Energy problems before we solve green energy

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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:22 pm

Sooner or later Texans will just need to move into RVs and drive them to Mexico in the cold.
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Cunt » Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:23 pm

Are you in the southern US? Shit dude...be warm.

For that matter, I've been trying to think about how to share 'cold cope knowledge' with you. What's your most frustrating cold problem right now?
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It is actually quite easy. A woman has at least one X chromosome.
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:32 pm

I'm fine. My house is relatively new, so --fingers crossed-- not as prone to some of the problems my neighbors are having e.g. busted pipes. The gas company replaced a broken line in the yard a few years ago, so unless they fail to get the gas out to me that's unlikely to be a problem now either. I have a ton of firewood if it's needed, bottled water and food. Thankfully I'm more in a position atm to help, than to need it.

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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Cunt » Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:49 pm

Excellent! If things get cold enough to warrant it, running a teeny bit of water through can be the thing that keeps you from frozen pipe woes.

Good to be in a position to help, and the cold won't last, but the damage done by it WILL last. Water will be screwy, because (prediction) many people who are ignorant will find themselves ruining their water systems...

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Joe wrote:
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:22 pm
he doesn't communicate

The 'Walsh Question' 'What Is A Woman?' I'll put an answer here when someone posts one that is clear and comprehensible, by apostates to the Faith.

Update: I've been offered one!
rainbow wrote:
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It is actually quite easy. A woman has at least one X chromosome.
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:56 am

The ice collects on the wind turbine blades. Same thing happens on my heat pump.
The researchers identified one kind of ice — wet “glaze” ice — that is particularly of concern. This ice creates a cottage cheese-like texture on turbine blades, which slows down airflow. In a field experiment, researchers found that during a 30-hour period when blades iced over, power production dropped by up to 80 percent.

Even worse, this ice can cause turbines to become severely unbalanced and vibrate, potentially even breaking under the stress. So if turbines aren’t winterized, operators will shut them down before they reach that point, Hu explained.

It was exactly this wet ice that formed on turbine blades in Texas when Arctic air met Gulf humidity, Hu said. Meanwhile, in Iowa, the temperatures are usually so low and the air so dry that smooth “rime” ice forms over turbine blades, which doesn’t affect the turbines as much. You can see the difference in the photo from one of Hu’s team’s experiments below.

In wetter places like Scandinavia and Scotland, some turbines are filled with hot air while others have a special coating to prevent ice from forming. These winter-ready turbines cost about 5 percent more than regular turbines, and the heating process uses up some of their energy output, Stefan Skarp, who oversees wind power for Swedish utility Skellefteå Kraft, told Bloomberg News. Hu’s team is working on more energy-efficient technologies that could be cheaper.

Because Iowa is blessed with drier ice, wind farms there haven’t had to invest in such elaborate measures while reaching the highest share of wind electricity generation in the country: 42 percent in 2019.

“This year it’s been cold, but our wind fleet continues to generate clean energy for our customers,” he said. All that’s needed is a few extra measures in the turbine design to make sure certain components don’t freeze up.

Some Iowa wind operators use flashier action movie techniques to keep their turbines going. Helicopters and drones swoop over turbines dropping hot water or de-icing chemicals. But this is typically just a one-off measure if bad ice hits, Hu said.

After this crisis comes to an end, “Texans will have to determine just how much insurance is worth taking out,” he added.

This doesn’t just apply to one type of power generation. “Because wind is the new kid on the block, it’s getting a lot of attention,” said Kerri Johannsen, energy program director at the Iowa Environmental Council. But all grids have to consider whether their systems can weather the extremes brought by climate change.
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If the snow blows on my heat pump blade evenly, all three blades get some ice. If there is wind, the fan blade that faces up, gets more ice on one of the arms. It makes a huge wobbling noise and shak3es the whole apparatus. Then I have to go stand in the snow and blow a heat gun at it. I have to turn the thermostat down to do this, so the blade stops moving.
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Post by Tero » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:01 pm

Sodium cooled nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ng-natrium
only a half a million people live there.
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:27 pm

Are we turning into a global Haiti, burning all our trees?
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"It's renewable"
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And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
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Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Tue Nov 09, 2021 2:57 am

John Oliver on the US power grid: ‘It’s not failing us, we are failing it’
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And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:48 pm

Burning trash not going to be a solution. Governments will need to subsidize the recycling industry. However, rotting food still a rather big mass.
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:21 pm

I guess we won't need to worry about having to burn coal to power electric cars. Manchin stopped that too. It has nothing to do with energy...only unions:

Tesla and foreign automakers operating in the United States do not have unions representing assembly workers and many have fought UAW efforts to organize U.S. plants.

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), which has a plant in West Virginia but whose U.S. employees are not union members, has lobbied against the $4,500 union credit.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-b ... 021-12-19/
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by laklak » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:13 pm

I used to work at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, TN. They consistently voted down UAW representation.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:09 pm

Putin will push Europe back to nuclear and coal. But coal from elsewhere. The coal will make electricity:
To replace the gas Europe buys from Russia, the authors recommend measures including stopping the nuclear phaseout in Germany, Sweden and Belgium, reducing heating in buildings by 4C, and a fast-track deployment of additional solar and wind generation.

These policies could be popular in Europe. New polling conducted by Savanta ComRes found that 41% of people polled in the UK, Germany Poland, France, Sweden and the Netherlands said they “strongly agreed” that their country should immediately stop buying Russian oil and gas. Only 6.4% strongly disagreed.

Just over 40% said they would be prepared to accept energy rationing to manage demand, and 52.7% that they would eat less meat to reduce demand on Ukrainian exports.

“Europe is sending over €500m every day directly to the Kremlin because we continue to import vast quantities of Russian oil, gas and coal. This situation cannot continue,” the authors of the report said.

“It is morally and politically untenable for Europe to fund Putin’s war machine – paying for the same missiles and bombs that are raining down on Ukrainian schools and hospitals – at the same time as supposedly uniting to stop Putin through sanctions. There is only one solution. We must cut off this torrent of money we are sending to the Kremlin by immediately stopping our imports of Russian fossil fuels.”
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
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Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by Tero » Fri May 20, 2022 11:58 am

The inconveniences of fracking: sand
Oil has since retreated from its post-invasion highs but remains firmly above $100. To put that number in context, at the beginning of 2022 a barrel of crude fetched $75, while at this time last year prices were closer to $63.

The rapid rise in oil and therefore fuel costs is causing a headache for the Biden administration, which has called on producers to pump more. Oil companies are reluctant to drill after pledging capital discipline to shareholders, and executives say that even if they wanted to pump more they simply can’t. They’re facing the same issues that are playing out across the economy, including labor shortages and rising prices for parts and raw materials, such as sand, which is key to fracking production.
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And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
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Re: Energy problems before we solve green energy

Post by laklak » Fri May 20, 2022 1:31 pm

Europe is reaping what they sowed, I've no sympathy. Same will happen here.
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