localzukJun 4, 2023

With the media so obsessed with the eventual "waste" from green energy production - end of life solar panels, turbine blades, batteries etc, wouldn't it be great if they provided context?

There are 9000 oil tanker ships on the planet. 10s of thousands of petrol trucks. 10s of thousands of petrol stations. 10s of thousands of miles of pipeline.

All of which are environmentally damaging to dispose of.

Yet, never discussed in the media. Its just the green boogeyman.

#Solar #Wind #GreenEnergy

Show threadD. Creemer

@localzuk @whetstone but wait Mr. Bean, who has an electrical engineering degree so he must be right (!) says to hold off on electric vehicles, in the prestigious Guardian.

“Electric propulsion will be of real, global environmental benefit one day, but that day has yet to dawn.”

Mr. F*cking Bean

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

The Guardian
Jun 4, 2023 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadNorman WilsonJun 4, 2023
@dcreemer @localzuk @whetstone Take Mr Bean's advice only if he still drives his fluorescent-green Mini with all the redundant locks.