aristocrat Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Well, they would take time to build, also. And they can be dangerous. @sherpa posted about an interesting company doing great things with energy production that seemed very interesting. They are not very dangerous. We have plenty of time to build them if we just start. Solar panels are actually much worse for the environment as once they are beyond life span there is no regulation as where to recycle them so they end up in dumps and when they break down it poisons the land and water like you wouldn't believe. Very green! They also use up 40 times more land needed for nuke plants lol.
dpberr Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 The nascent OPEC/Russia/China/India bloc is going to be the big story in the coming years as they will most certainly take a deliberate shot at replacing the dollar as the reserve currency. 1 1
BillsFanNC Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 As with all these...imagine the media meltdown if Trump was caught on a hot mic saying the same about his family.
sherpa Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, dpberr said: The nascent OPEC/Russia/China/India bloc is going to be the big story in the coming years as they will most certainly take a deliberate shot at replacing the dollar as the reserve currency. This gets brought up every couple years. Russia is going to be in deep economic chaos for years. This idiotic foray into the Ukraine is going to kill them economically. China has very limited natural resources, so I don't think we need to worry about them. India is deeply dependent on Russian military trash, which gets killed in every engagement, and the most recent Russian debacle suggests that they might need to change suppliers, as the current supplier can't even support it's own. I have never been less concerned about the economic component of these countries.
Doc Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Tenhigh said: It may lower the cost of panels, provided that the materials needed are cheap and abundant, but it won't improve the efficiency. Sure it will. Just put dozens of solar panels on your car and thousands on airplanes. Should work great!
Big Blitz Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 You're already seeing the increases at the pump. FYI spare us they've been *low* and no one said anything. They've never been *low* in the last 6 months. They've been over 200% more since the DNC CCP Coup of 2020. The only thing that has decreased in the last 2 years are your home values. They won't recover in your lifetime. Interest rates are heading for double digits and will stay there throughout the recession that will last years (lol remember when the media kept saying we were in one during Trumps presidency in 2020 and blamed him not their sham pandemic - but they refuse to say it now - that will probably be around January). Also, I cite my sources. Read this horse ***t and if you still don't believe they played the entire world you need to send yourself to the sun https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/509302-donald-trumps-double-dip-recession/ 1 1
BillStime Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Big Blitz said: You're already seeing the increases at the pump. FYI spare us they've been *low* and no one said anything. They've never been *low* in the last 6 months. They've been over 200% more since the DNC CCP Coup of 2020. The only thing that has decreased in the last 2 years are your home values. They won't recover in your lifetime. Interest rates are heading for double digits and will stay there throughout the recession that will last years (lol remember when the media kept saying we were in one during Trumps presidency in 2020 and blamed him not their sham pandemic - but they refuse to say it now - that will probably be around January). Also, I cite my sources. Read this horse ***t and if you still don't believe they played the entire world you need to send yourself to the sun https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/509302-donald-trumps-double-dip-recession/ More fake news
Doc Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 The mid-terms might we worse for Dems than we all thought. 1
T master Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 On 5/1/2018 at 10:52 AM, Tiberius said: Deregulation in action baby. Feel that pump pain, oh ya. Yep went as high as $4.00 a gallon here then the Biden band aid was implemented & it dropped to $3.19 to make us feel better and in one day went to $3.39 over night and because given the executive orders turning around what ever the prior administration was doing to have $2.00 gas the country is once again at the mercy of OPEC . Why fix something that wasn't broken ? Oh that's right because it doesn't follow the electric agenda ! The Biden band aid was to help the mid terms making it look as if he really cares when in fact they don't & the S**T will hit the fan in time to impact the holiday season and they will come up with some lame a** excuse or do what they have been continually do & blame it on some one else . A leopard never changes it's spots !!
All_Pro_Bills Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, T master said: Yep went as high as $4.00 a gallon here then the Biden band aid was implemented & it dropped to $3.19 to make us feel better and in one day went to $3.39 over night and because given the executive orders turning around what ever the prior administration was doing to have $2.00 gas the country is once again at the mercy of OPEC . Why fix something that wasn't broken ? Oh that's right because it doesn't follow the electric agenda ! The Biden band aid was to help the mid terms making it look as if he really cares when in fact they don't & the S**T will hit the fan in time to impact the holiday season and they will come up with some lame a** excuse or do what they have been continually do & blame it on some one else . A leopard never changes it's spots !! Not to worry. After OPEC+'s middle finger gesture yesterday, Joe has gone begging to Maduro in Venezuela offering some easing in sanctions and other financial incentives in exchange for allowing Chevron to assist in pumping more oil out of the countries fields. My guess is that any increase out of Venezuela will be met with OPEC+ telegraphing an equivalent output cut but the idiots running US policy likely haven't even considered that as its clear they are desperate and have no plan.
SoCal Deek Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 The really pressing issue here is the country’s long term alternative to gasoline. In short…we currently do not have one! Until we do, this seems like a dangerous game of…dare I say it…Russian Roulette.
T master Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: Not to worry. After OPEC+'s middle finger gesture yesterday, Joe has gone begging to Maduro in Venezuela offering some easing in sanctions and other financial incentives in exchange for allowing Chevron to assist in pumping more oil out of the countries fields. My guess is that any increase out of Venezuela will be met with OPEC+ telegraphing an equivalent output cut but the idiots running US policy likely haven't even considered that as its clear they are desperate and have no plan. Oh they probably have a plan they just as usual haven't though it through & haven't taken into consideration the consequences of it that's just what this administration does ...
SoCal Deek Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, T master said: Oh they probably have a plan they just as usual haven't though it through & haven't taken into consideration the consequences of it that's just what this administration does ... This is somewhat off topic but I’ve observed this time and time again. The Left sees a problem and with all good intentions thinks they can enact policies to thwart the injustice. Unfortunately, they’ve yet to learn that the variables in the equation are just that…variable! So the problem moves elsewhere and we’re left with a bunch of stupid but well meaning laws and regulations for yesterday’s problem. Rinse and repeat!
All_Pro_Bills Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: The really pressing issue here is the country’s long term alternative to gasoline. In short…we currently do not have one! Until we do, this seems like a dangerous game of…dare I say it…Russian Roulette. There's no plan. That's pretty much it. When you intend to embark on a "transformation" whether its a simple or complex process or system you need to do a few things. First, clearly articulate and understand the current state, and then clearly articulate and define the desired future state. And in between, comes a transition plan which identifies the steps, resources, time, cost, and other such necessities of producing a valid and credible plan to get from point A to point B. Another important task is to truthfully and realistically determine your capability of successfully completing the plan. Which might be called risk management. You need a master plan so to speak for US energy production and consumption. But we have no such thing. All we have are a series of seemly unrelated legislative actions along with attempts to provide incentives and disincentives in the market with the hope it will all work out. And so far its pretty clear it isn't. So the first impulse from our leadership is what is called doing more of what's not working until it works. Which is typically a road to failure. What's more troubling is the goal of not disrupting or destroying current society while performing the transition is absent or ignored. Edited October 6, 2022 by All_Pro_Bills 1
ALF Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered pickup and SUV Toyota thinks hydrogen could be an alternative to battery power https://www.foxnews.com/auto/toyota-hydrogen-powered-pickup-suv 1
SoCal Deek Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 3 hours ago, ALF said: Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered pickup and SUV Toyota thinks hydrogen could be an alternative to battery power https://www.foxnews.com/auto/toyota-hydrogen-powered-pickup-suv It’s interesting. The Japanese manufacturers are slow walking the move towards pure electric powered vehicles, while the European manufacturers are pretty much all in. It’s going to be fascinating to see how this all turns out. That’s of course if the planet is still inhabitable by the time we get there. 😳
Doc Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 Years ago Elon said it's not a viable energy source. But I guess we'll see.
Tiberius Posted December 7, 2022 Author Posted December 7, 2022 1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said: It’s interesting. The Japanese manufacturers are slow walking the move towards pure electric powered vehicles, while the European manufacturers are pretty much all in. It’s going to be fascinating to see how this all turns out. That’s of course if the planet is still inhabitable by the time we get there. 😳 Very anecdotal, but been seeing a lot lately about hydrogen being feasible to make and ship, both of which are/were difficult. So who knows
All_Pro_Bills Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: Very anecdotal, but been seeing a lot lately about hydrogen being feasible to make and ship, both of which are/were difficult. So who knows Generally hydrogen is found in water, H20, rather than free hydrogen that can be captured or drawn from the atmosphere. Have you seen anything about what energy sources are being considered to "charge" the water in order to separate out the hydrogen from the oxygen and store it somewhere? This is important because from a physics and economic perspective, to be an effective energy source the amount of energy input needs to be less than the energy output.
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