Scotland 100% Renewable, Almost

[tweety]

Well Tweety still waiting for an answer to my question. What amazes me is the refusal to admit that wind and solar are intermittent sources of power. Tweety your highlighting of Scotland's geographical ability to produce wind energy insinuates that the same thing could and should be done here.

Well, shouldn't we at least do something? Instead, you fold your arms and say, "Nope, nothing to do here, let the next generation worry about it".

Haven't we already screwed over the next generation enough with our excessive greed, overspending and waste? Nice legacy we are leaving. May as well use up all the practically free non renewable energy as fast as possible as well.

Coastal tides and coastal wind are very good sources of power. Scotland could have just as easily been like Alberta and said, screw it, oil companies need the money. Pretty embarrassing - or at least it should be.

[tweety]

Here is a very well researched article breaking down what the anti fossil fuel types include when they make outrageous claims about fossil fuel subsidies:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/01/subsidizing-the-epocalypse/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/01/subsidizing-the-epocalypse/

They include such improbable externalities as repairing potholes in roads, fabricated numbers such as the cost of global warming etc etc. And posters continue to repeat this nonsense without any consideration if it is valid or even plausible.

Here is data from the EIA on subsidies by energy equivalent:

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Oh, the article written by a guy with a BA in Psych and a certificate in Massage Therapy? He is also a Climate "Specialist".

[sumdumguy]

Albertafarmer, I like that: renewable versus reliable. Fact in a nutshell.
Scotland, Norway, Finland can go bang there head against a brick wall - the smart money will go with reliable.

[LEP]

Oh, the article written by a guy with a BA in Psych and a certificate in Massage Therapy? He is also a Climate "Specialist".

Is it worse than a BA in Journalism?

[jazz]

Well, shouldn't we at least do something? Instead, you fold your arms and say, "Nope, nothing to do here, let the next generation worry about it".

Why does the energy industry have to take the brunt of your disruption. Don't you have any other Ideas? That's pretty small thinking to make an argument that one industry has to be torn down while other go about their same ways.

You do know that Panamax ships plying the oceans with landfill ready junk has the same emissions as 50M cars. The US Navy has been running nuclear ships and subs for decades. Anything there offend you or its ok? Careful your hypocrisy is showing.

That's the problem with enviro SJW, always looking in the wrong places.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Oh, the article written by a guy with a BA in Psych and a certificate in Massage Therapy? He is also a Climate "Specialist".

Tweety, don't lower yourself to Chuck's level of attacking the messenger or the source. You are better than that and smarter than that and more than capable of checking the numbers and the sources and formulating a mature response. Leave the messenger attacks to the Chuck's of the world who lack the knowledge and credentials to do anything more.

[tweety]

Tweety, don't lower yourself to Chuck's level of attacking the messenger or the source. You are better than that and smarter than that and more than capable of checking the numbers and the sources and formulating a mature response. Leave the messenger attacks to the Chuck's of the world who lack the knowledge and credentials to do anything more.

One of the few times where it is worth going there for. OECD numbers aren't out of line. Pathetic subsidies closer to home? Farm soccer mom filling up the Lexus with purple because it has farm plates.

What is current level of subsidies for renewable energy in Canada?

[jazz]

What is current level of subsidies for renewable energy in Canada?

Carbon tax. $150M alone GST on the tax. So if GST is 5%, that means the carbon tax is bringing in $3B.

There's your golden subsidy. Tax gouge topped off with a tax on a tax. Don't you just love socialism. What better subsidy than that. Are they doing anything with it? $3B buys a lot of windmills. Where are they?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Oh, the article written by a guy with a BA in Psych and a certificate in Massage Therapy? He is also a Climate "Specialist".

You don't have to read the analysis of the paper if you don't like the author, you could always read the original paper itself. Either way, I would be interested in discussing the issue after you read it.

[chuckChuck]

No doubt Saskpower, North Dakota, Scotland, Denmark, Germany etc are all wrong, renewables don't work! LOL

The IEA and Bloomberg are just a bunch of left wing environmentalists with their forecasts of more and cheaper renewables.

[Hamloc]

Well, shouldn't we at least do something? Instead, you fold your arms and say, "Nope, nothing to do here, let the next generation worry about it".

Haven't we already screwed over the next generation enough with our excessive greed, overspending and waste? Nice legacy we are leaving. May as well use up all the practically free non renewable energy as fast as possible as well.

Coastal tides and coastal wind are very good sources of power. Scotland could have just as easily been like Alberta and said, screw it, oil companies need the money. Pretty embarrassing - or at least it should be.

So I am curious do you read all my posts? As I said above I have no problem with nuclear and hydroelectric generation. And as I have said in the past I have no problem with wind and solar being used for intermittent top ups. But in case you haven't noticed the Praires do not have access to coastal tides and coastal winds! If you said to me Jason Kenney is too focused on the oil industry I would agree 100% but when it is -40 you need a heat and electricity source you can depend on and I don't believe that is wind and solar.

[fjlip]

No doubt Saskpower, North Dakota, Scotland, Denmark, Germany etc are all wrong, renewables don't work! LOL

The IEA and Bloomberg are just a bunch of left wing environmentalists with their forecasts of more and cheaper renewables.

Sure looks WRONG/DUMB to most of us...