Comment on US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024

• Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you want the math or would you prefer less reading and more pictures?

  Nothing like an ignoramus to try and make someone else feel stupid for asking a question.

  Since you are all knowing, explain to me exactly how deep earth mining is less costly and better for the environment than deep earth drilling.

  Or did you think we just magically pull batteries from thin air at 0 cost?

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  • knightly@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since you are all knowing, explain to me exactly how deep earth mining is less costly and better for the environment than deep earth drilling.

    Easy, just compare the amount of pollution required to make a battery and a solar panel with the amount of pollution required to extract and burn fossil fuels for the equivalent power output over the duration of the renewable’s working lifetime.

    Oh, and don’t forget. Fossil fuels are useless without an engine to burn them, so you need to account for those infrastructure costs as well.

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    • Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Easy, just compare the amount of pollution required to make a battery and a solar panel with the amount of pollution required to extract and burn fossil fuels for the equivalent power output over the duration of the renewable’s working lifetime.

      If it is so easy I am waiting.

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      • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We don’t need to even do the math ourselves. It’s already be done countless times and the results are always the same.

        BEVs over their lifespan in the worst case scenario produce less than half as much CO2 emissions than a similar sized ICE vehicle.

        iea.org/…/comparative-life-cycle-greenhouse-gas-e…

        energy.gov/…/fotw-1357-august-26-2024-small-elect…

        www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths

        …mit.edu/…/are-electric-vehicles-definitely-bette…

        I’m surprised you struggled with this, with so many creditable sources available this was a really easy thing to look up.

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