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zaputo t1_ivo7h7e wrote
This really highlights why oil is so popular. It's insanely cheap and energy dense. Like, by workers, it's 5x to 6x more effective than renewables, if you go by kwh per employee.
There is a criminal level of disinformation around "clean energy". Germany has been long touted as a clean energy pioneer, yet they are still absolutely hooked on fossil fuels for their grid. France on the other hand, less than 10 percent of their power is from fossil fuels.
The bottom will fall out of the clean tech / renewables energy market at some point. It makes sense for certain areas, certain places, etc. But right now, you can't fly a plane with batteries, they aren't energy dense enough. It's just physics.
I hope to see a massive nuclear Renaissance in our lifetimes. It is a bird in the hand solution to decarbonizing our grid, and now. Not like, in ten years when X Y Z battery breakthrough will save us.
zaputo t1_ivptkl0 wrote
Reply to comment by thetreecycle in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
Math. 80 percent of energy is from fossil fuels and 10 percent more workers in clean than fossil