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We all live in a beautiful world... Los Angeles, Drill baby Drill! ![]() |
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... A good reminder of NOT the solution... All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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... A good reminder of NOT the solution...It has to organically cost more than another method. If it doesn't then nothing changes. Don't delude yourself that taxes can change the cost, think about smuggling and fraud. |
W-K 666 ![]() Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19489 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 ![]() ![]() |
Indications battery storage might not be the solution. Fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in California forces evacuations MOSS LANDING, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed after a major fire erupted at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants. |
Scrooge McDuck ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1351 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 ![]() ![]() |
Indications battery storage might not be the solution.Mankind did not come to this conclusion when the first jetliners (e.g. DH.106 Comet) crashed, killing dozens, due to unknown reasons. Large oil storage facilities are dangerous as are refineries. It seems over time people learned how to mitigate fire hazards. Would be interesting to know the basic setup of this battery plant. The (surely much smaller) battery plants which our transmission grid operator builds up here are placed in dozens of ISO containers, placed on concrete foundations with a significant safety distance between. Another example: multiple large transformers in substations are typically separated by concrete walls between to stop a fire from spreading to nearby transformers. |
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Indications battery storage might not be the solution.https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3295145/los-angeles-burning-teslas-add-toxic-mix-pollution-delaying-return-fire-evacuees As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems. |
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Way to go: France's 2024 Electricity Production Hits 95%... wrote: In 2024, France achieved a record level of low-carbon electricity production, reaching 95% of its total electricity output ... driven by a rapid recovery in nuclear power and a record high in renewable energy production... China's Installed Renewables Achieved Yet Another Record in 2024 wrote: China broke its own record in installing renewable power in 2024, as the world’s top polluter continues to push its energy transition while the US shifts away from fighting climate change... Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work wrote: ... 900 megawatts of power across 4,000 acres (1,618 hectares). What a good idea! All on our only one planet!! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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This looks like good fun! Especially for progressive motorbikers!! Aptera Says Its $40,000 Solar-Powered EV Is Finally Coming This Year. Should You Believe It? Spectacular... Even if a little pricey. Ideal for cruising along the long distance roads in the sun? Have fun! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Scrooge McDuck ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1351 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 ![]() ![]() |
Ideal for cruising along the long distance roads in the sun?Ehh... Martin... I don't know where you live, but I see this Union Jack below your non-existant Avatar. So... ehm... okay.... How to express this politely? An old friend of mine, after visiting the UK for the first time, once claimed: The next time I'm going to visit England will be as soon as this whole country is completely outfitted with roofs. |
Scrooge McDuck ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1351 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 ![]() ![]() |
China broke its own record in installing renewable power in 2024, as the world’s top polluter continues to push its energy transition while the US shifts away from fighting climate change...There is one problem with that: 'Fighting climate change' or 'energy transition' is not about installing renewables but about reducing CO2 emissions. The yearly numbers for the US are decreasing, lately below 1970s figures while the numbers for China, India, etc. are increasing fast, due to a rising demand for electricity, dozens of new coal power plants each year, transport, ... China alone emits more CO2 than the entire Western hemisphere (countries west of Greenwich). The propagated Green Deal in the West often means shutting down efficient (but still CO2 intensive) production and replacing it with imports from China (e.g. steel). That's Greenwashing. It seems that Donald Trump expressed an unwanted truth and pulled out of a non-expedient agreement. That's bad, isn't it? We will witness further such decisions. WHO, UNRWA, ... [off-topic]. If agreements don't solve a global problem it's adviced to improve them. Instead a (now even smaller) minority tries it alone and is nevertheless convinced to finally solve the global problem, no matter the costs, if one just firmly believe in it. Source: (configurable diagram: countries, start/end years) |
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The steam train that could power the future, BBC video A train which is powered purely on hydrogen is now undergoing tests with those behind it hoping it could help move the industry away from fossil fuels. |
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Thanks for that... ... Except that hydrogen is ridiculously wasteful and expensive and it is an excellent excuse to burn more oil to produce the hydrogen... Far more efficient is to use ammonia as a convenient fuel. Better yet, good solutions using batteries and rapid charging at the stops at stations are already available... Is the hydrogen merely a profitable greenwash campaign to keep the dirty old oil people greedy with their profits a little while longer? All on our only one planet... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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