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hunter

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13. Wind power will only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels.

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:49 PM

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In the long run it will do nothing to reduce the total amount of greenhouse gasses humans eventually dump into our planet's atmosphere.

It's a payday loan, not any kind of solution to the underlying problem.

Like it or not, the only energy resource capable of displacing fossil fuels entirely (which we need to do) is nuclear power.

Check out this map of carbon intensities in Europe:

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/FR/12mo/monthly

The renewable energy experiment has been ongoing and the results are not encouraging.

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Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand. [View all] Swede Wednesday OP

We could learn a lot from our European friends if we would get our head out of our ass. walkingman Wednesday #1

It has NOTHING to do with our heads up our asses. Conjuay Wednesday #2

Both are true. yardwork Wednesday #6

Scotland regularly generates an electricity surplus over its own requirements Emrys Wednesday #3

Decades of these kinds of momentary 100% reports demonstrate... NNadir Wednesday #4

This isn't a "momentary" surplus, nor is it unreliable. Emrys Wednesday #7

Nonsense. It isn't rocket science to understand that the wind doesn't blow continuously. NNadir Wednesday #9

I was just thinking the other day I hadn't seen an NNadir pro-nuke post in awhile AZJonnie Wednesday #10

Wind power will only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels. hunter Wednesday #13

Yes I've read many dozens of NNadir's posts over the years, you don't have to get me up to speed AZJonnie Wednesday #15

The best ways to halt human population growth are not coercive. hunter Wednesday #16

Nuclear power will have a similar effect Emrys Wednesday #18

Low wind and no sunshine cause renewable energy shutdowns constantly. hunter Wednesday #20

Hence my emphasis throughout on a MIX of resources Emrys Wednesday #23

Trashing coastal environments with tidal power schemes isn't going to save the world. hunter Wednesday #25

This is now getting tiresome. I didn't realize a good news story about Scotland would bring on the nuclear fanboys. Emrys Wednesday #28

Bullshit. Hickley C will be saving lives half a century after every wind turbine in Scotland has become landfill. NNadir Wednesday #21

Oh, bullshit yourself. Emrys Wednesday #24

Nonsense yourself. I think you fit very well the description of an ideologue Emrys Wednesday #12

Could it be that's what the fossil fuel industry wants you to think? hunter Wednesday #17

I don't know why you think that. Emrys Wednesday #19

Human ingenuity sometimes (not often, but sometimes) Torchlight Wednesday #5

really good DoBW Wednesday #8

They will need to be bombed over this and their regime changed. Too threatening to Big Oil. (SARCASM). artemisia1 Wednesday #11

Gee. Who WOULDN'T want that for the USA and planet earth? Kid Berwyn Wednesday #14

Wouldn't it be great to read, United States of America temporarily ran entirely on wind power... Passages Wednesday #22

And we get coal natural gas and oil. Klarkashton Wednesday #26

he hated wind power becuase Turbines were in view on the golf course he acquired. Acccording to the Clown-in-Charge, OAITW r.2.0 Wednesday #27