Just changed their minds..

[Busher]

I never liked it when someone gave the time as "a quarter of". Typically that meant 15 minutes until the coming hour but I was never sure if someone meant 15 mins before or 15 after. If I've said it, and I probably have in decades past, it was "a quarter to or a quarter after".

Thank you for explaining that. I have wondered about that for years.

[Eagler]

Exactly the BRICS folks won't give a darn but our voted in wimps will .. Best start building those nuke plants yesterday eh..

Interesting times ahead..

Eagler

[Shuffler]

Back to the op..

Funny how the green crowd is ok with the energy required for their AI and crypto $$$ now...

Do you think they ever believed the climate hoax or was it just purely manipulation like most things are these days..

Eagler

The green crowd loves wind power. They just don't know that those wind generators can each require up to 2000 gallons of oil to operate. Each and every one of them.

[Lazerr]

The green crowd loves wind power. They just don't know that those wind generators can each require up to 2000 gallons of oil to operate. Each and every one of them.

I knew maintenance and life span on those things wasnt good at all, but 2000 gallons of oil?? That is insane.

I think we need to find a good balance of renewable and fossil fuel energies..

[icepac]

No such thing as “fossil fuel”.

[Eagler]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-in-nvidias-hometown-sit-idle-as-grid-struggles-to-keep-up

How many windmills do those take..

Eagler

[Eagler]

I knew maintenance and life span on those things wasnt good at all, but 2000 gallons of oil?? That is insane.

I think we need to find a good balance of renewable and fossil fuel energies..

Not sure if Landman was spewing facts but it stated the production of windmills cancels out any green energy they might produce..



Eagler

[CptTrips]

Not sure if Landman was spewing facts but it stated the production of windmills cancels out any green energy they might produce..



Eagler

And what happens when the oil runs out?

Do we believe oil is an infinite resource?  Abiotic?  I don't believe it is.

IMHO, wind and solar are best leveraged at point of use.  A lot of local system on your property not a few mega systems that have to transmit and store the power.   

Every household (in the appropriate areas of the country) with solar on the roof.  Rural properties with solar and a small 5k wind turbine (in the appropriate areas of the country).

Grid-tie so you pull from the grid when needed.

Someday oil will run out, but long before that, it's increasing scarcity will drive prices to the moon as it becomes obvious the supply is dwindling.  Not next year.  Not next 10 years.  But given how long it would take to re-engineer our power grids, it is something that would be wise to start thinking about and planning for.

[Eagler]

So Landman is true?

If so it should not be called green anything...just shifting $$$ from the oil barron to the subsidized alternative less efficient energy barons..

I don't think in the long run they will be any better for the planet except for some ppl bank accounts...

Eagler