Submitted by darth_nadoma t3_zx1ln0 in Futurology
Bugfrag t1_j1zetbo wrote
Reply to comment by Jack04trades in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
>Oh. So that's why after renewable energy being pushed forward, in this year there was lots of blackout's in USA.
This argument does not make any sense at all.
The investments are being ramped up this year. Congress started to allocate the money, but that does not mean the infrastructure is completed.
If anything the blackouts indicates that a majority fossil fuel based approach is insufficient. Additional infrastructure is needed.
>Damn, people. Its not green energy. Its green for your own country. But to make these solar panela and wind turbines you are making hell lots of easte as well.
The main difference is that renewable waste is isolated during production but clean during its operational liferime. Waste generated for Coal, as a comparison, happened during (a) mining (b) refinement (c) transport (d) continuously while it's burned to generate energy.
>Also "green energy" cannot replace burning yet, its still a lot worse in efficiency. Maybe in future it'll be better, i hope. But not now.
Comparison between efficiency of the two technologies makes absolutely no sense
Efficiency of renewables is different compared to fossil fuel efficiency. For solar, if we don't capture the energy, the sun will still shine. For fossil file power plants, ~70% of the energy generated are burnt away/lost as heat.
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