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The Truth About "Alternative Energy"
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| December 5, 2007
| Roy Innis
Posted on 12/05/2007 12:26:54 AM PST by gpapa
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posted on
12/05/2007 12:26:56 AM PST
by
gpapa
To: gpapa
The enviornmentalist does’nt want solutions.
They want us to die.
Bring on the coal, oil and nuclear!
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posted on
12/05/2007 1:03:32 AM PST
by
ChiMark
To: gpapa
I don’t even remember when the last nuclear power plant was built.
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posted on
12/05/2007 1:35:35 AM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: ChiMark
Indiana is dependent on good ole coal for most of our electricity......we’ve developed clean burning technologies over the years and we have clear skies to prove it. Bring on COAL, MORE DRILLING, AND NUCLEAR PLANTS; we can beat the foreign oil dependency with no problem (as long as the government stays out of our way).
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posted on
12/05/2007 1:35:59 AM PST
by
raisincane
(Dims think we're all oblivious to the obvious)
To: ChiMark
>> [The environmentalists] want us to die.
True... but not right away! First, they want us to worship them, and fill their coffers with our hard-earned dough...
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posted on
12/05/2007 1:40:19 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
To: gpapa
By 2020, the United States will need 100,000 megawatts of new electricity, say EIA, industry and utility company analysts-—————————————————————————I’m thinking this puppy will suffice at 500,000,000 WATTS. Yep, that’s FIVE HUNDRED MILLION ! watts by 2016: “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER"
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posted on
12/05/2007 1:50:15 AM PST
by
CheezyChesster
(failed diplomacy: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY STUPID !)
To: Westlander
I think the last ones finished in the US were the two reactors at Comanche Peak in Texas.
However, the nuclear utilities are getting their paperwork together to apply for more. I’ll see you there.
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posted on
12/05/2007 2:33:48 AM PST
by
wolfpat
(If you don't like the Patriot Act, you're really gonna hate Sharia Law.)
To: CheezyChesster
ITER will be designed to produce approximately 500 MW (500,000,000 watts) of fusion power sustained for up to 400 seconds...Where are they going to store it?
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posted on
12/05/2007 2:44:28 AM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: Westlander
I dont even remember when the last nuclear power plant was built. Are you kidding? ... Dozens ar under construction at this very moment. It's just that they're in China rather than the US.
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posted on
12/05/2007 3:08:56 AM PST
by
The Duke
(I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
To: gpapa
This is an excellent article...everyone should read it.
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posted on
12/05/2007 4:13:40 AM PST
by
NRG1973
To: CheezyChesster
IEC fusion (Bussard) is better.
To: gpapa
Preeminent alarmists Al Gore and Hillary Clinton emit more CO2 in a week from the private jets they take to campaign, lecture and fund-raising events, than the average American does in a year. And yet theyre demanding a wholesale transformation of our economy and living standards. bump for later
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posted on
12/05/2007 4:43:17 AM PST
by
alrea
(Can Edwards Hsu?)
To: gpapa
We cannot generate electricity with hot air from politicians eager to create tax breaks, subsidies and renewable energy mandates for companies that produce alternative energy technologies in exchange for campaign contributions from those companies. climate hysteria hustle
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posted on
12/05/2007 4:44:23 AM PST
by
alrea
(Can Edwards Hsu?)
To: gpapa
If we need more energy to keep up with the population explosion, just get rid of 38 million Illegals and keep legal immigration in check until we develop more energy.
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posted on
12/05/2007 4:50:44 AM PST
by
Haddit
(Hunter is still the Best)
To: gpapa
Good Post. This needed to be said. The treehuggers prohibit coal and nuke plants while increasing their purchase of electric devices. They belong to the Dementia party (they call it Democrat, though).
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posted on
12/05/2007 4:57:46 AM PST
by
RoadTest
("It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. - Psalm 119:26)
To: The Duke
The really ironic thing is that the French, the bastion of liberal thought, has it’s power grid powered by over 70 percent nuclear power.
To: gpapa
Each day, although it is not reclaimable, the earth receives 174 X 1015 watts of energy from the sun. The world currently uses about 13 X 1012 watts of energy each year. The amount of DAILY solar energy is 13000 TIMES (13 X 103) MORE than the ANNUAL amount of energy consumed. It is a SHAME that more of that energy is not recoverable. Obviously, one can't cover every square meter of the earth with solar collectors. However, there are significant areas of improvement in how we do everything from building our buildings to improving our technologies that would assist us in using some of that energy. I'm a clean coal advocate myself, but, I'm in favor of saving any single drop of energy I can without injuring lifestyle, rather than buy it from the middle east.
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posted on
12/05/2007 5:06:10 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
To: gpapa
Dig up clean Western coal and start burning a lot more of it. It burns very cleanly today with modern technology. Make lots of electricity and severely limit oil and gas fired plants. Coal generated electric can also be used to power electric cars and to make hydrogen for hydrogen powered cars
Anyone have an estimate of the cost of running a hydrogen car on coal generated electricity? Whether it’s competitive at $90/barrel oil. I’ll bet it competes at $70 oil
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posted on
12/05/2007 5:12:02 AM PST
by
dennisw
(Islam - "a transnational association of dangerous lunatics")
To: dennisw
Dig up clean Western coal and start burning a lot more of it. It burns very cleanly today with modern technology. Make lots of electricity and severely limit oil and gas fired plants. Coal generated electric can also be used to power electric cars and to make hydrogen for hydrogen powered cars Dig up the coal and turn it into oil. Get our electricity from Nuclear. Subsidise electric cars. Encourage China to do the same. Clean skys and no more money going to the Arabs.
To: CheezyChesster
Im thinking this puppy will suffice at 500,000,000 WATTS. Yep, thats FIVE HUNDRED MILLION ! watts by 2016 So what. A large coal/nuclear plant can easily produce 1-2 Gigawatts. And that's sustained power over a long period.
I think you just confused watts and megawatts. 500,000,000 watts is 500 megawatts and 0.5 gigawatts. 100,000 megawatts is 100 billion watts and 100 gigawatts.
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posted on
12/05/2007 5:28:16 AM PST
by
varyouga
("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
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