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Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 11:04 am
This is the second time today I've linked an article by this gentleman. He makes what appear to be some good points. Refreshing to hear someone addressing the practicality of our current pet solutions, rather than arguing for or against the "problem" itself.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/27/...e_thorium/
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 11:21 am
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I've always thought "wind power" was a big waste of time.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 11:31 am
Definitely not the silver bullet. It's effectiveness relies very much on local conditions regarding available energy from wind vs patterns of local energy consumption. Perhaps if we had better storage technology...then it would be a stronger contender. (briefly touched upon in the article actually)
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 8:33 pm
My position has always been that the solution to the problem of global warming is probably not as complex as many seem to think.requiring 'only' a dose of reality.IE appeal to self interest. I for one could not care less what happens to the environment after I''m gone. I DO care about higher petrol and electricity prices AND that in my state I may no longer buy incandescent light bulbs.
Here,the government pays a subsidy of up to $7000 if you go solar AND you get paid for any excess power you produce. Such systems pay for themselves in less than in ten years,PLUS the capital cost is reducing rapidly. I will probably have solar panels installed in about 3 years.
Here it is anticipated that within a decade or less, virtually all new built in Australia will have solar panels. At that time electric cars become feasible.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Australia has a great argument for solar. I also like some of the integrated agriculture-aquaculture ideas that have become such a hot hobby over there. Now, if your customs guys and police officers would stop reminding me that my visa was soon to expire like they couldn't wait to get rid of me.......
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 5, 2011 at 11:45 pm
(July 5, 2011 at 11:21 am)Napoleon Wrote: I've always thought "wind power" was a big waste of time.
Where I live, it has proven to work well. However, the equipment makes our harbor and certain beaches look like shit. They aren't exactly ugly, but you can't see through them.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 6, 2011 at 12:15 am
I live in the desert where entire counties could be covered in solar panels and it would only annoy the scorpions. Why they don't do it is beyond me.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 6, 2011 at 4:28 am
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(July 6, 2011 at 12:15 am)Minimalist Wrote: I live in the desert where entire counties could be covered in solar panels and it would only annoy the scorpions. Why they don't do it is beyond me.
Because where the sun is is where the people are not. The efficient delivery of power over long distances from where the sun is to where the people are requires high voltage transmission lines, the higher the voltage, the more efficient the delivery, and that economically competitive the green power they deliver. Unfortunately where the sun is is also where the high voltage transmission lines are mostly not. Because new high voltage transmission lines are very long things that must necessarily go through many people's backyards and which fit poorly with most people's idea of attractive landscaping, to say nothing of the pseudoscience surrounding rumors of their harmful effects, proposals to build new power lines usually generate the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) reaction in magnitudes unparalleled even by nuclear power plants, and as a result they are fiendishly difficult to get permitted. It also doesn't help that they cost several million dollars a mile to build. This is why solar plants don't sprout up more often in boonies where cactus grow.
(July 5, 2011 at 11:45 pm)Shell B Wrote: (July 5, 2011 at 11:21 am)Napoleon Wrote: I've always thought "wind power" was a big waste of time.
Where I live, it has proven to work well. However, the equipment makes our harbor and certain beaches look like shit. They aren't exactly ugly, but you can't see through them.
The problem with wind power in many parts of the world is wind tends to blow the hardest when people turn out their lights to go to sleep. And there is no really good way to store the energy generated for use when people wake up and start using the power.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 6, 2011 at 7:14 am
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(July 5, 2011 at 11:45 pm)Shell B Wrote: Where I live, it has proven to work well. However, the equipment makes our harbor and certain beaches look like shit. They aren't exactly ugly, but you can't see through them.
It's not even the fact that they are huge eye sores on the land scape which bothers me. It's just it seems like there is not enough energy produced for the amount of wind farms which you have.
I'm not promoting nuclear power but when you consider the energy output you can get from nuclear fission, it's pretty lame in comparison.
Wind power just seems to be unreliable also, because it's not necessarily available when you need it most.
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RE: Interesting article on proposed energy policies.
July 6, 2011 at 8:59 am
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A valid criticism of wind based energy systems, but again, more to do with storage than with winds ability to generate energy. Nuclear by comparison is indeed much more reliable....but for some strange reason its a dirty word in some circles.
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