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NNadir

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3. After many decades of looking at soothsaying, I have no use for it.

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Mon Oct 30, 2023, 05:14 AM

Oct 2023

I am old enough to have lived through "by 1990," "by 2000," "by 2010," "by 2020," and lately "by 2035," "by 2040," "by 2050..."

It's all wishful thinking nonsense.

One of the amusing things about the latest WEO - if one can be amused by tragedy - it claims humanity will be using more dangerous petroleum than it did in 2010 and more dangerous natural gas than it did in 2010.

There is no place in the atmosphere to put the waste.

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The 2023 World Energy Outlook Has Been Released. 632 EJ, 15 EJ from Solar and Wind in 2022. [View all] NNadir Oct 2023 OP

Made my day. cachukis Oct 2023 #1

And, assuming stated policies are actually followed, fossil fuel use will be reduced by a "whopping" 17% progree Oct 2023 #2

After many decades of looking at soothsaying, I have no use for it. NNadir Oct 2023 #3