100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing

Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by godelski on Sunday May 26, 2019 @04:52AM (#20013886)

Thank you for your comment. I haven't been to the area but have just read. Similar to what the other user commented. I don't want to call you a liar but I definitely see some differences in point of view (between your comment and other things I've read). But since you spend much time there maybe you can expand on some of the nuances that one might not be aware of when just reading reports.

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by EB-Barrington on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:48AM (#20014410)

Perhaps the "good news" reports get more attention? You can find reports that agree with my observations. There's not a consensus on this - perhaps due to lack of evidence.

My comments are based upon observations of several years of visiting, and speaking with scores of people that work/live in the Exclusion Zone. Anecdotally, large Animal sightings of things like Moose are rare enough that even people who have visited hundreds of times, over decades, will stop, get very excited, take photos, and then chat about the last time it happened.

Edit: this report agrees with what I have found (in real life)

https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/105/5/704/2961808

"All major taxonomic groups investigated (i.e., birds, bees, butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies, spiders, mammals) displayed reduced population sizes in highly radioactive parts of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone."

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:19PM (#20016472)

> Anecdotally, large Animal sightings of things like Moose are rare enough that even people who have visited hundreds of times, over decades, will stop, get very excited, take photos, and then chat about the last time it happened.

Isn't this what should be expected? Even in ordinary wilderness like Maine or Canada where moose are indigenous, you could spend a year in the woods and never see one.

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by godelski on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:35PM (#20016574)

I spend a lot of time outdoors and while I partially agree with you it was the comment about birds and insects that piqued my interest and suggested that maybe what I read wasn't all there was. Because while larger animals may hide, insects and birds don't.

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