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Energy and Climate paper - renewables, fossil, nuclear, hydro - the issues of dstribution

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An interesting [long] read: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/18/4839/htm


You might care to not read the opinion below (or the article). Sorry for the noise if so.


Opinion: I've always thought that #goinggreen was just an unacceptable 'cash cow' for vested interests to get rich on the back of poorly thought out political driven policies lacking in scientific rigour. If the 'planet is going to burn' without reducing fossil and moving to renewable, then anything 'we' do ought to be not for profit and for the world arguably.  PM Johnson's latest [and foolish?] bet on wind turbines (with all it's current and eventual revalations) and generally the pushing at all costs of  unfriendly battery EV and other tech (there must be better even if there are other challenges to over come) is just set to continue the ever increasing cost on the public purse for arguably little gain and more worryingly more 'damage' and for generations. It doesnt help when I recently read that there are surreptitious plans being considered to allow power gens. to turn off consumer power as and when they see fit  e.g. when it is likely many will be charging their EV cars  [rolls eyes in dismay].  They will do this by enforcing 3rd gen smart meters 'properly' connected up to allow this to happen.  If the current political nonsense and propoganda we have witnessed over the last 8 months or so relating to health, gets a hold in climate change (and how to address it and it probably already has) then perhaps the game is already up.


Rhetorically: Is nuclear the best bet for the planet at the moment (especially if ever they can crack clean[er] fusion). There are challenges to HFC based tech, but as it stands for EV and local power cell, it appeals more to me if the brilliant minds can sort it out. Is battery EV tech going to cripple us on many fronts. Can the UK grid cope. Wind turbines and solar come with so many ifs and buts they should not be relied on. Is this post in the wrong forum ! (apologies if it is - still the link above is related).


Best regards. Habs



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    I hereby challenge Simon Barker to identify any "bogus statistics" in this paper.


    As first author, I spent many many hours searching in Google Scholar, through hundreds of research papers, to find objective answers to our questions about the properties of all of the common energy technologies, comparing estimates of carbon emissions, power density and environmental impacts of each one. I also searched diligently for papers arguing an intense tug-of-war regarding the feasibility of different proposed pathways to decarbonization, and read this rigorous debate very closely, back and forth from one perspective to the other. The results of this literature review are presented in figures and tables, with detailed discussion of all the pros and cons in the text. Every statistic and statement in the paper is referenced, with a total of 255 citations. 


    I have no vested interest. I challenge all comers to identify any erroneous or misleading detail. But here's the real challenge: You've got to read the research before you can say what's so. 


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    I hereby challenge Simon Barker to identify any "bogus statistics" in this paper.


    As first author, I spent many many hours searching in Google Scholar, through hundreds of research papers, to find objective answers to our questions about the properties of all of the common energy technologies, comparing estimates of carbon emissions, power density and environmental impacts of each one. I also searched diligently for papers arguing an intense tug-of-war regarding the feasibility of different proposed pathways to decarbonization, and read this rigorous debate very closely, back and forth from one perspective to the other. The results of this literature review are presented in figures and tables, with detailed discussion of all the pros and cons in the text. Every statistic and statement in the paper is referenced, with a total of 255 citations. 


    I have no vested interest. I challenge all comers to identify any erroneous or misleading detail. But here's the real challenge: You've got to read the research before you can say what's so. 


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