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Re:California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant ... by _-david-_ on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:41PM (#28889691)
Or we could just use nuclear and not have discomfort.
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Re:California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant ... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday October 16, 2021 @04:31PM (#28891218)
Nuclear won't help you fly across the Atlantic.
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Re:California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant ... by JorgeGT on Saturday October 16, 2021 @05:33PM (#28891780)
Sure it will. Split water, make hydrogen, burn it in gas turbines: https://www.cleansky.eu/sites/default/files/inline-files/202...
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Re:California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant ... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday October 17, 2021 @03:55AM (#28894748)
We have to line up a lot of things we haven't done before to make that work. Great in theory but the reality today is if I fly across the Atlantic it will create a ton of extra carbon in the atmosphere.

Out of all the things we do air travel looks like the least likely thing to be de-carbonised to me.

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