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Replying to: houdini1 (Jul 11, 2009 3:59 am) We have the coal. We should use it in a responsible way. If we need more, they can drain Lake Powell and use the 1000 year supply covered with water. When someone comes up with a practical 24/7 power source phase out fossil fuel generation. If we do start using electric vehicles solar will be pretty much useless charging your car overnight. Both wind and solar are VERY limited as to where they will produce adequate energy to be practical. In spite of the hoopla surrounding them. So far most of our local projects for wind and solar have been shot down by several well meaning groups. We need more electricity or a massive war to eliminate a lot of users. 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2009 5:38 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2009 5:38 am) You called?  25 years ago this week my wife and I were paddling some river up in the Yukon on our honeymoon.  I think natural gas is a better option than coal in the short term of the old tech fuels. And you can run cars on it "directly".
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Replying to: houdini1 (Jul 10, 2009 7:41 pm) They should be glad for that. You can't have any CO2 if you don't have any O. 
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Replying to: cwalti (Jul 10, 2009 10:28 pm) We can use all the solar panels that we won't need for power to split water.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 11, 2009 7:07 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2009 5:38 am) FYI - I doubt we will have 1,000 years supply. Currently Lake Powell is being filled at the expense of Lake Mead. By content, Lake Powell is 66.86% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af) By content, Lake Mead is 42.74% of Full Pool (25,877,000 af) http://graphs.water-data.com/lakepowell/ http://graphs.water-data.com/lakemead/ And speaking of draining things: "The eastern lobe of the disaster-struck Aral Sea seems to have shrunk by four-fifths in just three years, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090710/sc_afp/environmentdisasteraral;_ylt=AtFnFa0- Rb6kFPtfMxvYJTs1pl88F Another example of how man is impacting the earth.
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Jul 11, 2009 1:29 pm) |
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Jul 11, 2009 1:29 pm) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2009 1:04 pm) It's a good water year, but we've about quit paddling. Just sold a solo canoe 2 weeks ago and have the tandem on the market now. Paring down the fleet. I did see a Prius an hour ago with a roof rack on it so that's encouraging. |
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