End of the world blues
Just before I head off to the X Electrical Jule party, a little note of gloom and despair to enliven this winter evening.
Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worstThe cream of the UK climate science community sat in stunned silence as Anderson pointed out that carbon emissions since 2000 have risen much faster than anyone thought possible, driven mainly by the coal-fuelled economic boom in the developing world. So much extra pollution is being pumped out, he said, that most of the climate targets debated by politicians and campaigners are fanciful at best, and "dangerously misguided" at worst.
And on the other, very much less probable side...
Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds
Summary: for the US, given a national grid, wind power could work, especially supplemented with other renewables. They don't favour nuclear basically because of the risk of weapons. And check out their metric for the "carbon footprint" of nuclear power: estimating the CO2 release from bombs!
Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worstThe cream of the UK climate science community sat in stunned silence as Anderson pointed out that carbon emissions since 2000 have risen much faster than anyone thought possible, driven mainly by the coal-fuelled economic boom in the developing world. So much extra pollution is being pumped out, he said, that most of the climate targets debated by politicians and campaigners are fanciful at best, and "dangerously misguided" at worst.
And on the other, very much less probable side...
Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds
Summary: for the US, given a national grid, wind power could work, especially supplemented with other renewables. They don't favour nuclear basically because of the risk of weapons. And check out their metric for the "carbon footprint" of nuclear power: estimating the CO2 release from bombs!