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Thenerdy9 t1_izt3m8f wrote

Reply to comment by hellwisp in [OC] Yearly Average Temperature in the UK, 1884 - 2021 by PieChartPirate

actually yeah, price of fuel went up, but demand for gas is inelastic so demand wasn't affected too much - but prices have started going back down, an actual sign of falling demand, not increasing supply. so we shall see.

Alternatives are on the horizon. they need massive investment in scale-up and innovation.

Diesel may be hydrogen-paired to almost eliminate emissions. Electric cars may be scaled up if we can get the balance and equity of mining and recycling lithium and cobalt right...

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hellwisp t1_izt5y6y wrote

Yeah.. the processes involved in lithium battery manufacturing.. not great.

What if all countries went full France and invested heavily into nuclear?

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Thenerdy9 t1_izx3tfj wrote

definitely an important player in the interim.

it is very political... but, from what I've heard at least in the US, nuclear facilities have encountered so much pushback about nuclear waste storage that they've pretty much given up and now store and manage it all on site. 🤷 and isn't that what we wanted all along...

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