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NNadir

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13. The "Energy Transition" is a fucking lie; it doesn't exist, and delusional videos can't make it exist.
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 07:20 AM
Nov 9

Once again, understanding that apologists for solar and wind are very, very, very, very bad with numbers, we are burning more dangerous fossil fuels than ever before:



World Energy Outlook 2024

Table A.1a: World energy supply Page 296.

This bullshit delusional slogan about there being an "energy transition" has been running at least since 2010.

In 2010, we were burning dangerous natural gas to produce 115 EJ of energy. In 2023 we were burning dangerous natural gas to produce 145 EJ of energy.

In 2010, we were burning dangerous petroleum to produce 173 EJ of energy. In 2023 we were burning dangerous petroleum to produce 192 EJ of energy.

In 2010, we were burning dangerous coal to produce 153 EJ of energy. In 2023 we were burning dangerous coal to produce 175 EJ of energy.

If there's an "energy transition" it's a transition from appalling to disastrous.

Things are getting worse, faster, and stupid slogans and cheap advertising videos hyping those slogans will not change that fact:

The Disastrous 2024 CO2 Data Recorded at Mauna Loa: Yet Another Update (November).

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There is one good thing about wind energy and gay texan Nov 6 #1
Eric Idle on the cross. NNadir Nov 7 #4
Energy.gov U.S. Department of Energy Projects Strong Growth in U.S. Wind Power Sector OKIsItJustMe Nov 6 #2
I've been on DU for almost 22 years. If printed, I could fill a large box with all the soothsaying I've heard... NNadir Nov 7 #5
Non sequitur OKIsItJustMe Nov 7 #6
22 Years ago, you were a true believer in Nuclear Power OKIsItJustMe Nov 7 #7
Thank you for claiming that you know better than I do what I was thinking 22 years ago. NNadir Nov 7 #8
For 22 years, you've discounted anything and everything which was not nuclear fission. OKIsItJustMe Nov 7 #9
It's amusing to hear that there are people... NNadir Nov 8 #10
"Cult Thinking" OKIsItJustMe Nov 8 #11
There are no number times that idiotic videos purportedly about myths can be posted that can make 8 + 8 equal 30. NNadir Nov 8 #12
IEA: World Energy Outlook 2024 - Pathways for the energy mix OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #16
One can look at Table A.1.a on page 296 of the 2024 WEO to see how electricity is generated on this planet. NNadir Nov 9 #17
IEA: Solar and wind to lead growth of U.S. power generation for the next two years OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #19
Oh wow. More soothsaying. The unit of energy, as people should learn in high school, is the Joule, not the Watt. NNadir Nov 10 #26
More nonsense OKIsItJustMe Nov 11 #27
Really, the claim that the Watt is not a unit of energy is nonsense? NNadir Nov 11 #28
Global renewables: Pioneering the energy transition DW Documentary OKIsItJustMe Nov 6 #3
The "Energy Transition" is a fucking lie; it doesn't exist, and delusional videos can't make it exist. NNadir Nov 9 #13
As I have said from the beginning of my time on DU Finishline42 Nov 9 #14
Yes, I know very well what apologists for the German burning of coal in 2024 say. I hear it all the time. NNadir Nov 9 #15
Eurostat: Renewables take the lead in power generation in 2023 OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #20
IEA: CO2 emissions per capita in Germany OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #21
Wow!!!! We're saved!!!! Germany leads the world!!!!! Who cares if they're burning coal???? It's GREEN coal afterall. NNadir Nov 9 #22
"It's all ... bullshit with no connection to the reality, typical of the type, delusional and quite toxic." OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #23
The reality is, reported with references, that Germany is deindustrializing because of high energy prices. NNadir Nov 9 #24
Electricity prices in Germany rose because of fossil fuel prices (not renewables as you imply) OKIsItJustMe Nov 9 #25
'Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels' - ? John ONeill Nov 9 #18
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