tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post2419494645867382355..comments2024-03-20T02:13:42.947-05:00Comments on real economics: Cold snap triggers a renewables milestoneJonathan Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-26316687076032164792012-02-12T06:24:26.049-06:002012-02-12T06:24:26.049-06:00I've read and written quite a bit in this area...I've read and written quite a bit in this area, but "wind turbines which is merely another manifestation of solar" is a piece of sophistry the like of which I've not seen. I doubt there'd be one person in a thousand who'd take that as the import of what was originally written.<br /><br />In any case, how a wodge of electricity which (I do not know but I think it likely) was over 90% generated by fossil fuels, NUCLEAR (Germany hasn't shut them all down yet) and possibly hydro can be seen as 'making actual progress in this arena' is beyond me. Especially in this situation, where the usual flow of electricity is now overwhelmingly in the other direction. If this highly exceptional circumstance entitles the 'solar' industry to showboat in the end zone, then nuclear has won the Superbowl fifty times over. <br /><br />Nuclear DOES work and IS the only alternative.MarkDuffetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233001055906290984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-25411993228472747642012-02-10T06:49:26.946-06:002012-02-10T06:49:26.946-06:00Actually no.
Do I think that PV electricity was b...Actually no.<br /><br />Do I think that PV electricity was being sent to France at night? No I do not. Do I think that some of the electricity came from wind turbines which is merely another manifestation of solar? I do not know that but I think it likely. Do I think that Röttgen was overstating his case when he claimed the renewables had bailed out nuclear? Probably—and I wrote as much. <br /><br />Do I have any trouble with an infant industry thumping its chest a bit? None whatsoever. Solar simply HAS to work—There. Is. No. Alternative. Anyone making actual progress in this arena gets to showboat in the end zone whenever they pass a milestone.Jonathan Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-26669948532369269962012-02-10T06:37:31.261-06:002012-02-10T06:37:31.261-06:00"by 7:00 pm on Tuesday evening, the consumpti..."by 7:00 pm on Tuesday evening, the consumption in France had climbed to more than 100 gigawatts"<br /><br />"in February of 2012, solar power bailed out nuclear power during a record cold snap"<br /><br />Er, hello? Can you see what is wrong with this picture?<br /><br />Hint: Germany is east of France.MarkDuffetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233001055906290984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-57986242075430412012012-02-09T09:21:32.459-06:002012-02-09T09:21:32.459-06:00"The Germans build another solar park. This ..."The Germans build another solar park. This was assembled on an old military airfield. Swords into plowshares indeed."<br /><br />--Precisely my recommendation for the Arden Hills land that is being promised instead for Zygiworld's Viking Stadium boondoggle...to instead of wasting 400+ acres of the old ammunition plant superfund site and 700 million STATE/COUNTY TAX dollars for Zygiworld, that it be used for wind/solar farms and UofM green engineering playground for new green energy ideas.<br /><br />Oh, the humanity!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252804186064393926noreply@blogger.com