tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2747957786455945141..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: More Energiewende funCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-25408396947494171262021-02-17T12:18:36.416+00:002021-02-17T12:18:36.416+00:00If France had got rid of nuclear what would happen...If France had got rid of nuclear what would happen?L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-8588201129011612452021-02-17T11:49:16.374+00:002021-02-17T11:49:16.374+00:00CityUnslicker said...
I don't think you need c...CityUnslicker said...<br />I don't think you need coal, but if you want to go renewable and non fossil fuels, then the base load is nuclear option only. End of.<br />==================================================================<br /><br />China and India beg to differ. Indeed, given their entirely understandable rush for coal, anything we do to reduce emissions in the West is beyond pointless. <br /><br />Apart that is from destroying our national grids, and massively increasing fuel poverty. <br /><br />Not to mention that you have to have fossil fuel backup for renewables.<br /><br />Lunatics truly have taken over the energy asylum. NetZero will bankrupt us, and more and more energy folks are realizing we do not have the raw materials (heavy metals) on the planet to achieve this madness. Indeed, to save the planet it seems we have no choice but to destroy it. <br /><br />FUBAR doesn't even begin to describe this level of idiocy. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84218129063749938042021-02-16T23:39:50.541+00:002021-02-16T23:39:50.541+00:00"if you want to go renewable and non fossil f..."if you want to go renewable and non fossil fuels, then the base load is nuclear option only"<br /><br />Indeed, which is why the integrated oil companies keep putting out press releases about how great wind power is. Their real competition is nuclear, and they'll do everything they can to ensure nobody talks about it.<br /><br />The dinosaurs that dig up dinosaurs have got at least another business cycle in them, and it's going to be a monster bull. They don't even need oil to be particularly expensive, especially if they sell a lot of gas too.Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63056432974891486512021-02-16T19:45:06.490+00:002021-02-16T19:45:06.490+00:00Will Greta Doomgoblin be known as The Ice Queen ?
...Will Greta Doomgoblin be known as The Ice Queen ?<br /><br />Hopefully the power cuts will be before Katie Price gets on Celebrity Master Chef and cooks up a dog's dinner. E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87744943764908237642021-02-16T18:05:59.853+00:002021-02-16T18:05:59.853+00:00there is a post in that Nick for sure....no warmed...there is a post in that Nick for sure....no warmed pipes for the gas or protection for Solar....disaster!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60115420225044790832021-02-16T10:59:44.587+00:002021-02-16T10:59:44.587+00:00PS - mass electricity shortfalls / blackouts etc i...PS - mass electricity shortfalls / blackouts etc in USA at the moment - incl Texas! - due to freezing weatherNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-88607347007301429212021-02-16T10:58:41.884+00:002021-02-16T10:58:41.884+00:00@ Is thiscwhy the germans still back nordstream2?
...@ <i>Is thiscwhy the germans still back nordstream2?</i><br /><br />Yes, because (a) gas can't be dispensed with for decades to come - just in absolute energy terms, never mind flexibility when the wind isn't blowing etc<br /><br />(b) Germany has long had a purposeful policy of pro-active "engagement" with Russia, which in the case of Nord Stream even includes going along with Russia's long-term strategy of outflanking the Ukraine gas route 100%<br /><br />It's topmost level <i>Realpolitik</i>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84823555636465016972021-02-16T10:49:01.077+00:002021-02-16T10:49:01.077+00:00I don't think you need coal, but if you want t...I don't think you need coal, but if you want to go renewable and non fossil fuels, then the base load is nuclear option only. End of. CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26402617344837831792021-02-16T09:37:10.818+00:002021-02-16T09:37:10.818+00:00"Renewables were blamed for a blackout in Dec..."Renewables were blamed for a blackout in December that hit 10 million people<br />PEmex Building Mexico<br />Pemex Mexico<br /><br />The shift back to coal appears to have been accelerated by a mass blackout in December which left 10 million in the dark for a couple of hours. The electricity commission blames an excess of renewable energy.<br /><br />The blackout started with a fire, but renewable energy was running at a peak of 28% and the system was too unstable to recover:<br /><br />“In addition, the CFE noted that at that time there was a historical maximum of integration of renewable energy into the national system, of 28.13 percent of the total national energy, which affected the support of the system."<br /><br />https://joannenova.com.au/2021/02/un-greening-mexico-gives-up-on-renewables-revives-coal-industry/<br /><br /><br />Millions in Texas without power. Turbines frozen solid, sun gone for days<br /><br />https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/15/texas-frozen-wind-power-outages-ensue-electricity-now-at-unheard-of-9000-per-megawatt-hour/<br /><br /><br />Idiots. Idiots. Idiots. <br />Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65185774297000123242021-02-15T21:40:43.097+00:002021-02-15T21:40:43.097+00:00Is thiscwhy the germans still back nordstream2?Is thiscwhy the germans still back nordstream2?andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11221583481777616192021-02-15T19:27:04.537+00:002021-02-15T19:27:04.537+00:00I wish the Germans no harm. Unlike the German gov...I wish the Germans no harm. Unlike the German government, apparently.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26202618393342044312021-02-15T17:12:50.640+00:002021-02-15T17:12:50.640+00:00Here in Western France we had rain freezing on the...Here in Western France we had rain freezing on the trees as it fell. It also froze on the helix of each of the wind generators (seven in my commune and nine in the next commune). They were out of action for about 60 hours.DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380616722854929936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59317998007302242412021-02-15T16:29:52.053+00:002021-02-15T16:29:52.053+00:00I'm sure that nice Mr Putin would sell the Ger...I'm sure that nice Mr Putin would sell the Germans some nuclear power stations at a bargain price.<br /><br />Don CoxDon Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339420519741253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63646718563921894122021-02-15T14:52:36.340+00:002021-02-15T14:52:36.340+00:00"scheinheiliges Parasitenland", you can&..."scheinheiliges Parasitenland", you can't compress it into one word.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49945771046065779712021-02-15T13:46:17.853+00:002021-02-15T13:46:17.853+00:00Not so much "Energiewende" as "Ener...Not so much "Energiewende" as "Energie ende".<br /><br />But that's been the left-green goal all along, to wreck the energy supplies of Western nations and end economic growth. Everything they do is deliberate sabotage.AndrewZnoreply@blogger.com