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aoesuthaoeusnh··on There’s no such thing as clean energy
> I don't think I've ever seen a study which has said that the amount of carbon produced by these local changes in biomes is anywhere near the carbon saved by the move to renewables.

Right, but I think you have seen a lot of propaganda about wind & solar being "clean energy" when in reality it's an inflated expectation.

In reality, we're still measuring the negative impact of these offshore wind farms on the climate.

> there are a bunch of ways around this and it's one of the biggest challenges being faced today in the industry

I'm non native sorry, but confused as of how this could be "one of the biggest challenges" if "there are a bunch of ways around this".

> Anyways, take the article with a grain of salt as you should do with everything.

The article bases on what's happening now and not on what might happen when the battery technology will pass a major milestone at industrial level or whatnot.

I think the essence of the article is that renewables are not the silver bullet many hoped it would be.

We seem falling from the top of the "peak of inflated expectations" (from the Hype Cycle).

aoesuthaoeusnh··on There’s no such thing as clean energy
> Why are they not upfront about who is funding the research?

They don't need to be upfront about their funding because they know it's the first thing that ecologists will search on google to build an ad personam as we can see in the comments here /s

At least, someone's paying research that does not go in the mainstream direction, so we can be thankful for that which protects us from an unilateral debate: given that politics fund the mainstream research with the IPCC.

> The total impact (direct + indirect) of solar and wind is an order of magnitude lower than coal and oil.

Same goes for ROI: solar and wind is an order of magnitude lower than coal and oil.

aoesuthaoeusnh··on There’s no such thing as clean energy
Actually Ronan Connolly has a PhD in computational chemistry/polymer physics, has has published many "Climate Science" articles, such as :

- Comparing the current and early 20th century warm periods in China

- Northern hemisphere snow-cover trends (1967–2018): a comparison between climate models and observations

- Re-calibration of Arctic sea ice extent datasets using Arctic surface air temperature records

- How Much Human-Caused Global Warming Should We Expect with Business-As-Usual (BAU) Climate Policies? A Semi-Empirical Assessment

And much more, see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8JOBXYEAAAAJ

aoesuthaoeusnh··on There’s no such thing as clean energy
Do you feel like you have refuted the actual contents of the article ?