Is Green Energy and Sustainability a Hoax?

[Nathan]

Is Green Energy and Sustainability a Hoax?

No. There's always the hustlers and naysayers, but in the long run alternative energy sources are going to be an important part of mankind's future. "Sustainability" has become a buzz word, but it has real life relevance, if something is un-sustainable then it cannot continue without degradation or some kind of depletion.

 

[ElCastor]

Out here in California we have devised two "Green" ways to kill birds by the tens of thousands. In the Bay Area's Altamonte Pass we chop them up with wind turbines, and in the Mojave Desert they are incinerated with focused beams of light in a solar farm. There is always a new method that is going to stop the slaughter, but the slaughter continues, if on a somewhat smaller scale.

But there is a real possibility of a clean non-polluting solution that is making the news, nuclear fusion.

"Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy"
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633

"Nuclear fusion just made a massive leap towards energy generation"
https://thenextweb.com/news/nuclear-massive-leap-towards-energy-generation

 

[Don M.]

But there is a real possibility of a clean non-polluting solution that is making the news, nuclear fusion.

"Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy"
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633

"Nuclear fusion just made a massive leap towards energy generation"
https://thenextweb.com/news/nuclear-massive-leap-towards-energy-generation

That's for Sure! If/When Nuclear Fusion can become a reality, we would have a virtually unlimited supply of electricity with little or no pollution.

However, "delivering" that electricity is increasingly becoming problematic as our ancient infrastructure is failing more and more, every year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/storms-batter-aging-power-grid-030809555.html

If we are ever going to transition away from fossil fuels, we need to begin investing huge amounts of time and money into supporting such a transition....and the steps being taken today are miniscule compared to what will ultimately be needed.

 

[squatting dog]

That's for Sure! If/When Nuclear Fusion can become a reality, we would have a virtually unlimited supply of electricity with little or no pollution.

However, "delivering" that electricity is increasingly becoming problematic as our ancient infrastructure is failing more and more, every year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/storms-batter-aging-power-grid-030809555.html

If we are ever going to transition away from fossil fuels, we need to begin investing huge amounts of time and money into supporting such a transition....and the steps being taken today are miniscule compared to what will ultimately be needed.

If they ever perfect Nuclear Fusion, I hope they would return to Tesla's original idea. With today's technology, I'm certain they could solve any problems transmitting it.
In the year 1891, Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla designed the Tesla coil, a unique device that worked on the principle of electrical resonance, and was able to transmit electricity without wires. However, the coil could conduct electricity wirelessly over short distances only, and due to its limited potential, it didn’t turn out to be a practical application for wireless electricity transfer.

 

[squatting dog]

I'm curious if anything came of the wireless energy experiment in New Zealand back in 2021.
Energy startup Emrod will soon test a prototype wireless energy infrastructure setup in New Zealand. If the test is successful, this would be a great push to the New Zealand government’s plans for setting up wireless energy transmission throughout the country.