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The Energy Crisis
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What fuel source(s) will solve the energy crisis? We are running out of oil, coal does too much damage to the environment, solar and other renewables are still too inefficient, and we just don't have the technology for fusion reactors. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts /mlpol/.
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>>393646
It really is strange how the environmental impact of planned obsolescence is almost never brought up in environmental discussions.
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>>393650
I mean, environmentalists do talk about overconsumption of commodity products quite a bit. Planned obsolescence is part of that.
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>>393646
I thought Scotland was building offshore wind turbines? As often as the seas get rough up north it seems like they'd make a decent amount of power. Generally rough sea comes with high wind.
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>>393651
I have never heard a serious proposal to regulate planned obsolescence or a serious push to regulate it.
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>>393653
There's Right To Repair: It's a growing movement, particularly in Europe.
On that note, make sure to support #StopKillingGames.
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>>393650
I've heard it mentioned during official talks, but never in casual conversation. People don't like to reminded that they've just entered a 4 year phone contract for the latest gadget, let alone the designed failure rate of white goods let alone lightbulbs.
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>>393653
One topic I never see brought up is the right to repair, which would greatly extend the lifecycle of gadgets. Louis Rossmann is making leaps and bounds with this, but most people are either not aware or just don't care.
If anyone's interested, Rossmanns just had a chat with the leader of StopKillingGames
>>393652
Still needs investment however (http://web.archive.org/web/20250215233458/https://www.crownestatescotland.com/scotlands-property/offshore-wind/scotwind-leasing-round)
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>>393654
Eerie
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>>393655
>I've heard it mentioned during official talks, but never in casual conversation. People don't like to reminded that they've just entered a 4 year phone contract for the latest gadget, let alone the designed failure rate of white goods let alone lightbulbs.
That's because a lot of planned obsolescence is in part fueled by American consoomer culture that demands that people put themselves in debt to have the latest shiny phone, and the public is largely complicit in screwing themselves. Marketing is one hell of a drug.
>Still needs investment however
All infrastructure needs investment, especially infrastructure built to last.
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>>393654
Fair. An other partial solution to the energy crisis is to simply used alternatives to petrol products like Siberian Dandelion or Guayule for latex and mycomaterials when possible.
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>Last 150 years humanity has pattern of ×2 energy consumption growth each 30 years. This factor equal to 2.4% yearly economic growth. With this rate of energy consumption fossil fuel era will be finished in 2060s. A lot of coal, oil and gas resources will remain, but they are useless with EROI<10, only this rate of energy investment can support modern world.
This is what we call a Malthusian Catastrophe.
>So, there is still some hope.
Yeah, nuclear energy is the way.
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>>394397
I think a lot of those unreachable coal deposits or depleted mines could be made useful using biogassification.
https://netl.doe.gov/research/Coal/energy-systems/gasification/gasifipedia/biological-coal-gasification
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>>394399
On its own that probably won't solve the energy crisis, but it could buy time.
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>>394399
Something similar could be done with unreachable crude oil.

https://www.mpg.de/18077220/1221-mbio-from-the-oilfield-to-the-lab-how-a-special-microbe-turns-oil-into-gases-154772-x

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