« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050  (Read 2178 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Online Cyber Liberty

  • Coffee! Donuts! Kittens!
  • Administrator
  • ******
  • Posts: 80,228
  • Gender: Male
  • 🌵🌵🌵
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2017, 06:02:40 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on August 25, 2017, 04:39:25 pm
Look for Californicatia to collide with reality by 2020......

It's on the way for sure, if it's 2020 it will be because Moonbeam managed to keep the time bomb from going off until he's safely out of office.
Logged
For unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death — if you’re unvaccinated — for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm. Sloe Joe Biteme 12/16
I will NOT comply.
 
Castillo del Cyber Autonomous Zone ~~~~~>                          :dontfeed:

Offline Suppressed

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,921
  • Gender: Male
    • Avatar
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2017, 08:19:09 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on August 24, 2017, 05:08:58 pm
I talked with my husband if we could change out the LED for incandescents during the winter, but with 20' ceilings in the main part of the house we decided it was more of a pain than it was worth. :)

From the calculations I've seen, the difference in energy from LED to incandescent, and the efficiency of heating units versus bulbs, it's better to stick with LED and increase the thermostat.
Logged
+++++++++
“In the outside world, I'm a simple geologist. But in here .... I am Falcor, Defender of the Alliance” --Randy Marsh

“The most effectual means of being secure against pain is to retire within ourselves, and to suffice for our own happiness.” -- Thomas Jefferson

“He's so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent.” --Foghorn Leghorn

Offline RoosGirl

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16,759
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #27 on: August 25, 2017, 09:13:44 pm »
Quote from: Suppressed on August 25, 2017, 08:19:09 pm
From the calculations I've seen, the difference in energy from LED to incandescent, and the efficiency of heating units versus bulbs, it's better to stick with LED and increase the thermostat.

I bet those calculations use the theoretical life of an LED don't take into account how long an LED *really* lasts, which isn't nearly as long.
Logged

Offline Smokin Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,825
  • I was a "conspiracy theorist". Now I'm just right.
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2017, 09:25:26 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on August 25, 2017, 09:13:44 pm
I bet those calculations use the theoretical life of an LED don't take into account how long an LED *really* lasts, which isn't nearly as long.
LED's spool up slowly in the cold, and there are times when a little heat from a light bulb can be beneficial. Besides, I have a large supply of incandescents with heavy duty filaments. They'll last a while.
Logged
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis

Offline IsailedawayfromFR

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,746
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #29 on: August 26, 2017, 02:57:39 am »
Isn't it striking that when you purview the lightbulb aisle of Home Depot, one can barely find any more CFLs?

Back when the govt regulators began the phase out of incandescent bulbs, CFLs were supposed to fill the void, as LEDs were not developed as yet for mass production.

I never did like those sorry spiral bulbs, and they were an environmental hazard as well.
Logged
No punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin~  George Washington

Offline Smokin Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,825
  • I was a "conspiracy theorist". Now I'm just right.
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #30 on: August 26, 2017, 06:09:56 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on August 26, 2017, 02:57:39 am
Isn't it striking that when you purview the lightbulb aisle of Home Depot, one can barely find any more CFLs?

Back when the govt regulators began the phase out of incandescent bulbs, CFLs were supposed to fill the void, as LEDs were not developed as yet for mass production.

I never did like those sorry spiral bulbs, and they were an environmental hazard as well.
I'm still running on my stockpile of incandescents from before that. I always thought those 'screw bulbs' were shaped that way for a reason and never bought any.
Logged
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis

Online DB

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13,309
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #31 on: August 26, 2017, 07:57:40 am »
The biggest consequence of this is a lower standard of living, substantially lower, for a large number of people. And for what? A goal not based on science, economics or basic reason. Just emotional clap trap...
Logged

Offline Smokin Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,825
  • I was a "conspiracy theorist". Now I'm just right.
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #32 on: August 26, 2017, 08:20:21 am »
Quote from: DB on August 26, 2017, 07:57:40 am
The biggest consequence of this is a lower standard of living, substantially lower, for a large number of people. And for what? A goal not based on science, economics or basic reason. Just emotional clap trap...
It is an opportunity to redistribute vast amounts of money, as well as entire income streams, too. For those not involved in the new industry, it is designed to make them marginalized, economically, in effect changing the hands holding the reins of power in more ways than one.
Logged
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis

Offline IsailedawayfromFR

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,746
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #33 on: August 26, 2017, 12:49:02 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 26, 2017, 06:09:56 am
I'm still running on my stockpile of incandescents from before that. I always thought those 'screw bulbs' were shaped that way for a reason and never bought any.
In cold climates such as where you live, incandescents make much more sense.  Here, the heat given off by them makes it better at times to switch to LEDs.
Logged
No punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin~  George Washington

Offline Smokin Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,825
  • I was a "conspiracy theorist". Now I'm just right.
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #34 on: August 26, 2017, 06:51:29 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on August 26, 2017, 12:49:02 pm
In cold climates such as where you live, incandescents make much more sense.  Here, the heat given off by them makes it better at times to switch to LEDs.
Yep. No one size fits all policy fits everyone. That's the beauty of freedom, you can do what works for you. Only, if you didn't see it coming, you can't.
Logged
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis

Offline Joe Wooten

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,455
  • Gender: Male
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #35 on: August 26, 2017, 11:58:04 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 26, 2017, 06:51:29 pm
Yep. No one size fits all policy fits everyone. That's the beauty of freedom, you can do what works for you. Only, if you didn't see it coming, you can't.

Which is why an overweening bureaucracy of "experts" who try to tell everyone how to live and what to do in all situations is absolutely senseless.
Logged

Offline Smokin Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,825
  • I was a "conspiracy theorist". Now I'm just right.
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2017, 03:46:20 am »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on August 26, 2017, 11:58:04 pm
Which is why an overweening bureaucracy of "experts" who try to tell everyone how to live and what to do in all situations is absolutely senseless.
Which is why when there were a mere 13 States scattered up and down a coast, the Founders had enough sense to leave all but a very small portion of government power in the hands of the States and the People, and did not delegate those duties to the Federal Government. The needs and problems of the larger Federation have grown no less complex on a State to State basis, but the Founders had the solution to that. The Leviathan does not.
Logged
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis

Offline MajorClay

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,614
  • Gender: Male
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2017, 02:34:07 pm »
I'm skeptical
Logged

Online Cyber Liberty

  • Coffee! Donuts! Kittens!
  • Administrator
  • ******
  • Posts: 80,228
  • Gender: Male
  • 🌵🌵🌵
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2017, 03:55:53 pm »
Quote from: MajorClay on August 27, 2017, 02:34:07 pm
I'm skeptical

You're skeptical of a BS prediction of what's going to happen 30 years down the road?  Why ever would that be?  :pondering:
Logged
For unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death — if you’re unvaccinated — for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm. Sloe Joe Biteme 12/16
I will NOT comply.
 
Castillo del Cyber Autonomous Zone ~~~~~>                          :dontfeed:

Oceander

  • Guest
Re: How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2017, 03:58:11 pm »
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »