Comment Re:Really! (Score -1, Offtopic) 602
Cylons are the niggers of the future!
Did you stop watching after season 3 of BSG?
Cylons are the niggers of the future!
Did you stop watching after season 3 of BSG?
'Greenhouse gas emmisions'? Does this include the source power generation? Of course not, because some regions use wind/solar/nuclear, which have a vastly different greenhouse gas emmsiions then others.
Not only different per region, but it would also differ in time, especially in regions where it gets cold in the winter. A greenhouse friendly energy source can be happily used during summer, but once the chilly winds starts coming about, people will turn up their heating and suddenly the fine wind farm up the road can't handle it. The energy will be upped by the upstate coal power plant. The margin energy suppliers (i.e. on-demand suppliers) are always coal, oil or gas since no other source can increase its capacity. The result is that your nice Prius will run on clean energy in the summer, but a mixture of green and not-so-green in the Winter. Hence, not so easy to rate as the others. In the ratings defence I do like the system but if it is going to have any effect, there is a need for either a carrot or a whip. In the UK, the vehicle tax is based on CO2 emissions, which I think is a decent system although far from perfect since hybrid cars are rated on their 'best' fuel even though it is up to the driver to decide which fuel to use.
The UK MOD has been killing windfarms at the planning phase due to 'unspecified interference' with RADAR systems. Apparently they cause a blind spot directly above.
So THAT's the reason wind farms have become popular in Afghanistan and Iraq!
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