Re:Ask HN: Can you both take climate change seriously and ag...
by adrianN on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:34PM
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There is no x year limit, there is a x ton of CO2 limit. Gradually reducing CO2 output has a lower area under the curve than doing something for ten years and then dropping output to zero.
Re:Ask HN: Can you both take climate change seriously and ag...
by salmonfamine on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:16AM
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You're drawing a huge false equivalence here. The idea that we can deploy renewables at scale within even two or three decades sufficient to reach net zero is patently false.
Re:Ask HN: Can you both take climate change seriously and ag...
by adrianN on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:48AM
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It's about as false as the idea that we can deploy nuclear at scale in that timeline.
Re:Ask HN: Can you both take climate change seriously and ag...
by salmonfamine on Thursday June 30, 2022 @02:32PM
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Then we agree -- both false.
2. There is no indication that we will be able to produce lithium-ion batteries with a high enough wh/kg density to create high enough energy storage capacity to replace carbon-based energy sources. Until such a time as that technology becomes possible and production-ready, we will need other sources of energy.
Not building nuclear with the assumption that grid-scale battery storage will become feasible is a potentially catastrophic policy decision.