Message from @Railingo
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@Agent Smith I think I can relate to feminists better now... If I was a woman and knew there were men more beautiful than me, I'd probably be a salty bitch too.
https://youtu.be/08pjhdvQbQc it will be interesting how this turns out.
I sent an email.
I won't hear back, though. I never do. 🙄
@DJ_Anuz If that was the only reason feminist existed, we would have far less trouble with them.
Is he advocating killing half the population?
Bill Nye is Thanos.
It irritates me that climate change has become too partisan of an issue to discuss
my question is, how many conservatives are even saying "we shouldn't be bothering with trying to further research alternative energy sources" (particularly nuclear). I see a lot of statements of "you guys said we'd be dead back in the 90s and we're still fine right now - this isn't really a big deal", but I don't see anyone saying that they wouldn't consider looking for more efficient energy sources that happen to also be more eco friendly
@aguyyouknow most conservatives seem indifferent to energy source - as long as it’s cost effective and not shoved down their throats
Most of us are more concerned with efficiency. Gasoline isn't extremely efficient, but it's the best option right now. Because it's cheap and reliable.
Windmills aren't very reliable, and they're expensive.
Pretty much. I'll meme about tire fires for fun and profit, but the reality is that my only objection to researching better fuel sources is that I don't like the idea of government financing research of any kind.
Solar power isn't reliable, and it's also expensive.
Nuclear power is the best option.
But guys... We need to save the planet!
Someone get Gaia and her power rings!
Efficiency in what regard? The percentage of energy used from primary energy source?
solar power has awful amounts of run off, if I remember correctly
it's almost impossible to store efficiently
windmills are inefficient because they cause a ton of noise pollution (and also don't generate energy particularly efficiently, I believe?)
they're both fine as supplemental options, but the advances made in nuclear have been leaps and bounds ahead of advances in solar and wind over the last few decades, from my understanding
I'm not someone who studies this shit though, so if I'm wrong, and someone else here knows better, let me know so that I can correct my opinions 😛
oh, also, another thing that I found out recently is that solar panels actually cause a ton of toxic waste, because they're built using a lot of heavy metals
windmills create a lot of "dirty power" that needs to get wasted, but the farms still get the carbon credits regardless
did not know that. Thanks for the information, @Agent Smith !
also the batteries use rare earth minerals and only have a short use life that need to get replaced and are toxic. plus they require a ton of fossil fuels to extract in the first place
@aguyyouknow depending on site prep method, solar can have runoff issues. It’s no different than any construction site.
The noise level of wind turbines tends to be exaggerated. Some turbines potentially may have noise issues, but it’s mostly not a big issue.
There are trace amounts of toxic elements in conventional photovoltaic solar panels (other types have far more) and waste is a potential problem. There have been claims that a recycling facility will be built, but I haven’t fully researched it yet.
For the most part, wind and solar are effective energy sources and they have been declining in costs since the last decade.
The hardest thing for nuclear is the regulatory landscape. It’s really difficult to get new designs permitted. Nuscale is the first small modular reactor startup that’s been permitted and they plan to have their first plant built this decade. Hopefully they will make it.
to be clear, I meant energy runoff. poor choice of words
solar energy currently doesn't have very good storage efficiency
also, that's fair regarding nuclear
@aguyyouknow @Agent Smith I’m not exactly sure what dirty power agent smith is referring to, but I think I have an idea. Earlier this past decade, grid operators had some difficulties integrating wind power into the grid, this lead to a significant portion of the wind power to be curtailed. Since then, wind curtailments have gone way down because grid operators have learned how to integrate wind better. I think it’s gotten down to less than 1-3% of energy generated (from like 15-30%). It could even be lower because of how rapidly technology is improving.
@aguyyouknow there will always be energy losses from storage. This may sound a bit surprising, but most of the battery storage being built on the grid is providing load balancing services, acting as a peaking plant, is assisting with grid harmonics (I think), or (believe it or not) is deferring costs from really expensive potential upgrades. There really isn’t a good technology for seasonal storage - the best for that so far is pumped hydro, which has its own issues.