Profile picture
Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
, 6 tweets, 3 min read Read on Twitter
In Germany, biogas production has killed 17 people since 2005

Nuclear produces more electricity than biogas and has never killed anybody in Germany

Germany is scaling up biogas and phasing out nuclear

spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soz…
This is your periodic reminder that the love of renewables & hatred of nuclear has nothing to do with safety or accidents. How could it. Nuclear is not only the safest way to make electricity, it has saved 2 million lives to date
The desire to live in a society powered by renewables has always been motivated by the fantasy of returning to an agrarian civilization supposedly free from the horrors of modern life

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
The desire among the secular & educated to return to the past, to Nature, and, perhaps, the womb, was fed by fears of the bomb, the ultimate symbol of modernity, which were gradually displaced onto nuclear energy

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Those fears of the bomb, and of nuclear energy, turned out to be grossly exaggerated and, given deadly air pollution and the threat of catastrophic climate change, dangerous:

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
The problem with nuclear is that it doesn’t demand the radical re-making of society nor fantasies of harmonizing with nature

All nuclear does is decouple the economy from pollution and environmental destruction

No wonder they hate it so much

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Mike Shellenberger
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ShellenbergerMD see all

Profile picture
Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
The only “Green New Deals” that have ever worked were done with nuclear, not renewables.
How do I know? Well, for starters, I helped create one of them.

Here’s what happened: forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Germany will spend $580B on renewables by 2025. Its emissions are flat; its electric prices rose 50%

Calif. electricity prices rose 5x more than rest of US

Had California & Germany spent on nuclear what they spent on renewables, both places would already have 100% clean power
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
War deaths rose 1400-1945 at which point leading thinkers said humankind needed world government & the elimination of nuclear to avert extinction

No global government was enacted, nukes spread, & yet war deaths declined 95%

h/t @OurWorldInData
More here

quillette.com/2019/05/24/why…
“In South Asia [nuclear deterrence] has done away with the prospect of full-scale war. It’s just not going to happen. The risks are so great as a consequence of the nuclearization of the subcontinent that neither side can seriously contemplate starting a war”
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
Unreliable Nature Of Solar And Wind Makes Electricity Much More Expensive, Major New Study Finds

My latest column @Forbes — please share!
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
@Forbes 1. Solar panels and wind turbines are making electricity significantly more expensive, a major new study by a team of economists from the University of Chicago finds.
2. Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) "significantly increase average retail electricity prices, with prices increasing by 11 percent (1.3 cents per kWh) seven years after the policy’s passage into law and 17 percent (2 cents per kWh) twelve years afterward" the economists write
Read 13 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
LGcommaI
@LGcommaI
"people in #Germany at the time they were not all evil people; they were a people who believed in the #government, and that was the crucial mistake..the ideology is not the core trigger, is not the reason why people were behind those views; it's the #propaganda. It's not that ..
.. everyone was racist, it's not that everyone was evil; it's the fact that the government was so adamant about spreading those views that everyone just got behind them (without questioning them), and it's the same with #socialism that came afterwards [well, international
..
.. #socialism (and in particular, the institution of #concentrationcamps) came BEFORE National Socialism, not only afterwards; to wit, institutionalized socialism (within modern history) started with Soviet Union, from 1922 onwards, 11 years before Hitler came to power.
..
Read 15 tweets
Profile picture
Richard James
@RichJamesBits
I have reached a whole new level of #PISSEDOFF.

I didnt think such a #dark and #scary state, or level, could be reached. It may top 12-14-17's causation. It's. That. Bad. So, I've prepared a statement...

docs.google.com/document/d/1_J…

#PascoSheriff #HaveYouAllNoShame @CigarCityBeer
Dear @FBI,
I must implore you ask your colleauges in @FBITampa to help research this new level of #PISSEDOFFNESS. As locals, they may offer a special indepth knowledge of this new level I have reached. This is not fair & law enforcement must #investigate. No one deserves this.
This is my #apogee of #Pissedoffness.
If #motherfuckers & #tears werent a noticable level.
If #HUSH or #INTIMIDATION tactics being deployed didnt strike a chord.
If #EVIDENCE, PROOF, or 30k Bonds didnt #WOW YOU.
If posting mom with no shred of investigatable value wasnt enough...
Read 463 tweets
Profile picture
FaceTheCuban© SirLRO🎈{Interactive}
@FaceTheCuban
...#Positivity is in each & everyone of us. Let it flow more often, makes a better day. #SirLRO
...#Positivity ~none said it was easy, all you have to do is one step at a time. I know you can, keep going. #SirLRO
~ #Positivity there is no need for deprecating others with words, when it calls for~there is a need for compassion, it’s in you, #SirLRO
Read 246 tweets
Profile picture
🎄🔶🌸❄️Sakura To Yuki No Seirei❄️🌸🦋⚢⚧
@SakuraNoSeirei
So, I've waded through the Evangelical Alliance's new pastoral "guidelines" for interacting with trans people (ughh, the things I do to expose #transphobic #ciswits to the world), and let's just say it's time to tear this particular sh*t-bag a new hole.

1/n
CW: #Transphobia, #ConversionTherapy, #Zucker, #Religiously #driven #zealotry

2/n
So, straight off the bat, first page of text, the use of #language is . . . well, yeah, see for yourself:

"It is important to remember that transgender is not simply an issue to be debated;" - p5, #Transformed

*sigh*

When such language gets reinforced by insisting...

3/n
Read 176 tweets
Profile picture
molly 🐶
@socialistdogmom
some dixie defenders here in the gallery at the richmond city council meeting tonight. they’re expected to vote on whether or not to ask the legislature to allow the city to decide what to do about the confederate monuments.

wtvr.com/2018/10/08/ric…
to be clear: this isn’t a vote on what to actually DO about the monuments, just to ask the state for permission to decide locally.
my enthusiasm for municipal government is surpassed only by my hatred of monuments to white supremacy.
Read 81 tweets
Profile picture
JesseJenkins
@JesseJenkins
With legislation committing California to 100% carbon-free electricity sitting on Gov. Brown’s desk, I wanted to share a timely new peer-reviewed article out today in the journal, @Joule_CP: cell.com/joule/fulltext…
In the paper, @nsepulvedam, @FdeSisternes, Prof. Richard Lester and I use detailed power system modeling to identify strategies that lower the costs and increase the odds of reaching a zero-carbon electricity grid. Check out MIT News coverage of the paper: technologyreview.com/s/611987/how-c…
After ~1,000 cases covering possible future tech cost, regional diffs in renewables quality & demand, and different limits on CO2, our study consistently demonstrates the best way to zero out electricity emissions is to deploy a balanced mix of low-carbon electricity sources.
Read 52 tweets

Trending hashtags

#injustice #CONFLUENCE #Bartoleme #democracy #GlobalEChats #COLDCASE #selfless #nuclear #Quarterback #together #Garden #dontlie #WhyHideHundredsofCalls #conspirator #FightingCancer #chumpchange #HolySmear #Governor #sticker #wind #misfits #LGBTQunite #ChrisNocoo #morningtroll #Europe
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!