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In reply to the discussion: Japan to phase out nuclear power [View all]NickB79
(19,113 posts)44. Eventually renewables will replace all fossil and nuke power
It's just that we won't be able to piss away electricity so wastefully like we do now. Hell, once resource depletion and global warming really take hold, we won't be able to use electricity on some of the VITAL stuff, much less the non-essentials.
But that's the path we seem to have chosen, unfortunately.
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There's TESTED beer in the keg, and we can turn off the tesla coils, should you wish to inspect them
a geek named Bob
Sep 2012
#43
Cloudy conditions do not affect solar, which is why some of your worst sunburns come on cloudy
mbperrin
Sep 2012
#11
So now you concede that cloudy conditions don't prevent solar panels from working.
mbperrin
Sep 2012
#26
Heck, I concede defeat! Solar is no good, wind is no good, the only good clean
mbperrin
Sep 2012
#37