Into the Night
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I want "sustainable" energy. That means nuclear backed by natural gas with hydrogen or ammonia as our portable fuel, assuming you want minimum CO2. Solar and wind are total losers and should be dropped entirely. Nuclear is "renewable" in that you can run breeder reactors to make more fuel than you use. Fusion down the road is a next generation winner.
Just remember,
In 1920 oil was just becoming the big energy source
In 1820 coal was just becoming the big energy source
In 1720 we chopped down trees to make energy
In Germany, wood is becoming a major residential heat source again. How backwards is that?
In 2020 it should be nuclear power is the big energy source. Instead, we have anti-science and engineering envirotards pushing useless solar and wind because they are too stupid to understand the physics, math, and chemistry that goes into cheap energy production.
Coal is sustainable. It is cheap and plentiful. It is still used to generate power, too.
Oil is sustainable. It is a renewable fuel. It is still used to generate power, heat homes, and run vehicles too.
Natural gas is sustainable. It is a renewable fuel. It is still used to generate power, heat homes, and run vehicles too.
Nuclear power is not renewable. It's only saving grace is that is uses very little fuel to generate power. Watt for watt, is way cheaper than wind or solar power.
Hydrogen must be manufactured. It costs MORE energy to manufacture the hydrogen than simply charging an EV battery and driving the car. Further, hydrogen fueling has problems, requiring up to a half hour to refuel the car.
Ammonia is extremely dangerous and a gas. It is not safe to fuel with ammonia without specialized equipment. Further, ammonia must also be manufactured, costing energy to do it.
Neither hydrogen nor ammonia are practical mobile energy sources.
Fusion reactors don't exist yet. They will probably be quite large, due to the tremendous fields you must place on the plasma to keep it contained in the reactor. It will not be a viable mobile power source. The Sun, a natural fusion reaction, provides plenty of heat and light on daylight side of the planet. Solar power, however, is the most expensive method or producing electrical power, watt for watt.
The first gasoline car was created in 1886. Gasoline was already the preferred fuel, used primarily in stationary auto engines.
Coal was first mined in Britain in 1575. The industrial revolution began in 1760.
Since Germany is outlawing the use of natural gas or oil (both renewable fuels) in favor of 'green' (read expensive!) energy sources, people are heating their homes with wood.
This is one result of liberal thinking that is destroying economies. That's the same as Democrats. The Church of Green and the Church of Global Warming are worldwide religions.
Nuclear power is certainly cheaper than either wind or solar (by a lot!), but cheaper still is coal, oil, and natural gas.