Very interested to follow along and hear your thoughts on the evolving energy market.
I am curious about a notable exclusion from this list of energy sources to divest from fossil fuels - Nuclear Fission. Is the consensus in your community that Nuclear Fission does not have a reasonable place in an environmentally friendly national energy strategy? I would be especially interested to hear your thoughts on externalities of Fission, and perhaps, a compare/contrast between France and Germany's strategy towards satisfying their national energy needs.
I have invested my career in making nuclear fusion work, but, it is not a bird-in-the-hand solution to de-carbonize our baseload energy demand. I am unconvinced solar is economical in Northern countries, but willing to listen to good arguments on the subject.
Thanks, Andrew - I'm a big fan of fission. Re fission in EU: France went fission, Germany didn't (https://blog.energybrainpool.com/en/energy-systems-france-and-germany-compared/), and now Germany's in a pickle with the Russian gas crunch. I'm planning a separate article on fusion digging into the economics and some of the technical challenges
Not to spam the comments but... How can proponents of clean energy address criticisms like this? How can we get more capital efficient returns as measured in MWh per dollar spent? Would be super keen to read your thoughts on that!
Very interested to follow along and hear your thoughts on the evolving energy market.
I am curious about a notable exclusion from this list of energy sources to divest from fossil fuels - Nuclear Fission. Is the consensus in your community that Nuclear Fission does not have a reasonable place in an environmentally friendly national energy strategy? I would be especially interested to hear your thoughts on externalities of Fission, and perhaps, a compare/contrast between France and Germany's strategy towards satisfying their national energy needs.
I have invested my career in making nuclear fusion work, but, it is not a bird-in-the-hand solution to de-carbonize our baseload energy demand. I am unconvinced solar is economical in Northern countries, but willing to listen to good arguments on the subject.
Thanks, Andrew - I'm a big fan of fission. Re fission in EU: France went fission, Germany didn't (https://blog.energybrainpool.com/en/energy-systems-france-and-germany-compared/), and now Germany's in a pickle with the Russian gas crunch. I'm planning a separate article on fusion digging into the economics and some of the technical challenges
Well-written, concise, and nice emojis as a visual aid - love the inaugural post and can't wait for the next ones!
Danke, Jonas!
Congrats on the inaugural post 👏
We need more voices like yours!
Thanks, Art!
Not to spam the comments but... How can proponents of clean energy address criticisms like this? How can we get more capital efficient returns as measured in MWh per dollar spent? Would be super keen to read your thoughts on that!
https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/10/21/goldman-sachs-jeff-currie-3-8-trillion-of-investment-in-renewables-moved-fossil-fuels-from-82-to-81-of-overall-energy-consumption-in-10-years/