Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
Environmentalists have long promoted renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind farms to save the climate. But what about when those technologies …
The solution is nuclear running 100% of the time, and electric cars charging when other usage is low (i.e at night). Also we could go back to putting power buttons on things. Your TV doesn't need to be snooping for a signal from the remote 24/7. You can turn it on with a button and then use the remote. I have a toaster oven that uses a tick-tock dial and uses zero power when not wound up. I also have a microwave that has beep-beep buttons and it always uses power. We need to get rid of control circuits, or at least always put an on/off button in front of them. I have an older fridge now, and the cold control went but was reasonable cheap to replace. It is mechanical and does not use any power to turn the fridge on and off. Before that I had a fancy-smancy fridge with all kids of electronics, always on, and the circuit board fried itself. Not cheap to replace, and always using power.
Solving climate change, lol. Sometimes, when I take my daughter to the beach, we make a sand castle in the face of the incoming tide. Then we try to build a sand sea wall to protect the sand castle from the incoming tide.
We have never managed to save the sand castle, but I always point out- man is responsible for the incoming tide.
She understands it is a metaphor, because I have done a good job of teaching her the fraud behind man made global warming.
Yeah, remember how Obama wasted billions on a bankrupt green company?
we need an nikola for this
Housecats aren't killing eagles
Saving the planet is not the goal it is to save our modern way of life> the planet will be here when humans are long gone! the environment that keeps us alive, is affected by everything we do. we need to reframe our thinking, needs and wants.
Oh Boy! Where to begin in rebuttal!! To make a long story short we can only agree to disagree. Profusely! But yes at least he is spurring discussion on the topic (BTW: I did click like for this reason)
Links here to all the ppt please. Seems here to assume that this will automatically make the changes because there is nothing in our lives that systemwise needs change, that the "American way of life is non-negotiable". Its like someone figured out a new industry sales job.
I like my passive and active hybrid solar system. I liked regional building designwith indigenous low energy impact local materials. Where are the experts in this and why isn't energy flow model use in biological and physical systems taught as a life skill to students? Who is the expert on the reducing the demand side of the equation?
Swansons law. Solar has already won. It's just a question of how much longer world leaders are making it fail on purpose…..
This guy gave a lot of false information.But also a lot of good information .
=> Wrong info presented at @8:42. Nuclear accidents Russia and Japan had already caused more deaths than all others energy sources. And still causing environmental problems with continued radiation.
If the entire earliest nuclear revolution had not been based on creating weapons of mass destruction for WWII; INSTEAD of creating virtually infinite sources of efficient, sustainable and totally SAFE power generation – we would have had Thorium reactors instead of Uranium 233 reactors to produce 235 and ultimately Plutonium for weapons… War won out over peace and sustainable energy; ultimately war won, AND — we all lose. Continuing support for the current reactor system is STILL funded and based on weapons. Time to rethink nuclear electrical generation and get our act together. I hope we have the will and the time. Be proactive.
So glad to see this. Maybe the lunacy will finally be reigned in by facts. What is happening to the wildlife being chopped up and driven out is bad enough. Nuclear power is an excellent source of clean energy and is too important to be dropped and dismissed mostly due to hyped up stories about the dangers involved .
The Netherlands more nuclear? That is not true. The Netherlands is all about Wind and Solar and LIES. They even want to stop using natural gas for which they have the best infrastructure in the world.
Two elephants in this room: Thorium (but..but… how will we make nuclear weapons? *sniff*) & Tesla Batteries for smoothing solar & turbine peaks.
Undergraduate arts presentation.
You can hear a pin drop in the auditorium. All these people are having their delusions shattered and they don't know how to process the information.
Build nuclear plants like crazy , solar and wind (like you say) will never supply our needs reliably and economically .
This guy has bought in, hook line and sinker, into the climate change lies.
I install solar panels for a living, but I'm well aware of how not environmentally friendly they are, have been for 10 years now and as much as I also detest nuclear, I'm still at odds with myself for following a job that I am morally opposed to. I let everyone I know who asks what I do for a living that it is not something I truly believe is good for the environment as it's been misrepresented for so long. Great TT
We knew nuclear energy was the answer in the 1970’s but got scared after 3 mile island. We just need to perfect the technology.
What exactly is clean about nuclear?
Political environmentalism is an attack on human flourishing, and nothing more.
Almost 18mn and not once he considered we should reduce the amount of energy we are used to spend. Bla bla bla coal blablabla nuclear, blabla nla wind and even more bla bla bla. Energy per capita will be reduced. End of the debate. The only interesting things to consider is how dou you prepare for this change.
I feel that a carbon neutral future cannot exist. All “renewables” or “clean” energy production have a side effect of carbon emissions or the destruction of ecosystems. Nuclear seems to be our best option but has the side effect of destroying countries and their ecosystems from disasters. Our future seem really bleak and uncertain.
5k ignorants that believe retoric instead of Science and facts disliked
It takes a big person, even a hippie, to FINALLY acknowledge the immense devastation 'supposed' renewable energy has on the real environment. Solar and wind, while great ideas, are amazing failures and do far more harm than good. Since we, as humans, are not willing to let the weak die off, as nature desires, then tech is the only hope of humanity and nature surviving together—which means nuclear adaptation and advancement. duh.
17:03 – but their feelings don't care about your facts… So now what do we do?
The chart at 12:52 says it all; no one is less tolerant of new information than climate change adherents. They got their religion, and they're sticking to it! This discussion about nuclear has been obvious for decades, but we can't move beyond it because of general ignorance and intolerance. And what the heck – 17+ minutes about the obvious need for nuclear, and no mention of fusion? If you really want to find the ultimate solution, you should be promoting R&D support for fusion as the top investment for govt's everywhere.
Changes in our agricultural practices might prove to be a large part of our problem since soil stores a great deal of carbon when it's maintained properly. I think we should use all of the above including nuclear. In larger countries like the United States there is significant agricultural land so this along would go a very long way toward solving the climate crisis.
I my state the wind turbines are placed along the highways rather than using a lot of perfectly good agricultural land for a wind farm. We have a lot of eagles and other large birds along with a lot of wildlife. We have had no significant loss of either. It's probably the way we arrange them. Solar panels are covered with snow far too often. We have no way of disposing with the nuclear waste we have. We have a problem with our nuclear plant and that's disposal.
Supply side analysis at best is incomplete. Having worked in mixed radioactive waste management and remediation, we don’t want to go forward without solving some technical issues first. Stick building for homes is a disaster. We need to re-evaluate about everything in terms of sustainability and yes renewable resources.
Excellent talk but he never answered the question, what do we do with the nuclear waste? There were many facts about alternative energy that really surprised me. Good to know the truth though.
CO2 Nazis.
The environmentalists who scared us away from nuclear are responsible for worsening global warming and environmental harm .. How ironic.
5:36 Birds catching on fire and plunging to their deaths? What?!
Holy cow I have been saying this for years
The solution is nuclear running 100% of the time, and electric cars charging when other usage is low (i.e at night). Also we could go back to putting power buttons on things. Your TV doesn't need to be snooping for a signal from the remote 24/7. You can turn it on with a button and then use the remote. I have a toaster oven that uses a tick-tock dial and uses zero power when not wound up. I also have a microwave that has beep-beep buttons and it always uses power. We need to get rid of control circuits, or at least always put an on/off button in front of them. I have an older fridge now, and the cold control went but was reasonable cheap to replace. It is mechanical and does not use any power to turn the fridge on and off. Before that I had a fancy-smancy fridge with all kids of electronics, always on, and the circuit board fried itself. Not cheap to replace, and always using power.
Solving climate change, lol. Sometimes, when I take my daughter to the beach, we make a sand castle in the face of the incoming tide. Then we try to build a sand sea wall to protect the sand castle from the incoming tide.
We have never managed to save the sand castle, but I always point out- man is responsible for the incoming tide.
She understands it is a metaphor, because I have done a good job of teaching her the fraud behind man made global warming.
Yeah, remember how Obama wasted billions on a bankrupt green company?
we need an nikola for this
Housecats aren't killing eagles
Saving the planet is not the goal it is to save our modern way of life> the planet will be here when humans are long gone! the environment that keeps us alive, is affected by everything we do. we need to reframe our thinking, needs and wants.
Oh Boy! Where to begin in rebuttal!! To make a long story short we can only agree to disagree. Profusely! But yes at least he is spurring discussion on the topic (BTW: I did click like for this reason)
Links here to all the ppt please. Seems here to assume that this will automatically make the changes because there is nothing in our lives that systemwise needs change, that the "American way of life is non-negotiable". Its like someone figured out a new industry sales job.
I like my passive and active hybrid solar system. I liked regional building designwith indigenous low energy impact local materials. Where are the experts in this and why isn't energy flow model use in biological and physical systems taught as a life skill to students? Who is the expert on the reducing the demand side of the equation?
Swansons law. Solar has already won. It's just a question of how much longer world leaders are making it fail on purpose…..
This guy gave a lot of false information.But also a lot of good information .
=> Wrong info presented at @8:42.
Nuclear accidents Russia and Japan had already caused more deaths than all others energy sources. And still causing environmental problems with continued radiation.
If the entire earliest nuclear revolution had not been based on creating weapons of mass destruction for WWII; INSTEAD of creating virtually infinite sources of efficient, sustainable and totally SAFE power generation – we would have had Thorium reactors instead of Uranium 233 reactors to produce 235 and ultimately Plutonium for weapons… War won out over peace and sustainable energy; ultimately war won, AND — we all lose. Continuing support for the current reactor system is STILL funded and based on weapons. Time to rethink nuclear electrical generation and get our act together. I hope we have the will and the time. Be proactive.
So glad to see this. Maybe the lunacy will finally be reigned in by facts. What is happening to the wildlife being chopped up and driven out is bad enough. Nuclear power is an excellent source of clean energy and is too important to be dropped and dismissed mostly due to hyped up stories about the dangers involved .
The Netherlands more nuclear? That is not true. The Netherlands is all about Wind and Solar and LIES. They even want to stop using natural gas for which they have the best infrastructure in the world.
Two elephants in this room: Thorium (but..but… how will we make nuclear weapons? *sniff*) & Tesla Batteries for smoothing solar & turbine peaks.
Undergraduate arts presentation.
You can hear a pin drop in the auditorium. All these people are having their delusions shattered and they don't know how to process the information.
Build nuclear plants like crazy , solar and wind (like you say) will never supply our needs reliably and economically .
the planet doesn't need "saving". DICKHEADS.
5:06
This guy has bought in, hook line and sinker, into the climate change lies.
I install solar panels for a living, but I'm well aware of how not environmentally friendly they are, have been for 10 years now and as much as I also detest nuclear, I'm still at odds with myself for following a job that I am morally opposed to. I let everyone I know who asks what I do for a living that it is not something I truly believe is good for the environment as it's been misrepresented for so long. Great TT
We knew nuclear energy was the answer in the 1970’s but got scared after 3 mile island. We just need to perfect the technology.
What exactly is clean about nuclear?
Political environmentalism is an attack on human flourishing, and nothing more.
Almost 18mn and not once he considered we should reduce the amount of energy we are used to spend. Bla bla bla coal blablabla nuclear, blabla nla wind and even more bla bla bla.
Energy per capita will be reduced. End of the debate.
The only interesting things to consider is how dou you prepare for this change.
I feel that a carbon neutral future cannot exist. All “renewables” or “clean” energy production have a side effect of carbon emissions or the destruction of ecosystems. Nuclear seems to be our best option but has the side effect of destroying countries and their ecosystems from disasters. Our future seem really bleak and uncertain.
5k ignorants that believe retoric instead of Science and facts disliked
It takes a big person, even a hippie, to FINALLY acknowledge the immense devastation 'supposed' renewable energy has on the real environment. Solar and wind, while great ideas, are amazing failures and do far more harm than good. Since we, as humans, are not willing to let the weak die off, as nature desires, then tech is the only hope of humanity and nature surviving together—which means nuclear adaptation and advancement. duh.
17:03 – but their feelings don't care about your facts… So now what do we do?
The chart at 12:52 says it all; no one is less tolerant of new information than climate change adherents. They got their religion, and they're sticking to it! This discussion about nuclear has been obvious for decades, but we can't move beyond it because of general ignorance and intolerance. And what the heck – 17+ minutes about the obvious need for nuclear, and no mention of fusion? If you really want to find the ultimate solution, you should be promoting R&D support for fusion as the top investment for govt's everywhere.
Changes in our agricultural practices might prove to be a large part of our problem since soil stores a great deal of carbon when it's maintained properly. I think we should use all of the above including nuclear. In larger countries like the United States there is significant agricultural land so this along would go a very long way toward solving the climate crisis.
I my state the wind turbines are placed along the highways rather than using a lot of perfectly good agricultural land for a wind farm. We have a lot of eagles and other large birds along with a lot of wildlife. We have had no significant loss of either. It's probably the way we arrange them. Solar panels are covered with snow far too often. We have no way of disposing with the nuclear waste we have. We have a problem with our nuclear plant and that's disposal.
Supply side analysis at best is incomplete. Having worked in mixed radioactive waste management and remediation, we don’t want to go forward without solving some technical issues first. Stick building for homes is a disaster. We need to re-evaluate about everything in terms of sustainability and yes renewable resources.
Excellent talk but he never answered the question, what do we do with the nuclear waste? There were many facts about alternative energy that really surprised me. Good to know the truth though.
CO2 Nazis.
The environmentalists who scared us away from nuclear are responsible for worsening global warming and environmental harm .. How ironic.
5:36 Birds catching on fire and plunging to their deaths? What?!