What greene energy can't do. - Page 3

STEED · 03-11-12, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BossMark

Ask them to PM me and I will gladly give them my bank account details

All that silk toilet paper you could buy.

Mighty smooth.

BossMark · 03-11-12, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

All that silk toilet paper you could buy.

Mighty smooth.

I was thinking more on the lines of all them tins of John Smiths I could buy

nikimcbee · 03-11-12, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BossMark

Ask them to PM me and I will gladly give them my bank account details

Wait, so if we PM you, you'll give us your bank account info?

em2nought · 03-11-12, 09:26 PM

Would anyone like about twenty barrels of glycerine byproduct? Green energy has a ways to go before it's viable in my experience.

Blood_splat · 03-11-12, 10:24 PM

Saw this on Reddit. Talks about Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel.

TLAM Strike · 03-11-12, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

Saw this on Reddit. Talks about Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel.

Since it uses the N Word the uneducated masses will see this:

and not this:

"Ironic, isn't it? Way back in the 20th century, the H-Bomb was the ultimate weapon -- their doomsday machine.
We used something like it to destroy another doomsday machine.
Probably the first time such a weapon has ever been used for constructive purposes."
-James T. Kirk

CaptainMattJ. · 03-12-12, 01:09 AM

If all homes came standard with solar panels that WERENT tacky and expensive as all get up, then why not have them?

Once the technology gets cheaper, theres really no reason not to use it. With a combination of solar powered homes producing their OWN electricity and putting back into the grid, hydroelectric, and a bit of nuclear, well have all the power well need. Eventually, solar panels or whatever theyll have in the future to substitute for it should become standard on every new home built.

oil is not our friend. Its an unhealthy addiction thats going to send our species into the toilet. Eventually it will run out. Not too far in the future we may be finding ourselves paying outrageously high gas prices, outrageously high electric bills, and a spike in pretty much the price of EVERYTHING, including food. Invest now, reap the rewards later.

August · 03-12-12, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

Eventually it will run out. Not too far in the future we may be finding ourselves paying outrageously high gas prices, outrageously high electric bills, and a spike in pretty much the price of EVERYTHING, including food. Invest now, reap the rewards later.

Folks have been saying that almost my entire life. We were supposed to have run out of oil already but surprise, surprise they keep finding more. That's the problem with doomsday predictions. Get everyone hyped up for a non event and they aren't likely to believe you in the future. We're seeing the same thing happening with the climate change debate in general.

mookiemookie · 03-12-12, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Folks have been saying that almost my entire life. We were supposed to have run out of oil already but surprise, surprise they keep finding more.

It's a finite resource.

Hottentot · 03-12-12, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Folks have been saying that almost my entire life. We were supposed to have run out of oil already but surprise, surprise they keep finding more.

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

It's a finite resource.

I think you are both right in a way. On one hand Mookie is right by saying it's a finite resource. On the other, I have noticed the same as August with the doomsday heralds in general. I mean, for how many times have I already seen a newspaper scream: "if the solution is not found in a week, the whole EU will collapse ZOMG!!!"

Not only do they keep finding more, but also we invest in technologies that spend less. Is that a permanent solution? In the end probably not, because oil is a finite resource. On the other hand, "finite" in this case is highly relative.

mookiemookie · 03-12-12, 10:12 AM

With the uncertainty of how long this finite resource will last, it's better to plan for its inevitable disappearance now, rather than waiting for it to run out and not having a viable back up.

August · 03-12-12, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Hottentot

I think you are both right in a way. On one hand Mookie is right by saying it's a finite resource. On the other, I have noticed the same as August with the doomsday heralds in general. I mean, for how many times have I already seen a newspaper scream: "if the solution is not found in a week, the whole EU will collapse ZOMG!!!"

Not only do they keep finding more, but also we invest in technologies that spend less. Is that a permanent solution? In the end probably not, because oil is a finite resource. On the other hand, "finite" in this case is highly relative.

Exactly.

Betonov · 03-12-12, 11:23 AM

If only we could find a way to to take the CO2 from the atmosphere and water and powered by sunlight to create the molecules that compose oil and it's products, thus making oil a renewable resource. Sparing us the trouble of adapting the infrastructure from oil based to electricity/hydrogen based.

Actually it already is, but the capacity is too low (for now)

nikimcbee · 03-12-12, 11:37 AM

Cold fusion?

I wish we'd develope natural gas more. North America has tons of it.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 03-12-12, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

If only we could find a way to to take the CO2 from the atmosphere and water and powered by sunlight to create the molecules that compose oil and it's products, thus making oil a renewable resource. Sparing us the trouble of adapting the infrastructure from oil based to electricity/hydrogen based.

Actually it already is, but the capacity is too low (for now)

Do you mean algae based fuel developed by EADS?

03-11-12, 09:26 PM	#34
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Would anyone like about twenty barrels of glycerine byproduct? Green energy has a ways to go before it's viable in my experience. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

03-12-12, 01:09 AM	#37
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	If all homes came standard with solar panels that WERENT tacky and expensive as all get up, then why not have them? Once the technology gets cheaper, theres really no reason not to use it. With a combination of solar powered homes producing their OWN electricity and putting back into the grid, hydroelectric, and a bit of nuclear, well have all the power well need. Eventually, solar panels or whatever theyll have in the future to substitute for it should become standard on every new home built. oil is not our friend. Its an unhealthy addiction thats going to send our species into the toilet. Eventually it will run out. Not too far in the future we may be finding ourselves paying outrageously high gas prices, outrageously high electric bills, and a spike in pretty much the price of EVERYTHING, including food. Invest now, reap the rewards later. __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

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mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	With the uncertainty of how long this finite resource will last, it's better to plan for its inevitable disappearance now, rather than waiting for it to run out and not having a viable back up. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Cold fusion? I wish we'd develope natural gas more. North America has tons of it. __________________

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Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Saw this on Reddit. Talks about Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel.

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	If only we could find a way to to take the CO2 from the atmosphere and water and powered by sunlight to create the molecules that compose oil and it's products, thus making oil a renewable resource. Sparing us the trouble of adapting the infrastructure from oil based to electricity/hydrogen based. Actually it already is, but the capacity is too low (for now)