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J. Clarke[_2_]

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On 8/15/2011 6:11 AM, Han wrote:
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Q. What happens when you battery runs down?
A. You have to recharge it.
Q. Where does the electricity come from to recharge it?
A. Mostly from power plants using coal, oil, and gas.

Isn't this an assumption? An ever increasing amount of baseline large
scale electricity generation comes from renewables or nuclear. So, maybe
it is "only" 20% now, that doesn't mean it can't be 50% or more relatively
soon.

For most practical purposes, electrical energy is fossil fuel energy,
just one step removed.

True, for nowsmile.

Did you hear about all the rolling blackout warnings this summer?

In any case, all energy is fossil fuel energy. Even solar. The fossil
is the primordial hydrogen that the sun is burning at a horrendous rate
and in a very wasteful manner.