New energy sources?

[Tom Earp]

The big thing now is a or any new energy concept to keep polutents from the air to stop global warming!

Kansas has and is fighting two new coal fired power plants in western Kansas.

So, I now find out that my local power company is looking as natural gas which will double the cost, but cleaner.

Wind farms in Kansas, but will not have the transmission lines from the coal fired trunk lines so is now cost prohibitive and will not be built.

Ethanol is the hot button item as grain is re-growable. But, it is not as polutent free as we were told and cost more to drive per mile. It also has caused the cost of meat, eggs, milk, and bread to go up.
Seen the price increases lately at your local grocers?

So, coal is cheaper, and can have what is called scrubbers to cut down on emisions, but still are not going to be allowed.

Any natural fuel usage is going to be in dire straits as the will run out eventually!

Oh, lets go to Nucelar. China Syndrom or Chernoybol in Russia or 10 Mile Island?

Where does the used material go that last for thousands of years!

So, lets not slow down urban sprawl in building and cutting down trees, or make cars more efficiant in driving? Oh, maybe in 2019 or longer is good enough!

I drive an average of 4.5 miles a day, how about you?

1999 Honda with 47,000 miles on it! I do my part and try using solar as much as I can!

Just more Federal Govenment ineptitude at work!

[Scandia]

Is geothermal power even a possibility? Or did the writers of Captain Planet have too much imagination and idealism?

[catiebug]

Now I know that some people say that things get bigger after nuclear accidents, but I think an island growing by seven miles is a bit of a stretch.

Or is this just another Earpism?

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Oh, lets go to Nucelar. China Syndrom or Chernoybol in Russia or 10 Mile Island?

Gooey buns are nuclear waste.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by catiebug

Gooey buns are nuclear waste.

LOL!!

[AKA_Monet]

LOL: Earp means "Three Mile Island" incident that happened in the 1970's, "they" called it the China Syndrome--meaning the nuclear rods got so hot that it would melt a hole all the way to the other side of the Earth, which was euphemistically thought to be China (based on latitudes and longitudes on maps). There is a old movie about it with Jane Fonda. "Three Mile Island" is in Pennsylvania.

Tom, I dunno what to think about the US energy crisis. We have failed to invest for novel energy development in our country. We've been combatting wars for over 40 years without new and improved technologies. Solar, Wind, Hydroelectric and Natural Gas.

We need infrastructure re-alignments made.

Call is Reaganomics dysregulation?

All I got to say, is that it is going to get worse before it gets better.

My uncle is part of Williams Corp. in Oklahoma

[macallan25]

There are new technologies for extracting natural gas.

[catiebug]

My 10-year-old son would call that "farting."

Originally Posted by macallan25

There are new technologies for extracting natural gas.

[Tom Earp]

OOPs. okay, 3 mile island!

But where are we going with energy????

Geo Thermal is an idea that I forgot and does not seem to be overly popular.

Methene gas is being tried at land fills and why not? It is almost a reuseable fuel because of the trash that the average person throws away weekly.

While funny to some, I find it pretty serious as my electric, water, sewer, and gas bill continue to grow each year.

Now, the protected and thought untouchable areas of the Artic and Antartic snow/ice masses are melting.

So you coasties beware as you will be underwater when I am long gone!

[Tom Earp]

Does anyone have a passive solar house?

I really looked into it when I was married and talked to a builder. Had some plans for an English Tudor house and changed some of it for passive solar. I got divorced and she took the plans.

Now, I keep the blinds open when it is sunny and close them at night when I go to bed. It helps as my last gas bill was $130.00 up from $72.00.

Remember, I am gone for 1/2 day at work.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Does anyone have a passive solar house?

I really looked into it when I was married and talked to a builder. Had some plans for an English Tudor house and changed some of it for passive solar. I got divorced and she took the plans.

Now, I keep the blinds open when it is sunny and close them at night when I go to bed. It helps as my last gas bill was $130.00 up from $72.00.

Remember, I am gone for 1/2 day at work.

I know my brother just bought a house in California that has passive solar panels on it. He can somehow sell back the power that it generates to the power company. He also has some kind of geo-thermal water heater or something that has pipes that are underground in his backyard. The water is heated by the earth and then cycles back into the house. He's been there since July and said his electric and gas bills are less than his cable bill.

[DeltAlum]

Gee.

Let's all attack each other for the sake of attacking.

Speaking of energy, this is a waste of it.

If you don't want to comment on the topic, don't come back to the thread.

Thank you.