This is the moment I knew I could never step foot into a casino without getting fleeced by my own brain: a psychologist was on the radio explaining the cognitive difference between those likely to become addicted to gambling and normal people.
Julien Jumox has a substack about the complementary value of solar and wind. It's clear on a seasonal basis. It's not as good weekly. Hourly it breaks down
As an Excel Energy guy said on a Fire 2 Fission episode I heard yesterday - our plan to replace coal by 2030 is wind, solar and hope that batteries advance enough to maybe come up 7
I think that most people simply do not understand the complications of keeping an electrical grid running 24/7/365. It seems deceptively easy, but devilishly difficult when you get into the details.
And then you add in great variations in the availability of solar and wind energy by region, it gets damn near impossible to see a global Green solution for the foreseeable future.
As a commodity trader I fully admit to a gambling addiction. However, there is just one caveat with what you say here. Since the odds so much favor dependable energy sources, they just make a better bet for those of us who do not want to ever be washed out of the markets. Actually they are also more predictable, too. While climate models are hitting wrong just about 100%, the weather reports are just too random for me .....
I saw a similar chart on LinkedIn several years ago. The author of the post pre-emptively declared that this seasonal syncronization meant solar and wind alone would meet all of our needs and anybody who thought differently was a "pseudo-scientist". My immediate reaction was that I don't buy my electrcity by the season, I buy it continuously.
Julien Jumox has a substack about the complementary value of solar and wind. It's clear on a seasonal basis. It's not as good weekly. Hourly it breaks down
As an Excel Energy guy said on a Fire 2 Fission episode I heard yesterday - our plan to replace coal by 2030 is wind, solar and hope that batteries advance enough to maybe come up 7
Wake me up when batteries can last a week while remaining affordable.
I think that most people simply do not understand the complications of keeping an electrical grid running 24/7/365. It seems deceptively easy, but devilishly difficult when you get into the details.
And then you add in great variations in the availability of solar and wind energy by region, it gets damn near impossible to see a global Green solution for the foreseeable future.
As a commodity trader I fully admit to a gambling addiction. However, there is just one caveat with what you say here. Since the odds so much favor dependable energy sources, they just make a better bet for those of us who do not want to ever be washed out of the markets. Actually they are also more predictable, too. While climate models are hitting wrong just about 100%, the weather reports are just too random for me .....
I saw a similar chart on LinkedIn several years ago. The author of the post pre-emptively declared that this seasonal syncronization meant solar and wind alone would meet all of our needs and anybody who thought differently was a "pseudo-scientist". My immediate reaction was that I don't buy my electrcity by the season, I buy it continuously.
GHE theory says w/o it Earth would become a -18 C ice ball.
Wrong.
TFK_bams09 GHE balance graphic duplicates 63 & assumes surface upwells 396 W/m^2 of “extra” energy.
Wrong.
GHE theory assumes Earth’s surface radiates a 396 BB/333 “back”/2nd 63 forcing loop.
Wrong.
3 strikes=out!