The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: Elderberry on March 13, 2021, 07:23:20 pm
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Ice Age Now March 13, 2021
(Quoting from an article by Charles Hugh Smith)
Many people believe that alternative “green†energy will soon replace most or all hydrocarbon energy sources, but this belief is not realistic. All the “renewable†energy sources are about 3% of all energy consumed, with hydropower providing another few percent.
There are unavoidable headwinds to this appealing fantasy…
Reality Check
1. All “renewable†energy is actually “replaceable†energy, analyst Nate Hagens points out. Every 15-25 years (or less) much or all of the alt-energy systems and structures have to be replaced, and little of the necessary mining, manufacturing and transport can be performed with the “renewable†electricity these sources generate. Virtually all the heavy lifting of these processes require hydrocarbons and especially oil.
2. Wind and solar “renewable†energy is intermittent and therefore requires changes in behavior (no clothes dryers or electric ovens used after dark, etc.) or battery storage on a scale that isn’t practical in terms of the materials required.
3. Batteries are also “replaceable†and don’t last very long. The percentage of lithium-ion batteries being recycled globally is near-zero, so all batteries end up as costly, toxic landfill.
More: https://www.iceagenow.info/in-reality-green-energy-increases-total-energy-consumption/ (https://www.iceagenow.info/in-reality-green-energy-increases-total-energy-consumption/)
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Let's cut to the chase: There is no reality in the Green New Deal world. It is fantasyland.
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The demand for lithium batteries for electric cars is causing destruction and pollution of the Atacama Desert. The demand for palm oil to create bio-desiel has led to the obliteration of Orangutan habitat. Windmills kill birds. Hydorelectric dams harm fish.
The libtards want everything to be free. They have no concept of cost. The Green New Deal is a fraudulent limousine liberal guilt laundering scheme. Once laundered, their guilt will become sanctimonious hypocrisy.
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The demand for lithium batteries for electric cars is causing destruction and pollution of the Atacama Desert. The demand for palm oil to create bio-desiel has led to the obliteration of Orangutan habitat. Windmills kill birds. Hydorelectric dams harm fish.
The libtards want everything to be free. They have no concept of cost. The Green New Deal is a fraudulent limousine liberal guilt laundering scheme. Once laundered, their guilt will become sanctimonious hypocrisy.
Nope, the end result will be a disaster to be used as an excuse to implement a fuedal society that makes sure the peasants never have electricity in the name of teh environment.