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NNadir

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6. Um, um, um, turbines, water wheels are not devices to produce primary energy. They are devices that destroy exergy.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:24 AM

19 hrs ago

The problem we face is the inability for people to understand this very simple concept, the distinction between what is, and is not PRIMARY energy.

It is, in fact, the distinction not made by the hydrogen idiots here, who are working to destroy this planet.

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Thanks for the climate denial perspective from the fossil fuel industry trying to rebrand itself as "hydrogen." NNadir Saturday #1

Those who mistake transition phases for end states are sadly mistaken. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #2

Those who believe in simplistic dogma have blinders on. NNadir 20 hrs ago #5

Photovoltaic cells were invented in the last 500 years. Same for gas turbines, steam turbines, water turbines Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #4

Um, um, um, turbines, water wheels are not devices to produce primary energy. They are devices that destroy exergy. NNadir 19 hrs ago #6

Also, nuclear is capital intensive and has the longest lead times. Decommissioning is a problem. Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #3