Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: "How did we get a host?" a locked thread asks? Here is the answer. [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)Knowing what offends people can tell you a lot about them. You, and every other nuclear supporter here, maintain yourselves in a state of absolute fury that Jacobson's work gets posted so often. "Spam", you cry as you wear out the alert button.
But what is the nature of Jacobson's oft seen paper and why is it posted so often?
It is a comparison; a fundamental review and accounting of what low-carbon energy resources we have, how much of those resources can be used, how long it takes to develop them, and the impact or external consequences of that development.
It is comprehensive.
It is well done.
It has been vetted by other experts for validity.
And it is easy to understand.
It can be used by non-experts to evaluate the validity of various claims posters on DUEE make about what a given technology can or can't do, or to compare the scale of effects related developing the resources.
Why does it get posted so often? Because the questions it answers arise so often. And the funny thing is, we have the same posters making the same invalid claims over and over that cause it to be needed.
You are clearly disturbed by the paper being posted.
Why aren't you disturbed by the repeated false claims that cause it to be needed? Do you desire everyone believe things that are not supported by the evidence? Especially when those things are inclined to result in support for the energy status quo?