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NNadir

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15. I trust the DATA in the report, not the soothsaying. An educated person, as opposed to a credulous rube...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:42 AM
Nov 2024

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:49 AM - Edit history (1)

...can tell the difference.

Someone posting, for instance, figure 3.21 as if it were realistic, is crediting soothsaying, not reality. Actually, a person who wishes to use the word "reality" in any connection with soothsaying reveals exactly and unambiguously how unqualified they are to use the word at all.

Of course, I have in my file every copy of the WEO going back to the late 1990's, so I'm experienced with them. I don't think I qualify as a credulous rube. The "scenarios" year after year after year after year don't mean shit.

Apparently, there are people who can look at a graph and not glean what i says, which seems to be the case here. In figure 3.21, we can see, if we look at the position of "2023" one can see what the multiple trillion dollar (that's money already squandered) solar industry is producing Now, which is next to nothing. This is true of scenario "STEPS," "APS," and "NZE"

Particularly amusing is what the soothsaying says about hydro, when the overheated planet is already suffering extreme droughts and the disappearing of glacial sources that fed rivers for millennia.

Have a nice day.

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It's not like we've run out of ecosystems to fuck up for reactionary fantasies, have we? There are still more... NNadir Nov 2024 #1
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Figure 1.14 Global installed clean power capacity and electricity generation, 2010-2023 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #3
Figure 2.1 - Global total energy supply, 2010-2023 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #4
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How pretty! Replete with soothsaying! None of it... NNadir Nov 2024 #11
Do you trust the report or not? OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #13
I trust the DATA in the report, not the soothsaying. An educated person, as opposed to a credulous rube... NNadir Nov 2024 #15
OK, here's a table for you OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #16
Um, it is apparently a waste of time to do what should be... NNadir Nov 2024 #17
Table B.4a Technology costs in selected regions in the Stated Policies Scenario OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #18
Table B.4a (Edited) OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #19
Figure 3.21 - Global electricity generation by source and scenario, 1990-2050 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #8
Figure 3.24 - Share of renewables in electricity generation by country/region and scenario, 2015-2035 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #9
Figure 3.27 - Power sector investment by technology and scenario, and share in emerging market and developing economies, OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #10
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Table A.1a - In Context OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #14
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