https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34372005/solar-cheapest-energy-ever/
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 11:30 AM Mike Meluskey <m...@broadband.vi> wrote: > > Molten Salt Reactor: > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/llewellynking/2020/10/13/new-design-molten-salt-reactor-is-cheaper-to-run-consumes-nuclear-waste/amp/ > > On 23 Oct 2020, at 12:48, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > Niagra falls gets turned off and on for the tourists. Perhaps they could > do Yellowstone the same way. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2020 10:35 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ot: politics: news/pundits in the middle > > > We could turn Yellowstone park into a massive geothermal facility that > could power the whole country, but maybe we'd rather have a park. Tough > call (in all seriousness). Allegedly extracting energy from the volcano > could reduce the risk of eruption too. > Nuclear fission gets a lot of bad press for no good reason. We'd rather > burn coal and gas and release the radioactive isotypes from those fuels I > guess. > > > > On 10/23/2020 12:23 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > I guess that the low pressure area behind the blades is significant enough > to rupture the lungs of bats. > Some folks call them a visual blight. Personally I like watching them. > They are relaxing to watch. > But if we want clean power, nuclear, hydro and geothermal are still the > only games in town. Even solar panels have a toxic waste stream and a less > than zero carbon foot print. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2020 10:15 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ot: politics: news/pundits in the middle > > > Maybe the windmill blades should be vellum on a bamboo frame, and the pole > should be a wooden pylon buried in the dirt. > > > On 10/23/2020 12:07 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > He was right about the birds. Doesn’t kill all of them but it is a very > large problem, especially for migratory water foul. > The anti windmill crowd says the amount of CO2 released by the concrete, > steel and petroleum that it takes to create a windmill will never balance > out in the amount of CO2 it saves from the atmosphere. > > Could be true. His problem is that he hears fragments of factoids and > delivers them in a way that it sounds like he is making crap up on the > fly. > > OK, sorry for breaking lent... we have been all pretty well behaved. > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2020 9:02 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ot: politics: news/pundits in the middle > > "I know more about wind than you do," Mr Trump replied, before going on to > say windmills are extremely expensive, “kill all the birds” and “the fumes > coming up, if you’re a believer in carbon emission … for these massive > windmills is more than anything we’re talking about with natural gas which > is very clean”. > Enough said. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 9:24 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The moderator tonite is a known leftist trashcan. She was left heavy. >> >> She corrected course every time she started down her natural path. >> >> Shes the best moderator I've seen in my time watching debates. This was >> amazing. >> >> So after the fact I'm looking for punditry, switching between the big 3 >> (tiny 2 CNN MSNBC and max fox) and it's what I expect from each. >> >> Where would I go if I want to watch some serious discussion? >> >> Also I dont care who you are, joe is right on daca, and I wish nancy and >> chuck hadn't brick walled trump on the same thing. It's time we stop using >> daca humans and capital. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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