Re: The Physics Behind the Spanish Blackout

On 10/06/2025 12:17 am, john larkin wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:07:19 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 10:49:13 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
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On 6/9/25 01:15, Joe Gwinn wrote:

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The Physics Behind the Spanish Blackout, Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street
Journal, 3 June 2025 issue, page A13.
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Here is a gift link.  No paywall, but they will insist on trying to
persuade you to subscribe.
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.<https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-physics-behind-the-spanish-blackout-solar-and-wind-power-unstable-grid-8be54b2a?st=VUVUMR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink>
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Joe

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That doesn't tell us anything new, and it does so poorly, too.
Clearly written by someone with no technical background.

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Lomborg is not an engineer, and we are not his target audience.
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His approach is to simply accept that CO2 in the atmosphere is an
existential threat,

 We'd all be better off without that toxic pollutant.

It's not toxic (except in very high concentrations), and it's not a pollutant. Too much in the atmosphere makes the climate warmer, and has unfortunate side effects.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney