Can we be smart and not do this:
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The Green economy Just Doesn't Work
I'm fully in favor of green initiatives, as long as by green you mean "making money".
All these alternative energy ideas can make power. The question is, can they make money? If not, they are not economically viable. Where someone can come up with a means of making electricity on a large scale that is competitive with or superior to polluting forms, then we have a winner.
As examples, may I hold up Tesla's exploitation of Niagra Falls, and the use of fission power.
Neither are darlings of The Greens, but they are definitely green.
My interest in the Polywell is the hope and suspicion that it will turn out to be very green.
All these alternative energy ideas can make power. The question is, can they make money? If not, they are not economically viable. Where someone can come up with a means of making electricity on a large scale that is competitive with or superior to polluting forms, then we have a winner.
As examples, may I hold up Tesla's exploitation of Niagra Falls, and the use of fission power.
Neither are darlings of The Greens, but they are definitely green.
My interest in the Polywell is the hope and suspicion that it will turn out to be very green.
The people who buy from the Arabs have a competitive advantage. Your economy moves there. Assuming a 5:1 advantage Arab oil vs Green oil.One of the positive effects of alternative energy sources is that they releave us from the dependency of arabic nations. I would rather feed that money to a local company, than to an arab sheikhs.
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
Agreed, it is not feasible at the moment and in that case it does not make sense to use it. That is what I said in the rest of my post, if you read that.The people who buy from the Arabs have a competitive advantage. Your economy moves there. Assuming a 5:1 advantage Arab oil vs Green oil.
That is why we have to do research to reduce the price on whatever replacements for oil we can come up with. If they go below a certain level, even if they are slightly more expensive than the Arab oil, there will be an economic advantage to use those.
"Money" is just a measure of effort. Usually, the more money, the more expensive the resources to make it, in addition to higher labor.
More resources means, usually, more fossil fuels needed to get them.
That is, "green" technologies front-load the fossil use and environmental impact.
More resources means, usually, more fossil fuels needed to get them.
That is, "green" technologies front-load the fossil use and environmental impact.
Wandering Kernel of Happiness