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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | source
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1. Rygian ◴[27 Aug 25 10:24 UTC] No.45037664[source]▶
It would be interesting to compare the net energy requirements of different electricity production means, in such a way that, for every kWh provided to the grid by each source, we could somehow quantify:

- How many kWh the grid has to provide in exchange.

- How many kWh are obtained from other sources in order for this kWh to have been produced.

- How much CO₂ will be released for that kWh, considering the entire lifecycle of the source.

So that we can identify which other electricity production means would have been preferable (both in terms of total energy expenditure, and total CO₂ released).

At the moment, "net negative energy involved" seems like a proxy metric to me, and I don't know a proxy for what precisely.