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I used to think solar was the best way to make electricity, but I was wrong. 🧵
Brian Gitt
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Brian Gitt
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- Cold weather reduces electric vehicle (EV) range & increases charging times. Range drops by 54% at 5℉. And it can take 3X longer to charge the car. Fear of getting stranded in cold weather is a real concern for EV buyers.
- People think electric cars will reduce oil demand, but they won’t. If every car in the US were electric tomorrow, oil demand would likely increase. Here’s why:🧵
- I used to support wind power and vilify natural gas. I was so wrong. Here's the truth. ⬇️
- An electric car requires 6X more minerals than a conventional car. A typical 1,000 lb electric car battery contains: 190 lbs of graphite 130 lbs of nickel 90 lbs of copper 60 lbs of cobalt 30 lbs of lithium bit.ly/3mEbCJR
- Toyota's sober strategy on full electric cars is correct. Plugin hybrids use less minerals & can reduce more emissions than full electric vehicles. Toyota can produce eight 40-mile plug-in hybrids for every one 320-mile EV & save up to 8X the emissions.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) goes all-in on nuclear power. AWS plans massive 960 MW nuclear powered data center campus in Pennsylvania.
- Modern society can't exist without 4 ingredients: 1. Ammonia (fertilizer) 2. Plastics (computers, health care products) 3. Steel (skyscrapers, bridges, cars, scalpels) 4. Cement (buildings, roads, dams, runways) They all require fossil fuels.
- Humans mined 700 million tons of copper over the last 5,000 years. The same 700 million tons will need to be mined over the next 22 years to meet energy transition targets using wind, solar, & electric vehicles. bit.ly/3aJT6gY
- Solar panels aren’t renewable. Calling solar panels “renewable” is like calling fat free cookies “healthy.” Look at the ingredient list:
- EU energy policy is truly insane. An EU commission is pressuring France to raise its renewable energy target to at least 44%. ~70% of France's electricity is produced by nuclear power. A shift to solar & wind would increase emissions. euractiv.com/section/energy…
- Feeling like you’re doing the right thing doesn’t mean you are. For years, I felt like I was protecting the environment. I was wrong! But I couldn’t admit it. My sense of identity was tied to false beliefs about energy–myths that blinded me to what *does* help the planet: 🧵👇
- France gets sober. It scraps renewable energy targets & prioritizes nuclear in new energy bill. msn.com/en-gb/news/wor…
- An offshore wind farm requires 13X more critical minerals than a natural gas power plant. This doesn't include bulk materials. 1 Wind Turbine Requires: 900 tons of steel 2,500 tons of concrete 45 tons of non-recyclable plastic bit.ly/3mEbCJR
