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Antonio Turiel, physicist: ‘We take for granted that we are going to replace fossil fuels with a 100% renewable system. That’s very questionable’ (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I honestly think complete elimination is foolish, but it needs to be an overwhelming minimization. There will still be times where a fossil fuel makes sense in a backup or extreme location scenario. You don’t build systems that require extreme redundancy to only operate on one type of energy. Likewise there may be other situations where it’s required.

But those should be viewed as edge cases, and the overall goal is to make those as minimal as possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I agree. Im also not sure if we can completely build renewables from renewables although I think I have heard of an electric smelter going somewhwere in europe which now makes me think maybe it is possible. Still all the batteries for mining equipment and all the pollution. Minimization is the only course.