Green Energy

[PoliticalChic]

There is no such thing as Green Energy

 

[Ringo]

The candidate for Chancellor of Germany from the green party of Annalena Berbak accused Russia that it "is manipulating the price of gas", delaying gas supply.
It is surprising that it was the "greens" who most of all screamed that Russia's share in the European gas market is too large and it needs to be reduced. Bingo!

 

[Dekster]

Oh we will never be 100% green energy in our lifetimes. Some of the technology though is worth embracing as the costs come down. If a farmer can get $2500 an acre per year with annual inflation adjustments to rent some of his land to a solar company or a a battery farm and keep the land in the family he should do it whether he believes in climate change or not. It is just good business sense since renting that land to another farmer might fetch 1/10th of that (using my state's numbers). That's $50K a year in revenue per 20 acres for doing nothing plus they pay the real estate taxes. It basically pays for the land.

 

[Old Rocks]

Oh we will never be 100% green energy in our lifetimes. Some of the technology though is worth embracing as the costs come down. If a farmer can get $2500 an acre per year with annual inflation adjustments to rent some of his land to a solar company or a a battery farm and keep the land in the family he should do it whether he believes in climate change or not. It is just good business sense since renting that land to another farmer might fetch 1/10th of that (using my state's numbers). That's $50K a year in revenue per 20 acres for doing nothing plus they pay the real estate taxes. It basically pays for the land.

Actually, there is a better way that increase his yield, decreases his water use, and gives him a year round income.

 

[elektra]

Old Crock is an idiot and the entire Green Clean Renewable energy movement is full of nuts. Now we will study growing food in the shade? Green nut jobs will attempt to convince us through propaganda that they can increase crop yields by growing in the shade?

Of course, they will hide the fact that the increased yield will not be a comparison of normal farming but a comparison of farming in the shade with the panels three feet from the ground vs ten feet from the ground.

But like all things green and clean, it is all lies and will hurt the world more than it will help. Farmers will be encouraged to ruin valuable farm land for a modest subsidy for solar.

 

[Mindful]

 

[PoliticalChic]

Liberals.....one great idea after another.

Now....about wind power................

"Energy Prices in Europe Hit Records After Wind Stops Blowing​

Heavy reliance on wind power, coupled with a shortage of natural gas, has led to a spike in energy prices​

Natural gas and electricity markets were already surging in Europe when a fresh catalyst emerged: The wind in the stormy North Sea stopped blowing.

The sudden slowdown in wind-driven electricity production off the coast of the U.K. in recent weeks whipsawed through regional energy markets. Gas and coal-fired electricity plants were called in to make up the shortfall from wind.

Natural-gas prices, already boosted by the pandemic recovery and a lack of fuel in storage caverns and tanks, hit all-time highs. Thermal coal, long shunned for its carbon emissions, has emerged from a long price slump as utilities are forced to turn on backup power sources.
The episode underscored the precarious state the region’s energy markets......."

https://www.wsj.coim/articles/energy-prices-in-europe-hit-records-after-wind-stops-blowing-11631528258

Brilliant ideas from Democrats.

Kinda goes with Biden, huh?

 

[PoliticalChic]

What can President Obama do about the use of petroleum, natural gas and coal, and their replacement with alternative forms of energy?

What are the choices for replacing these resources? Hydropower? No, it floods lands. Biomass? Nope, burns wood and produces waste. Ethanol uses food crops.
Heres what is left: geothermal, solar and wind.

If all the current and planned geothermal plants make it to production we would double geothermal energy production all the way up to two thirds of one percent of Americas usage!

The total amount of energy produced by all of the solar energy collection equipment produced since 1974 is about 0.8% of Americas energy use.

The combined power-generating capacity of every single windmill (and there are thousands), every photovoltaic solar cell on every rooftop, and every thermal solar energy plant across America equals 0.4 percent of Americas energy consumption.

On June 29, 1979, President Obama called for a national commitment to solar energy. He set a goal of producing 20 percent of the nations energy from various solar sources by the year 2000. Oops! Did I say President Obama? I meant President Carter, but Im sure that you can see how easy it is to make that mistake.

Read the full article at The Green Energy Dream | theTrumpet.com