On 3/21/2015 12:04 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote:
Its all driven by cash as we all agree. The competition between the oil and nat gas producers has driven prices way down. I am guessing this is a temporary thing. Perhaps if the Gulf of Hormuz closes, prices will climb horribly, (for us). Uranium fission, unless there is a technical advance in safety, operation, disposal, barring what China or South Korea does, will never make a comeback. The reason will be because of cost. Nat Gas plants can go up in 36 months, and jet turbines even quicker (small scale gas turbines). Solar and wind could remediate energy use problems as well as security, even, if we plan for it, for transportation. The grande flaw is that solar and wind 'storage' is missing,
The storage problem will be solved as people buy electric/hybrid vehicles. All that's needed is the switching and phase-matching elex to allow power drawn from your vehicle batteries to run your house. A fully charged electric car can run a house for days, or even longer if you avoid using dishwashers and electric dryers.
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