Comments on: The Logic of Deployment, Deployment, Deployment, R&D, Deployment, Deployment, Deployment

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:48:00 +0000

they don’t always act irrationally either, especially when it means extra change in their pockets.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:47:00 +0000

the don’t always act irrationally either, especially when it means extra $$ in their pockets.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:14:00 +0000

well, people don’t always act rationally, especially when it means changing something they are used to.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:13:00 +0000

If solar panels were cheaper than power from the mains, most houses would have them, which would cut CO2 production from coal fired power plants by about 1/3.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:53:08 +0000

“Wants wrong with burning natural gas without any CO2 or other GHG emissions?” Are you saying nat. gas doesn’t have GG emissions? If so, just to clarify, it does. It also causes water quality problems and earthquakes the way it’s being acquired now. Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and other renewables can replace coal (and nuclear). We’ve known that for years.

By: Alex White

Alex White — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:16 +0000

Wants wrong with burning natural gas without any CO2 or other GHG emissions? That guy wants to end coal, too. He says it costs “less than coal generated electricity.”

I don’t know if we have the resources or the time to wait for solar to replace coal.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:47:48 +0000

nicely put.

By: Alex White

Alex White — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:02:43 +0000

This guy in Austin, TX has launched a “solution” (he says) that can burn natural gas clean and replace coal in 10 years while “eliminating 80% of the CO2 and GHG emissions.” I think he’s figured out an inexpensive way to provide oxygen and nitrogen to power plants. I remember from college that combining oxygen (instead of air) with natural gas creates the same heat with half the natural gas and no NOx emissions. It must also reduce the CO2.

Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj3Zc-SF0YE

He’s working on a bunch of important problems.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:56:55 +0000

When you don’t count the cost of coal and oil in the equation, yes they come out cheaper. But only by not counting costs. Lets do a national draft, everyone between 18-28 must spend 5 years full time at 2xMin wage installing solar/wind/eff projects. We will call it the Clean/Green army. You can only get out by paying $200k per month you want to skip and accept a 5% additional tax on your life time income. If we did that then solar/wind would be cheaper but it isn’t real cost. Anymore that people are comparing real cost today. When I burn coal and don’t pay the medical bills of those I make sick it is the same as having force labor above.