nakedjaybird

This Week in Renewable Energy

Fast neutron - the way you think we should not build any homes cause all they do is use energy.

If you've got the rooftops and land, build 'em. The juice is free; whatever the efficiency.

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

Shotei - I overlooked the obvious within your own argument above, above: I guarantee you that we could not have gone to Mars, or the moon, nor google earth without SOLAR VOLTAICS.

frflyer - I agree that all the "greenie/polllution stuff" preceding some more valid points which you do make - is a turnoff. It's not unlike reminding many that we don't have enough worker/payers of tax and into Soc.Sec. to support the retired, because we killed many of those folks annually for the past 35 years, didn't stop it and in fact legalized it - and, of course, I'm talking about aborting unborns in or near the womb.

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

Chris B and Old Wizzard for President!!!!!

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

CLH - myabe we should reexamine the necessity of going to Mars.

The rest is ostrich talk.

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

Shotei - your impossibilities are impossible, if not just plain incredible!

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

Shotie - you already get your electricity from 1000 miles away.

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

I never realized I was so much Democrat and so litte Republican. Obama is going to unhook DC from Houston and connect what neither party of "LEADERSHIP" have really addressed since 1973. Leave the coal, oil, gas, shale, tar sands, etc., stored in the ground. (I do acknolwedge that we did leave more of our oil in the ground and used other nations oil, which was smart, but did not really fix our addiction).

PS - we had windmill power before we had REA's (1930's), and even before we had electricity; we had electric vehicles in the 1910's; we used solar heating since the Garden of Eden; and we had many "modern" applications of solar photovoltaics and fuel cells in the 1960's.

Progress!

China Solar Companies Slowing Production

Ya, and which are thin film guys and which are not?

Goldman Turns Cautious on Solar Sector

Well, after reading some of the other comments, I see that I didn't have to make any comment.

Goldman Turns Cautious on Solar Sector

Where was Molnar several months ago with his insight when everything used for his BASIS was already known??? And it's Goldman, yet!!!!

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

Globalwarmingexaminer - if you worked for me I have to fire your a**.

Reread the post before yours DESCRIBING IN PLAIN ENGLISH how solar power generation and NO OIL transporation are indeed related.

The more NO OIL TRANSPORTATION the more SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIFIED RAIL TRANSPORTATION. That's a direct relationship.

SOLAR ALSO HAS AN indirect relationship on coal and NG power generation - the more of solar (and wind) the less coal and NG get BURNED.

Clear?

The only way this is wrong is if the price of oil is not directly related to the demand and the un availabitlity of oil.

Hey, I give up.

Let's all go eat ham and eggs as long as there are ham and eggs. Soon everyone is going to be looking for ham, or eggs; take your pick.

And if that soon is caused by an embargo, hurricane, nationalization, our hydrocarbon assets bought by foreign entities and exported...... we will certainly wish we had already developed some alternatives.

So it goes.....

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

akapital - where you are wrong about needing a Henry Ford of solar is this: Henry's success comes when we have a cheap biofuel injected burner encapsulated with waste heat solid state direct conversion to electric ChousMotor driven electric car with a grass tank and unlimited range filled at grass filling stations, unless they want to ride on electrified rail ferries along the electrified inter/trastate railways which also carry all the cargo presently carried by diesel trucks, and the rails are supplied by, GUESS WHAT, SOLAR AND WIND. AS ARE ALL THE EXISTING RAILROADS. That's the complexity of the new Henry Ford.

No more internal combustion engines; hybrids running on grass combusters; electrified ferries for goods and people movement.

No more oil, gas, and coal (and their expensive, complex extenders [shale, sands, gasification, liqiufaction, etc.). No drill, drill, drill and dig, dig, dig required.

Get a new grip!!

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

Sep 01 04:37 PMuser211108 - i read the nyt aricle you mentioned. Basically, it just lists the roadblocks people keep thowing in the way of getting the right things done.

As I have said in other blogs, the grid needs to be beefed up and expanded, and also provide for solar and wind hook-up. And I grossly stated that high power transmission lines are probably within 25-50 miles of any future installation.

Take a look at where all the hydro installations are (Grand Coulee Dam in the middle of nowhere is the equivalent of 8 (eight) 1000 MWe nuc plants. No look at the rest of the hydro locations west/midwest/southeast... etc. As for nucs; we have over 100 1000 MWe plants scattered around the US - few states without - most state are less than 200 mi in one direction or another. Then there is the coal - everywhere??

So, the grid problem is just a bunch of roadblocks (policy/politics/regul... - we have the technology and wherewithall to improve it and expand it immediately. Report abuse
nakedjaybird
Sep 01 09:20 PMYou know, in the NYTimes article, a FERC member member is quoted saying we need an "INTERSTATE TRANSMISSION SUPERHIGHWAY SYSTEM" - he is so right.

And where they should run that grid is alongside/between/abov... the US Interstate hiway system that exists. And then, put the electrified ferries on steel-wheeled rails in the same space. Then we simply take the cargo off the diesel (biodiesel hybrid) trucks and ferry it electrically powered by solar and wind - that's a good role for solar and wind.

Centainly takes the wind out of the sails of the contras that continually talk about balancing the grid.

This idea solves two if not three problems at the same time. Since the Gov't steamrolled for the interstate highway system, let them steamroll for electrifying it. Simple. The right of way is there. Who's going to argure?. Yes, I know, someone will.

And what's the distance between interstate hiways? Do they go thru wind mill and solar land, and do they eventually move right into cities, and go thru where all the people are. DUH??

I hope someone in FERC reads this.

Help out, guys. I'm like solarPV on a native hut, with a microwave, color TV, cell phone, but connected to no one.


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nakedjaybird
Sep 01 09:27 PMOh yes, and wireless internet!

But I'm as helpless as all the steers running around me and that just reminds me of Washington DC every time I look at them and feed them. And what do I get in return - about the same stuff - let me help you city folks, it's hot, wet, sort of like putty, and smells like shit. If it looks like, smells like, feels like, it probably is.........yup!

Happy Memorial Day to all the Vets and all those enjoying the freedom they have provided in the US and worldwide - regardless of the naysayers.

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

Like - there's nothing new under the sun.

So, yes; the Henry Ford of solar is still in front of us.

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

And solar-thermal has been in use since the Beginning.