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That is common human behavior, not corruption of what would be 'good' behavior otherwise. The only difference to academics is that normal people don't try to create a consistent th…

Question(s) to the nuclear supporters here: 1. Are you talking about global electricity? Or just the West? 2. How much nuclear power do you want? 20%, 50%, 70%, or 100%? Or somethi…

Trying to estimate the total costs of the externalities, like most economists currently suggest, is complete non-sense, in my opinion. Their methods are dubious to put it mildly [1…

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The article fails to mention the costs of reducing carbon emissions. Compared to that, US$100 per tonne of CO₂ can be cheap. The shutdown of the economy during Covid-19 provided a …

If Germany had kept its nuclear plants, it would be burning about as much fossil fuels as it does now. That's because without the opposition to nuclear, the motivating reason to bu…

I think your information is out of date. It appears the wind park with hydrogen production is still active [1]. [1] https://enertrag.com/produkte/windgas

I'm trying to get away from a DB-based CMS for some company web sites. Static generators won't do for a number of reasons, so a flat-file CMS seems like a good fit. Currently I'm l…

> it would have been quicker if Germany had kept nuclear online no question This is a misconception. Germany invested in renewables because we wanted to get rid of nuclear, not to …

I agree. France was lucky and smart enough to socialize the profits of nuclear, and the public there is still mostly supportive. People may say that they worry about the risks, but…

You can't convert about 40 million households [1] in a year or two. Also, in the German climate and with its many 'old' buildings, merely switching the heat source won't do. One al…

> What Germany did was very quickly turn off all nuclear power plants without any plans on replacing them with sustainable alternatives. This is not quite correct. The first decisi…

Interestingly, this isn't "evo-psych work", as anyone would see who'd knew how evolutionary psychology works. In fact, the kind of argument used by the authors is more in line what…

I agree with the biochar suggestion, but I'd also suggest to bury both biochar and syn-oil deep in the ground -- at least, in the first decades or so. That's because I don't believ…

I think, they would be happy to keep their jobs and get paid for several decades to come. Also, the coal companies wouldn't have to write off their investments, since some of their…

Burying biochar (the superset of charcoal, basically) in old coal mines or other geological structures is a feasible way for long-term storage. The carbon content can be up to 90%,…

France had a nationalized energy supply and distribution when it build its nuclear power plants. This was an important factor for their success. Try exporting the nationalization o…

I prefer taxes because there's a reliable "shadow of the future". Market prices may go up and down depending on how many certificates are issued, how professional traders behave, a…

> France with nuclear remains the first world country with the cheapest, … France had a nationalized electricity grid when it build its nuclear fleet. So, the demand side was natio…

Biochar is unlikely to be cheaper than coal, ever. Optimistic long-term estimates are $100 per ton [1]. [1] http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/4080/beyond--the--hype

> There needs to be some sort of way to bury the biomass in order to put that carbon out of the atmosphere for good. Biochar would be suitable [1]. However, wood is probably not th…

Indeed! However, we do not know how long biochar lasts when used as a soil amendment [eg. 1]. Also, it's only useful in this way when loaded and applied to poor soil in the tropics…

Surely, there's a middle way. Since we are talking about a club good [1], a club would be the appropriate alternative. Assuming a fee of 20$/month for people in developed countries…

In my opinion, something like the Gigafactory only makes sense in the context of (expected) innovations. The usual way to lower costs is to specialize, and to have a diverse networ…

The hydrogen fuel chain is very inefficient [1]. Building up a fuelling infrastructure would very expensive compared to a fast charger network, by about a factor of 5 to 10. The fu…