Re: An interesting response
On 18/04/2008, at 7:16 AM, hkhenson wrote: At 12:00 PM 4/17/2008, Dan M wrote: Nothing works 100% of the time, but lets assume a 95% efficiency, or running 8322 hours/year. The cost is, then, about $39 per kWh. If you do it this way, the cost the next year is zero. That's not good accounting. These things should run for decades. If you wrote it off in 10 years, it would be $3.90 a kWh. Ah yes. I totally missed that part of Dan's calculation, despite the fact I used precisely the correct calculation in my own roof-top solar calculation - I blame my flu. Fucking schoolboy error. So - assuming a yearly running cost at 10% of start-up, that's still about 5 bucks a kwh. So comparable to rooftop solar, but with massively more startup cost. Hmmm. So why's it better? C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
sucky sucky junkscience.com
In the past few days, since I've become aware of this site, I've been reading it avidly - with horror. No idea who funds these guys, but it's clear they're not the good guys. Check it out if you dare : http://www.junkscience.com/ Their beliefs are primarily centred around global-warming-denial. Phoo. 'Junk Science' indeed! It revolves heavily about politics, it appears to me; what these guys are trying to achieve is totally beyond me. I can only at this point watch their antics. I'd like to say they are going to fail abjectly, but clearly they have a respectably large readership. In fact I'm probably failing my own duties as a human being simply by drawing yet more attention to this site - however, I'm compelled to do so, simply because they are doing wrong and therefore it's my duty to draw attention to them amongst those who are conceivably concur with my own opinions. No? Comments requested! Regards, Curtis. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: sucky sucky junkscience.com
On Apr 18, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote: In the past few days, since I've become aware of this site, I've been reading it avidly - with horror. No idea who funds these guys, but it's clear they're not the good guys. The site is registered to Steven Milloy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Milloy He is a Fox News commentator and also runs CSRWatch.com, published by the Free Enterprise Education Institute, which suggests that his agenda is mainly pro-business, or, rather, anti the anti-business movement. Check it out if you dare : http://www.junkscience.com/ Their beliefs are primarily centred around global-warming-denial. Phoo. 'Junk Science' indeed! It revolves heavily about politics, it appears to me; what these guys are trying to achieve is totally beyond me. I can only at this point watch their antics. I suspect that they are mainly out to foil anybody who raises a caution flag that could possibly interfere with business as usual. It's the same thinking that brought us the extremely annoying phrase politically correct. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
