Scotty T
Walks the walk
Further information on my "it's bullshit" argument, nuclear energy is never profitable.
Singularly they're not large. A farm of them every couple hundred meters, pretty bigHow big do you think they are…?
And your point is? The ocean is traditionally considered pretty spacious...Singularly they're not large. A farm of them every couple hundred meters, pretty big
My question, not my point, was; is it actually Scalable enough to take care of the world's power needs 50-100 years from now?And your point is? The ocean is traditionally considered pretty spacious...
On its own? Dunno, but it wont be on its own. Lots of genuinely renewable tech is being deployed, and the current big focus is storage which massively increases the utility/productivity etc of renewables.My question, not my point, was; is it actually Scalable enough to take care of the world's power needs 50-100 years from now?
They call it "solar"How far are we from harnessing lunar power?
We have to consume less too. How many people on here have done house improvements? How important was energy efficiency in those improvements? It is the top priority for us and we've locked in with architects who specialise in it, to spend more money doing it properly and reducing heating and cooling energy use massively. 99% of people don't give a fuck about it as shown by watching any expisode of The Block, our pathetic building codes and corrupt industry heads lead to rubbish being constructed that has terrible energy efficiency and falls apart in 5 years. People from Europe shake their heads at how shit our houses are.My question, not my point, was; is it actually Scalable enough to take care of the world's power needs 50-100 years from now?
I think a lot of people have made significant efforts to reduce their energy consumption. Whether that has been for reducing their expenses or saving the planet I don't know. I am fairly certain they are still the minority, but a much bigger % than 1.Consuming less and paying more for more efficiency is not on the agenda, as you've clearly identified, for 99% of people. I think it's naive to think that will change in any material way in our lifetimes.
Same deal for the seppos...People from Europe shake their heads at how shit our houses are.
I doubt it. Obsolescence is built into everything these days. Cheap and expensive alike. Energy consumption for making these things can't be discounted either.And a focus on less disposable cheap items around the house, like throw away toasters.
We're doing a fairly extensive renovation/re-imagining of a flat-roof 1960s house at the moment, and getting it past the energy rater was not easy.We have to consume less too. How many people on here have done house improvements? How important was energy efficiency in those improvements? It is the top priority for us and we've locked in with architects who specialise in it, to spend more money doing it properly and reducing heating and cooling energy use massively. 99% of people don't give a fuck about it as shown by watching any expisode of The Block, our pathetic building codes and corrupt industry heads lead to rubbish being constructed that has terrible energy efficiency and falls apart in 5 years. People from Europe shake their heads at how shit our houses are.
It's the actual issue.Consuming less and paying more for more efficiency is not on the agenda, as you've clearly identified, for 99% of people. I think it's naive to think that will change in any material way in our lifetimes.
Yes, it is far too much to ask first world people not to be greedy cunts Never mind the poor fuckers in Central Africa, I want my McMansion with home theater goddamnit!I guess we can hope for tech advancements. Probably the only thing we can hope for realistically
Gonna be a breeze for us, that why we hired these peeps.We're doing a fairly extensive renovation/re-imagining of a flat-roof 1960s house at the moment, and getting it past the energy rater was not easy.
Needless to say there is a lot of double glazing and tricky insulation required.
Yep and zero being done to adress it. So not likley to change.It's the actual issue.
Yep. Building another one right now. Bigger than the last one. For 2 people.Yes, it is far too much to ask first world people not to be greedy cunts Never mind the poor fuckers in Central Africa, I want my McMansion with home theater goddamnit!
Regardless of energy source you still need to transmit and distribute it.They call it "solar"
Harnessing power from nature and storing it can solve the problem, with current technology. Burning shit to make electricity is so 1800's.
We have to consume less too. How many people on here have done house improvements? How important was energy efficiency in those improvements? It is the top priority for us and we've locked in with architects who specialise in it, to spend more money doing it properly and reducing heating and cooling energy use massively. 99% of people don't give a fuck about it as shown by watching any expisode of The Block, our pathetic building codes and corrupt industry heads lead to rubbish being constructed that has terrible energy efficiency and falls apart in 5 years. People from Europe shake their heads at how shit our houses are.
I look forward to one being installed in Dover Heights, and the arguments between Vaucluse and Double Bay as to what colour it should be.Regardless of energy source you still need to transmit and distribute it.
Solar and wind is only commercially viable when it is placed near currently installed transmission infrastructure. If new transmission infrastructure is required the low energy density works against it and usually sinks the business case.
This combined with the limitations of storage, is what allows oddball small scale diesel generators to exist in the suburbs of Adelaide, operate a few hours a year and still make huge profits.
The state and federal govts have plans to subsidise renewal hubs but there was nothing up and running from what I could see.
Small scale rooftop solar gets around the transmission problem but then you need to revise the distribution networks to deal with 2 way flows through sub stations to storage sites.
Discussions around baseload aren't the issue here it's energy density and the physical and economic limits to suitable renewable sites.
I'm hopeful that the Terrapower reactor will be successful as the first true modular small scale 4th gen reactor. If the the Wyoming plant is successful, the world would have a zero carbon energy option that would be a local optimum where renewable energy options hit physical or economic constraints.
Small scale modular reactors are unlikely to be the lowest cost option, but they will exist somewhere on the zero carbon supply curve the world will probably hit in order to keep warming below 2°c.
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Imagine if you tried to install offshore wind off Dover Heights...I look forward to one being installed in Dover Heights, and the arguments between Vaucluse and Double Bay as to what colour it should be.
Some one in Dover Heights reading the Council proposal mailoutImagine if you tried to install offshore wind off Dover Heights...
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