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Environment & Energy

Bernardo de La Paz

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2. Doctrinaire positions lead to a kind of blindness. Some people delight in pointing out any negatives

Reply to Terry_M (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 07:14 AM

Jul 16

It's as if all non-nuclear energy is bad, bad, and nuclear has no flaws and is therefore the only solution.

In this case all "renewables" including hydroelectricity are deemed fickle and intermittent and useless without batteries to store their energy. That is of course a dim, limited, clouded view that is in some cases incorrect.

The concepts of transitioning and intermediate stages on the way to the perfect end solution (of which there are multiple possibilities) seems to escape some posters.

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Is so called "renewable energy" actually "renewable?" [View all] NNadir Jul 16 OP

Feels like im reading the Epoch Times here Terry_M Jul 16 #1

Doctrinaire positions lead to a kind of blindness. Some people delight in pointing out any negatives Bernardo de La Paz Jul 16 #2

But like the negatives from the article were not actually brought up in any way? Terry_M Jul 16 #3

Let's parse these remarks. NNadir Jul 16 #5

You've summarized the OP perfectly here ms liberty Jul 16 #6

That is precisely my opinion. The only form of primary... NNadir Jul 16 #4

What does the paper you linked have to do with this claim? Terry_M Jul 16 #7

If you don't get it, I can't help you. To me it's obvious. NNadir Jul 16 #8

Well, that was alarming. If unbridled faith in "renewable" energy destabilizes China... hunter Jul 16 #9

China is decades ahead of everyone in nuclear reactor construction. NNadir Jul 16 #10

Chinese uranium John ONeill Jul 18 #11

I have argued that the uranium already mined is sufficient to supply the world energy needs for centuries. NNadir Jul 18 #12