• JoYo@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I can’t imagine a future without solar, wind, and nuclear power.

    not unless we find out we are wrong about thermodynamics.

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      1 year ago

      You don’t need to imagine a future without nuclear in the mix - there are plenty of places doing fine with renewables and without coal or nuclear right now.

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          1 year ago

          For example South Australia - no coal since 2016, no nuclear ever, runs mostly on a mix of renewables - solar and wind with batteries and transient gas for in-fill.

          Edit: thanks to whoever downvoted my verified statement of fact (see below)

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      1 year ago

      Wind and Solar are “renewable” to a certain scale. If you dump gigantic wind farm in the middle of a jet stream, for example, you can impact downstream climate cycles.

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        1 year ago

        that’s why we could be aware of all the externalities.

        solar could be deployed on the ocean but that will certainly lower sea temperatures.

        let’s terraform intentionally rather than just accidentally.