Interesting though there are rumours of a breaking story that is going to pull apart the dirty side of clean energy, I'm not surprised.
Like with any fanatical effort it sounds like some of the Clean Energy / Renewable Apparatchiks have been gilding the lily to push their case, I'm not surprised big money is at stake.
Through work I've been through some facilities in China that make solar as well as big batteries, and I've always said that I think the concept of clean renewable energy only persists because it is clean in my backyard. It is NIMBY clean, especially for the EU Inspectors. The Chinese have showroom factories that look like operating theatres and get the tick of approval from the EU inspectors, those facilities are always down for maintenance or testing a bespoke small product run when inspectors visit. A few kilometres down the road or in the next town over is the sweatshop bucket chemistry facility that churns out the bulk of the 'clean green product' in mass manufacturing conditions that are an entirely different kettle of blackened fish! :o
Like with any fanatical effort it sounds like some of the Clean Energy / Renewable Apparatchiks have been gilding the lily to push their case, I'm not surprised big money is at stake.
Through work I've been through some facilities in China that make solar as well as big batteries, and I've always said that I think the concept of clean renewable energy only persists because it is clean in my backyard. It is NIMBY clean, especially for the EU Inspectors. The Chinese have showroom factories that look like operating theatres and get the tick of approval from the EU inspectors, those facilities are always down for maintenance or testing a bespoke small product run when inspectors visit. A few kilometres down the road or in the next town over is the sweatshop bucket chemistry facility that churns out the bulk of the 'clean green product' in mass manufacturing conditions that are an entirely different kettle of blackened fish! :o
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"