On 11/18/2013 9:33 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:13 PM, meekerdb <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:>> I can think of one thing that could dramatically not just slow but reverse the growth of photovoltaics, removing the tax incentives and subsidies. In effect government has been lying to the free market about the true cost to the economy of solar cells.> Or the free market has been lying about the cost of CO2 emissions - essentially saying it's zero.Everybody has an opinion but nobody knows the true cost of CO2 emissions, and nobody will know for decades and perhaps centuries.
That's ignoring the science that says it's going to be pretty high if we continue to increase it. A small increase, such as we've produced now, wouldn't be a problem except for it's abruptness which will cause a lot of disruption and displacement as weather patterns change. In the long run it might even be advantageous for some places like Canada, Russia, Scandanvia, Greenland. But we're increasing CO2 production, not stopping it.
I don't know what History's verdict will be but if it's your opinion that the cost of CO2 emissions is very high then logically you should be a big fan of nuclear power.
I am a fan of nuclear power, although I'm a bigger fan of solar and wind where they are workable. In fact I'm the one who first posted about LFTRs on this list.
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