Comment Re:Huh, (the wall) (Score 5, Funny) 468
Folks,
Haven't you figured this out. The President is going to have a Mexican company build the wall, and then stiff them. Then they will have paid for it. It is how he operates.
If you want to drive electric cars, you'll need electricity. Consider every time you charge your Tesla, 32-33% of that charge comes from coal, in the US. Can't have it both ways. Morons.
Well if you want to be precise, how about 30.4 % from coal. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs..., at least for 2016. Expect it to be a little lower in 2017.
Proof by example.
Are we talking The Evergreen State College in Olympia that was established while Gov Dan was in office to be an alternate progressive college? Are we complaining that it is what it was set up to be?
In 30 years of power plant engineering, this is no surprise to me. Coal gasification has been tried many times but it cannot pay for itself.
CO2 capture is just as bad. Stop screwing around and get on board with natural gas, nuclear, solar and wind. Dump coal and dump Trump.
Don't tell that part about gasification can't pay for itself to Eastman Chemical. They have been running a coal gasifier for years. They turn the CO into chemical products like plastics and others profitable products. The South Africans also seem pretty good at using the Lurgi gasifiers for gasification.
Or produce solar at night.
You don't need nearly as much power at night, and if they go with solar thermal you get quite a bit of storage "for free."
True, Power companies typically have trouble selling excess energy produced during the night.
Or control the weather.
It's Arizona. They basically have two types of weather; Sunny and Night. =Smidge=
Where I come from we have two types of weather, rain and night
Sigh, where I come from we have two types of weather, rain and rain at night, you lucky dogs
Do yourself a favor and have a look at the youtube video in the NPR link. It was produced by the war department. It's fascinating. I especially like how the solders were handling the fuel rods in t-shirts and no protective equipment at all. I am quite sure every single one of those poor guys died a horrible death not long after.
Why would every poor guy handling fuel rods be dead already? Looking at how everyone seems to smoke back then, I expect more solders died of smoking that any radiation issues. (Remember they are handling new fuel rods, which are not all that dangerous.)
Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.
