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Democrat policies?It does not have to cost $5
Thats just democrat policies making petrol artificially high
Nuclear plants apparently last about 50 year and give off poisons for millions.. It is also believed that with the weather we are going to have, accidents would be much more likely to happen. That said I have heard of new small nuclear reactors which are apparently much more safeYes, he was all set to promote nuclear energy in a State of the Union address. He was a nuclear engineer, very familiar with how safe nuclear energy is.
But with Carter's incredible bad luck, Three Mile Island happened right before that speech. I guess worse luck would have been for him to make the speech and then have Three Mile Island the next day.
Nuclear energy is the readily available alternative to fossil fuels. In my day, liberals who were not nuclear engineers protested nuclear energy as if the e-VILE Republicans want to nuke American cities. It's practical and cost effective and has been used with great success in France, a country that liberals often say we need to emulate.
But that has nothing to do with giving half a billion dollars to a thrown together company like Solyndra, for solar panel that are not yet useful enough for the free market to choose them over fossil fuels. If you want green energy policies that work, you will have to look elsewhere than Democratic profiteers.
Janet Yellen did not "admit," but rather proudly stated that this is indeed the reason for the Team Biden's attacks on the U.S. fossil fuel industry.
The problem with pushing gasoline prices up to force average Americans to buy far more expensive electric cars is that switching to electric cars does not eliminate the use of fossil fuels. There are two reasons why that plan will not work:
First of all, electric cars are produced at enormous costs to the environment and using large amounts of fossil fuels. The reason electric cars are more expensive than gasoline powered cars it the greater amount of energy it takes to produce them. Not to mention the negative impact on the environment of mining the lithium for the huge EV batteries (see bottom of post).
Second, electric cars still use energy. Electricity is energy. Electricity has to be generated to be useful. Perhaps Team Biden envisions every American having an electric car parked under their home windmill or solar panel array. Won't happen in our lifetimes. Electricity for EV's will continue to be generated by diesel and coal fired electric plants, to be sent to the homes of those with EV's in their garages. Even in the distant future if Americans do all have renewable energy at home, again, resources will have to be spent and the environment damaged by producing the equipment to capture that renewable energy.
Someday, perhaps hundreds of years from now, we will move away from fossil fuels, simply because they are finite. Also because alternative technology advances will make wind, solar or perhaps some other form of energy practical. It will be a gradual move driven by those two factors, similar to letting out the clutch and applying the gas. It is not helpful to either jam the gas pedal or pop the clutch. That produces a bumpy start and a likely stall (see bottom of post).
As almost always, the free market would be the best way to determine when we should start making that switch. The idea that industry, left to make its own decisions, would wait until the last drop of oil is out of the ground to start looking at alternative sources is absurd.
Processing of Lithium Ore
The lithium extraction process uses a lot of water—approximately 500,000 gallons per metric ton of lithium. To extract lithium, miners drill a hole in salt flats and pump salty, mineral-rich brine to the surface. After several months the water evaporates, leaving a mixture of manganese, potassium, borax and lithium salts which is then filtered and placed into another evaporation pool. After between 12 and 18 months of this process, the mixture is filtered sufficiently that lithium carbonate can be extracted.
South America’s Lithium Triangle, which covers parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, holds more than half the world’s supply of the metal beneath its salt flats. But it is also one of the driest places on earth. In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, mining activities consumed 65 percent of the region’s water, which is having a large impact on local farmers to the point that some communities have to get water elsewhere.
As in Tibet, there is the potential for toxic chemicals to leak from the evaporation pools into the water supply including hydrochloric acid, which is used in the processing of lithium, and waste products that are filtered out of the brine. In Australia and North America, lithium is mined from rock using chemicals to extract it into a useful form. In Nevada, researchers found impacts on fish as far as 150 miles downstream from a lithium processing operation.
Lithium extraction harms the soil and causes air contamination. In Argentina’s Salar de Hombre Muerto, residents believe that lithium operations contaminated streams used by humans and livestock and for crop irrigation. In Chile, the landscape is marred by mountains of discarded salt and canals filled with contaminated water with an unnatural blue hue. According to Guillermo Gonzalez, a lithium battery expert from the University of Chile, “This isn’t a green solution – it’s not a solution at all.”
The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries
During the Obama-Biden administration, hydraulic fracturing was accused of causing a number of environmental problems—faucets on fire, contamination of drinking…www.instituteforenergyresearch.org
As soon as I typed that about clutch and gas, I knew the analogy would be lost on most of those I intend this post for.
April 2020 was the middle of the chinese disease pandemic and the fauchi/democrat economic shutdownDemocrat policies?
April 30 2020
In an April 2 phone call, Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that unless the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) started cutting oil production, he would be powerless to stop lawmakers from passing legislation to withdraw U.S. troops from the kingdom.
The threat to upend a 75-year strategic alliance, which has not been previously reported, was central to the U.S. pressure campaign that led to a landmark global deal to slash oil supply.
Oil Company greed which Republicans defendIt does not have to cost $5
Thats just democrat policies making petrol artificially high
Oil Company greed which Republicans defend
Excess SAUDI oil?April 2020 was the middle of the chinese disease pandemic and the fauchi/democrat economic shutdown
If the saudis didnt reduce production there was no place to store so much excess oil
Thats mindless crapOil Company greed which Republicans defend
The oil companies earn 5¢ to 10¢ in profits on each gallon of gasoline.
Government takes up to $1.83 in taxes and fees on each gallon of gasoline.
It does not seem to me that it is the oil companies that are being greedy.
The excess was worldwide not just in the USExcess SAUDI oil?
WTF? Just don't import it...............right?
Please tell me. Is the US still giving grants to fossil fuel companies.
Nuclear plants apparently last about 50 year and give off poisons for millions.. It is also believed that with the weather we are going to have, accidents would be much more likely to happen. That said I have heard of new small nuclear reactors which are apparently much more safe
Now when we get nuclear fusion which seems to be becoming nearer, then everyone will be smiling.
That is when we needed to start and politicians were ready and willing to. The oil companies did some research and found out what they were doing. Then came the whole business until today including getting scientists to give false information and the Climate deniers began....and the most craziest bit, all over the world people give them grants.Jimmy Carter recommended we move to alternative fuels in the mid 70s
But we sold out to Big Oil and Drill Baby, Drill
How do oil companies charge $4.50 a gallon for gas made from oil at $98 a barrel??
That is when we needed to start and politicians were ready and willing to. The oil companies did some research and found out what they were doing. Then came the whole business until today including getting scientists to give false information and the Climate deniers began....and the most craziest bit, all over the world people give them grants.
Exxon Knew about Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago
A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformationwww.scientificamerican.com
We are unfortunate in having people who would prefer to me making trillions and to continue making trillions destroying our home.
All I know are historical prices of gas compared to the price of oilWhat is the proper ratio of oil price to gas price?
How do you know?
Janet Yellen did not "admit," but rather proudly stated that this is indeed the reason for the Team Biden's attacks on the U.S. fossil fuel industry.
The problem with pushing gasoline prices up to force average Americans to buy far more expensive electric cars is that switching to electric cars does not eliminate the use of fossil fuels. There are two reasons why that plan will not work:
First of all, electric cars are produced at enormous costs to the environment and using large amounts of fossil fuels. The reason electric cars are more expensive than gasoline powered cars it the greater amount of energy it takes to produce them. Not to mention the negative impact on the environment of mining the lithium for the huge EV batteries (see bottom of post).
Second, electric cars still use energy. Electricity is energy. Electricity has to be generated to be useful. Perhaps Team Biden envisions every American having an electric car parked under their home windmill or solar panel array. Won't happen in our lifetimes. Electricity for EV's will continue to be generated by diesel and coal fired electric plants, to be sent to the homes of those with EV's in their garages. Even in the distant future if Americans do all have renewable energy at home, again, resources will have to be spent and the environment damaged by producing the equipment to capture that renewable energy.
Someday, perhaps hundreds of years from now, we will move away from fossil fuels, simply because they are finite. Also because alternative technology advances will make wind, solar or perhaps some other form of energy practical. It will be a gradual move driven by those two factors, similar to letting out the clutch and applying the gas. It is not helpful to either jam the gas pedal or pop the clutch. That produces a bumpy start and a likely stall (see bottom of post).
As almost always, the free market would be the best way to determine when we should start making that switch. The idea that industry, left to make its own decisions, would wait until the last drop of oil is out of the ground to start looking at alternative sources is absurd.
Processing of Lithium Ore
The lithium extraction process uses a lot of water—approximately 500,000 gallons per metric ton of lithium. To extract lithium, miners drill a hole in salt flats and pump salty, mineral-rich brine to the surface. After several months the water evaporates, leaving a mixture of manganese, potassium, borax and lithium salts which is then filtered and placed into another evaporation pool. After between 12 and 18 months of this process, the mixture is filtered sufficiently that lithium carbonate can be extracted.
South America’s Lithium Triangle, which covers parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, holds more than half the world’s supply of the metal beneath its salt flats. But it is also one of the driest places on earth. In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, mining activities consumed 65 percent of the region’s water, which is having a large impact on local farmers to the point that some communities have to get water elsewhere.
As in Tibet, there is the potential for toxic chemicals to leak from the evaporation pools into the water supply including hydrochloric acid, which is used in the processing of lithium, and waste products that are filtered out of the brine. In Australia and North America, lithium is mined from rock using chemicals to extract it into a useful form. In Nevada, researchers found impacts on fish as far as 150 miles downstream from a lithium processing operation.
Lithium extraction harms the soil and causes air contamination. In Argentina’s Salar de Hombre Muerto, residents believe that lithium operations contaminated streams used by humans and livestock and for crop irrigation. In Chile, the landscape is marred by mountains of discarded salt and canals filled with contaminated water with an unnatural blue hue. According to Guillermo Gonzalez, a lithium battery expert from the University of Chile, “This isn’t a green solution – it’s not a solution at all.”
The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries
During the Obama-Biden administration, hydraulic fracturing was accused of causing a number of environmental problems—faucets on fire, contamination of drinking…www.instituteforenergyresearch.org
As soon as I typed that about clutch and gas, I knew the analogy would be lost on most of those I intend this post for.