What I don't like about this piece are two things:
1. The author is blind to the positive trends in energy transition due to his deep rooted beliefs. And therefore he makes simple mistakes such as depicting wind speed at ground level instead of 100m ASL.
2. The analysis does not exhibit the intellectual quality to create an own 'so what?', but only focusses on past failures. Yet, we are all fallible.
Hence, my recommendation to the author is to focus on his core competence (seems to be the subject matter of gas) and also try to add some intellectual sophistication by practicing level 5 and 6 thinking.
The wrong track? Drastically reducing emissions from burning fossil fuel in the very short term is the only way to slow devastating global warming. Yes keeping any viable nuclear reactors running would have helped but planning new reactors now won’t help us in the next 20 years. Too late.
We need to do all we can now with what we know works and can be installed quickly. More solar, wind, storage, interconnects. Not enough? Then maybe the inconvenience of power outages and higher prices is preferable to completely drowned cities and destroyed ecosystems.
This is an excellent well researched write-up. Great job!
What I don't like about this piece are two things:
1. The author is blind to the positive trends in energy transition due to his deep rooted beliefs. And therefore he makes simple mistakes such as depicting wind speed at ground level instead of 100m ASL.
2. The analysis does not exhibit the intellectual quality to create an own 'so what?', but only focusses on past failures. Yet, we are all fallible.
Hence, my recommendation to the author is to focus on his core competence (seems to be the subject matter of gas) and also try to add some intellectual sophistication by practicing level 5 and 6 thinking.
The wrong track? Drastically reducing emissions from burning fossil fuel in the very short term is the only way to slow devastating global warming. Yes keeping any viable nuclear reactors running would have helped but planning new reactors now won’t help us in the next 20 years. Too late.
We need to do all we can now with what we know works and can be installed quickly. More solar, wind, storage, interconnects. Not enough? Then maybe the inconvenience of power outages and higher prices is preferable to completely drowned cities and destroyed ecosystems.
It is the fossil fuel bubble which must burst.