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How the "business as usual" climate scenario known as RCP8.5 became "implausible" to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Pielke shares his insights on natural decarbonisation through greater efficiency. Roger Pielke Jr. https://t.co/pSHAEQqzPQ
From one of the founders of Eirgrid itself, and a member of Ireland's Academy of Engineering (IAE)
On Wind & Solar:
"While the fuel is free, the system required to manage it is eye-
wateringly expensive"
https://t.co/etYDDm3Mws
"Irelandโs high electricity prices are a choiceโthe result of a small, isolated system attempting a complex energy transition without an honest conversation about the costs of backup and grid stability." https://t.co/fLSCduioTy
From one of the founders of Eirgrid itself, and a member of Ireland's Academy of Engineering (IAE)
On Wind & Solar:
"While the fuel is free, the system required to manage it is eye-
wateringly expensive"
https://t.co/etYDDm3Mws
Recurring theme in "Energy transition":
Technology is often deployed far ahead of the practical infrastructure needed to support it,
leading to unbelieveable wastage. https://t.co/wI8L3RyI73
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.. ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐
Energy economist and commodity trader Dr. Lars Schernikau debunks the myth that battery storage can easily fix the intermittency of wind and solar power. With decades in the energy sector, he highlights how the "net zero" narrative overlooks harsh realities grounded in physics and economics.
Building a 50 GWh utility-scale lithium-ion battery system, enough for a city like New York for just a few hours, demands about 35 million tons of raw materials. That's roughly 700,000 tons per GWh, involving mining and processing ores like lithium and cobalt. Compare that to coal: a 1-ton battery stores 100 kWh but requires 70 tons of materialsโequivalent to the energy in just 40 kg of coal or 20 liters of oil. It's an astonishing inefficiency.
Safety is another major concern. A 1 GWh battery holds energy comparable to 900 tons of TNT, leading to risks like thermal runaway, fires, and explosions in real-world incidents. Yet, we're pushing ahead with more installations despite these dangers.
In terms of duration, a 1 GWh system can power Berlin for 30 minutes or Germany for under a minute at peak demand. Scaling up for a week-long wind and solar drought would need over 10 TWh of storageโplus, batteries degrade 3-7% annually and last only 10-13 years, making long-term reliance impractical.
The energy cost to manufacture batteries is staggering: 450 GWh input for 1 GWh output capacity, yielding a poor Energy Return on Investment (EROI). This ignores the full costs, as metrics like Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) fail to account for backup and integration expenses.
Dr. Schernikau raises tough questions: Are we progressing or regressing with these "green" solutions? Will they truly benefit the environment? It's time to judge based on facts, not hype.
To read the full article go to https://t.co/eJ84VR2FCS
Energiexpert Dr. Lars Schernikau: Det lyder simpeltโฆ indtil du laver regnestykket.
โข 1 GWh batteri = 700.000 tons minede materialer
โข Krรฆver 450 GWh at bygge (450 gange dens kapacitet)
โข Lagrer lige sรฅ meget som 400 tons kul
Timer med lagring. Massiv minedrift, nedbrydning og risici.
Det lรธser ikke ustabiliteten, det multiplicerer รธdelรฆggelsen.
'Batterier er et miljรธmรฆssigt mareridt'.
Experience and theory both show that wind and solar farms do not decrease emissions. On the contrary they indirectly increase emissions. https://t.co/ssvoXXcCnM
Emissions reduction will not impact climate. The good news is that climate change is not a threat - in fact the benefits of warming far outweigh any downside.
The Paris Agreement is often lauded as the solution to climate change. Yet, it will barely cut 1% of whatโs needed to get to 1.5ยฐC.
Read more on Paris in my peer-reviewed article: https://t.co/CC0h7JKIKv
Germany is not the only EU country to shut down its nuclear plants, nor the only one to regret it. Belgium has gone through the same insane cycle. Watch from 16 min 20 s:
https://t.co/eVUlw12LLZ
In the rush to push through the Green agenda and Net Zero, there was a lack of joined up thinking. New technologies need to be proven effective and viable before being given the green light. It should not really be necessary to point this out!
A Labour-led council has scrapped plans for a fleet of electric bin lorries after a trial found too many โfaultsโ with the electric models. Wakefield council said that electric bin lorries โwere not practical for heavy-duty, stop-start urban routesโ and that the borough had โinsufficientโ charging infrastructure for a battery-powered fleet. After the trial, the council has decided to replace its ageing diesel-powered fleet with new diesel lorries, rather than zero-emission models.
#CostOfNetZero
We are in a time of unusually stable temperatures today. Glad You Asked: Ice Ages โ What Are They And What Causes Them? By Sandy Eldredge and Bob Biek https://t.co/uUroqaTpGT
2/2) It was reinforced by the 1979 Iranian revolution andโcontinues to be neglected, even openly dismissed, by certain political elites.
https://t.co/BlcB03YBIS
1/2) The Strait of Hormuzโs Bitter Lesson for the European Union. Humanity remains structurally dependent on oil. This reality, was highlighted during the 1973 oil shortage https://t.co/BlcB03YBIS
"People are living in a foolโs paradise...youโre looking at the worst energy crisis since the Second World War" - John Fitzgerald, ESRI https://t.co/DNV4t4H0Ws
๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ง: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ &๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ; ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ #๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ
Big Tech and climate gatekeepers have spent years trying to silence Watts Up With That, from Google delisting to personal threats and ad blocks. Yet, we've exposed how over 1,200 temperature stations are poorly sited, skewing global warming claims. And that's just the startโAnthony Watts' 20-year keynote dives into the battles, scandals like Climategate, and why real science still fights back. You need to see this.
Read the full article:
https://t.co/iYbeFjkR1s
One warehouse of Uranium can power a country like Japan for five yearsโฆ. Implications of the blocking of the Strait of Hormuzโฆ.
Rick Rule:
The Press Says the Persian Gulf Is 20% of World Oil โ It's Actually 50% [of global exports] https://t.co/JULXMwjM72