Coal, oil, nuclear, building these things when we have the alternatives is just crazy, especially considering how damaged our climate is already with the level of CO2 emissions, oil spills, mining pollution, contaminated water and soil, and the radiation from chernoybl and three mile island and who knows what little leaks people don’t even know about from unsafe nuclear waste storage. And yet there all either being built or plans have been made to build many more of them. If we got these options for future power production off the table it would explode the green clean energy economy and would get those companies that are planning on building these incredibly foolish and destructive power plants to build green ones instead. Anyone else feel the same way? How could the internet be used to successfully stop these foolhardy dirty power plants from being built? Have people started already and I just don’t have the right links? If you know any your more then invited to post them!
Heh. What makes you think that I haven’t ALREADY been taking part in large-scale, organized campaigns?
I tend to agree with you wholeheartedly. If we required industry to completely pay for all the by-products of their work, many of the apparently ‘cheap’ energy sources would go out of business! They are only inexpensive because they make other people pay for the problems they create!
Nuclear power may be the WORST offender – we still have nuclear waste generated in the first Manhattan Project experiments sixty years ago, and no place to keep it! Most of it is projected to last for at least hundreds – if not thousands – of years.
There are lots of ways to hook up to what’s going on in you’re interested. For example, even if you don’t agree with their agenda, the guys in the link below often can connect you with the many environmental movements that are currently ongoing.
Good luck! Peace.
And why?
Here are a few points to ponder:
Corn prices are nearing all time highs, it’s $4.00 a bushel now. And other grain prices are on their way up.
Burning oil produces greenhouse gasses.
Plowing a field releases greenhouse gasses from the soil.
Millions of acres of land will be taken out of conservation programs and planted with grain next spring.
America produces 75% of the world’s corn and approx 20% will be used for ethanol production next year, up from less than 5% 3yrs ago.
U.S. corn exports are down this year, mainly due to the higher prices. Poor countries cannot afford it anymore.
Corn is the primary feed for U.S. pork, beef, and poultry production, so their prices will be rising also. Corn accounts for roughly half of the cost to raise an animal to market size.
With increased ethanol production, everyone will be paying more for food.
With higher food prices, many more people around the world will go hungry or starve to death.
So, what is the solution?
I favor continued primary dependence on oil but with displacement of demand using a combination of (1) plug in hybrid cars with "vehicle-to-grid" (V2G) efficiency gains, and (2) a very specific biofuel option. The only biofuel option I support is one that produces bio-char and the use of it to create terra preta nova. Sequestering the bio-char in soil allows the energy generated from the bio-char producing pyrolysis to be carbon negative. An important benefit of bio-char is dramatically increased crop production. Check it.
Video describing my home veggie oil filtration set up. Specifically the dewatering step.
I filter used cooking oil from a local restaurant and burn it as fuel in my 2001 diesel Volkswagen Jetta TDI. And I’m about to explain and show everything I did to accomplish this.
More info at http://smellslikefries.blogspot.com/
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Nuclear energy, also called atomic energy, is the powerful energy released by changes in the nucleus (core) of atoms. The heat and light of the sun result from nuclear energy. Scientists and engineers have found many uses for this energy, including the production of electric power, the explosion of nuclear weapons, and the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.
Scientists knew nothing about nuclear energy until the early 1900’s, though they knew that all matter consists of atoms. Through further study, scientists learned that a nucleus makes up most of the mass (quantity of matter) of every atom and that this nucleus is held together by an extremely strong force. A huge amount of energy is concentrated in the nucleus because of this force. The next step was to make nuclei let go of much of that energy.
Scientists first released nuclear energy on a large scale at the University of Chicago in 1942, three years after World War II began. This achievement led to the development of the atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb was exploded in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. In August, United States planes dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The bombs largely destroyed both cities and helped end World War II.
Since 1945, scientists have developed peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The energy released by nuclei creates large amounts of heat. This heat can be used to make steam, and the steam can be used to drive machines that generate electric power. Engineers have built devices called nuclear reactors to produce and control nuclear energy.
A nuclear reactor operates somewhat like a furnace. However, instead of using such fossil fuels as coal or oil, almost all reactors use uranium. And instead of burning in the reactor, the uranium fissions—that is, its nuclei split into two or more fragments. As a nucleus splits, it releases energy that is converted largely into heat. The fission of 1 pound of uranium releases more energy than the burning of 3 million pounds (1,500 tons) of coal. Stated in metric terms, the fission of 1 kilogram of uranium releases more energy than the burning of 3 million kilograms (3,000 metric tons) of coal.
One important peaceful use of nuclear energy is the production of electric power. Nuclear energy also powers some submarines, surface ships, and spacecraft. Nuclear reactions also produce particles and rays called nuclear radiation that have uses in medicine, industry, and science. However, nuclear radiation can be extremely dangerous. Exposure to too much radiation can result in a condition called radiation sickness
Almost all the world’s electric energy is produced by hydroelectric and thermal power plants. Hydroelectric plants use the force of rushing water from a dam or waterfall to generate electric power. Thermal plants use the force of steam from boiling water. The great majority of thermal plants burn fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—to produce heat to boil water. The remaining thermal plants fission uranium.
Few countries have enough water power to generate large amounts of hydroelectric power, and many regions have already fully exploited their hydroelectric capacity. Most countries depend mainly on fossil fuels. But fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, and burning them produces gases that can damage the environment. Therefore, many experts predict that nuclear power will become increasingly important
Nuclear power reactors produce electric power in about 30 countries. There are about 440 reactors worldwide. These reactors produce about 16 percent of the world’s electric power. The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy. In addition to these reactors, there are more than 3,000 nuclear facilities worldwide that are used for applications in research, medicine, industry, and agriculture.
Nuclear power plants have two main advantages over fossil-fuel plants. (1) Once built, a nuclear plant can be less expensive to operate than a fossil-fuel plant, mainly because a nuclear plant uses a much smaller volume of fuel. (2) Uranium, unlike fossil fuels, releases no chemical or solid pollutants into the air during use.
However, nuclear power plants have three major disadvantages. These disadvantages have slowed the development of nuclear energy in some countries. (1) Nuclear plants cost more to build than fossil-fuel plants. (2) Because of the need to assure that hazardous amounts of radioactive materials are not released, nuclear plants must meet certain government regulations that fossil-fuel plants do not have to meet. For example, a nuclear plant must satisfy the government that it can quickly and automatically deal with any kind of emergency. (3) Used nuclear fuel produces dangerous radiation long after it has been removed from the reactor. As a result, safe disposal of nuclear waste presents a challenge
Many experts believe that the benefits of nuclear energy outweigh any problems
What grade level is it?
I followed the Prophet’s advice and checked my tire pressure.
I know it sounds crazy, but I immediately felt better after I did it.
Now I really don’t mind paying 4 dollars a gallon because Democrats have blocked every attempt at increasing domestic oil production. Thank you Obama. To think that a tire gauge could bring me such happiness.
One can only wonder what other crises will be solved thanks to his brilliant solutions.
Darn, I’m out of Koolaid. Will have to borrow some from an Obamist…they never run out.
Obama claims to have values right out of the Kansas heartland. That might be true but for the fact that people from the heartland tend not to associate with home grown terrorists, radical preachers who hate America, and con-men. Kansas heartland values don’t include being ashamed of this country or wanting to become a "citizen of the world" (what does that even mean, anyway?). Heartland values don’t include bashing your country while abroad or choosing to work out instead of visiting soldiers who are ill. Heartland values don’t include socialism. They do include a bit of humility, something which Obama lacks.
John McCain is the American President, Americans have been waiting for. I’m not sure "what" Obama is (does anyone honestly know?) but he ain’t American. Maybe he was born here, but the buck stops there. His penchant for radicals and racism, plants him squarely in the district he has come from, in Chicago Illinois, Bobby Rush, Farrakhan, Ayers, Rev Wright….. Racial Profiling and Afrocentric Legislation….
John McCain is a true "Red Blooded American" and he would die before he would listen to such "lesser men" run down and denigrate this Great Country. But Barack Hussein Obama, loved and "sought out" their company…. It seemed as long as "Hating American" was the common thread that brought, and held, this group together… They had Barack Hussein Obama’s ear, (and) he lionized them in his books and his legislation.
Does anyone actually think that John McCain would have tolerated these radical America hating bosom buddies of Obama’s, whose thoughts and actions I’m sure would remind him of his days in the Hanoi Hilton…. Would any person who truly loves this country listen to this (trashing of her) for years, all the while drafting and crafting legislation to support their radical American hating views with tax payers money….
I say nay, nay to Barack Hussein Obama, "who" ever he is, "what" ever he is and "where" ever he is from…. Radical, Muslim, Foreigner…. (Nay)
God Bless America
B. Hussein Obama remains opposed to new offshore drilling (although he now says he would accept a highly restricted version as part of a comprehensive package). Just last week, he claimed that if only Americans would inflate their tires properly and get regular tune-ups, "we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling."
This is bizarre. By any reasonable calculation of annual tire-inflation and tune-up savings, the Outer Continental Shelf holds nearly a hundred times as much oil. As for oil shale, also under federal moratorium, after a thousand years of driving with Obama-inflated tires and Obama-tuned engines, we would still have saved only one-fifth the oil shale available in the United States.
I think that it will vary every day, as his other "policies" have.
This guy is the king of smoke and mirrors. I think he is insulting to all Americans and thinks that if he changes his opinions enough no one will know how he feels and they will just vote for him because he is, well, you know, the chosen one.
Texas leads the nation in industrial pollution and has more oil refineries, chemical manufacturing plants and coal-fired power plants than any other state.
The massive oil and chemical plants employ nearly 270,000 people and pay billions of dollars in state and local taxes. Texas provides about 20 percent of the nation’s oil production, one-third of the natural gas, 25 percent of refining and 60 percent of chemical manufacturing.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htxdEFBrpeca_pHUlqKLEIv7fxYgD9C7U1RO0
Guv Goodhair has always been the sweetheart of "big bidness" in Texas. No reason to change now that he’s in the fight of his political life and will try to out-right- wing Kay B. Hutchison for his reelection bid. This will take big campaign bucks from "big bidness", which as you correctly specified, is heavily entrenched in the oil and gas (pollution) industries.
How named men who work at oil refinery. They control the production process at the plant. Could they be called are operators at refinery?
Yes
How named men who work at oil refinery. They control the production process at the plant. Could they be called are operators at refinery?
Yes
How named men who work at oil refinery. They control the production process at the plant. Could they be called are operators at refinery?
Yes
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