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The experiment is over – we know what does and doesn’t work to address climate If we look at what has been proposed to address global warming, air pollution, and energy security during the past 25 years, only one solution – electrification of all energy sectors and generation of... show more
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Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days.

Wow even for a doomsday cult extremist thats some grade A bullshit you spouting.

Agree with the exception of nuclear electricity generation. Some countries, because of population size, available land, topography, geology, location, geopolitical considerations, prevailing &/or seasonal weather conditions, may require nuclear power as part or all of energy mix

Any solutions that do not include LESS (less energy, stuff and stimulation) cannot be taken seriously. Climate change, while important, is only one "mole" in our global whack-a-mole problem. Ecological overshoot is the fundamental problem. #degrowth

If we had believed the forecasts in 2009 for such innovations as AI, robotics, EV market share, PV cell efficiency, etc., we would not have these solutions now. Your dismissal points around topics such as nuclear, carbon capture & storage, etc.- premature-- persevere-it's needed.

While I 100% support electrification, it does not lower temperatures, it will only slow the rise (& FF emissions are at a record high now). It can't prevent us from going over 2ºC at this point, which is catastrophic. So like it or not, we will need SRM.

Just because RCP8.5 wasn't taken into account in new IPCC report, doesn't mean it has disappeared. Unfortunately, it is still very much present, as three times more is still being invested in fossil fuels than in any other form of energy. And the idea that new technologies will be invented tomorrow to save us all is a very risky bet... in Serbia, we say 'a sparrow in the hand is worth two in the bush'.

Yes, we know exactly what does and doesn’t work to address climate, because climate is under human control and we've learned so much of how to address it, and in the future we will address it in exactly the right direction, because we control the climate and know how it should be

We have absolutely no idea whether electrification will make a difference to anything. For one thing climate takes place over much longer periods than our lifetimes. Secondly there is zero evidence that anything we are doing is improving matters, it could be making it worse.

Since an edit seems to have orphaned my earlier reply:

What lies, feel good policies are just that - feel good. Let's try this, everybody move to Iceland and we'll tip earth orbit a bit due to the weight shift. Ready, go!

- Precisely correct. The solution presented in 500 words ☝️☝️☝️ -

Word.

More grifter con men. No climate predictions have come true in 50 years

Isn't it amazing these "we need to save them planet from CO₂!" pundits almost universally quip, "Nuclear BAD! No more nukes!" and want to exclusively rely on intermittent sources or sources with highly limited availability? No desert nowhere near a fault is using geo OR hydro.

Anyone who proposes electrification of all energy is amazingly ignorant of how utterly reliant the global economy is on many byproducts of the refining process. Never heard of organic chemistry & the chemical sector? Plastics? Fertilizers? Asphalt? Lubricants? Jet fuel?

Excellent. Thank you

You would say that wouldn't you.Its your job and fat pay cheque. Electrification of an entire economy is not going to happen this century. So far renewables are a marginal addition to national grids at an humongous investment cost and enormous bills for consumers.

You're wrong so very wrong renewables will not work they are intermittent and how are they going g to replace the other 80% of electricity produced by fossi fuels that is currently supplying our grid

You forgot the most important solution: Set a deadline to end the extraction, use and export of fossil fuels, with legal penalties for non compliance. A deadline like Dec 31, 2029. As long as we permit fossil fuel usage there will be no solution.

@sustainablock Bollocks are you!

When where and how was option #6 (nuclear) tested -- let alone proven a failure?

There was less nuclear output worldwide and 20 fewer nuclear reactors in 2024 than in 2006 whereas IPCC and nuclear proponents were pushing scenarios of huge nuclear output increases each year. Some scenarios called for 100% nuclear. Total failure.

And why was that?

Your citations seem to cluster around 2009. Your comparisons start before that. It's not as if there was an experiment started with either new OR existing nuke-tech, beginning in 2010 and allowed to run until 2025, which showed itself a failure. Or do I mistake your claim?

I don't need to do your homework. IPCC has been pushing nuclear in numerous scenarios for a long time. Many scientists have also been pushing nuclear, including 100% nuclear scenarios Governments and advocates have also been pushing nuclear.

There are advocates for nuclear power, yes. But there were adversaries. And governments forced closures of plants rather than building new ones. You like decade-old Guardian articles? Cool. What do you think about Harry Potter author JK Rowling donating to Labour Party candidate Tom Watson's campaign?

@PCarterClimate What about nuclear energy?

And increase bills even more, gotcha

Please reduce my energy bill by removing the "green" levy.🥺

I work with German grid data. 200+ GW wind/solar serves 40-60 GW demand, yet we import. Which CMIP7 low-emission scenario models the TWh storage Jacobson's WWS future needs to survive Dunkelflaute?

Thank goodness that the majority of hydrogen used in transportation is renewable hydrogen.

49 IPCC scientists have quit due to the dooms day scenario RCP.8 to be Implausible.
