Oh I know Im not changing your mind, but I find satisfaction in knowing others read these posts and at least get a small giggle out these absurd statements you’re making.
From the linked article, which is why it was linked in the first placeto support the statment: “Like the published data, the harmonized data showed that life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from solar, wind, and nuclear technologies are considerably lower and less variable than emissions from technologies powered by combustion-based natural gas and coal.”
There are energy storage options that don’t use batteries.
Pumped hydro where there is water, heavy railcars on tracks where there are hills and land, a Dutch company is developing a system of stacking concrete blocks with excess energy and lowering them for power during non peak times.
Never in my life would I have ever thought our America could somehow be saddled with what has got to be the most ignorant and uninquisitive president ever. EVER!!!
How did such an ever loving POS human being get elevated to such a lofty office?
Because that’s why they include a variety of storage systems… to store the energy until it’s demanded. This is literally elementary stuff here Cratic…
Let’s see, you started posting in here asserting that wind farms can’t store energy. Then someone posted a link to a battery system by GE. Hilariously, you said, (paraphrasing) “Sure, but it’s just one…”, as if there’s only one operation that stores their energy on battery systems. I mean, a statement like that isn’t so much brain-washed as it is just brain-dead.
You’re only digging holes here Cratic… have at it.
Um no, anyone that reads it can clearly see it’s only a general overview of the storage systems available and employed in todays wind farms (ya know, contrary to what you’ve been saying all along). The amount of energy they can store is directly related to their system capacity… again, none of this is hard.
Again, you don’t seem to understand how our grid works. Energy is drawn as it’s demanded. Doesn’t matter where it’s coming from. In theory, if the grid isn’t drawing any power form a wind farm, 100% of it can be allocated to storage. Depending on the storage system, they can store that energy for various amounts of time… some systems for well over a year. Here’s a link that provides some pretty detailed summaries of various devices
Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger
Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and energy expert, Michael Shellenberger explains why solar and wind farms require so much land for mining and energy production, and an alternative path to saving both the climate and the natural environment. Michael Shellenberger is a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment and President of Environmental Progress, a research and policy organization. A lifelong environmentalist, Michael changed his mind about nuclear energy and has helped save enough nuclear reactors to prevent an increase in carbon emissions equivalent to adding more than 10 million cars to the road. He lives in Berkeley, California. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
You don’t know much about Shellenberger, do you? Because if you did, you’d realize his positions stand in stark contrast to your own. His argument against renewables is that they are by and large only greenwash for the O&G industry… and in large part, I agree with that. But he certainly believes in AGW and his strong support for nuclear is precisely because he wants to curb O&G carbon emissions to combat the effects of AGW.
So, you still stand by what he says, cause that’s gonna create a whole lot of other issues for your positions if so…
All Trump has done is prove that any dip ■■■■ with a ■■■■ ton of money can buy and bully their way to the White House. I fear the Hollywood elitists thinking they can do what Trump has done. President Baldwin, President Cruz, President Clooney? Dear God…please.
