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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. It is also a record year for new accumulations of carbon dioxide...

Reply to Think. Again. (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 11:22 AM

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...in the planetary atmosphere.

This is not a coincidence and is tied to the common but dishonest use of the unit of peak power instead of the unit of energy when describing so called "renewable energy" to obscure its dependence on fossil fuels.

Solar power rarely achieves 25% capacity utilization.

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It is also a record year for new accumulations of carbon dioxide... NNadir Dec 2 #1

That's true! Think. Again. Dec 2 #2