LINK U.S. can get to 100% clean energy with wind, water, solar and zero nuclear, Stanford professor says
(The problems with nuclear energy is waste that remains dangerous for over 100,000 years, and that it is only profitable when it is subsidized by the government.)
A prominent Stanford University professor has outlined a roadmap for the United States to meet its total energy needs using 100% wind, water and solar by 2050.
Mark Jacobson, a Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of its Atmosphere/Energy Program, has been promoting the idea of all renewable energy as the best way forward for more than a decade. His latest calculations toward this ambitious goal were recently published in the scientific journal Renewable Energy.
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“Subsidized by the government” = “subsidized by taxpayers” = not profitable = socialistic.
Until Jacobson visits and learns from [aureon.ca] he is uninformed.
yvilletom
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Dec 22, 2021
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There's always going to be nuclear waste, radioactive materials have countless medical and industrial uses. Not building nuclear power plants isn't going to make much of a dent in that waste pile, so it's no reason to forgo nuclear. Anything that gets us away from fossil fuels is a good thing.
Druvius
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Dec 22, 2021
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@Druvius A new company is taking us away from fossil fuels.
Visit them at [aureon.ca] and take a look.
It’s very technical and not a two minute task. What do you think?
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