Renewable Energy is Useless

Opinion: Renewable energy sources are useless when sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow…

No shit Sherlock! This was published by Delfi, and Delfi is published in Latvia. Days are short in winter in Latvia, and the sun sucks ass year round. Wind sucks anywhere it is built. These propellers kill birds. They have concrete pedestals that remain in the ground after these windmills are decommissioned. And these windmills are not recyclable. Absolute shitshow.

I have heard an interesting idea about solar recently. Apparently, the technology of solar panels is getting more and more effective, and batteries too are getting cheaper and more sophisticated. Sunny places, like the Mediterranean coast, could achieve energy abundance that could power manufacturing, and data centers. Southern Italy deserves this boon, as it is a depressed place subsisting on tourism but unfortunately that place is also heavily corrupt so I don’t know if they will manage. Maybe an influence from outside could help.

For us in Northern Europe it is only small modular reactors. Actually, if it was up to me, I would allow northern countries to burn coal. It is our divine right to heat our homes with hydrocarbons. In fact wood is good and renewable and literally binds CO2. Biodiesel is also renewable. I support burning wood and biodiesel hybrid cars. We need networks that will buy out cooking oil from restaurants and other kitchens, a network of refineries. Wood and pallets need to be subidized.

They have plenty of space for forests in Latvia. I heard somewhere that only 900k SIM cards are distributed in Latvia. This is a heavily depopulated place. They could generate an enough wood for export. Normalize burning wood.🪵 I also give some chance to geothermal. If we borrow through the Earth’s crust there is enough heat out there.