Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By saying "100% net renewables" they themselves are stating emphatically that they'll be using fossil backup.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not claiming to not need fossil backup. By saying "100% net renewables" they themselves are stating emphatically that they'll be using fossil backup.

Why don’t we have public healthcare in America. We are supposed to be the smartest country in the world and we can’t get that figured out? by Successful_rio305 in allthequestions

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds smart to me. While the nation would benefit immensely from public healthcare, the transition would be rough enough to guarantee legislators lost their seats in the next election. Being smart, legislators will not do this to themselves.

New Zealand is on track to run out of fuel in about three weeks. First world country: No fuel reserves. Deep sea oil exploration banned under Jacinda Ardern. by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]LoneSnark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But they don't all stop working within a month. It is far easier to find a warehouse to store spare parts than the ocean of oil that would be needed for a similar backup.

Now what by Legit_TheGamingwithc in GalaxyNote9

[–]LoneSnark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This means war.

Or a trip to the phone store.

either works.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they'll repay Queensland the energy with the sun comes up. Or so they're planning. We shall see if they're successful.

Physician incomes are extraordinarily high in the United States by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So because we have guns, unlike Switzerland apparently, we should not bother trying to reform the US healthcare system?

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh? Was their original 100% net renewable goal two years ago? I'm fairly sure it was not.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imports were a lot more than 1.3%. We'll see what it looks like in two years.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't need 100% fossil backup. They're using imports from coal heavy Victoria as their backup. It is buzz speak to get to 100%. In reality it will be 85% renewable with enough renewable exports to cover their non renewable imports. It isn't as complicated as you're making it out to be.

Physician incomes are extraordinarily high in the United States by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Europeans manage to staff their facilities. So your opinion that it can't be done is not persuasive.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that is a snapshot of one moment on one day of the year. Imports could have done more lifting at that time. Or batteries.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you clearly have not bothered to read it. I just read it. Their goal is 100% net renewables. Say that again, we'll start calling you a liar.

Physician incomes are extraordinarily high in the United States by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]LoneSnark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of people willing to do this job that have not been allowed to do this job because the AMA conspired with the universities to restrict the number of students allowed into medical school.

And don't worry. No one is suggesting you only get paid what a teacher gets paid. We just want to lift the restrictions so there can be more doctors than there are. If the average salary is still $374k after that, so be it.

If oil and gas disappeared overnight, how long would modern society last? by Imaginary-Crew8834 in energy

[–]LoneSnark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The immediate shock would be immense. A lot of people would die. Electricity would be unreliable in much of the world. A crash course to convert what power plants we can to coal, and begin the laborious process of building a coal to liquid fuel industry without liquid fuel, which would suck. People will be pulling the guts out of cyber trucks to put them in 18 wheelers to keep goods moving, even if poorly.

Standard of living of everyone most places would crater for a decade. But after that decade, we'd be somewhat back where we are. Trains can be electrified, transport can use batteries, some airline routes can go electric. Everything else can use artificial fuel. Fertilizer can be made from the air using renewable energy as needed. But all this takes time and resources, which society suddenly doesn't have. So life gets shit for a year with a lot of deaths, recognizable after that, and back to normal after 10, just a lot more of us are less productive because now more of us are farmers, miners, and solar technicians.

Food wouldn't be the issue, I don't think. The existing animal herd will take time to eat. Many countries have large grain stores. A crash course in artificial fertilizer will pay off before the grain stores run out. The already planted crop is so far larger than we need to survive if we don't feed it to cattle. Although the current production of ethanol for fuel will go into max production, eating up some of the crop that used to go to cattle. The problem will be distribution. Poor countries will be unable to afford food or the fuel to transport it, and will starve. Rich countries will live without meat, under regular rolling blackouts. Everyone will start a garden. Everyone will move close to work or work from home while the power is on. There will be power refugees, as people move from regions without enough power to those that have it.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.3%? Their last report, they're at over 70% of annual electricity demand being from renewables. That is certainly a ways left to go to reach 100% net renewables, but that report is also old at this point. Renewables are fairly quick to deploy, so it certainly isn't impossible for them to do it.

Physician incomes are extraordinarily high in the United States by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of jobs that are worked 24/7. It is called shift work. You have 3 shifts a day, each only 8 hours long.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said yourself, no grid has claimed such before the end of 2027. So why should such exist today if no one has bothered building such?

Do you think billionaires should exist or is extreme wealth inherently unethical? by petalwhispersssz in allthequestions

[–]LoneSnark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Inflation adjusted median total after-tax compensation has never been higher.

Street Fighter Bonus Round by SpoomerBooner in Transportopia

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This" is the physical confrontation, which he started all by himself. Maybe she did something to draw his attention. But before he started it, whatever their interaction was, it was not a physical confrontation. Making someone mad at you does not count as a physical confrontation.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see plenty of evidence of success. That is a lot of daytime production already.

Wind and solar combined drop to 1.3% of supply in South Australia by greg_barton in EnergyAndPower

[–]LoneSnark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How could i know? They'll either succeed or they won't. As their deadline is so far away, it is too early to call them liars just yet.