Really interesting twitter thread on the thermodynamics of thermal energy sources(like coal and nuclear). The tldr is that at reasonably large scales (like 10x current energy) thermal energy sources would lead to ~0.3 deg C warming, which implies potential thermodynamic limits to energy growth (and the importance of renewable energy which is non-thermal e.g. solar, wind)
Interesting thread, but I draw a somewhat different conclusion: in the long run, we need a heat-management system for the Earth (and eventually, other planets). Managing CO2 is good but insufficient.
There are also some replies contesting the original claims, e.g.: https://twitter.com/EnergyJvd/status/1608898973313699840
Really interesting twitter thread on the thermodynamics of thermal energy sources(like coal and nuclear). The tldr is that at reasonably large scales (like 10x current energy) thermal energy sources would lead to ~0.3 deg C warming, which implies potential thermodynamic limits to energy growth (and the importance of renewable energy which is non-thermal e.g. solar, wind)
Interesting thread, but I draw a somewhat different conclusion: in the long run, we need a heat-management system for the Earth (and eventually, other planets). Managing CO2 is good but insufficient.
There are also some replies contesting the original claims, e.g.: https://twitter.com/EnergyJvd/status/1608898973313699840