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Noitall said:
Isn’t it a good reason to be considering alternatives though and achieving acceptable emissions? And whether it’s a cause at all, blind freddy knows the storms are stronger and more frequent. Doesn’t it make sense to be preparing for them better with them causing more damage at a higher rate?
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Yes it is, absolutely. However, dumb stuff like the OG ban and making wild statements like Keep it in the Ground doesn't help any debate on how to successfully transition to a higher percentage of renewables.

Cheap energy has since the 1800's, and still will, fuel growth. Make it more expensive and drop availability and economies decline

I'm a great fan of dams and Geothermal, wind farms and solar not so much. Geo has huge potential for us and using processes like the Ormat Binary stations makes a lot of sense.

There is good debate to be had without all the histrionics
 
Rick O’Shay said:
Yes it is, absolutely. However, dumb stuff like the OG ban and making wild statements like Keep it in the Ground doesn't help any debate on how to successfully transition to a higher percentage of renewables.

Cheap energy has since the 1800's, and still will, fuel growth. Make it more expensive and drop availability and economies decline

I'm a great fan of dams and Geothermal, wind farms and solar not so much. Geo has huge potential for us and using processes like the Ormat Binary stations makes a lot of sense.

There is good debate to be had without all the histrionics
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Cheap, sustainable, reliable energy has been the cornerstone of successful economies and countries, particularly in the Global market we are in, supporting everything from industrial activity to household welfare.
 
Rick O’Shay said:
Yes it is, absolutely. However, dumb stuff like the OG ban and making wild statements like Keep it in the Ground doesn't help any debate on how to successfully transition to a higher percentage of renewables.

Cheap energy has since the 1800's, and still will, fuel growth. Make it more expensive and drop availability and economies decline

I'm a great fan of dams and Geothermal, wind farms and solar not so much. Geo has huge potential for us and using processes like the Ormat Binary stations makes a lot of sense.

There is good debate to be had without all the histrionics
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It's one of the worst looming crisis in a global poly crises. There's an intellectual disconnect by calling the need for a response and action to address histrionics
 
MaybeTop8 said:
And you're a liar in these forums who consistently trolls.

It's not a debate if it's fiction
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I haven’t been in this thread for days, your personal attacking others today mate.

It’s always everyone else aye…

Notice most people debate facts and opinions, they don’t criticise the person for thinking differently.
 
MaybeTop8 said:
It's one of the worst looming crisis in a global poly crises. There's an intellectual disconnect by calling the need for a response and action to address histrionics
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One of the major problems with wind and solar (NSG or non-synchronous generation) is that the technology is still to be produced that will allow more than between 65 - 75% of a countries entire power needs to be produced by NSG before energy inertia causes disruption to power supply. NZ is in a really good position that, even when the lakes are dry, we still require around 30% of our generation to be from fossil fuels. This means that, if we were able to increase our solar and wind generation from around 10% now to 40%, we wouldn't have the low inertia issues a number of other countries are facing.... such as the large-scale power disruptions in Spain.

In some countries, the wholesalers of the power cut back how much power they receive from NSG plants in order to protect their systems when there's too much power being produced by NSG.

A study in Great Britain discovered that without extra mitigation (including tech which doesn't exist at the moment), the most power that they could generate with NSG was 65%. The Irish EirGrid/SONI study caps their current NSG capacity at 65% but they're updating their system which will allow up to 75%. A Texas Study (ERCOT) said theoretical modelling could allow up to 90% NSG capacity but would require a complete upgrade of the power systems including tech that doesn't exist yet.
 
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