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Al Gore proposes...er blackouts
Island Turtle ^ | 7/17/2008 | Corky Boyd

Posted on 07/18/2008 12:41:42 PM PDT by Corky Boyd

Al Gore today called for replacing all carbon based electric power generation with alternative forms, primarily wind, solar, and geothermal in the next ten years...I pulled up these Intellicast wind maps a few hours after he delivered his speech. They cover the entire eastern portion of the country at 10PM EDT. Seems to be a problem. It’s night (no solar) and there’s no wind. It happens!

(Excerpt) Read more at islandturtle.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: energy; energycrisis; environment; gore; junkscience; pseudoscience; thirdworldamerica; wind
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1 posted on 07/18/2008 12:41:42 PM PDT by Corky Boyd
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To: Corky Boyd
I vote for the geothermal.
Let's turn Yellowstone National Park into a huge electric generation plant..../s
2 posted on 07/18/2008 12:44:58 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: Corky Boyd
Solar & Wind are alright....but Nuks do it ALL night!
3 posted on 07/18/2008 12:45:39 PM PDT by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: Corky Boyd

Since Owl Whore is extremely wealthy, he could be a fine example to the rest of us, by immediately stopping his and his family’s use of Carbon based energy. No offset BS, just stop using it.


4 posted on 07/18/2008 12:47:32 PM PDT by stop_fascism
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To: Corky Boyd
Al Gore today called for replacing all carbon based electric power generation with alternative forms, primarily wind, solar, and geothermal in the next ten years...


5 posted on 07/18/2008 12:49:27 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Politically Correct

6 posted on 07/18/2008 12:52:26 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Corky Boyd

And where are they gonna put all those recyclable non-toxic giga-amp batteries to store up the wind juice for when the wind isn’t blowing? Or are the engineers going to specify that all the wind turbines be downwind 24-7 from Algore’s @$$?


7 posted on 07/18/2008 12:57:17 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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To: Corky Boyd

I checked with my energy company for a new plan. They offer here in Texas wind alternatives; but they don’t offer them. The letter they sent out telling us we would save money regardless of any new plan except the one we are on now with the lowest rate(it will phase out).

In other words, there really isn’t any savings only increases and depending on the plan you choose you can save ha ha at a larger rate. Now how they figure that one out? And guess what you have your usual taxes to pay on top of your new savings higher rate.

Oh yes, they have a PR firm that tells you how great it is to get screwed.


8 posted on 07/18/2008 12:58:29 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Corky Boyd

Al Gore's Mansion Uses As Much Electricity In A Month As An Average House Does In A Year

I also think he consumes enough food in one week to feed a family of five for six months.

9 posted on 07/18/2008 12:58:37 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: Corky Boyd

Rolling blackouts and brownouts were part of Massachusetts’ energy plan in the 1980s right in the midst of Michael Dookie’s so called “Massachusetts Miracle”. HA!


10 posted on 07/18/2008 1:12:03 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: SkyPilot

AG is such a pig. I will never accept anything he has to say about anything (period)The whining bastard.


11 posted on 07/18/2008 1:22:51 PM PDT by Picklezz (Congressman HUNTER, many of us were counting on you being our President and saving America.)
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To: SkyPilot
...or stop the insidious continuous showings of AIT...


12 posted on 07/18/2008 1:29:01 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Corky Boyd

Algore calls for BLACKout..

Isn’t that a racist term?

Associating BLACK with no power, powerless or a failure of the power grid?

Damned right it’s racist!!!
Shame on you Algore — you racist ^*&^%*(*&%$^%&^


13 posted on 07/18/2008 1:34:24 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Corky Boyd

To be fair, a Solar One design does produce energy 24/7 due to holding all the Sun’s heat in liquid salt tanks. Unless you’re in Alaska in the Winter of course.


14 posted on 07/18/2008 1:49:04 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Corky Boyd

How? Even the most optimistic estimates call for no more than 20% of the nation’s electricity to be generated by 2018 through dilithium crystal chamber and naquada generator technology.


15 posted on 07/18/2008 1:53:17 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: SkyPilot
Whoa! If we could liposuck Gore his fat could generate enough biofuel to run an average city for six months...


16 posted on 07/18/2008 1:58:07 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice
a href="http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o83/tallguy43/?action=view&current=FatAlGore-1.jpg" target="_blank">Fat Al GoreJabba the Hutt

Separated at birth???

17 posted on 07/18/2008 2:59:16 PM PDT by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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To: Corky Boyd

And what about the winter time when we have 8-9 hours of sunlight during the day ? How many batteries are gonna be needed to store 16 hours of juice. Looks to me like we will be burning candles and lanterns with no refrigeration or heating/cooling at night.


18 posted on 07/18/2008 6:32:55 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

How about we just pull the meter on Gore’s ridiculous lifestyle, then put him on trial for his misdeeds (illegal naturalization scheme during the 1996 campaign, at the very least), find him guilty, and hang him by the neck until he’s dead, dead, dead?


19 posted on 07/18/2008 11:29:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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No Smoking Hot Spot (The Australian)
The Australian ^ | 18/7/08 | David Evans

Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 3:06:33 PM by Nipfan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047331/posts


20 posted on 07/19/2008 12:11:22 AM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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