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← Britain cannot live on its own renewables under its current lifestyle and consumption levels.

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 3 Nov 2008 to 23 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under batteries batteries Cannot both be trueSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Britain cannot live on its own renewables under its current lifestyle and consumption levels. Britain cannot live on its own renewablesunder its current lifestyle andconsumption levels. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: The United Kingdom is the one rich industrial country that cannot run on solar alone, and it has to build wind at scale instead. — tap to centre the map on it The United Kingdom is the one richindustrial country that cannot runon solar alone, and it has to buildwind at scale instead. Last stated 10 months ago 8 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot meet its energy needsfrom renewables alone and will neednuclear power, solar power fromdeserts elsewhere, or both. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Britain's onshore wind resource, though large, is not as large as the country's energy consumption. — tap to centre the map on it Britain's onshore wind resource,though large, is not as large as thecountry's energy consumption. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: British people tend to oppose large-scale renewable energy projects even while supporting renewable energy in principle. — tap to centre the map on it British people tend to opposelarge-scale renewable energyprojects even while supportingrenewable energy in principle. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biofuels cannot supply enough energy to matter for a country like Britain or to replace all transport fuels. — tap to centre the map on it Biofuels cannot supply enough energyto matter for a country like Britainor to replace all transport fuels. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Renewables now account for the bulk of the growth in electricity generation, whatever their opponents believe. — tap to centre the map on it Renewables now account for the bulkof the growth in electricitygeneration, whatever their opponentsbelieve. Last stated 12 months ago 26 Oct 2025 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2025-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wave power is unlikely to play a significant role in solving Britain's sustainable energy problem, though it may suit small remote-island communities. — tap to centre the map on it Wave power is unlikely to play asignificant role in solvingBritain's sustainable energyproblem, though it may suit smallremote-island communities. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Today's level of city living depends on cheap fossil fuels and is unlikely to survive without them. — tap to centre the map on it Today's level of city living dependson cheap fossil fuels and isunlikely to survive without them. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not havethis solved by 2031, and many stillwill not by 2035, because they havethe wrong mindset. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the nuclear industry is a modelling and simulation business producing paper reactors, not a business that builds them. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the nuclear industry is amodelling and simulation businessproducing paper reactors, not abusiness that builds them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it Battery-electric airliners do notwork even on optimistic assumptions,and the arithmetic said so beforeanyone built one. Last stated 6 years ago 2 Apr 2021 BF Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its county farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan a golf course does. Last stated a year ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A local SSD might as well be treated as one more layer of the memory cache hierarchy. — tap to centre the map on it A local SSD might as well be treatedas one more layer of the memorycache hierarchy. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Sept 2024 KV Kenton Varda — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links. — tap to centre the map on it A server's real network throughputcan exceed what its single fastestport suggests when a protocolsupports channel bonding acrossmultiple links. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Britain cannot live on its own renewables under its current lifestyle and consumption levels. Last stated 3 Nov 2008 · 18 years ago Holds David MacKay Read this korrent →