tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post6103391909777073722..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Chart of the Day@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-75730181161326784512010-03-24T09:56:06.328-04:002010-03-24T09:56:06.328-04:00> Solar has obvious limitations, though progres...> Solar has obvious limitations, though progress is being made in laboratories. <br /><br /><a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2009/04/solar-power-flat-out-wrong-for-all-time.html" rel="nofollow">"Enough" progress is IMPOSSIBLE.</a><br /><br />Literally impossible.<br /><br /><b>We're talking about covering the <i>entire state</i> of Delaware, here.</b><br /><br />You CANNOT improve on that. <br /><br />Not "it'd be hard". <br /><br />Not "it'd take some ingenuity".<br /><br />YOU CAN'T.<br /><br />*CAN* <br />*NOT* <br /><br />You have SOME chance of inventing <i>ANTI-GRAVITY</i>.<br /><br />THAT, <i>perhaps</i>, <b>does not require violating laws of physics</b>.<br /><br />You have NO CHANCE of improving on covering the state of Delaware.<br /><br />This WOULD require outright violations of the laws of physics.<br /><br />It's not even a pipe dream, folks. It's a fantasy that makes 'Alice in Wonderland' look like a Pure Rationalist's idyll by comparison.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1 kW per Square meter folks. <br /><br />THAT'S *IT*<br /><br />Not a single watt more. EVER. <br /><br /><b>No matter HOW ingenious you get.</b><br /><br />The USA generates/uses a TERAWATT.<br /><br /><br />A billion square meters, *if* the sun shone 24/7, *if* you had 100% conversion cells. <b>Not a meter less... <i>EVER</i>.</b><br /><br />Do the numbers yourself.<br /><br /><br />Anyone who seriously imagines Solar or Wind will EVER be significant, worthwhile power sources for an industrial society also believes Hunter S. Thompson was a Platonic Realist.<br /><br />Really. That's <i>not</i> hyperbole. <br /><br />It's lunacy to imagine solar power as anything but a niche-specialty market.<br /><br />'Nuff said.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-10463690743648924032010-03-23T08:20:59.197-04:002010-03-23T08:20:59.197-04:00GB: Agreed.GB: Agreed.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-38756426916759464502010-03-23T03:19:22.594-04:002010-03-23T03:19:22.594-04:00Solar has obvious limitations, though progress is ...Solar has obvious limitations, though progress is being made in laboratories. <br />http://nextbigfuture.com/search/label/solar <br /><br />The problem is two-fold; liberals want to encourage reliance upon alternative energies long before their practical application...<br />conservatives want to rely solely upon conventional resources, as though they are essentially inexhaustible. Neither approach alone is either wise or adequate. <br /><br />The thing to do is drill, drill, drill... AND offer permanent, highly attractive economic incentives to researchers, independent inventors and entrepreneurs. So as to truly encourage research, invention and innovation until practical alternatives to conventional energy production is developed for society to transition into.Geoffrey Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663224962346593872noreply@blogger.com