Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Dr. What
Date : Wed Apr 09 2025 07:53:29

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to Dr. What <=-

 RM> Yes, my sister talks about that all the time, plus the money saved,
 RM> since it's so much less than the original estimate, means that the
 RM> panels will wear out long before they pay for themselves, rather
 RM> than being paid off about half way through their estimated life.

Yup.  The "savings" from solar are primarily in the gov't subsidies, it seems.

 RM> There is new technology that is so efficient that it can use waste from
 RM> old nuclear power plants to make electricity, but those are a lot more
 RM> expensive to build. Maybe that's what you're referring to.

I don't remember.  It's been a while since I really researched that.  But I do
know that the technology as changed.  More expensive?  Probably.  Cleaner? 
Yes.  Less dangerous?  Probably.

 RM> But you still end up with waste that is dangerous for several hundred
 RM> years rather than 25,000 years, but both numbers are a long term
 RM> problem.

Well, 1999 has passed.  So I guess we can start storing all that stuff on the
moon.  :)  (If you don't get the reference, look up "Space: 1999".)

 RM> Another new thing is tidal generators on the ocean shores, but that
 RM> messes up a lot of shoreline.

That's the problem with any of these "green" types of energy.

As Thomas Sowell likes to say: "There are no solutions.  Only trade-offs."

 RM> Some areas are super well set up for
 RM> that though like the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
 RM> in Canada. Depending on things the tide from low to high changes by
 RM> between 40 and 53 feet each day, so it's like loading up a waterfall
 RM> every day without having a one way river..   B)

Well, ya.  There are certain types of energy production that work great - but
only in certain locations.  Iceland has a great thermo generation system but
not everyone gets to live on top of a caldera.  And there are certain drawbacks
to that as well.


.... Go ahead, correct my typos.  I'll make more.
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