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Amen. Mother earth stores it for us like a battery. Fuck the climate hysterics

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

.... and the new Nuclear tech. This will be the core of the grids.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitSapien 1 Dec 2023

SMR's right. I hear Westinghouse is developing (or have developed) them. This would great for humanity going forward if these fucking politicians really think things through before coming up with a shit load of regulations ( which basically drives up the cost)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

But our commies never would regulate something good for the people to death, would they?

46 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Dec 2023 freebie

And is just fine... And oil is never ending...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 1 Dec 2023

George Carlin... fucking legend...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 1 Dec 2023

Never gets old.. Gotta love this man..

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

New Nuclesr tech!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @phygit 1 Dec 2023

The world is, and has been for while, running on oil. But these days are over. Most of us will witness the end of oil in our lifetime.

In less than 10 years, most vehicles sold will be electric, while renewables share will raise drastically.

In the near future (10-20 years), tomorrow's world will run on nuclear, solar and hydro.

In a more distant future (>25 years), it will probably start to run on nuclear fusion and space-based solar power (SSP).

152 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

I don't know. My cristal balls aren't working well those days.

10 sats \ 10 replies \ @fm 1 Dec 2023

We really could reduce it with geothermal.. but humans keep insisting on the worst solutions.. go figure

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

Geothermal? Depends on the region... i am all in for new Nuclear tech

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Dec 2023

In the same way hydro is regional. I don't see why that's a knock on the technology. A lot of people live in geologically active areas and many of those are suitable for geothermal power.

Also, as with hydro, we might see geothermal plants built in remote areas for the sole purpose of Bitcoin mining.

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @fm 1 Dec 2023

Geothermal is basically infinite. With a simple steam mechanism you can harvest free energy near volcanos with zero risk.. its super cheap and clean.. You just need a vulcano. Obviously due to our human nature we can’t provide free energy or give it to places where theres no vulcanos.. nuclear is fine, but super costly and risky

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Dec 2023

You don't need a volcano, necessarily, pretty much anywhere with hot springs will do.

1162 sats \ 2 replies \ @fm 1 Dec 2023

Sounds even better then

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 1 Dec 2023

I don't really understand why geothermal hasn't gotten more adoption. Maybe if there weren't so many subsidies going towards oil, wind, ans solar, we'd see more geothermal.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 4 Dec 2023

the masters cant allow you to have free/cheap energy..

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

How I understand the new generation of n plants solves these problems.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @fm 1 Dec 2023

Have to look into that.. Yet, after fukushima one wonders.. but i guess theres safer places

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 1 Dec 2023

For sure...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Dec 2023

I'm curious why no one is mentioning that the graph is about oil subsidies. I'm all for using whatever amount of oil is genuinely demanded on the open market, but if those figures are correct then current oil production is coming with a $7 trillion dead weight loss.

I'd love to see how adoption of other energy technologies would change absent those subsidies.