RE: Global Warming: Long term observations yield unsurprising results
March 14, 2015 at 7:09 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2015 at 7:11 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I don't think previous changeovers had to face the corporate intransigence that this one will.True, our entrenchment has never been coordinated by such well organized affiliations - even if our reliance has always been just about as complete. Guess we'll have to see how that goes, but with the history there, I'm not holding my breath with regards to dignity or grace coming from that sector.
Quote:The question is, have we selected the right strategy? I'm not sure that "oh, we've managed crises before, let's not worry about this one" cuts much ice.Worrying does nothing. Less worry, more work. In any case, i think, if thats the question..the answer would have to be yes. I don;t think we picked the best -possible- strategy, but fossil fuel exploitation was probably the best practical strategy - I'd even be willing to put that out there as an objective statement, something that can be quantified from multiple angles. We use them because they're good at what they do. We'd have needed something else equally good at what they do, and that something simply didn't exist for most of our use history.
Quote:Absolutely Better batteries, and smaller, more efficient transducers, so that more energy can be produced locally from indigenous sources.Provided those indigenous sources outperform fossil fuels, yes. If not, it makes more sense to ship in refined fuels (and this would always be the case, regardless of the source). That is one thing that fuel has going for it. Easy to move, holds the energy better than a battery. Indigenous sources have to overcome the efficiency of all available and economically transportable alternatives..otherwise their use will rely, perpetually, on subsidy- and that subsidy will be paid for, in part, by the very fuel they wish to replace...as now with alternatives and fossil fuels.
(I'm a big alternative fuels guy, just laying the ground for why oil and coal are at the top of the heap, and what has to be done to replace them, or to replace any credible alternative to either with locally sourced this or thats).
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