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carlosvega t1_ixaaymz wrote

Reply to comment by 69tank69 in Egypt inked deals on renewable energy, green hydrogen worth $119 bln by Wagamaga

Indeed. But natural gas is just another carrier, the source of it is solar anyway. That’s why usually we speak about sources of electricity, types of electricity production or electricity mix.

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69tank69 t1_ixaj5n3 wrote

Most SMR plants I have seen burned fossil fuels do you have any source that says otherwise

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carlosvega t1_ixao8nz wrote

I haven’t said otherwise. I just said that fossil fuels are not a source of energy, just a carrier, it embodies solar energy captured millions of years ago.

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-04-26/there-are-just-two-sources-of-energy/

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69tank69 t1_ixbfj41 wrote

Solar comes from nuclear fusion so there is only type of energy if you want to use that logic, but calling fossil fuels solar energy is deliberately misleading

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