Re: Moon proves the green house effect is b*llocks

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:00:29 -0700, "Another Problem Solved By R.G.P."
<racgammon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 15, 7:34 am, Cynic <cynic_...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So what actions do you propose should be taken? Stop generating CO2
and return to the stone age? Quickly invest our entire GNP in wind
farms?

Oh my. Stone age! Our *entire* GNP! Are those are only options? But
let's talk wind power.

What percentage of US GNP (or GDP) -- would you guess -- *is*
currently invested in wind energy?

Answer: not very much. According to the American Wind Energy
Association, in 2005 wind power supplied 0.5% of electricity
consumption in the USA, the equivalent of only about 1.6 million
households. Meanwhile, in Denmark, parts of Germany and Spain, wind
power supplied over 20% of electricity demand. Why can they do it but
we can't? The AWEA estimates that $50 billion in new investment would
increase wind power-supplied electricity by 700% -- the equivalent of
about 11 million households -- and create 10,000 jobs, by the way. And
$50 billion is a drop in the GDP bucket. US GDP in 2005 was $12
trillion.

People with technical competence know that wind power is very limited.

The issue is Reliablity.

The peak demand for electrical energy comes when it is very, very hot.
At that time, the energy from wind power goes down, down, down.

Almost every American citizen wants their electricity 24/7.
As one essayist on the web notes, people do not realize that the
electricity has been on Every Day of Their Life.

Wind energy is fine, but it just ain't enough to keep that electricity
ON 24/7.

In Denmark, parts of Germany and Spain, they are now realizing that
20% from wind energy is about the absolute maximum they can expect if
they want 99.9% reliable electricity.

If you expect more than that reliability, Nuclear Power is the only
way to go.


Go tell Teddy Kennedy to quit opposing those windmill in view of his
vacation property.

Yeah, and quit cross-posting, you Jackass.
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