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Catfish · 10-07-23, 04:05 PM

Alright. I admit I did not read it all

I just thought that the second part of the text was a repetition of what was written before and gave up.
I don't know if nuclear power will be the saviour now, not after a lot more research, but also I do not see any workable solution to reduce CO2 without using it. The idea of using wind and green energy alone is very nice and adorable, but it does not stand up to facts like where we get the rare earths and all that from (exploiting children labour in third world countries or import it from Russia or China under doubtable conditions?), to produce the batteries and build it..
Let alone copper reserves for charging stations, or the cumulative energy bilance needed until you have the gadget standing in front of you.

But also – as long as we have not found a secure deposition for spent nuclear fuels I remain highly sceptic. Tchernobyl and Fukushima are no joke, the latter will be poisoning the environment for millenia. And better not think about contamination in Russia.

10-07-23, 04:05 PM	#10
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Alright. I admit I did not read it all I just thought that the second part of the text was a repetition of what was written before and gave up. I don't know if nuclear power will be the saviour now, not after a lot more research, but also I do not see any workable solution to reduce CO2 without using it. The idea of using wind and green energy alone is very nice and adorable, but it does not stand up to facts like where we get the rare earths and all that from (exploiting children labour in third world countries or import it from Russia or China under doubtable conditions?), to produce the batteries and build it.. Let alone copper reserves for charging stations, or the cumulative energy bilance needed until you have the gadget standing in front of you. But also – as long as we have not found a secure deposition for spent nuclear fuels I remain highly sceptic. Tchernobyl and Fukushima are no joke, the latter will be poisoning the environment for millenia. And better not think about contamination in Russia. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.