tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3663833625542569719..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Saving Mother Nature by Killing IndustryStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23139792718067863302020-12-17T14:55:56.181-08:002020-12-17T14:55:56.181-08:00One useful visual at the GE post (which I linked a...One useful visual at the GE post (which I linked above) is the comparison of land footprint for various energy sources..<br /><br />Wind Turbines 50,000 acres<br />Solar 5,000 acres<br />Combined-cycle gas-fired 13 acres<br /><br />(They also included 600 for battery storage, but I don't think it makes any sense to include this in the comparison)<br /><br />Wind turbines have already contributed a lot of visual pollution in previously-scenic areas.<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47966495124874141042020-12-16T08:46:43.939-08:002020-12-16T08:46:43.939-08:00And as I keep saying, the climate of our planet ha...And as I keep saying, the climate of our planet has been changing ever since it's had an atmosphere.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88191098524654664422020-12-15T20:07:39.005-08:002020-12-15T20:07:39.005-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45380450831004219392020-12-15T15:37:52.200-08:002020-12-15T15:37:52.200-08:00"no doubt licking their chops about the possi..."no doubt licking their chops about the possibility for selling more capital equipment for the same generation capacity..."<br /><br />Eggs-actly, David. Barnum's Theorem.trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84720283079747137422020-12-15T13:28:55.715-08:002020-12-15T13:28:55.715-08:00Here's GE, talking about the need for combinin...Here's GE, talking about the need for combining natural gas with solar & wind (especially wind, they are surely hoping)...<br /><br />https://www.ge.com/news/reports/talking-about-generation-this-mix-of-technologies-can-lower-the-power-industrys-carbon<br /><br />...and no doubt licking their chops about the possibility for selling more capital equipment for the same generation capacity (the wind turbines + the batteries + the gas-fired turbines)<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30738791498808704822020-12-15T11:01:04.347-08:002020-12-15T11:01:04.347-08:00Her district includes parts of Queens, but she lis...Her district includes parts of Queens, but she lists her address in the Bronx.370H55Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18313258207324059512020-12-15T08:33:10.635-08:002020-12-15T08:33:10.635-08:00As someone said elsewhere, "China is asshoe.&...As someone said elsewhere, "China is asshoe."Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31336522882265830312020-12-15T06:06:08.122-08:002020-12-15T06:06:08.122-08:00My bizarre sense of humor found this sentence to b...My bizarre sense of humor found this sentence to be hilarious:<br /><br />"After years of putting the brakes on the amount of coal plants newly proposed and permitted for construction, China is again stepping on the gas..."<br /><br />China has grave geoengineering challenges for a fracking industry. So they turn to dirtier coal and [heh] step on the cleaner gas. Maybe not in strict accord with the Paris Agreement goals, but one might argue that it's driven by the Spirit of 2030 Yet To Come.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in Green Deutschland, <br /><br />"GE to supply RWE [Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke] with 11 gas turbines for grid reliability in Germany"<br />--- Power Engineering International (12/7/2020)<br /><br />With disappearing baseload capacity, peaker plants are required for grid stability.<br /><br />I assume the gas will, sooner or later, be delivered by Vlad's Friendly NordStream Gas Delivery Service.trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19402863876434007172020-12-15T05:09:14.903-08:002020-12-15T05:09:14.903-08:00Also: Of Energy and Slavery
https://chicagoboyz....Also: Of Energy and Slavery<br /><br />https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/42837.html<br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-27562383126356934832020-12-15T05:04:46.044-08:002020-12-15T05:04:46.044-08:00See my old post: POWER: Mechanical, National, an...See my old post: POWER: Mechanical, National, and Personal<br /><br /> https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10164.htmlDavid Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com