More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - Archived Message Posted by Rhisiart Gwilym on August 7, 2019, 6:36 am Gets clearer and clearer that 'renewables' are simply not the comprehensive energy-supply solution that they've been promoted to be. This includes the very awkward fact that they can't be constructed, run and maintained without constant fossil-hydrocarbon-fuel subsidies. Time to let go of that non-doable daydream of powering a whole hitech industrial society only by 'renewables': https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/07/31/rethinking-renewable-mandates/ Message Thread: More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - - Rhisiart Gwilym August 7, 2019, 6:36 am Re: More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - - Shyaku August 7, 2019, 7:58 am Re: More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - - Chris Rogers August 7, 2019, 1:46 pm I always wanted Tibetan sky burial, on Tryfan. But it would have to be by stealth. In sky burial - Rhisiart Gwilym August 7, 2019, 2:59 pm PS: The Jains, in Iran and India have a similar practice, exposing bodies on the 'Towers of Silence' - Rhisiart Gwilym August 7, 2019, 3:14 pm Yes! I wondered about that too. Nm - Shyaku August 7, 2019, 6:14 pm Re: More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - - dovetailjoint August 7, 2019, 4:35 pm From bottled lightning strikes (not)! Real answer: it isn't. Gail's been pointing that out for some - Rhisiart Gwilym August 7, 2019, 5:11 pm Dmitry O also has something relevant to this matter (unpaywalled) - - Rhisiart Gwilym August 7, 2019, 6:58 pm Re: From bottled lightning strikes (not)! Real answer: it isn't. Gail's been pointing that out for some - Gerard August 7, 2019, 8:24 pm Re: More awkward facts on the actual experience of using 'renewable' energy systems - - Gerard August 7, 2019, 8:23 pm G, explain - in comprehensible prose - how to *power* 'asteroid mining'. Also, facing up to the - Rhisiart Gwilym August 8, 2019, 7:50 am   Searching