On Electricity (Generation)

Engineer-Poet wrote a piece a few months back that focuses on electricity production; or rather how or what we will need to do to keep pace with people's demands while balancing that with environmental and economic impact. Lengthy but well-reasoned and good reading.

Comments

Simple solution

[nadamsieee]

Wait for the baby-boomers to die off. Suddenly energy, housing, and jobs will become plentiful. ;)

Re:Simple solution

[steveit_is]

Why wait? You can speed the process via the judicious use of aerosol. As a bonus, you'll make that land you bought in Indiana ocean front property. :)

My Money Is On...

[ReidMaynard]

..Hybrid Sweaters!

What!?

[antifoidulus]

Lengthy but well-reasoned and good reading.

Dude, what the hell is something like that doing on slashdot? I need more psuedo intellectual rants about how the RIAA is going to eat my first born!

Re:What!?

[trongey]

...the RIAA is going to eat my first born!

It's about time they started doing something useful.

Re:Related Reading

[CmdrGravy]

Not a bad idea, the idle poor ( known as Chavs in the UK ) use far more than fair share of power sitting around all day, as they do, in centrally heated saunas with Trisha on full blast on the Sky box.

If we limited the amount of energy available to them they would be forced to get off their collective arses and get jobs.

Not that I disagree with nuclear (pragmatically)

[benhocking]

Not that I disagree with nuclear (from a pragmatic point-of-view), but I'd like to see more self-generating forms of electricity. Things like exercise gyms that double as power generators. That way I could convert my eco-guilt into a strong exercise regimen.

Re:Wrong

[x2A]

You won't be laughing when the moon comes crashing into your house!