Re: Hope?

Well I read your post twice so thanks!

:-)

I think that anything that helps clarify the options is useful...

I find it difficult seeing the wood for the trees in all this.
(Especially if the trees expire methane!). Frankly its only the 'Greed'
things that seem transparent!

(I often sit at my computer with the heating off and a woolly hat on with
ear-flaps to conserve energy ;-) although I am starting to worry a little
about 'jetting-off' here and there...

Obviously there is a lot of 'work' for the academics to do to come up with
some consensus on the best options here but it could be an exiting time to
design schemes for us to sustainably coexist with our planets environment
:-)

Cheers,
Stefan

ps one day I WILL have a windmill :-)



<peter_tj_andrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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From a Buddhist (or 'ethical') point of view, the availability of
energy and natural resources has a direct relation to suffering -
particularly for those on low incomes and developing nations, as well
as the effects on the environment, and relations between countries.

Okay, maybe this should be in another forum, but ...

As for the report in the Guardian:

What about when the gas runs out? It doesn't make much sense laying
down such a massive infastructure that may quickly become obsolete.

The report also makes no mention of bio-fuels e.g. rape seed oil (an
unfortunate name I know), which are carbon neutral, and a much more
reliable and 'secure' source of energy, especially for the UK.

The report also mentions that other technologies will be ineffective in
our climate or just too expensive to implement. For example hot water
solar panels. This isn't true. These are essentially a blackened
radiator (working in reverse or course) and a *** of glass. Mass
production will ensure such devices can be made cheaply. And they do a
good job of raising the temperature of cold-mains water to a level that
can be efficiently heated (by conventional means) to the required
60degC for central heating etc.
Similar arguments can be made for solar-electric panels and wind
turbines (especially the micro turbines). And all of this technology
has been around for decades.

Alternative means of creating energy from fossil fuels (coal, oil and
natural gas) will only serve us in the short term. And will reduce the
investment in long term, sustainable solutions - many of which require
minimal financial outlay.

So, in my view, a (fossil fuel based) "hydrogen economy" is not the
answer.

I hope I didnt rant too much, especially as it's my first post to this
forum.
But I hope someone finds this of some interest,

Peter



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