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@ btcttombola
2025-04-29 12:53:12
Energy is for sure an interesting subject.
Our "needs" just increase with time.
No energy is completely clean (or just one, the one human can produce by itself).
- Charcoal is bad for the air / athmosphere
- Wood is less bad but it is quite the same than charcoal
- Nuclear is a concern with rubbish after "combustion" and need a heavy maintenance
- Wind turbines pollute landscape, make noise, produce irregular energy and unused energy, and need maintenance
- Solar pollute landscape, produce irregular energy and unused energy, and have limited lifetime (and need a surface cleaning)
- Hydroelectric cannot be product everywhere and need a lot of surface space, with some maintenance too of the dam.
- Geothermal energy is really interesting but can't be extract everywhere and need a heavy maintenance because of very high temperatures.
There is really no "no-cost" energy. So we have to deal with advantages and issues of each ones.
I think renewable energy are future, if we find a clever way to stock the energy which is produce only for an unexpected time and unexpected duration.
I read some interesting news about this (and it is just some examples) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_County_Pumped_Storage_Station
https://polarnightenergy.com/sand-battery/
Aside that we will need to decentralize production and consumption of energy, like #nostr relay. To avoid big blackout. and be more resilient to any problem / attack.
We need to keep each energy production in different percentage, because if we have bad year for sun or wind, we need to have alternative to that.
Some scientists are waiting for the cleanest energy like this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
but i don't think it will solve all the problems, and it is not ready yet and will not be soon.
Globally like any other subject, concentrate and focus on only one energy is really less resilient than multiply source of energy.
In time of peace and favorable climate, each country have built a big energy network based on interconnection between country.
But nowadays they need to adapt the model to new problem that have appear, and decentralize the schema.
For the other point, you have mention : "one imposed without real debate and presented as a miracle solution? " it is not a specific energy problem.
We have elected leaders (for the democratic countries), and it is their job to do the best for the country. If they failed, they should be punished. and people should be more involved in big decisions too. But as i said, it is another point, not only an energy problem.
Thanks for your note.