Comment on Energy supplies and climate policy by hunter
Is this the project you are referring to? Southern California Homes – Sierra SunTower will produce 5 MW of electricity powering up to 4,000 homes. Job Creation – The project created over 250...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by Tom
That would make it another PNS ‘truth’. Right. Bart.
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by John Warner
I am afraid that as a sceptic with limited time to keep following the issue, my need for efficient choices and to use my time best puts two black marks against this article straight away: Firstly the...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by Bart R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHNYenN7OY
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by R. Gates
Pockreguy said: “The conflation of big tobacco with big oil is absurd on its face” _____ Yes, you are right. Big oil is far more powerful, so it’s a bit like comparing a firefly to a 2000 watt bulb,...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by capt. dallas 0.8 +/-0.2
lolwot, “That doesn’t mean they are offering “fantasy predictions”, more like warnings.” Warnings without verifiable certainty are just scary stories. There is a pretty good track record for the scary...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by MattStat/MatthewRMarler
Bart R, Here is another review of solar power economics: http://www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Sustainability/Latest_thinking/Solar_powers_next_shining
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by timg56
R Gates, This “skeptic” most certainly has a horse in the race. Several of them. They go by the name of tax dollars and energy bills.
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by sunshinehours1
Why do you humiliate yourself with claims about big oil funding opposition to the AGW cult’s scare stories? Show us you have one functioning brain cell. Who gets the most funding and who funds which...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by MattStat/MatthewRMarler
Bart R: <i>Solar takes a lot of land, </i> So does hydropower. I read (hence, salt required now) that PV panels covering an area equal to the area of Lake Mead would generate more...
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Comment on Climate change cartoons by Josh
And very kind of you too! Lovely work here and in the pdf – some brilliant and clever visuals, and the workshops looked fun. I might, of course, draw things slightly differently but I wholeheartedly...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by R. Gates
One thing, and one thing only made them take down those signs…the possibility of a mass defections from their upcoming conference, which would have turned it into a non-conference. They will of course...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by sunshinehours1
And Thomas …. all that money cruelly stolen from the poor, for .668GW out of 36GW demand. http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by timg56
R Gates, This is so much bs. The fact that I have a “horse in the race”, to use your terminology, has no bearing on what I believe or not believe with regard to global warming. What bearing it does...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by kakatoa
Dave, The output (kwh’s) from many of the large utility scale PV facilities that you have seen in the news of late is headed to PG&E via 20 to 25 year, must take, PPA’s. I can get you a few...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by MattStat/MatthewRMarler
Johana: <i>“Assuming that the gas-fired plant managed an 85% capacity factor and a 30-yr plant lifetime, the initial capital expenditure would work out to $0.004/kWh… </i> but the initial...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by timg56
Brandon, I am impressed by your attention to detail and love it. You are working your way onto my heroes list. Maybe not as high as Brandon Roy and Cal Ripken Jr, but on it none the less.
View ArticleComment on Week in review 5/4/12 by Willis Eschenbach
Well, let’s see. Since they seem to be triple selected for agreement with AGW, by self-selection, because many are in universities, and because the folks themselves seem to select AGW supporters, I’d...
View ArticleComment on Energy supplies and climate policy by Peter Lang
Rob Starkey @ May 5, 2012 at 11:57 pm You said: the poorest countries have any plans for widespread electricity generation and distribution regardless of the source of the power generation. I agree...
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