Post AXOuZoalDRP28YD0U4 by GreenFire@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AXOuZj51i0312gK5pI by CarlG314@universeodon.com
2023-07-05T01:42:31Z
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I would hope that every satellite with spare capacity, spy drone/plane, and sensor is aimed at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for the next several days, just in case, to obtain irrefutable proof that any destruction was caused by planted explosives and not a Ukrainian missile.Maybe, just maybe, that evidence can be introduced at Putin's war crimes trial. #Ukraine#RussiaUkraineWar #Zaporizhzhia
(DIR) Post #AXOuZk4i0fO67zBLyC by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-07-05T02:55:39Z
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@CarlG314 I suspect that Wagner's kooky mutiny was staged in order to get as far away from the #nuclear plant as possible because they knew what was probably coming.
(DIR) Post #AXOuZmOHOsENJGM0ki by demvoter@masto.ai
2023-07-05T02:56:54Z
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@GreenFire @CarlG314 yeah, something is still really off with that. This whole nuclear thing is nerve wracking.
(DIR) Post #AXOuZn2gycYbKbGHk8 by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-07-05T03:01:16Z
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@demvoter @CarlG314 I've noticed that over on the foul site the nuclear supporters have been especially active over the last few weeks.Anyone that supports building new nuclear plants with this crap going on is crazy or just plain evil.Like right now, it looks like Le Pen is going to take charge over all of France's nukes. It sucks.
(DIR) Post #AXOuZnm4FuqxbKUWTA by AGTMADCAT@infosec.exchange
2023-07-05T03:15:13Z
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@GreenFire @demvoter @CarlG314 Honestly and genuinely, I would like to know what you propose as an alternative.
(DIR) Post #AXOuZoalDRP28YD0U4 by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-07-05T03:27:23Z
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@AGTMADCAT @demvoter @CarlG314 It seems you're not serious since you don't care about what could result from what Putin might do at Zaporizhya, but just in case, the world can follow the lead that Germany has provided us to go fossil free without the harm caused by nukes.Germany generated 58% of its electricity from renewable sources in first half of 2023. It was 9% in 2003.We just plain have to deploy clean energy to transition off fossil fuels just as fast as we can. #WindSolarBatteries
(DIR) Post #AXOuZpLuO97IUmGeyO by AGTMADCAT@infosec.exchange
2023-07-05T17:13:33Z
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@GreenFire @demvoter @CarlG314 I am quite serious, I'm not sure why you think I "don't care", that's very strange.Germany is a very interesting example - their rapid phase out of nuclear provides a clear case study in what that looks like. It provides a very exact counterargument to your last statement that we need to transition off fossil fuels "as fast as we can". If Germany had maintained its ~20GW of nuclear generation, coal generation could have been cut in half by now. Yes, renewables growth has been very impressive, but instead of replacing dirty fossil fuels they've been replacing clean nuclear power, which is a significant diversion of critical construction resources. We do not have time left in our carbon budget to mess about with these sorts of detours.My question was in regards to primary energy consumption though, not just electrical generation sources. To stick with Germany, they currently receive only about 1/6th of their primary energy from renewables:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/pwgetzbb11i54xlypt3b5yaxa4h4zj7.pngWe need to decarbonize every sector of global energy use and we need to do it in the next decade, ideally faster. The two largest consumers of carbon power in most countries are transportation and heating. Most of that is going to need to be electrified, which will mean massive new power generation capacity is required. To stick with Germany, using rough math they will need to increase their electricity generation to about 4x their current total in order to satisfy their current primary energy needs.I have not seen any plausible analysis that suggests it would be even remotely possible to meet this massive new demand using renewables alone. This is a problem that we need to throw the proverbial carbon-free kitchen sink at. Everything I've read suggests a continued full-speed-ahead renewables build-out would get us less than halfway to a total decarbonization by 2035. If we were to simultaneously start construction on hundreds of new reactors, then when they eventually come online a decade from now, they'd replace another almost-half of our carbon energy, with the final few points being solved through efficiency. If you have analysis showing that we can accomplish this goal on renewables alone I would genuinely be interested in hearing all about it, hence my initial question. Do you have anything along those lines you're willing to explain?
(DIR) Post #AXOuZpyY4U1cQcLWCW by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-07-05T17:26:47Z
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@AGTMADCAT @demvoter @CarlG314 Germany is a democracy and they chose to close their nuclear plants after Chernobyl and Fukushima as was their right despite what the nuclear industry lobbyists would have profited from. They're making good progress despite the bad decisions they've made in relation to relying on Russian energy under Markel.I despise nuclear waste and weapons proliferation so I promote #Batteries #Wind and #Solar which are quite adequate, less expensive, and more egalitarian.
(DIR) Post #AXOuZqfnTgcUaka3c0 by AGTMADCAT@infosec.exchange
2023-07-06T00:15:52Z
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@GreenFire @demvoter @CarlG314 Please expand on that "quite adequate" statement, that's the part I'm interested in drilling down on. Can you expand on that thought?
(DIR) Post #AXOuZrNOrZUwlyysZk by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-07-06T00:28:44Z
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@AGTMADCAT @demvoter @CarlG314 Being a climate scientist and a humanist, adequate to me means that all the primary energy is produced net-zero affordably. These simulations of the Australian grid well-describe how using #Wind #Solar #Water and #Batteries can accomplish it without relying on corporations to build nuclear plants.I'm not entirely opposed to new nukes except that they are too slow to build in relation to our available carbon budget. https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-near-100-per-cent-renewables-grid-is-well-within-reach-and-with-little-storage/