Re:Wind provided 37 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in Q1 ...
by yodsanklai on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:14AM
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I think it re-enforces the confusion that wind/solar is the best strategy to reduce CO2 emissions. It may be in some places, but not everywhere, it may even be counter-productive. For instance, France has low CO2 emission as most of its electricity is from nuclear plants. If global warming is the most immediate treat, it would make little sense to dismantle them now. There are much better investments to make than buying solar panels. That's an issue I'm having with the green party in France who doesn't seem to recognize this.
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Re:Wind provided 37 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in Q1 ...
by pjc50 on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:55AM
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I agree that it doesn't make sense to dismantle safe nuclear plants within their normal operating lifetime, but I'm not convinced it makes sense to build any more - and the lead time is about a decade!
Re:Wind provided 37 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in Q1 ...
by ljf on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:39AM
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Out of interest - what would you say those better investments are, that we could make?
Re:Wind provided 37 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in Q1 ...
by yodsanklai on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:04AM
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I'm not an expert but in France where electricity production is nuclear, I'd say renovating housing (heating systems/insulation), promoting public transportation and discouraging the use of polluting vehicles, improving industry efficiency...