The thing is that wind and solar's alleged minimisation of humanity's impact on nature is questionable. Look at all the metals and minerals that need to be mined in order to build all these installations and battery storage.
The thing is that wind and solar's alleged minimisation of humanity's impact on nature is questionable. Look at all the metals and minerals that need to be mined in order to build all these installations and battery storage.
Yes, exactly. That's why wind and solar fail on my preferred definition of green energy. That definition actually requires some evaluation of impact instead of an assumption that "natural" energy (whatever that is) is virtuous and that all other "unnatural" energy (whatever that is) is not.
Nuclear energy is bar far the greenest energy sources we have. I imagine you saw the UNECE study from last year that confirms that:
The thing is that wind and solar's alleged minimisation of humanity's impact on nature is questionable. Look at all the metals and minerals that need to be mined in order to build all these installations and battery storage.
Yes, exactly. That's why wind and solar fail on my preferred definition of green energy. That definition actually requires some evaluation of impact instead of an assumption that "natural" energy (whatever that is) is virtuous and that all other "unnatural" energy (whatever that is) is not.
Nuclear energy is bar far the greenest energy sources we have. I imagine you saw the UNECE study from last year that confirms that:
https://www.hlnewnuclear.com/2021/12/un-report-trumpets-nuclear-as-having-the-lowest-greenhouse-gas-emissions-of-any-electricity-generation-source-among-other-environmental-co-benefits/