1) Geothermal. Can't replace Japan's current electrical generation capacity.
2) Concentrated solar. I guess you haven't been to Japan. It's a dreary place and frequently cloudy. For 24/7/365 you'd need to have a *productized* means of storing energy for night usage. This tech is not sufficiently developed to scale up to a whole country.
3) Hydroelectric. Japan isn't Quebec. They don't have the huge open expanses of land over which to set up the huge dams required to replace their current generation capacity.
Jesus fucking Christ Slashdot, how did this guy get modded up?
What are they going to replace it with? Oil? Natural gas?
TFS and TFA both state clearly that the intention is to boost renewable energy to 30% of the mix or more. Before 11/3 Nuclear accounted for about 23% of Japan's electricity, so the plan is quite clear.
Clearly stated intentions and actual reality are two separate things. You must be very gullible to believe everything the gubmint tells you.
Japan is a tiny, resource-poor but energy-hungry country. Nuclear energy is the only thing that makes sense economically. What are they going to replace it with? Oil? Natural gas? Those sources come from so far away and from such temperamental suppliers that it's too risky to depend on long-term.
To get reelected Japanese politicians have to put on an anti-nuclear Kibuki theatre to placate the masses. But the fact is they'll never give up nuclear and "renewable" energy sources won't ever put even a dent in their supersized energy demand.
The media speaks of "Anonymuos" as if it's a top-down organization with members, leadership and a charter. In reality it's nothing but a label that anyone with an agenda can adopt to advance their cause. It's not much different than what post-9/11 Al Qaeda became in that regard.
Neckbeard indeed. Lots of anonymous cowards in this thread.
Last I checked, white southerners (including me) and slavehodlers aren't collectively members of a cult.
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Yay! I'm a programmer!
(It's getting tiresome posting this same comment again.)
I like Kyoto much more than Tokyo.
You're still here? LOL
Paintball.
...and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No."
1) Geothermal. Can't replace Japan's current electrical generation capacity. 2) Concentrated solar. I guess you haven't been to Japan. It's a dreary place and frequently cloudy. For 24/7/365 you'd need to have a *productized* means of storing energy for night usage. This tech is not sufficiently developed to scale up to a whole country. 3) Hydroelectric. Japan isn't Quebec. They don't have the huge open expanses of land over which to set up the huge dams required to replace their current generation capacity.
I was under the impression Japan bought much of its oil from Iran. Talk about temperamental.
Jesus fucking Christ Slashdot, how did this guy get modded up?
What are they going to replace it with? Oil? Natural gas?
TFS and TFA both state clearly that the intention is to boost renewable energy to 30% of the mix or more. Before 11/3 Nuclear accounted for about 23% of Japan's electricity, so the plan is quite clear.
Clearly stated intentions and actual reality are two separate things. You must be very gullible to believe everything the gubmint tells you.
Japan is a tiny, resource-poor but energy-hungry country. Nuclear energy is the only thing that makes sense economically. What are they going to replace it with? Oil? Natural gas? Those sources come from so far away and from such temperamental suppliers that it's too risky to depend on long-term.
To get reelected Japanese politicians have to put on an anti-nuclear Kibuki theatre to placate the masses. But the fact is they'll never give up nuclear and "renewable" energy sources won't ever put even a dent in their supersized energy demand.
They infringed on Apple's i* trademark format.
I want to provide DHS with multibillion dollar systems too.
I meant that in a nice way.
The media speaks of "Anonymuos" as if it's a top-down organization with members, leadership and a charter. In reality it's nothing but a label that anyone with an agenda can adopt to advance their cause. It's not much different than what post-9/11 Al Qaeda became in that regard.
Only the police and military should stockpile beans.
Neckbeard indeed. Lots of anonymous cowards in this thread.
Last I checked, white southerners (including me) and slavehodlers aren't collectively members of a cult.
How can you end up on a watchlist paying cash? You pay cash and you walk out with your stuff.
Well I'd be suspicious of any cult that perpetrated a massacre of unarmed settlers and attemped an armed uprising against the federal government too.
It's the blood of the hundreds of thousands of Tibetans slaughtered by the Chinese. May they be haunted forever by their crimes.
50 quatloos on the anonymous newcomer!
Seems like a strange place to do quantum research.
Haha! I downloaded them all and uploaded none!
I guess you'd be in some kind of rigor mortis at the beach.
I for one welcome our raptor overlords.
Time to break out of the walled garden folks.
Backtrace them and report them to the cyber police!