Hydro is an environmental disaster, dams are coming down all over the place
with huge pushes to "restore the river"...
-Curt
On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 4:26:51 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
EV vehicles are not a dream, Randy. There are thousands of them and
thousands more are selling every month. In Manitoba, where do you get your
power? The answer is hydro. You are like Curt in that you expect perfection
all at once. The trend is definitely towards solar and wind. I agree with
you about collateral damage to birds from the wind turbines, but that
problem is going to be overcome with offshore wind development, where it
has less effect on birds.
And the tired old song about the Sun not shining at night will be overcome
through the evolution of storage batteries. Many utilities are already
installing these.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 4:16 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On 04/04/2019 12:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
> > Think positively: we're heading in the right direction.
> >
> But, we are all old enough the only electric vehicles we are likely to
> ultimately find to be practical will be wheelchairs.
>
> Electric vehicles are a dream. They have no range. They take too long to
> re-charge. Battery technology is not at a point where they are practical.
>
> And, the infrastructure is not there to charge them. Solar does not work
> in the dark. Not bad in Arizona. Not so good in Manitoba, especially in
> winter.
>
> Windmills kill the birds migrating through their path. I am surprised
> the environmental crowd does not get the windmills banned for that
> reason alone.
>
> Nuclear is there but, as you pointed out yesterday, we have a problem
> with the leftovers. Until they find a way to totally use up nuclear fuel
> so that it does not pose a danger, there is the question of what to do
> with the stuff that has no further use but is dangerous for the lord
> only knows how long.
>
>
>
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