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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Atomic Show $203 - Globally distributed atomic conversation


Atomic Show $203 - Globally distributed atomic conversation


All around the world, renewable energy advocates are promoting studies that claim it is feasible to replace our current energy system with one that is completely dependent on renewables - they want people to believe we do not need to use either fossil fuels or nuclear energy. 

Attempting to transition away from fossil fuels to an "all renewable" energy system is fraught with cost and reliability challenges. Germany is running into substantial challenges and is burned 5% more lignite - brown coal - in 2012 than it did in 2011. Recently completed studies that including a range of scenarios in Australia and California indicate the magnitude of the challenge of trying to do without both nuclear energy and fossil fuel.

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