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Comment Re:Except nobodies doing that (Score 1) 323

Cost of nuclear station subsidy £96-£97 per megawatt hour
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

Cost of wind
£100 per megawatt hour
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ear...

Cost wise they are about the same.

  Currently in countries such as South Korea and China, typical construction times range from 4 to 6 years
https://www.oecd-nea.org/press...

Construction time is usually very short – a 10 MW wind farm can easily be built in two months. A larger 50 MW wind farm can be built in six months.
http://www.ewea.org/wind-energ...

Add in the time for planing etc and wind is faster.

Comment Re:CO2 and climate: my take (Score 1) 323

There has been a demonstrated correlation between CO2 and temperature shown by Antarctic ice core data (within ~800-1000y). If a rise of CO2 in this data should consistently lag behind rises in temperature then CO2drivesT is not ruled out (both may be responding to some other factor but at different rates) BUT CO2drivesT has fallen down a notch... it now requires more extraordinary proof.

All you have shown is evidence for A causing B.

It says nothing about B causing A either for or against.

If we have a seesaw with weights on each end , and I keep adding and removing weight from A.

According to your logic B does not affect A at all.

Comment Re:CO2 and climate: my take (Score 1) 323

What happens when water vapor gets out of balance, it falls as rain or their is an increase in evaporation.

The mean temperature of the moon is 220K , about 60K lower then the earth.

If you increase the CO2 contribution to 4% you get a degree of warming.

What do you say to the studies showing that high CO2 leads to worse food(more poisons and less nutrients)

Also plants need water to survive but a flood will wipe them out.

Comment Re: 'unhelpful to their cause.' (Score 1) 330

Just off the top of my head

1) If the whole atmosphere is warming instead of just the bottom layer then it is something else (CO2 is trapping heat)
2) Measuring the outgoing IR Radiation especially the bands where CO2 absorbs IR and seeing a rise.
3) A larger then normal increase in the sun(more energy coming in)

Comment Re:Add solar to extend range? (Score 1) 160

http://www.calculator.net/btu-...

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/c...

57KW of cooling for a 50 F decrease

Air conditioners can get 2-3 times the amount put in.

20-30KW for cooling.

Heaters generally are 1 more.

15-20KW for heating.

You could power a stationary Boeing 747 on solar. You just could not move it in the air.

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