Look... as I said before-
Scenario #1- Energy to Entropy is based solely on no emission renewables in a global agreement... 'hope for the best'
Scenario #2- Complications... All us live in not ^THAT^ utopian world yet, so... 'plan for the worst' ...
Jim
Scenario #1- Energy to Entropy is based solely on no emission renewables in a global agreement... 'hope for the best'
Scenario #2- Complications... All us live in not ^THAT^ utopian world yet, so... 'plan for the worst' ...
Jim
Quote from #204-
"I love this grassroots mentality: so Bezos is entitled to a superyacht of a size which requires Rotterdam to dismantle a bridge so it can sail out of harbor; he can also fly out to space on a whim for no value added to humanity; and we are to worry about our carbon footprint and be put through shocks for the betterment of the humanity."
You forgot the 'drop mic' ending on that one....
Just sayin'
"I love this grassroots mentality: so Bezos is entitled to a superyacht of a size which requires Rotterdam to dismantle a bridge so it can sail out of harbor; he can also fly out to space on a whim for no value added to humanity; and we are to worry about our carbon footprint and be put through shocks for the betterment of the humanity."
You forgot the 'drop mic' ending on that one....
Just sayin'
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Western OH is flat, but the Eastern part is fairly hilly. Cleveland suburbs were much better designed for safe biking in the early 1900's, not so much in NJ.
My mother, now 98, used to bike to her father's office 3 miles away, bringing lunch to the doctor's office back in the 1930's. That's why she's still alive and kicking.
Me, I love biking but a bad bout with bronchitis makes me wary of biking when temps are around freezing.
"9. We will have sussed nuclear fusion (Kennys_Heroes)
IP: Likelihood 10/10. This is likely by 2045-2050 and almost certain by 2100. It's widely predicted that we will achieve this. What difference it makes will depend on what other energy technologies we have. We might also see a growth in shale gas or massive solar energy facilities. I don't think that wind power will be around."
Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now
IP: Likelihood 10/10. This is likely by 2045-2050 and almost certain by 2100. It's widely predicted that we will achieve this. What difference it makes will depend on what other energy technologies we have. We might also see a growth in shale gas or massive solar energy facilities. I don't think that wind power will be around."
Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now
In 1964, Isaac Asimov predicted that in 50 years "An experimental fusion-power plant or two will already exist."*
The joke goes that fusion is the power of the future, and always will be. Let's just wait and see how the upcoming ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) gets on.
*His predictions about large solar-power stations in desert and semi-desert areas like Arizona and the Negev desert were on the ball.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27069716
The joke goes that fusion is the power of the future, and always will be. Let's just wait and see how the upcoming ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) gets on.
*His predictions about large solar-power stations in desert and semi-desert areas like Arizona and the Negev desert were on the ball.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27069716
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Number 20 reads "Britain will have had a revolution (holierthanthou)" - the prediction having been submitted by reader "holierthanthou".
I believe that "holier than thou" refers back to Oliver Cromwell, whose rise to prominence led to the execution of King Charles I!
Look out, King Charles III! 😱
I believe that "holier than thou" refers back to Oliver Cromwell, whose rise to prominence led to the execution of King Charles I!
Look out, King Charles III! 😱
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I hate to be a negative Nelly but it wont ever feel nice paying for fuels at any cost. And they stink up the place. Only ways around that is live closer to work, then ride a bike or walk to work. Drive very sparingly, for a treat sort of thing. Other than that when its absolutely essential. I'll say it again were spoiled in the west. Everything must be excessive. Mind you not everyone, it doesn't sit well with everyone, but many. I can count rows of examples. Not a need. To better days, with a bit of hope, a lot of it.
Crude oil price continues to fall today which is a good sign although I am not sure why.
But gas price at the pump still the same. I see a similar pattern in the past where gas price
goes up when crude goes up, but does not fall when crude finally goes down.
But gas price at the pump still the same. I see a similar pattern in the past where gas price
goes up when crude goes up, but does not fall when crude finally goes down.
We may not have fusion reactors soon on Earth, but Earth may look like having ones from afar if we're not lucky enough...
I assume it is a typo and you meant "fusion." Breeder reactors are fission reactors. It is a proven tchno0logy. However, at least here in the US, the issue with breeders is non-proliferation. Breeders produce plutonium which then can be made into fission or fusion bombs (given the right know-how, which is now widespread. The concern is that "terrorist states"and states which do not have nuclear capability because of the cost of enriching uranium - much less making plutonium in a reactor - will be able to divert plutonium during the reprocessing cycle and use it to create bombs. Hence the US has been trying to discourage the breeder reactor cycle, as used by France and - on an experimental basis until discontinued - Japan. The US strategy has not been successful, IMO, except to set back our industry. Granted, reprocessing is both an expensive and environmentally-fraught process and opposition to the breeder fuel cycle could legitimately be based on such environmental concerns.
My, how our perspective is limited. Once upon a time there was something called "education" and "history," and "news" was something one either got by word of mouth, the radio, newspapers, or magazines and pamphlets. One could also argue (and I would not disagree) that most of what passes for "news" on TV today is anything but (which also can be said for newspapers, radio, magazines and such. How low we have fallen.
You don't have to watch TV.
I do not own a TV set.
I have plenty of junk from the internet, I need no more.
That's why I showed the graph. "cartel" was used at higher rates in the early 1800s and around 1940 than 1979 or today.
Last week Downeast Maine was $4.19-$4.39.
Today South Maine is $4.38 (at the Circle K off the turnpike) but outside Bangor (last stop before deep woods) is $3.99.
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