Pickens' plan is good for infrastructure power (buildings, houses, etc.), but needs a vehicular alternative to make it work properly. No electric car than you can plug in at home? No luck.Hey, if we can have something going in 10 years, let's get going.
Until we get there, let's kick some ass and take some names, and boot some crooks.
and get Boones plan to the next step.
Pickens' plan is good for infrastructure power (buildings, houses, etc.), but needs a vehicular alternative to make it work properly. No electric car than you can plug in at home? No luck.
My major issue with more forms of alternative energy being bandied abouts is that it talks more about infrastructure solutions, but doesn't touch vehicular. Ethanol (lets hope that doesn't play out) is currently the only alternative that works with large vehicles/trucks/semis. Electric doesnt' cut it for large vehicles.
don't even need to click on that. it's well-known that at best new drilling will be fractional hedge against the inevitable maybe 10 years down the road.
if and only if, an electric-only car can be built economically.
pickens plan is the same as it always has been. To line his pockets. He's been exposed a hundred times as a self serving conman.
I don't have a problem with the man making money. I have a problem with him making money like this.
Build'em to your hearts content. I have no issues with nuclear power... oil and coal-fired I have issues with...and not because of greenhouse gasses.They can be. However, how many nuke plants do we need to keep the power grid operational?
Modern engines barely hit 40% efficiency. Comparing them to modern power plants gives power plants a bad nameelectric cars are, and always have been .. a joke. Today's cars are nearly as efficient as massive power plants are. People, on the other hand, simply need to learn how to drive them more efficiently. There's a company (which I can't find at the moment, but I'll track them down later) who builds a small add on accessory for all makes and models which does one thing. Turns on a light on your dash to tell you when you're driving inefficiently. Studies showed that within a week, average fuel consumption dropped by 10% across the board. Brake earlier, easy on the take off, empty the trunk of unneeded crap, and get a regular tune up .... no need for electric anything. Sitting in traffic? Turn off the damn engine. Contrary to common belief, modern cars don't use more than 5 minutes of gas while starting. More like 10 secs worth.
A lot of these things help your personal gas consumption. So would maximum speeds on all vehicles (120kph/65mph) - mandated.
It's a supply/demand problem where alternative sources of power seem to be the only way out from under that particular thumb.
The same market that brought you Fredy and Fannie?Oh goody, more regualtions & laws.
Let the market decide.
Exactly ... the problem is that 'electric' isn't an alternative to dino. Power companies generate power based on usage, with a certain 'extra' offline generation available for tapping. Cheapest comes first, so all the hydro electric can and should be considered as already under use. Then comes coal/diesel. Then nuke. Solar/ thermal/wave seldom have the numbers to change anything significantly. That means that any increase in electric demand will almost always be an increase in coal/diesel production.
Oh, and as for car's efficiency .... you do know what they say about statistics. Do yourself a favour and look into exactly what your '40%' draws from. I'll wager they're counting a whole lot of idling in there.
So, then we're better off not drilling because it's too long until we reap any benefit. After all, oil will be more plentiful in ten years.