pmccarthy

But you can’t make beer out of the hops.

When people say that wind and solar are free, they need to explain. Oil gas and coal are just as free, they are sitting in the ground waiting to be taken. On a cost per unit of energy, oil, gas and large open pit coal can be very cheap. So it is simply a choice based on lifetime capital and operating costs for the whole energy system. We distort that by applying subsidies.

Agreed, it didn’t interest me.

My response was on two items, I should have been more specific. One was energy density, which Siso has addressed. The other is the UK powering itself by wind. That is like the old saying that ten litres of a toxin was enough to kill everyone in the world. Maybe, but it ain’t going to happen.

In the Christian context, the word catholic (with a lowercase "c") comes from the ancient Greek word katholikos, meaning "universal," "whole," or "all-embracing." When used in historic Christian creeds, it describes the entire, worldwide body of believers united in Christ, rather than a single specific denomination.

I was taught that all the Christian flavours are Catholic, just not Roman.

I worked on that project in the 1990s. It takes a while to get mines going.

Absolute rot! Wind alone? What have you been reading?

Yes they are. That would provide perhaps 10% of what they need, same as Australia.

The middle east runs on oil they pump from the ground. However, they are looking to nuclear for the future. Iran has the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant: this plant has one operational reactor and provides around 2% of the country's electricity. It was completed in 2011 and is part of Iran's extensive nuclear program (!) Barakah Nuclear Power Plant: Situated in the UAE, this plant consists of four reactors and is expected to add two more. It generates about 25% of the UAE's domestic energy needs. Egypt's El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant: This facility is nearing completion and will have a total installed capacity of 4,800 megawatts. It is part of Egypt's comprehensive energy strategy and aims to provide clean electricity for sale abroad.

Logic goes out the window with you guys. There was no electric system before we had coal power. It was a nation building technology. The grid was built around it. Hydro and gas were just icing on the cake.

More IS being ordered. New plants around the world. USA alone has 96 reactors and is building more. France exports power. Etc.

I helped a friend pull the engine out of his car yesterday. The problem for both of us was getting up again after we got down underneath to undo bolts.

I think a near missus does give Donald the chills. She is scary.

Needs explaining to me.edit OK just took a while.