The following is the update for the simple math any modern slave can do in order to understand the absolute bullshit that the current "CLIMATE CHANGE"/"NET ZERO" propaganda really is.
Those that have the pleasure to read my insane comments probably still have a fainted memory of this one!
LET US TALK REALITY!
(this is very simple math, very likely in a real setting we do need more! After all we're UNSUSTAINABLE.)
Now that AOC, ex-ER, etc, are supporting Nuclear,
Start date: October 1, 2019
In order to reach the goals of a CARBON NEUTRAL (doesn't mean carbon free!) CIVILIZATION by 2050 (keeping the current level - 2019 - of energy consumption/waste), we are today (December 22, 2021) already behind with:
1.220 carbon neutral nuclear power stations. (we need to build 3 each 2 days! Is this INSANITY ENOUGH for you?!)
OR,
for those greeners that don't like nuclear reactors to boil water to generate electricity - NOT AOC and ex-ER and fans - ...
243,900 square miles of brand new carbon neutral WIND FARMS. Is this INSANITY ENOUGH for you?!
I still don't know how one can build nuclear or wind with zero carbon emissions or without ECOSYSTEM DESTRUCTION, so one needs to increase the additional decommission of fossil fuel generation, the DEATH of other Living Creatures and so on.
I'm also not aware that any of these constructions have been built, so...
GOOD LUCK with that!
All of this if we want to reach 2050 consuming globally the same amount of energy (reference year 2018). Is this or a drastic cut in consumption meaning we can only consume the energy already being produced via renewable's...
In short... we can only consume 5 trillion kWh/year/globally!
Again... what does 5 trillion kWh means for the USofT?
In 2018 the USofT alone consumed 29.5 trillion kWh... If those 5 trillion are for the ENTIRE World... bye bye american lifestyle and dream!
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So... That is the basic math!
Some fellow MMS from Finland decided to waste time and resources doing hard math...
Here is what a reasonably objective study from the Geological Survey
of Finland concludes on just how much more electricity generation will
be required to retire natural gas and coal…
The answer: a stink load!
But you need batteries to provide power when the sun isn’t shining and
the wind isn’t blowing. Here is an indication of just how much materials
would be required to produce all these batteries:
(This is a specially FUNNY table!)
We won’t hold these estimates against the author as there are a number of variables involved. But you get the basic point: there aren’t enough materials on the planet to achieve this dream. It’s a grand absurd delusion!
We wouldn’t worry about natural gas and coal being phased out just yet.
The Net Zero is Just Plain Virtue Signaling.
What is virtue signaling? A form of moral grandstanding in which a
viewpoint or answer is calculated to “look good,” thereby making the
object or speaker appear virtuous to others, rather than being chosen
because it is strictly honest.
The 2050 net zero narrative is virtue signaling in its purest sense.
Here is a small excerpt from Kopernik Global Investors’ recent report:
“It seems like virtually everyone from cities to
countries to corporations is setting targets to reach “net-zero”
emissions. Over 3,000 companies and countries representing 89% of global
emissions have “committed” to reaching net-zero.
We put the word “committed” in quotes because that commitment can
mean very different things to different people. Even the United Arab
Emirates recently declared a net-zero pledge for the year 2050, but not
before they increase oil and gas production by 20% first. Let me be
green…but not yet.
It is easy to make a pledge for somebody else to fulfill 30 years from now. That is why virtually everyone is doing it.
These are low barrier to entry virtues. If everyone can do it, it can’t
be that hard. Unfortunately, the problem is much more difficult to
solve, and we might say, it is near impossible.
We can see how someone looking at the headlines might assume that oil
and gas are going away soon. Virtually any newspaper, magazine or news
service has stories daily about climate change and the necessary energy
transition. Anyone with a Bloomberg terminal is treated to an endless
stream of articles proselytizing for the new energy economy. Most treat
the subject as a fait accompli, that because it needs to happen, that it
will happen.
The problem with this is that it leads to starting with a conclusion
and then building models and forecasts on how that must happen, ignoring
how unlikely or difficult it might be.”
Ah, such poetry!
Call us in 2050, and we’ll see what opinions are. Heck, by 2030,
after inflation ripped folks’ lives apart, we’re willing to bet that the appetite for this nonsense will
be gone. Farmers will have ripped these stupid cow burping (for saving
us from climate change) muzzles off, and anyone who champions such
idiocy will be treated with the contempt and scorn they’ve always
deserved.
Until then… well, we’ve a bull market in inflation to deal with.
For those that want to read the Finish report
the file is huge... The risk is on you!
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