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GoreWon2000

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24. The fossil fuel that currently creates most electricity will run out

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 06:24 PM

Nov 2024

You don't understand that 80% of today's electricity is created by burning fossil fuel. The supply of fossil fuel is finite. What's your plan for generating electricity once the fossil fuel runs out? You also don't understand that "bio-diesel" is not a solution. It's not enough of a CO2 reduction for what our planet is facing, it can't be produced in the large quantities needed to power civilization and it takes land away from food growing which will make food more scarce and more expensive.

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Washington University: Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives [View all] OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 OP

Disel is one of the dirtiest burning fossil fuels GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #1

Right. More immediately, diesel exhaust can cause heart attacks OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #2

No such thing as "clean diesel" GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #3

Uh, this is not "clean diesel" (like "clean coal.") OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #4

It's all snake oil GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #11

Please go back and read the OP - better yet, follow the links I provided OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #12

Curious, where are your schooling and work credentials on this issue? GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #13

You have obviously mistaken me for an opponent OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #14

My engineer father's credentials are totally relevant GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #17

Powering transport with "Green Hydrogen" OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #15

Reading articles isn't actual expertise GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #16

I take it your father is recently deceased. You must miss him. I am sorry for your loss. OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #18

You're NOT an engineer GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #19

Please understand, I do not disrespect your father's credentials. I know you are very proud of them. OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #20

My engineer father was way ahead GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #21

Your engineering credentials are to make such comments? GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #30

Snake oil would work too! FullySupportDems Nov 2024 #27

The fossil fuel that currently creates most electricity will run out GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #24

Permit me to correct you a little. Yes, there is a term "Clean Diesel" in the industry... CoopersDad Nov 2024 #22

Bio-diesel is not a solution GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #23

I never said it was a solution. But it's better than fossil fuels until we can do better than we do now. CoopersDad Nov 2024 #28

Green hydrogen is the solution GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #29

But bio diesels have much different emissions FullySupportDems Nov 2024 #26

Bio-diesel involves growing corn or sugar cane GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #31

I understand, it's not a good use of resources FullySupportDems Nov 2024 #32

Wow!!!! We're saved! Of the 11300 CO2 to C2 electrochemical papers... NNadir Nov 2024 #5

No we're not OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #6

Look, I fully recognize that nuclear power will not... NNadir Nov 2024 #7

Six words stopped nuclear power OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #8

Um no. What stopped nuclear power was selective attention driven by deliberate ignorance driven by propaganda. NNadir Nov 2024 #9

I guess you don't bother to try to understand things you don't want to OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #10

Um...um...um..."atoms for peace" prevented, as of 2013, 65 billion tons of carbon dioxide. NNadir Nov 2024 #25