Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col...
by roenxi on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:42AM
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Just 5% = do what you did 20 times and the problem is solved. They only need 1,000 plants.
Compared to all the construction China has done in the past 50 years, it doesn't seem that difficult a target.
> Also, China can build a hundred coal plants in a year, but there's no way it can do that with nuclear.
That isn't a law of nature. They can build hundreds of plants of any type in a year.
Just look at China, with ~50 nuclear plants (just 5% of energy production), while they have thousands of coal plants. It's practically impossible that they can shift to a reusable carbon-neutral energy production methods.
Also, China can build a hundred coal plants in a year, but there's no way it can do that with nuclear.
The realistic picture is that growth cannot be sustained and there will be dire consequences due to other factors too.
(climate change, migration, wet bulb temperatures, crop failures, people being too good at capitalism, etc.)