| But climate change measures are all hypocritical and unscientific 1) The Carbon credits system 2) Forcing developing countries to reduce their energy usage, while still maintaining the Petrodollar. Sucking up to oil states and keeping the dollar strong at all costs 3) Controlling nuclear tech and restricting it from those who need it most 4) Blaming India and China for overall energy use while using 2x to 10x per capita energy 5) Pushing the foolish adoption of wind and solar which are just going to help oil companies always sell you base load 6) Shutting down existing nuclear reactors, not building new ones (looking at Germany here especially and the US) 7) Making stupid laws like rationing power 8) Blaming cryptocurrency as a bogeyman So IMHO - if you're worried about climate change, it's legit, but whatever the US and EUs reactions to this has been a complete farce. So if you want to be heard as a scientist, maybe some criticism of the way in which its being handled is due |
One viable alternative, that would not require extra building, is to change how hydro power is used. Instead of running it semi-continuously, run it as the counterpart to solar and wind instead of fossil fuels. So in the day it does nothing, while at night it runs at higher capacity that usual.