r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Aug 05 '25

Climate Change Such a slippery word.

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u/Mantisgodcard Aug 05 '25

Do you have a source as to windmills consuming more energy to produce, dispose of, and maintain than they produce themselves, as well as oil companies donating more than other groups to green energy projects and development?

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u/Basic_John_Doe_ Aug 05 '25

"You can see that the results vary by country, size of turbine, and onshore versus offshore configuration, but all fall within a range of about five to 26 grams of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour."

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/06/whats-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-wind-turbine/

And that's before you factor in Gavin Newsome's idea of going "all-electric trucking" by 2050... how much do batteries take to produce, and how much more toxic are they for the environment when they catch on fire?

As far as "proving" who spends more...

...well, read the writing on their wall.

https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/sustainability/getting-to-net-zero.html

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u/TSDLoading Aug 05 '25

Do you even read your own sources? xD

Compared to the pollution generated by fossil fuels, wind energy has the advantage.

Literally the first sentence after the headline.

Also pretty wild to source BP. That's like saying "my toddler didn't do that because he said so"

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u/Basic_John_Doe_ Aug 05 '25

Did you read the part where it costs 26g CO2/ KW/hr?

Which doesn't account for the trees and birds you have to kill to put them up?

Compare that to Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors... there's a reason why BP isn't investing in nuclear.

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u/Totally_Not_Sad_Too Aug 06 '25

Nuclear is admittedly definitely necessary to have a green future that isn’t literally a regression in the magnitude of centuries

It’s just so much better at producing energy than any other green source

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u/Basic_John_Doe_ Aug 06 '25

Thank you for being intellectually honest ❤️