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hunter

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4. How do you propose we quit fossil fuels?

Reply to Woodwizard (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 1, 2023, 03:05 PM

Dec 2023

The usual "renewable energy" schemes won't cut it.

Like it or not, nuclear power is the only energy resource capable of displacing fossil fuels entirely.

Quitting fossil fuels entirely is something we must do.

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Apocryphal Account of the Cause of the Deepwater Horizon Platform Failure: Batteries. [View all] NNadir Nov 2023 OP

I appreciate the author's perspective on the significance of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the Martin68 Nov 2023 #1

You're confusing the effects of fear of radiation with radiation itself. NNadir Nov 2023 #2

Your answer is both arrogant and unhelpful. First of all, I'm not confused in the least. Your assumption Martin68 Dec 2023 #9

I stand by what I said, and will make no apologies for my response to what I regard as selective attention. NNadir Dec 2023 #10

For some there is only one solution Woodwizard Dec 2023 #3

How do you propose we quit fossil fuels? hunter Dec 2023 #4

I currently put more on the grid than I consume Woodwizard Dec 2023 #5

You are welcome to read through my journal. hunter Dec 2023 #6

You have very selective comprehention Woodwizard Dec 2023 #7

If China, India, etc. replace fossil fuel power plants with nuclear power plants... hunter Dec 2023 #8

We always have people who want to carry on about their bourgeois toys. NNadir Dec 2023 #11

You know what they say about wrestling with a pig.......... Woodwizard Dec 2023 #12

What I see is someone with trouble wrestling with numbers. NNadir Dec 2023 #13