Will not help 1 iota. They have to stop building new ones and start shutting them down. And as it is, China has only shutdown tiny ones 50mw and under. Otoh, each new plant is GW or more.
Yes, but some idiot that does not understand Economics NOR America, wrote the above BS. Hell, he even got our numbers wrong. Coal is now around 27% of our electricity and for 2017, it should be around 20-24%. Of course, from that point on, it will SLOWLY be shut down. All of the shutdown until end of 2016 has been due to nat gas prices combined with the requirement that all plants have ZERO mercury emissions. Many plants simply shut down and went to either nat gas or wind.
Starting in 2017, it wil be pure economics for at least another 4 years. Once we have SMRs working and proving themselves economically (and they will), then we will see a replacement of coal AND nat gas.
In addition, only idiots will think that trump can bring back coal (yes, he promised, but again, only idiots believe that). WHy is this so? Because coal is TOO EXPENSIVE compared to nat gas and wind. IN addition, with the new nukes that will be on-line and tested in the next 4 years, these will replace MORE of our coal plants.
The real question is less about Western nations, and more about CHina.
China currently gets either 75 or 88% of their electricity from fossil fuel (depends on which chinese gov group gives you information).
They currently have around 1.2TW of coal capabilities, and are building out 35-50 GW of new coal plants EACH YEAR. Even this year, they will do 35 GW.
Around the year, 2030. they will have 1.9-2 TW of coal plant capabilities and only then will they quit building new coal plants.
Even if the ENTIRE west, including Japan and South Korea, shuts down 100% of our coal plants, that is actually less than 1TW. So, China will build out ~3/4 of what the west has. Unless that stops, nothing we do will matter.
The far left has to quit ignoring science and numbers and start hammering on CHina FOR REAL. In addition, so does the entire western gov.
and yet, you lacked the honesty. The ship is under 4B if you exclude the R&D
The issue is that normally, you spread out the R&D over a number of crafts, and that reduces it quickly.
And since they brought it down from 32 to 3, well, that only raised the costs.
Kind of like the difference of ULA vs SpaceX rockets.
actually, zumwalt has a lot of linux, which is why this craft did not run in circles like the reagan did.
Instead, bearings went out on the port drive, which is a mechanical issue.
zumwalt is being shook down just like all naval ships are.
Bearing failures would have produced alarms all over.
And 140 is plenty. In fact, I would argue that we need a lot more automation and better design (nuke reactor, outside-mounted motors, etc), so as to have fewer ppl.
yeah, the 1/3 of the military budget thing is a joke. About as bad as the idiots that do CO2 emissions per capita, but then run around screaming about total size of china's AE (which in a per capita fashion is SMALL).
With budgets like this, to make them comparable, it is better to look at military / % GDP. And America is in the middle, and that is with Russia and CHina hiding much of their spending.
these are brand new and were compromised by CONgress.
I think that long term, these will prove themselves to be the way to go.
The only other change is that we should make at least 1/2, if not all of them, nuke powered, and not diesel.
it does not matter what I say or the numbers that I come up with.
What DOES matter is that only 2 cars have ever bothered with solar for HVAC usage, and both stopped it because it was NOT WORTH IT.
And if you really want it, you should buy a car and put it on, OR go to china and get them to do it since they like wasteful things there.
Simple fact is that the weight of the solar panel is not worth it. As it is, Tesla just came out with an max and min temps for the cabin so that if somebody leaves a dog or kid in the car, they will not die due to heat. If this was to run continually while the car was parked, it would last some 6-9 months.
Mullaney has been all over Musk declaring that he would fail at Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX every 6 months or so
The best way to figure out how Musk is doing is to check Mullaney's postings and as long as they continue to say, that he expects musk to fail, tell you that Musk is doing JUST FINE.
And Totally understand why AC posted. Chances are high that it is Mullaney himself.
Most of that is true, but some is not.
LIHEAP is NOT about the utilities, but about home owners who still have inefficient HVAC. That needs to be stopped and instead, pour the money into UPGRADING the home.
why would they? Most of them are for the customers so Tesla has NO SAY.
In addition, most of them are also offered to competitors. So, to say no, would make it noncompetitive.
Whoever wrote does not work with paper. Today's cheap paper and ink-jets FADE. And they fade BADLY. 10 years? I have stuff going back 10 years and it IS hard to read. 20? Will not happen.
Had you actually read any of this stuff u would have realized that most of 'subsidies' that musk company gets, are actually to customers, or were state subsidies, I.e. they only impact ppl in those states.
GOP makes heavy use of twitter. If the far-right is taken out, then about 3/4 of the GOP will lose their accounts. That is foolish since ppl really should know what they are up to.
Military sonic booms are 120-190 dcbls. Concorde was 110 dcbls. Booms will be less than 85 dcbls, or about garbage disposal. So yes, progress has been made.
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Will not help 1 iota. They have to stop building new ones and start shutting them down. And as it is, China has only shutdown tiny ones 50mw and under. Otoh, each new plant is GW or more.
Which is odd if it was America that they compare to. America is below most of Europe, Canada, Australia, etc.
between the far right like you, and the far left like the idiots at 350.org, and both of your ignorance on science, well, earth is in deep trouble.
Yes, but some idiot that does not understand Economics NOR America, wrote the above BS. Hell, he even got our numbers wrong. Coal is now around 27% of our electricity and for 2017, it should be around 20-24%. Of course, from that point on, it will SLOWLY be shut down. All of the shutdown until end of 2016 has been due to nat gas prices combined with the requirement that all plants have ZERO mercury emissions. Many plants simply shut down and went to either nat gas or wind.
Starting in 2017, it wil be pure economics for at least another 4 years. Once we have SMRs working and proving themselves economically (and they will), then we will see a replacement of coal AND nat gas.
America has been shutting down coal plants since Obama came to office. However, it NOTHING to do with regulations from him. It had to do with the fact that Nat Gas and wind are MUCH CHEAPER than coal is here. Combine that with all coal plants having to have ZERO mercury emissions.
Coal WAS 33% in 2015. Coal is now down to 27% of America's electricity. and for 2017, should be around 20-24%.
In addition, only idiots will think that trump can bring back coal (yes, he promised, but again, only idiots believe that). WHy is this so? Because coal is TOO EXPENSIVE compared to nat gas and wind. IN addition, with the new nukes that will be on-line and tested in the next 4 years, these will replace MORE of our coal plants.
The real question is less about Western nations, and more about CHina.
China currently gets either 75 or 88% of their electricity from fossil fuel (depends on which chinese gov group gives you information).
They currently have around 1.2TW of coal capabilities, and are building out 35-50 GW of new coal plants EACH YEAR. Even this year, they will do 35 GW.
Around the year, 2030. they will have 1.9-2 TW of coal plant capabilities and only then will they quit building new coal plants.
Even if the ENTIRE west, including Japan and South Korea, shuts down 100% of our coal plants, that is actually less than 1TW. So, China will build out ~3/4 of what the west has. Unless that stops, nothing we do will matter.
The far left has to quit ignoring science and numbers and start hammering on CHina FOR REAL. In addition, so does the entire western gov.
and yet, you lacked the honesty.
The ship is under 4B if you exclude the R&D
The issue is that normally, you spread out the R&D over a number of crafts, and that reduces it quickly.
And since they brought it down from 32 to 3, well, that only raised the costs.
Kind of like the difference of ULA vs SpaceX rockets.
actually, zumwalt has a lot of linux, which is why this craft did not run in circles like the reagan did.
Instead, bearings went out on the port drive, which is a mechanical issue.
zumwalt is being shook down just like all naval ships are.
Bearing failures would have produced alarms all over.
And 140 is plenty. In fact, I would argue that we need a lot more automation and better design (nuke reactor, outside-mounted motors, etc), so as to have fewer ppl.
yeah, the 1/3 of the military budget thing is a joke. About as bad as the idiots that do CO2 emissions per capita, but then run around screaming about total size of china's AE (which in a per capita fashion is SMALL).
With budgets like this, to make them comparable, it is better to look at military / % GDP. And America is in the middle, and that is with Russia and CHina hiding much of their spending.
these are brand new and were compromised by CONgress.
I think that long term, these will prove themselves to be the way to go.
The only other change is that we should make at least 1/2, if not all of them, nuke powered, and not diesel.
They were going to go with external motors, but did not. All in all, they really need to go that route. Less chance of issues during a battle.
it does not matter what I say or the numbers that I come up with.
What DOES matter is that only 2 cars have ever bothered with solar for HVAC usage, and both stopped it because it was NOT WORTH IT.
And if you really want it, you should buy a car and put it on, OR go to china and get them to do it since they like wasteful things there.
Simple fact is that the weight of the solar panel is not worth it. As it is, Tesla just came out with an max and min temps for the cabin so that if somebody leaves a dog or kid in the car, they will not die due to heat. If this was to run continually while the car was parked, it would last some 6-9 months.
Mullaney has been all over Musk declaring that he would fail at Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX every 6 months or so
The best way to figure out how Musk is doing is to check Mullaney's postings and as long as they continue to say, that he expects musk to fail, tell you that Musk is doing JUST FINE.
And Totally understand why AC posted. Chances are high that it is Mullaney himself.
Most of that is true, but some is not.
LIHEAP is NOT about the utilities, but about home owners who still have inefficient HVAC. That needs to be stopped and instead, pour the money into UPGRADING the home.
why would they? Most of them are for the customers so Tesla has NO SAY. In addition, most of them are also offered to competitors. So, to say no, would make it noncompetitive.
Whoever wrote does not work with paper. Today's cheap paper and ink-jets FADE. And they fade BADLY. 10 years? I have stuff going back 10 years and it IS hard to read. 20? Will not happen.
U do realize that Tesla is the largest seller of EVs. Right? Nobody else comes close.
Had you actually read any of this stuff u would have realized that most of 'subsidies' that musk company gets, are actually to customers, or were state subsidies, I.e. they only impact ppl in those states.
GOP makes heavy use of twitter. If the far-right is taken out, then about 3/4 of the GOP will lose their accounts. That is foolish since ppl really should know what they are up to.
Uh no. Concorde boom us 110 dcbls. That is also why european gov did not allow Concorde to run supersonic over their area.
Military sonic booms are 120-190 dcbls. Concorde was 110 dcbls. Booms will be less than 85 dcbls, or about garbage disposal. So yes, progress has been made.
interesting. that is the first time I have heard of it outside of china.
lets see.
iPhone 7 had several catch on fire, but all were in China. Hmmm.
Now, we see iPhone 6 having issues, but again, ONLY IN CHINA.
China's cold war with the west is being stepped up.
Seriously, they might want to make sure that the same or better apps end up in Android space.