I see a lot of wishful thinking in this response. "Will be negligible" really
means "We're going to find out".
There are birds that migrate offshore, oil rigs get hummingbirds...
-Curt
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 9:19:40 PM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via
Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Storage (batteries or pumped hydro) is the solution and is growing
exponentially, capturing wind and solar when not needed for use at times of
greater demand.
Effects on birds of offshore wind turbines - which has the greatest growth
potential - will be negligible.
You all seem to be missing the big picture. Renewables growth means less
need for burning fossil fuels. This will reduce emissions, though not 100
percent all at once.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:54 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:51:18 -0500 Allan Streib via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Because the renewables will fall woefully short of supplying our energy
> > needs so we'll still need most of the old fossil fuels plus all the
> > added environmental impact of the marginal contributions of the
> > renewable energy tech.
>
> You must also consider renewables require a conventional power source
> continuously running ("spinning reserve") to pick up the slack when their
> outputs fall precipitously when the wind stops blowing or the sun goes
> behind a cloud.
>
> This spinning reserve puts out "pollution" even when it is not delivering
> power.
>
>
> Craig
>
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