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@puck
> I purchased a PHEV, solar panels, and a house battery
Just out of curiosity, What kind of batteries?
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Back in the real world, oil has sweet F all to contribute to our "long-term energy security". What John conveniently avoids mentioning is;
“The Worldometer global statistics website suggests that ... 'The country has proven reserves equivalent to 1.1 times its annual consumption' ... 'This means that, without imports, there would be about 1 year of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves)'.”
#NikkiMandow, 2022
https://newsroom.co.nz/2022/02/27/russia-ukraine-war-changes-fundamentals-on-nz-fuel-supplies/
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So *if* we had refinery infrastructure suitable for the "light, sweet" crude in our reserves (Marsden Point isn't), we could fuel ourselves for a year at current rates of usage. Or for 5 years using only 20% of it a year for essential services. Is that John's idea of "long-term"? Really?!
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So it seems obvious that the best way to mitigate the risk of oil shortages is to stop depending on it for energy. Which means developing more of our many potential renewable energy sources, like solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and tidal.
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We don't even need as much renewable energy to do the jobs currently done by fossil fuel energy, because ...
"When we burn petrol and diesel, around three quarters of the energy created gets lost as waste heat, noise and vibration. This means that a large chunk of our energy use provides no useful service."
#DominicThorn, 2024
https://www.rewiring.nz/watt-now/energy-use-in-new-zealand
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