Dead_Parrot
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Mon Mar-19-07 05:40 PM
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| 30. Lovins also said that the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to fuel cells |
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(Somewhere in his "20 things I've made up about hydrogen" paper.)
Excuse me while I look less than impressed.
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| -2006: A very Good Year for Solar and Wind Power - a Very Bad Year for Nuclear Power |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 09:33 AM |
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No nay-saying from me. This |
Rabbit of Caerbannog |
Mar-19-07 10:18 AM |
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how is your solar rooftop working for you? |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 10:20 AM |
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Very well, thank you. |
Rabbit of Caerbannog |
Mar-19-07 10:23 AM |
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So tell me more: What's it use? What's the wattage? How much did it cost? |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 11:12 AM |
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Home power. Three kilowatts. Too much... |
Rabbit of Caerbannog |
Mar-19-07 01:17 PM |
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If I may, I'd like to focus for a moment on your phrase "too much." |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 01:31 PM |
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the economics of PV is like anything else |
Rabbit of Caerbannog |
Mar-19-07 02:27 PM |
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About as well as my "green" nuke plant. |
Zenlitened |
Mar-19-07 11:23 AM |
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My local nuke plant works great for me. |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 11:24 AM |
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Is there a permanent spent fuel repository in AZ??? |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 11:27 AM |
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Does there need to be a permanent spent fuel repository in AZ? |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 11:48 AM |
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what do you do with fission products produced from reprocessing??? |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 01:10 PM |
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YOU are paying for storage of waste through your taxes. The cost of this little effort apparently |
JohnWxy |
Mar-19-07 01:32 PM |
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I'll make you a deal. |
phantom power |
Mar-19-07 01:40 PM |
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That's what Amory Lovins advocated decades ago (before there was global warming) |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 01:45 PM |
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Lovins also said that the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to fuel cells |
Dead_Parrot |
Mar-19-07 05:40 PM |
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LOL. You are visiting from another planet, no doubt. |
JohnWxy |
Mar-19-07 07:30 PM |
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here's some more : |
JohnWxy |
Mar-19-07 07:47 PM |
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A good year for solar and wind, but a GREAT year for coal. |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 11:49 AM |
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There is no technical reason why renewables and energy efficiency *cannot* replace coal |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 01:06 PM |
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In that case you'd better stop worrying about nukes. |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 01:21 PM |
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I don't worry about nukes - they will go slowly away |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 01:27 PM |
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Sorry, I edited my post above to add a bit more analysis just as you were posting. |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 01:37 PM |
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and your solution is????? |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 01:46 PM |
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I don't have a solution. I have a set of expectations. |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 02:30 PM |
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I have expectations too |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 05:32 PM |
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The EU's goals for renewable energy and electricity are 20% by 2020 |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 02:08 PM |
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No, the problem is economics. |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 02:46 PM |
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Subsidies and carbon taxes can take care of that |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 04:27 PM |
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Whether or not "solar works" isn't the issue |
GliderGuider |
Mar-19-07 05:11 PM |
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So, why is Denmark stuck on 20%? |
Dead_Parrot |
Mar-19-07 05:43 PM |
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Denmark will produce 50% of their electricity from wind power by 2025... |
jpak |
Mar-20-07 12:07 PM |
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I think you're confusing "capacity" and "Power". Again. |
Dead_Parrot |
Mar-20-07 06:40 PM |
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why.... |
july302001 |
Mar-19-07 04:56 PM |
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I don't |
jpak |
Mar-19-07 05:13 PM |
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reply |
july302001 |
Mar-19-07 08:12 PM |
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I hardly ever see july302001 post about problems with coal |
bananas |
Mar-19-07 10:35 PM |
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Err, Bananas... |
Dead_Parrot |
Mar-19-07 10:45 PM |
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55 posts? nt |
bananas |
Mar-19-07 10:50 PM |
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and the percent relating to coal is... ? |
Dead_Parrot |
Mar-19-07 11:20 PM |
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Nonsense - go back to the recent archives and show us all those "antinuclear" jpak posts |
jpak |
Mar-20-07 11:46 AM |
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I never said I wanted to ban nuclear, either |
bananas |
Mar-19-07 10:29 PM |
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From the barrel of misleading statistics... |
hunter |
Mar-20-07 01:23 PM |
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at (minus) -746 MW, nuclear power did not re/dis-place any coal-fired capacity in 2006 |
jpak |
Mar-20-07 01:29 PM |
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From your own source... |
hunter |
Mar-20-07 02:23 PM |
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Since you asked about coal - here's some more "misleading" data |
jpak |
Mar-20-07 02:53 PM |
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So why'd you switch from global to U.S. statistics... |
hunter |
Mar-20-07 04:02 PM |
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Because the 2006 numbers for global coal/gas/oil plants haven't come out yet |
jpak |
Mar-20-07 04:06 PM |
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But you said it was a bad year for nuclear power... |
hunter |
Mar-21-07 01:09 PM |
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Those figures were for operational grid-connected wind, PV and nuclear facilities |
jpak |
Mar-21-07 01:58 PM |
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I'll be happy and dance because the tiger who's got my throat hasn't got my feet! |
hunter |
Mar-21-07 05:48 PM |
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