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Now Todd, that is the kind of answer I would expect from jc, Billy, or SSDD. Solar is here, and will continue to be in a very big way. Right now, it appears that the only technology that would have a chance of displacing it is fusion.
One should be really mentally challenged to see anything wrong with his/her country expanding and diversifying her energy resources.
This is a good thing for the country...
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
One should be really mentally challenged to see anything wrong with his/her country expanding and diversifying her energy resources.
This is a good thing for the country...
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
"Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
how stupid is that,
technology is stupid,
it cost money......
what we have is fine and enough for the rest of the eternity........"
"Conservative" mindset unfortunately...
The "Edison" mindset
He was opposing the alternative current on the same bases, direct current was enough and alternative current was, well, costing more
But look what happened at the end...
There is one thing obvious you cant do, block the sun.........
And you cant keep human race from progressing...
One should be really mentally challenged to see anything wrong with his/her country expanding and diversifying her energy resources.
This is a good thing for the country...
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
"Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
how stupid is that,
technology is stupid,
it cost money......
what we have is fine and enough for the rest of the eternity........"
"Conservative" mindset unfortunately...
The "Edison" mindset
He was opposing the alternative current on the same bases, direct current was enough and alternative current was, well, costing more
But look what happened at the end...
There is one thing obvious you cant do, block the sun.........
And you cant keep human race from progressing...
Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
Currently, to give subsidies to cronies.
One should be really mentally challenged to see anything wrong with his/her country expanding and diversifying her energy resources.
This is a good thing for the country...
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
"Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
how stupid is that,
technology is stupid,
it cost money......
what we have is fine and enough for the rest of the eternity........"
"Conservative" mindset unfortunately...
The "Edison" mindset
He was opposing the alternative current on the same bases, direct current was enough and alternative current was, well, costing more
But look what happened at the end...
There is one thing obvious you cant do, block the sun.........
And you cant keep human race from progressing...
Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
Currently, to give subsidies to cronies.
Yes, therefore; we shouldn't research and invest in other sources of energy
Good luck with that argument..........
One should be really mentally challenged to see anything wrong with his/her country expanding and diversifying her energy resources.
This is a good thing for the country...
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
"Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
how stupid is that,
technology is stupid,
it cost money......
what we have is fine and enough for the rest of the eternity........"
"Conservative" mindset unfortunately...
The "Edison" mindset
He was opposing the alternative current on the same bases, direct current was enough and alternative current was, well, costing more
But look what happened at the end...
There is one thing obvious you cant do, block the sun.........
And you cant keep human race from progressing...
Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
Currently, to give subsidies to cronies.
Yes, therefore; we shouldn't research and invest in other sources of energy
Good luck with that argument..........
People should be free to research, obviously.
That doesn't mean we should continue wasting billions to subsidize unreliable wind and solar.
Why is diversifying into more expensive, less reliable energy a good thing?
"Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
how stupid is that,
technology is stupid,
it cost money......
what we have is fine and enough for the rest of the eternity........"
"Conservative" mindset unfortunately...
The "Edison" mindset
He was opposing the alternative current on the same bases, direct current was enough and alternative current was, well, costing more
But look what happened at the end...
There is one thing obvious you cant do, block the sun.........
And you cant keep human race from progressing...
Why do we even research and invest in other sources of energy,
Currently, to give subsidies to cronies.
Yes, therefore; we shouldn't research and invest in other sources of energy
Good luck with that argument..........
People should be free to research, obviously.
That doesn't mean we should continue wasting billions to subsidize unreliable wind and solar.
Yup, people should be free to go to the moon too, why waste billions....
It is not built, and when it does get built, it will be with tax payers money, subsidies, and grants. No where in your cut/paste does it tell us how much it will cost, how about posting the environment impact statement as well.Really?
As part of a resource plan approved by city officials in 2014, Austin Energy must procure 55 percent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2025. The utility plans to build 600 megawatts of utility-scale solar projects in the next few years in order to meet the target.
In March of last year, Recurrent Energy signed a 25-year deal with Austin Energy to deliver electricity from a 150-megawatt solar plant for just under 5 cents per kilowatt-hour. It was a landmark contract. But today, more than a thousand megawatts of projects are coming in for 20 percent cheaper.
"These bids are without question the cheapest bids ever seen in a utility solar solicitation," said Cory Honeyman, a senior analyst with GTM Research.
This price trend is a mixed blessing for developers and the utility. It shows that Austin Energy will be able to meet its 600-megawatt target with competitive PV resources. But Shalabi also said the company has "a little bit of buyer's remorse" when bids came down 20 percent after signing the 150-megawatt contract with Recurrent.
Yes, solar prices are coming down so quickly that a 5-cent contract can induce buyer's remorse.
Cheapest Solar Ever: Austin Energy Gets 1.2 Gigawatts of Solar Bids for Less Than 4 Cents
Looks to me that solar and wind are a major factor in the decreasing of the price increases.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the Mancos Shale formation in Colorado's Piceance (PEE'-yahns) Basin holds about 66.3 trillion cubic feet of gas, up from 1.6 trillion estimated in 2003. USGS cited data from commercial drilling companies and new research for the revision. A trillion cubic feet of natural gas is enough to heat 15 million homes for a year, the U.S. Energy Department says. David Ludlam, executive director of the West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association, said he doesn't expect a rush to drill in western Colorado because current natural gas prices are too low. If prices rise significantly, companies would likely begin drilling, he said.
The U.S. also needs more facilities to export natural gas to Pacific nations to help make the Colorado gas competitive, Ludlam said, citing the proposed Jordan Cove Liquid Natural Gas terminal at Coos Bay, Oregon. The Piceance Basin, which spans much of western and northwestern Colorado, already has multiple well sites, pipelines and processing plants in place from a previous round of drilling in a shallower formation, Ludlam said. Much of the basin is federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and getting approval from the BLM to drill is often more difficult than getting private landowners to agree, said Kathleen Sgamma of the Western Energy Alliance, an industry group. "I hope with this reassessment the government understands that indeed the Mancos Shale is an important formation that should be developed responsibly," she said.
Neither BLM nor USGS officials immediately returned calls Wednesday. The new estimate could mean the Piceance Basin has the second-largest natural gas reserves in the country, after the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania and neighboring states, Ludlam said. USGS says the Marcellus has 84 trillion cubic feet of gas. More important than the volume of the reserves is the cost of extracting them, said Porter Bennett, an energy analyst and president of Ponderosa Advisors in Denver.
Bennett said the Piceance Basin has traditionally had high drilling costs, but Ludlam said the next wave of energy companies with leases in the area likely would have lower costs than previous operators. Drilling companies will use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to recover the gas from the Mancos Shale, Ludlam said. Fracking uses a mix of water, sand and chemicals under high pressure to force open underground formations and release oil and gas. Opponents say fracking poses a risk to public health and the environment but the industry says it is safe.
US Says Colorado Has 40 Times More Natural Gas Than Thought
