keithfeather's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/112434/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/174173-did-cash-for-clunkers-cost-too-much?source=feed#comment-768855 768855 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:01:44 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/174456-rapid-transition-to-grid-enabled-vehicles-not-possible-or-desirable?source=feed#comment-768834 768834
Keith . ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:32 -0500
Keith . ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169901-market-to-shine-on-solar-industry-through-2011?source=feed#comment-737443 737443 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:45:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/169901-market-to-shine-on-solar-industry-through-2011?source=feed#comment-737069 737069
CO2 generated to produce all the energy to install 1kw: 75 tons
CO2 avoided per year based on 300days, 8 hours, 75% output: 3 tons

So to break even at $1 per kw connected to the grid will only take 25 years to break even on the CO2 balance. ]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:25:34 -0400
CO2 generated to produce all the energy to install 1kw: 75 tons
CO2 avoided per year based on 300days, 8 hours, 75% output: 3 tons

So to break even at $1 per kw connected to the grid will only take 25 years to break even on the CO2 balance. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-736135 736135

On Oct 29 03:14 PM john s. gordon wrote:

> bubbette -
> maybe it is all the methane being released by the methane hydrates
> under the permafrost as the permafrost melts due to warming caused
> by CO2.
> soon the fabled northwest passage (sought since the 16th century)
> around the north of canada will be ice free due to global warming.
> boon to shipping. same with the northeast passage around the north
> of russia. icebreaker constructors better watch out - like the buggywhip
> mfrs in 1900 you are doomed.]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:13:17 -0400

On Oct 29 03:14 PM john s. gordon wrote:

> bubbette -
> maybe it is all the methane being released by the methane hydrates
> under the permafrost as the permafrost melts due to warming caused
> by CO2.
> soon the fabled northwest passage (sought since the 16th century)
> around the north of canada will be ice free due to global warming.
> boon to shipping. same with the northeast passage around the north
> of russia. icebreaker constructors better watch out - like the buggywhip
> mfrs in 1900 you are doomed.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-735662 735662

On Oct 29 12:08 PM ProLogic wrote:

> @ keithfeather -- We probably do need more nuclear power for the
> short run.
>
> But what will we do with all of that nuclear waste for the long run?
> This radioactive material takes thousands of years to decay, and
> the decay product remains highly toxic forever.]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:14:41 -0400

On Oct 29 12:08 PM ProLogic wrote:

> @ keithfeather -- We probably do need more nuclear power for the
> short run.
>
> But what will we do with all of that nuclear waste for the long run?
> This radioactive material takes thousands of years to decay, and
> the decay product remains highly toxic forever.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-735626 735626
At 400 ppm it's disasterous, at 200 ppm, we can't grow enough food for the people already here, and at 0 (bet there are some "caring folks" who think this would be a goal) all life ends.


On Oct 29 11:49 AM ProLogic wrote:
> with carbon pollution?]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:27 -0400
At 400 ppm it's disasterous, at 200 ppm, we can't grow enough food for the people already here, and at 0 (bet there are some "caring folks" who think this would be a goal) all life ends.


On Oct 29 11:49 AM ProLogic wrote:
> with carbon pollution?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-735614 735614

On Oct 29 11:49 AM ProLogic wrote:
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> What would cap-and-trade opponents offer as an alternative to deal
> with carbon pollution?]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:56:54 -0400

On Oct 29 11:49 AM ProLogic wrote:
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> What would cap-and-trade opponents offer as an alternative to deal
> with carbon pollution?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-735582 735582

" We need to drain the swamp."]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:39:22 -0400

" We need to drain the swamp."]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169805-cap-and-trade-would-sink-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-735560 735560 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/282191-dr-o/33443-conservatism-rising?source=feed#comment-735313 735313 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:35:54 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/169418-what-the-solar-industry-wants-in-a-climate-change-bill?source=feed#comment-735275 735275
IMHO the industry to follow is remote load shedding, reducing/eliminating spinning reserve and reserve capacity. ]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:06:45 -0400
IMHO the industry to follow is remote load shedding, reducing/eliminating spinning reserve and reserve capacity. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/169418-what-the-solar-industry-wants-in-a-climate-change-bill?source=feed#comment-735249 735249 at 350 ppm (0.035%) CO2, nirvana, maybe
at 200 ppm (0.02%) CO2, 50% reduction in food production, billiions starve,
at 0 ppm CO2 all life on planet ceases to exist.

not your average "pollutant".]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:55:42 -0400 at 350 ppm (0.035%) CO2, nirvana, maybe
at 200 ppm (0.02%) CO2, 50% reduction in food production, billiions starve,
at 0 ppm CO2 all life on planet ceases to exist.

not your average "pollutant".]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168708-world-recovery-is-in-the-hands-of-opec?source=feed#comment-729998 729998 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:49:34 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168070-ge-to-participate-in-worlds-biggest-carbon-capture-project?source=feed#comment-725700 725700 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:33:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168070-ge-to-participate-in-worlds-biggest-carbon-capture-project?source=feed#comment-725307 725307 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:37:25 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/167152-buyer-s-market-intensifies-as-florida-struggles-with-mounting-foreclosures?source=feed#comment-719978 719978 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:20:55 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/165503-gold-breaks-out-but-beware-a-potential-pullback?source=feed#comment-708853 708853 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:34:36 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/165042-hybrids-lead-the-way-for-auto-transport-industry?source=feed#comment-706327 706327



On Oct 07 12:33 AM THofler wrote:

> Keith, Any idea what the transmission losses are from say Nebraska
> to S.F.? I'd guess more than 60% lost even with state of the art
> hardware.]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:56:10 -0400



On Oct 07 12:33 AM THofler wrote:

> Keith, Any idea what the transmission losses are from say Nebraska
> to S.F.? I'd guess more than 60% lost even with state of the art
> hardware.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/165072-climate-change-energy-and-manufacturing?source=feed#comment-705467 705467 TW) is 1000 gigawatts. So a 16 terawatt is 16,000,000 megawatts. :)


On Oct 06 01:56 PM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:

> isc Solar is about to become a big part of our lives, as it careens
> toward long sought profitability, and it will suit you to learn more
> about it. To get a good introduction to the industry, both through
> some good engineering statistics and some great pictures, then check
> out the September edition of National Geographic magazine by clicking
> here . Total world electricity demand today is 16 terawatts (16,000
> megawatts), and that is expected to grow to 20 terawatts by 2020.
> Solar comes in two flavors, thermal and photovoltaic (seekingalpha.com/symbo...).
> Thermal is the old dinosaur technology, with thousands of convex
> mirrors arrayed to heat piped oil, which is then used to power a
> conventional steam power plan, converting about 24% of the sun’s
> energy into electricity. The future is with photovoltaic solar, which
> uses the semiconducting ability of silicon to grab electrons directly
> from sunlight. PV is less efficient at a 10% conversion rate, more
> expensive, but is making great leaps forward. It would only take
> 100 square miles of PV panels placed on rooftops to meet all of the
> electricity demands of the US. The final goal is to develop silicon
> paint which you then apply to your house to generate power, all for
> the cost of a bucket of regular paint. PV chips in the lab are already
> achieving efficiencies of 40%. First Solar (seekingalpha.com/symbo...)
> now owns the cutting edge with its thin film panels, a company I
> have written about extensively (click here for the report ). It is
> also a great trading vehicle, with plenty of volatility, and the
> recent silicon panel price war with China has knocked the stock down
> into “buy” territory. The additional of FSLR to the S&P 500,
> the first alternative stock to do so, is the writing on the wall.
> I regularly mine this magazine for long term technology and environmental
> trends, and my kids love cutting up the pictures. After all, it was
> founded by one of the original venture capitalists, Alexander Graham
> Bell, the inventor of the telephone.]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:03:51 -0400 TW) is 1000 gigawatts. So a 16 terawatt is 16,000,000 megawatts. :)


On Oct 06 01:56 PM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:

> isc Solar is about to become a big part of our lives, as it careens
> toward long sought profitability, and it will suit you to learn more
> about it. To get a good introduction to the industry, both through
> some good engineering statistics and some great pictures, then check
> out the September edition of National Geographic magazine by clicking
> here . Total world electricity demand today is 16 terawatts (16,000
> megawatts), and that is expected to grow to 20 terawatts by 2020.
> Solar comes in two flavors, thermal and photovoltaic (seekingalpha.com/symbo...).
> Thermal is the old dinosaur technology, with thousands of convex
> mirrors arrayed to heat piped oil, which is then used to power a
> conventional steam power plan, converting about 24% of the sun’s
> energy into electricity. The future is with photovoltaic solar, which
> uses the semiconducting ability of silicon to grab electrons directly
> from sunlight. PV is less efficient at a 10% conversion rate, more
> expensive, but is making great leaps forward. It would only take
> 100 square miles of PV panels placed on rooftops to meet all of the
> electricity demands of the US. The final goal is to develop silicon
> paint which you then apply to your house to generate power, all for
> the cost of a bucket of regular paint. PV chips in the lab are already
> achieving efficiencies of 40%. First Solar (seekingalpha.com/symbo...)
> now owns the cutting edge with its thin film panels, a company I
> have written about extensively (click here for the report ). It is
> also a great trading vehicle, with plenty of volatility, and the
> recent silicon panel price war with China has knocked the stock down
> into “buy” territory. The additional of FSLR to the S&P 500,
> the first alternative stock to do so, is the writing on the wall.
> I regularly mine this magazine for long term technology and environmental
> trends, and my kids love cutting up the pictures. After all, it was
> founded by one of the original venture capitalists, Alexander Graham
> Bell, the inventor of the telephone.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/165042-hybrids-lead-the-way-for-auto-transport-industry?source=feed#comment-705087 705087
And the pollution to make all that electricity would be conveniently in the midwest. ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:20:54 -0400
And the pollution to make all that electricity would be conveniently in the midwest. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/165072-climate-change-energy-and-manufacturing?source=feed#comment-705062 705062
The alternative would be to suggest that America no longer has the talent to be a first tier manufacturer, an idea I cannot accept. ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:09:00 -0400
The alternative would be to suggest that America no longer has the talent to be a first tier manufacturer, an idea I cannot accept. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/163428-has-silver-s-outperformance-reversed?source=feed#comment-690577 690577 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:08:43 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/155738-90-a-barrel-oil-is-the-floor-for-cellulosic-ethanol-says-study?source=feed#comment-628151 628151 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:35:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/154245-u-s-homeowners-underwater?source=feed#comment-618868 618868 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:25:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/152860-natural-gas-coal-producer-cds-levels-diverge-on-earnings?source=feed#comment-609675 609675 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:01:55 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/152127-electric-cars-could-dominate-market-by-2030?source=feed#comment-607990 607990 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:09:00 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/149025-unwise-to-tax-the-rich-to-pay-for-health-care?source=feed#comment-605753 605753
Health care is a rational expense of the state in so much as there is a valid return for the investment. Beyond that it is charity, which I wholeheartedly encourage to those who will feel better by offering it. ]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:19:27 -0400
Health care is a rational expense of the state in so much as there is a valid return for the investment. Beyond that it is charity, which I wholeheartedly encourage to those who will feel better by offering it. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/149025-unwise-to-tax-the-rich-to-pay-for-health-care?source=feed#comment-605752 605752
Health care is a rational expense of the state in so much as there is a valid return for the investment. Beyond that it is charity, which I wholeheartedly encourage to those who will feel better by offering it. ]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:19:27 -0400
Health care is a rational expense of the state in so much as there is a valid return for the investment. Beyond that it is charity, which I wholeheartedly encourage to those who will feel better by offering it. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151547-forget-the-1930s-we-re-reliving-1975-part-ii?source=feed#comment-605695 605695 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:52:44 -0400