The problem is that if you look at the detail it's far less obvious, and to see this one needs to be sceptical of the stories one has been led to believe.
Things to get you started:
- look up energy return on investment (ERoI) by different energy sources
- look up lifetime co2 cost of different energy sources
- look up recent grid interconnection fees by generation type
- look up Spain's recent power outage and things like "inertia"
- look up how much waste is create by different energy sources over their lifetimes, and consider that nuclear plants will probably be pushing 100+ years eventually
- consider that having solar panels in some parts of the world don't work in winter so it means you can't actually get rid of older infrastructure at all (and hence you need to keep it running)
- on electrification of transport ask yourself why we choose to put extremely valuable electrical energy into locomotion when alternatives exist
- consider that when we "greenify" our grid through solar panels we often only export that pollution abroad
- consider why all these things need such massive government subsidy
The only real solution to our electrical problems is a combination of nuclear and gas, and the reason we haven't chosen more nuclear is entirely self inflicted.
The problem is that if you look at the detail it's far less obvious, and to see this one needs to be sceptical of the stories one has been led to believe.
Things to get you started:
- look up energy return on investment (ERoI) by different energy sources
- look up lifetime co2 cost of different energy sources
- look up recent grid interconnection fees by generation type
- look up Spain's recent power outage and things like "inertia"
- look up how much waste is create by different energy sources over their lifetimes, and consider that nuclear plants will probably be pushing 100+ years eventually
- consider that having solar panels in some parts of the world don't work in winter so it means you can't actually get rid of older infrastructure at all (and hence you need to keep it running)
- on electrification of transport ask yourself why we choose to put extremely valuable electrical energy into locomotion when alternatives exist
- consider that when we "greenify" our grid through solar panels we often only export that pollution abroad
- consider why all these things need such massive government subsidy
The only real solution to our electrical problems is a combination of nuclear and gas, and the reason we haven't chosen more nuclear is entirely self inflicted.