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← Renewables are too dilute and intermittent to power industrial society on their own.

17 connected korrents · 19 moments from 11 Jul 2006 to 21 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about energy.

Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under batteries batteries Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Renewables are too dilute and intermittent to power industrial society on their own. Renewables are too dilute and intermittentto power industrial society on their own. Last stated 5 years ago 18 May 2021 MS Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-05-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is the wrongtechnology for cutting carbon:efficiency and renewables can do thejob without it. Last stated 16 years ago 21 Mar 2011 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2006-07-11 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2011-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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 11 months ago 8 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Renewables return less than half as much energy as high-energy societies require to function. — tap to centre the map on it Renewables return less than half asmuch energy as high-energy societiesrequire to function. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Oct 2021 MS Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The 'intermittent power' criticism long aimed at solar and wind now applies more truly to other energy sources, including nuclear and natural gas. — tap to centre the map on it The 'intermittent power' criticismlong aimed at solar and wind nowapplies more truly to other energysources, including nuclear andnatural gas. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The existence of nuclear power reduces the need for renewables. — tap to centre the map on it The existence of nuclear powerreduces the need for renewables. Last stated 5 years ago 4 Jun 2021 MS Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-06-04 — 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: Solar and wind act as intermittent fuel-savers rather than replacements for reliable power sources. — tap to centre the map on it Solar and wind act as intermittentfuel-savers rather than replacementsfor reliable power sources. Last stated 9 months ago 18 Feb 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-02-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wind and solar will not be enough for AI: every form of energy is needed, nuclear and natural gas included. — tap to centre the map on it Wind and solar will not be enoughfor AI: every form of energy isneeded, nuclear and natural gasincluded. Last stated 10 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A direct line runs from the Genesis command to subdue the earth to the Industrial Revolution and today's ecological crisis — tap to centre the map on it A direct line runs from the Genesiscommand to subdue the earth to theIndustrial Revolution and today'secological crisis Last stated 4 years ago 18 Oct 2022 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2022-10-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A regional climate extreme set during an ecological disaster is not evidence that the whole country or planet was hotter — tap to centre the map on it A regional climate extreme setduring an ecological disaster is notevidence that the whole country orplanet was hotter Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-07-22 — 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 8 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 company with a huge existing user base can keep funding AI data centers as long as its AI app's download numbers look healthy and it tops the charts, whatever its retention. — tap to centre the map on it A company with a huge existing userbase can keep funding AI datacenters as long as its AI app'sdownload numbers look healthy and ittops the charts, whatever itsretention. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 RB Ryan Broderick — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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
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At the centre Renewables are too dilute and intermittent to power industrial society on their own. Last stated 18 May 2021 · 5 years ago Holds Michael Shellenberger Read this korrent →