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Originally Posted by EonBlue
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i absolutely agree, just because I dislike one thing, it doesn't mean that I automatically approve others.
i strongly believe that our energy problem can solved - not today, not tomorrow, but in a process over the next 20-30 years - by:
- first and foremost SAVING energy. more energy efficient technology (LED lights for example are a huge improvement in that) but also better building insulation for example. You can acutally build houses that heat and cool themselves without heating or air condition. Very expensive today but this is what R&D are for - backward thinking and religion have no place here.
- also focussing on renewable energy like wind, sun, geothermal, water - there are still many uncharted possibilities here
- and because the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine and we have not developed sufficient methods of storing surplus energy YET, natural gas (no fracking!) plants to even out the energy demand - also because you can power those up and down quickly, opposed to coal for example. Problem here: those gas plants are not very profitable when you just use them when the renewables do not match demand and therefore private for profit energy suppliers don't want to build them.
And that's why - even as company owner working for profit - I do not believe that unrestrained capitalism is the answer to everything. Because in some things longterm thinking is more important.