The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World

Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by eldaisfish on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:45PM (#29555547)

renewables are not a joke. Please don't minimise their contributions in the past two decades.

The better way to characterise the problem is that renewables are intermittent - a problem for which we do not currently have a large-scale solution. One solution is to use a non-polluting technology that currently works - nuclear power - while we buy ourselves time to build out and develop renewable capacity.

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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by throw1234651234 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:47PM (#29555586)

Right - we don't have storage capacity. Batteries are another joke. So that basically leaves gravity-hydro reservoirs, late 19th century style. Nuclear uses far less resources (plastics, metals, etc) per unit of energy over lifetime.

Still, it's a good distinction to make for people who aren't familiar with the topic, so ty for that.

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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by mostertoaster on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:53PM (#29555685)

If we can get to a point of civilization where we have mini nuclear power plants that power like 20 houses, and mini sewage/water treatment plants for the same, now that would be cool.

I wish all the money that went towards renewables research instead went towards nuclear...

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