Renewable energy sources - the good, the bad and the ugly

I respectfully disagree, sort of.

I agree in the sense that our current trajectory is pretty bleak. But I disagree with the implication that it's a foregone conclusion. Collectively, we need to do a lot more. But I see that starting to happen, albeit currently too slowly.

People give up trying when they think there's no hope. This is why climate doom is a bad thing. A few decades ago scientists observed a hole in the ozone layer. Lots of things changed, and now that hole is shrinking. This proves that collective action can yield results. Yes we should have our eyes open and be real, but giving in to climate doom is every bit as dangerous as not caring, as the result is the same, a lack of action.

 

But we need to know the honest truth not all this one say one thing then some one says the oppisit

 

Some governments just don't give a sh*t and as long as economies like Russia, China, India and to a large extent, the US, continue as they do, then the rest of us can go back to pre-industrial levels with no change in that trajectory.

 

Can I add to that loss of wild spaces and animal habitat.
To me that is just as important, if not more so than climate change, once its gone its gone.

 

I dont think any of this is about saving the Earth.
Its about saving the massive over population.

 

But... But... The UK is leading the way on green energy... So we're told.

 

Did anyone see Guy Martin's Great British Power Trip on Channel 4 last night?

 

I started watching it but I ended up falling asleep. I watched right up to the part of capturing carbon from the Drax power station, which produces 8 million tons of carbon annually. I can't see the plant being ready for 2027, us tax payers will end up funding the plant and Drax for many years to come.

I will be passing Drax this Friday on the way to Lincoln, which I will also pass Ferrybridge 1 & 2. There is a couple of sites that you can see from the motorway where huge piles of scrap wood get shredded down to biomass ready for the incinerators. Going by that programme, I would say the carbon capture plant will also be linked to the Ferrybridge incinerators.

 

As long as they only need the power produced during late spring, summer and early autumn. Trust me, I'm studying the whole subject of photovoltaïque very closely at the mo, and it's only viable for part of the year. Unfortunately, it's not the part of the year when consumer demand is highest. Still, battery storage is making great strides, even if it's probably not going to do 'the planet' much good.