specifically numbers concerning possible issues or problems.
When you point out that wind power, say, is intermittent they say: batteries. However, they never tell you how many batteries; how much space they will take up; how much mining will be required etc. According to Bjorn Lomborg, the world currently has enough batteries to run the world for 1.5 minutes. We are going to need a lot more before we have a working system.
We also need to know how much land will be swallowed up by wind turbines of solar plants. How much of our manufacturing capability will be consumed by replacing "renewable" installations as they wear out?
I once did a back of the envelope calculation on the size of the windfarm required to power the US and it turned out to be eight times the size of Texas! The proponents of NetZero etc need to produce some figures of their own and then explain how we can migrate to a NetZero solution. Travelling hopefully does not cut it.
It is not “clean energy” because : 1) it takes fossil fuel energy to charge the battery, 2) replacement batteries run run $20,000-$30,000, 3). There is no safe, economical way to recycle or use the old batteries which increases polluted landfills. Why not start with something like disposable diapers, styrofoam dishes all of which are not recyclable.
Mine the moon for it! Simples.
impossible to transport it back to Earth.
And hardly cost efficient.
Just let it drop on California