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NNadir

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22. I regard batteries as environmentally grotesque on thermodyamic and material grounds.

Reply to Prof. Toru Tanaka (Reply #20)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:20 AM

Jul 2

I pointed to my reasoning in response another response to my comment.

The big lie in the expensive, reactionary and failed approach to the energy, returning to dependence on the weather that was abandoned in the early 20th century for a reason, this at a time that we have destabilized the weather, is that energy storage is "green." It is no such thing. It's wasteful and destructive.

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And Trumphole wants to add tax to it. twodogsbarking Jul 1 #3

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I'm so sick of these lying liars. Joinfortmill Jul 1 #7

It is nonsense to consider solar energy as a harbinger of reliabilty. NNadir Jul 1 #8

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Without gas plants, they couldn't pretend to "rely" on wind and solar. NNadir Jul 2 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author summer_in_TX Jul 2 #14

Perhaps you've forgotten about batteries? summer_in_TX Jul 2 #15

Perhaps you have forgotten about the laws of thermodynamics and the environmental consequences of material... NNadir Jul 2 #17

Uh, isn't that what solar batteries are for? Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2 #20

I regard batteries as environmentally grotesque on thermodyamic and material grounds. NNadir Jul 2 #22

Gov Abbott is also not telling you .. surfered Jul 1 #9

I love this for texas kkmarie Jul 2 #19

Damn Cockroaches Hidning Cha Jul 1 #10

He's all bullshit and bluster now Javaman Jul 1 #12

Knr UTUSN Jul 2 #13

Surprised he didn't mention Windmill Cancer Clusters Torchlight Jul 2 #21

Then there's T. Boone Pickens SpankMe Jul 2 #24

Remember YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS, he has to hide the bad and only highlight the good, it is a pattern. Brainfodder Jul 2 #25

It's been out multiple times in the last couple of weeks catrose Jul 2 #26