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SKY's avatar

Nailed it. EROEI “energy return on energy invested” is the key - see this great explainer http://info.gorozen.com/2021-q4-market-commentary-the-distortions-of-cheap-energy

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Possum's avatar

Land fill for this is a problem already in Australia.

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Murray Fisher's avatar

Great article Ely. Some amazing statistics.

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Ely's avatar

Thanks Murray.

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IPA's avatar

I've seen the turbines in your photo. They weren't operational at the time I saw them. They looked to be derelict. They are at the South West end of the BIg Island of Hawaii I believe.

https://jameshfetzer.org/2022/09/katie-spence-states-to-ban-gas-powered-cars-despite-evs-human-environmental-costs/

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Ely's avatar

Yes that was in 2012 and a few were on the ground.

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IPA's avatar

I'm not sure of the year I saw them, but you have to go down a windy bumpy dirt road to get there. It seems to be a trail to a fishing area along the coast. There may be no beach there. I don't know why they don't remove the windmills and sell the scrap metal. They are definitely 1st generation. If it was a good project, one would think they would be replaced with better models. Everything in Hawaii rusts very quickly.

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Mark.Kennard's avatar

Sky news Australia have a story today about how there is currently no climate emergency. It states

‘Results of an international study, delivered by leading scientists from the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics in conjunction with the prestigious University of Milan, found no statistical, data-linked evidence of any kind that the earth (and we earthlings) are in the grips of a climate emergency.’

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Ely's avatar

I read that several days ago. However, it won't stop the Great Reset Mob, much like the Vovid fiasco.

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