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     Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the -daily-chart-china-in-the-greenhouse-but-not-the-d oghouse.php | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the -daily-chart-ehrlich-licked.php The REASON famines are down is the technology that the EU, Sri Lanka, and Canada have, or are, making a crime. So expect famine to be a bigger, more often, mass murder than any since Mao murdered over a hundred forty three million by stealing & trading rice to the Soviets for tanks. The Greenies are doing it on purpose. That's incipient first degree murder genocide. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/ext reme-weather-events-declining.php As the next Polar Vortex blizzard sweeps North America, remember that it's Global Warming and the snow... Al Gore promised your children would never make a snow man. Let's pray the Greenies are defeated so your children can live to make snowmen. | ||
| Ebutch |
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| Aesquire |
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| Aesquire |
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spenc er/2023/01/08/las-vegas-solar-plant-suffers-terror -attack-but-what-kind-n1659800 | ||
| Hootowl |
Why will it take two years to repair, is my only question. It probably didn’t take two years to build. | ||
| Hootowl |
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/return-rotary-mazdas- iconic-engine-coming-back Brilliant. I have long championed this concept. Will be interesting to see whether the narrow RPM tuned rotary can pass emissions. Being very compact is a huge advantage in this application. | ||
| Aesquire |
Yeah, the 2 years bit bugged me too. Generator Pit? Supposed to be from a quote from the cops to the local reporter. ( not the writer of the editorial ) I can safely assume a Journalism Graduate has zero understanding of anything science or technology related, so the cops could have told them that the car was in the electron rehabilitation center and they'd quote that unquestioned, or the quote could be just wrong/ misheard, or the cops could just be interpreting what they saw, or misheard. A transformer or switching gizmo might be called a generator, 'cause it's electric. Or it could be the gas powered generator that runs the automated panel cleaner and computer that runs the power switching. You'd want that to be independent of the unreliable power of the panels themselves. True, near Vegas you have a butt ton of photons most days, unlike cloudy, rainy, snowy Western NY, but it gets dark at night. And I'm rather curious about the alleged perp. | ||
| Hootowl |
Maybe it is a thermal solar plant and has a steam turbine driven generator. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-inven ted-an-entirely-new-way-to-refrigerate-things A steam turbine would be a long lead time item. https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-vegas-is-embraci ng-sustainability-for-real#:~:text=The%20%E2%80%9C Mega%20Solar%20Array%E2%80%9D%20was%20unveiled%20e arlier%20this,the%20largest%20solar%20array%20anyw here%20in%20the%20world. But no mention of thermal power on puff piece article. https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gam ing/fbi-joins-investigation-of-terror-attack-on-mg m-mega-solar-array-2709518/ Now claims are for a week to repair. Looks like lousy journalism and a terror attack that will get whitewashed by the Obama/CAIR crowd, we'll see. | ||
| Hootowl |
Interesting article on coolant tech. Thanks. I was surprised to find that the latest refrigerator I purchased utilizes propane. Not to burn, like in an RV, but as the refrigeration cycle gas. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Journos are so ignorant, they wouldn't put useful facts like that in. Is propane a more benign greenhouse gas than old fashioned freon? | ||
| Aesquire |
Propane is a powerful greenhouse gas. So I'm for it! It's cold outside. Freon was banned because the patent ran out and the manufacturer was going to stop getting paid for licensing. Oh, yeah, and when it broke down in the upper atmosphere the Fluorine acted as a catalyst to break Ozone down to breathable O2. And while Ozone is bad to breath, it blocks UV if it's several miles up. Exactly how bad that was is a subject of some debate, but they banned the harmless to humans original version and forced a mass purchase of new refrigeration equipment to use a freshly patented related chemical that's more toxic to humans, but supposedly better for the Ionosphere, and absolutely superior in profitability. I'm skeptical, cynical, and opinionated on the subject, but the deal was done and we aren't going back. The promise of the ionic salt phase change heat pump is lower power consumption and that's a good idea if the compromise and costs, pollution and safety, is good. There are tradeoffs in almost every engineering choice. It's not practical, today, without more research and development, to burn politicians/criminals/terrorists for electricity. But it's a vast untapped resource that seems limitless potential for renewable energy. Hard to get regulatory approval for testing. | ||
| Hootowl |
Methane is produced in large quantities by natural processes and released to the atmosphere. This has been going on for hundreds of millions of years. So why isn’t methane a significant percentage of the atmosphere? Because it oxidizes very quickly. Same with propane. So as a greenhouse gas, it is powerful but insignificant. This is why the greenie concern about cow farts is either misplaced or disingenuous. | ||
| Ducbsa |
I was curious about the Bison factor. A 'net search says 94 million cows now vs. an estimated 60 million Bison in the 1500's. Now, if they are 50% more farty than a cow, we got something! | ||
| Hootowl |
I think Bison produced less methane, as they were eating mostly switchgrass, which was the dominant plant in their range. Modern cattle farms feed corn, which is not a food cows evolved to consume. Gives them gas. | ||
| Zacks |
Modern cattle farms feed corn, which is not a food cows evolved to consume. Gives them gas. And makes them delicious. | ||
| Hootowl |
I prefer grass fed and finished beef. The omega 6:3 ratio is a lot better and it tastes better, too (imho). | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the -climate-is-in-great-shape.php Going by a belief system somewhat different than the Global Warming Mythology, I'm doing my very best to "pray" for a mild winter. I'm getting the second set of winter tires I've bought this season installed tomorrow. Film on all the house windows, washed the best pump filters, sacrificed my wallet to the Winter spirits! The Church of Murphy & Ironic Dharma. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/sol ar-energy-is-useless.php Solar isn't useless. It's just expensive and unreliable. But I see that in India, they have solar panels shading agricultural canals. Raised frames and low angles. Land you can't live or grow food on, and the shade reduces evaporation and saves precious fresh water. That's a smart application. Powering AC in Vegas is a smart application. Heating homes in the snow belt? Dumb application. | ||
| Hootowl |
Solar can be less expensive than grid power in some circumstances. A remote building, for example, where it would cost 30 grand to tie in. Suddenly, a $20k solar/battery install looks pretty good. The vast majority of the time, it’s expensive and unreliable. I have looked into it. I’ll be dead before it pays for itself. If I were paying the national average for power, it might be worth it, but I’m in Texas, where retail electricity providers have to compete for your business. I pay less than half the national average and a third of some eastern states. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Solar isn't useless. It's just expensive and unreliable. And intermittent. | ||
| Hootowl |
That might be the unreliable part  | ||
| Aesquire |
Both, really. Every solar panel in my county will be producing ZERO power later this week, 24 hours a lengthening day, as they become snow covered. Zip. For days. If there's a 15 degree shift in wind direction that power loss will be 100% For weeks as the Lake effect bands dump feet on my area. Like Buffalo. https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/01/11/the-elec trification-of-our-economy-is-a-scam-n522936 https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/01/10/ welcome-to-new-yorkifornia-n522907 | ||
| Ratbuell |
heating the panels is easy enough; many companies offer heated panels, actually. But that can't fix clouds. Or darkness. | ||
| Aesquire |
Solar can be less expensive than grid power in some circumstances. A remote building, for example, where it would cost 30 grand to tie in. Suddenly, a $20k solar/battery install looks pretty good True, I said Solar wasn't useless. Remote buildings, & I know guys who want off grid possibilities for a home in the woods, or a hanger on an airfield. ( very expensive to get airport owners to improve rental property at high cost in money and disruption. Even if it's just one day to run the trencher around all the other buried wires, FAA security rules may require supervision of contractors, with the extra cost involved. And who can afford an average year's pay to improve a property they rent? ) Solar does work for them. It's still expensive. ( the local utility quoted me $50k to run natural gas to my house. And before I could ask, told me I couldn't charge my neighbors. So that legal mess has already been a problem for them. ) It's also expensive to build a biofuel/methane facility. But if you are a pig farmer, well worth it in multiple ways. So my objection to solar panels in one of the cloudiest area of the country doesn't apply to the off grid guy with a house in the hills. But Does to the rich politicians who get massive bribes to spend my taxes. | ||
| Hootowl |
“True, I said Solar wasn't useless” I know, you said it was expensive. I agreed, but noted that it’s sometimes cheaper than the alternative. Just making conversation. | ||
| Aesquire |
You mean an exchange of ideas without rancor and insults? I thought this was the internet.  | ||
| Ducbsa |
Yeah, Hoot needs to "get his mind right." |
