CardsFan
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We have a lot of sunlight and wind too. Use them all !
Is there some law against using them both? No. Wait, That could be coming.
We have a lot of sunlight and wind too. Use them all !
Is there some law against using them both? No. Wait, That could be coming.
Point taken, but none the less, we as a country have a LOT of energy in the ground. Not using it seems senseless to me.
We have a lot of sunlight and wind too. Use them all !
and nuclear. solar and wind will likely never be able to provide most of our energy needs...especially in the northern climes. that lesson was learned last month in Tejas, er, Texas.
BUT we will never get off fossil if there is a constituency against the alternatives. Who could be against direct solar to electricity (aka solar panels) - I hear you ask? Umm, the electric company, of course. I do understand that they can not absorb too much, they can't store it, they actually have to pay people for their "extra." What's not to love.
Sorry! Now returning you to our discussion of jumping gas prices since YMMV.
I have a well. Maybe I can force the municipality to buy my extra water
Senseless? Well, there is this viewpoint for perspective: The carbon and its associated energy buried in the ground was accumulated slowly, over hundreds of millions of years. HEY! I have an idea! Let's dig it ALL up and burn it over the span of 500 years! What could possibly go wrong?
I'm always fascinated to see states (at least just states so far) stating that they will be off fossil fuels by such and such date. I think Hawaii is something like 2050 but don't quote me. So far, we've (IMHO) messed up virtually every attempt to get off fossil fuels. There were really serious protests as we built a dozen or so wind turbines (I've forgotten if it was fear of disturbing native burials - I try to be respectful, but realistically, with a 800 to 1400 year history, there have potentially been burials everywhere.) It may have been the presence of old worship areas. Not really certain. It got so bad that the contractors tried to move the blades at night - didn't work. Project was held up for days and there were dozens of arrests - reasonably certain they never prosecute such "crimes."
Taking NO sides on the issue. BUT we will never get off fossil if there is a constituency against the alternatives. Who could be against direct solar to electricity (aka solar panels) - I hear you ask? Umm, the electric company, of course. I do understand that they can not absorb too much, they can't store it, they actually have to pay people for their "extra." What's not to love.
Sorry! Now returning you to our discussion of jumping gas prices since YMMV.
I have a well. Maybe I can force the municipality to buy my extra water
Senseless? Well, there is this viewpoint for perspective: The carbon and its associated energy buried in the ground was accumulated slowly, over hundreds of millions of years. HEY! I have an idea! Let's dig it ALL up and burn it over the span of 500 years! What could possibly go wrong?
Remembering how oil prices crashed about 1 year ago, this is truly amazing to see.Thus recent crude prices here (WTI) are about $67/bbl. I'm not sure of Brent pricing.
Remembering how oil prices crashed about 1 year ago, this is truly amazing to see.
Right now, steam cracking into ethylene/propylene is the most obvious place to put gasoline range material. However, the migration will be slow and in the end the gasoline range material will just follow the money.
Yet another advantage to being retired. We barely drove 3,000 miles last year so our gas consumption is pretty low.