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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoWhy do this threads always degrade to 100% renewable solutions only? We can generate most of our power via wind and sun, the rest we can buffer, we don’t need to eliminate burning just reduce it to sporadic buffering of the grid.
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoBecause burning kills the climate. We need to eliminate it.
minus-squarediscocactus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoNot if it’s closed loop or C negative with renewable sources. There’s nothing inherently bad about combustion, it’s just the scale and externalities.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThe planet can handle low levels of C02, just not the levels we are doing. But insisting on a zero emissions solution is exactly what I would do if I were an oil and gas CEO.
Why do this threads always degrade to 100% renewable solutions only? We can generate most of our power via wind and sun, the rest we can buffer, we don’t need to eliminate burning just reduce it to sporadic buffering of the grid.
Because burning kills the climate. We need to eliminate it.
Not if it’s closed loop or C negative with renewable sources. There’s nothing inherently bad about combustion, it’s just the scale and externalities.
The planet can handle low levels of C02, just not the levels we are doing.
But insisting on a zero emissions solution is exactly what I would do if I were an oil and gas CEO.
Fuck that, fossil’s too expensive
Not if demand drops 90%.