The European Union earlier this year made a big deal of its RePowerEU plan that would see massive investments in renewables. The United States administration last year made a big deal of its infrastructure bill that featured billions earmarked for renewable energy. Now, both are desperately looking for more of the things they wanted gone — fossil fuels.
A fundamental flaw with the renewables argument is that "if we only had enough" solar panels or windmills
This stupid assertion needs to be taken down. There is no high-energy future without high density energy (fuels, nuclear). Time to assert this reality. CO2 effects are a management issue, not mitigation
We in the United States have the incomprehensible challenge of a zealot almost
psychotic drive to leap into renewals immediately by our politicians with any rational , critical thinking or strategic roadmap. Of course we have as a President a man that deserves better as a sick and demented senior with over 50 years as a non-productive politician, buy that is our democracy; we have to dance the dance with the girl we voted for ..problem is the immediate alternative is maybe worse.
“ politicians on both sides of the Atlantic continue to talk about the energy transition although the talk increasingly sounds like a scratched record.” I would think you are too young to remember scratched records! Good wordsmithing!
Ironic or farcical? Hypocrisy or idiocy? Stupid or evil? Questions posed at a simplistic level call for simplistic answers. I read the article twice, searching for what I assumed, mistakenly, would be a shred of constructive commentary or suggestions, hidden within the unrelenting torrent of criticism. "The Man in the Arena."
The Decouple Podcast this week was a deep dive into the madness of the French electricity market with Mark Nelson and it is staggering how bad France (but basically all western governments) have screwed up the management of the energy system. Unfortunately while all these government folks are getting an energy education this is going to hurt real people.
The pitchforks are coming soon and that is a scary prospect across the world.
For the record, vitamin C is spelled "vitamin sea".
I think the EU/US bashing starts to lose its fun aspect, what with the spectacle of these politicians contradicting themselves on a daily basis. You can only enjoy headless chicken for so long.
None of these politicos are good at eating the humble pie; it's hard for them to say "sorry, I was wrong, back to the drawing board". Hence the increasingly desperate attempts to reconcile reality with the sound bite they memorized last week.
What makes me real sad though is that Irina's voice seems to be very lonely in the media landscape - haven't seen many journalists calling out the bulls**t and confronting Ursula and her ilk with their bad decisions.
What makes me hopeful though is that the Russian invasion threw the wrench in the transition plans - it was unsustainable in any case, and the sooner it came out the better. Now, at least, we could have a more realistic plan about the transition, that's unavoidable anyways, and a more realistic idea of what can and can't be done.
A fundamental flaw with the renewables argument is that "if we only had enough" solar panels or windmills
This stupid assertion needs to be taken down. There is no high-energy future without high density energy (fuels, nuclear). Time to assert this reality. CO2 effects are a management issue, not mitigation
We in the United States have the incomprehensible challenge of a zealot almost
psychotic drive to leap into renewals immediately by our politicians with any rational , critical thinking or strategic roadmap. Of course we have as a President a man that deserves better as a sick and demented senior with over 50 years as a non-productive politician, buy that is our democracy; we have to dance the dance with the girl we voted for ..problem is the immediate alternative is maybe worse.
“ politicians on both sides of the Atlantic continue to talk about the energy transition although the talk increasingly sounds like a scratched record.” I would think you are too young to remember scratched records! Good wordsmithing!
Ironic or farcical? Hypocrisy or idiocy? Stupid or evil? Questions posed at a simplistic level call for simplistic answers. I read the article twice, searching for what I assumed, mistakenly, would be a shred of constructive commentary or suggestions, hidden within the unrelenting torrent of criticism. "The Man in the Arena."
In the end, how long is the "short term" really?
Hopefully you were spared the trauma of having your favorite music eaten by an 8-track tape player!!!!
The Decouple Podcast this week was a deep dive into the madness of the French electricity market with Mark Nelson and it is staggering how bad France (but basically all western governments) have screwed up the management of the energy system. Unfortunately while all these government folks are getting an energy education this is going to hurt real people.
The pitchforks are coming soon and that is a scary prospect across the world.
For the record, vitamin C is spelled "vitamin sea".
I think the EU/US bashing starts to lose its fun aspect, what with the spectacle of these politicians contradicting themselves on a daily basis. You can only enjoy headless chicken for so long.
None of these politicos are good at eating the humble pie; it's hard for them to say "sorry, I was wrong, back to the drawing board". Hence the increasingly desperate attempts to reconcile reality with the sound bite they memorized last week.
What makes me real sad though is that Irina's voice seems to be very lonely in the media landscape - haven't seen many journalists calling out the bulls**t and confronting Ursula and her ilk with their bad decisions.
What makes me hopeful though is that the Russian invasion threw the wrench in the transition plans - it was unsustainable in any case, and the sooner it came out the better. Now, at least, we could have a more realistic plan about the transition, that's unavoidable anyways, and a more realistic idea of what can and can't be done.