Wanderer

The renewables revolution has really moved into the storage part of the equation.

But the pace seems like it isn't going to slow anything.

If Putin get replaced and the war stops everyone in Russia will look back to the "good old days" when Russia was strong and could fight a war and have money. Then the cycle will repeat. It's just moving money from tomorrow to today, on the surface today looks like the economy is strong.

It can be more than one thing.

People are certainly getting away with shopping lifting and believing others do. So they think why shouldn't I or why shouldn't I do it more.

Lots of videos on the internet now of people just taking stuff and walking out.

I was going to say the same thing. But you should get one with USB ports built in. That way you can use a plug and use the USB charging.

Test it at home. Years ago I had one that nearly burnt the room down when someone charged their phone at the same time as me. 1 was fine.

Honestly in this age of over cautious health and safety it's complete madness easily quantifiable permanent damaging volume is allowed.

Like even a warning and free earplugs are not given. Nothing.

"Here you go children. You pay we will give you a life long disability."

The analysis of the piece is the educational purpose not the piece itself. Just like as mentioned Shakespeare. Are you suggesting I should use Shakespeare as to understand modern politics?

Grapes of wrath means nothing to be because I haven't read it. If there is any important facts within it then they will stand alone.

Otherwise the argument for reading it is the same as the argument of "do your own research".

Provide something of note or don't bother. Reading a fiction book isn't my way of learning about the world and I don't think it should be yours.

It's not ideal as it's more expensive than alternatives, and slower. I'm not making the decision so it doesn't matter.

But i will say Australia just made the decision that nuclear has no place and China built a lot of nuclear then stopped and started rolling out renewables.

Not really, no. I have heard people mention it.

I think some children have read it in school as guided learning. But it doesn't seem to have much value because people never seem to have gained any knowledge from the book that they mention so I see no reason to read it. No argument or fact is ever generated from people reading the book and bring it up.

Largely I come across is when people mentioned they have read it and have some knowledge how to be critical of it as parroted by some education curriculum. But is seems more of a English project like when I read Shakespeare and was asked what the author meant, rather than something based on science or economics with ideas and knowledge to be learnt.

Externalities and funding are both concepts in capitalism yes.

You can even treat the countries being developing capital. China has invested heavily in renewable capital. They are going to use that capital to make profit.

Say your power supply is 100 low power and 150 high power demand. Giving a need of 50 difference.

If you build Nuclear at say 80. It will give a remanding demand of 20 low power and 70 high power. But the difference remains 50. Nuclear doesn't solve the issue of supply matching demand in anyway.

EV's are going to weigh a lot. Lithium will probably be the main usage in cars. But really the solution is less cars. Need trains.

Running a country exclusively on renewables comes with its own costs in storage and emergency solutions

I agree but I think that route will give lower cost, quicker roll out and less co2

What no one wants to accept is too many people on too little land. The earth is barely holding on.

The soil is on it's deathbed and we got a feeding tube keeping it going. Sure it will keep going. But at what cost.

You need storage to cover when demand does not match supply. Nuclear doesn't reduce the difference between supply and demand. It has no flexibility so makes no meaningful difference to storage.

Lithium isn't that rare. Sodium batteries are being manufactured today.

Hydrogen manufacturing is super inefficient.

Its a question of cost and time. You could run a country on nuclear but its far cheaper and quicker to do it with renewables. But pushing for something that isn't really a viable solution nuclear and hydrogen. It delays uptake of the real solution which is wind, solar and batteries.