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Non of the greeny pipe-dream “alternative” energy technologies are going to be the panacea they think they are but then again, greenies usually have more money than good sense and can afford just about anything so it’s really a moot point, well, except the maggot-infested unwashed hippie types.
Oh I forgot, those people are now wearing suits and ties and are now ruling our lives with environmental regulations such as: in Texas we are now taxed on our water wells, forget what your deeds say, nope, they’re gonna “save you” you see...
I challenged a envio-wacko about practicing what they preach one day (during the water well taxing scheme “debate”). I asked him to come over. We have a clothesline (always have, my wife prefers it—the dryer gets used in the winter if then), “water saver” shower heads (hard to get wet under the dern things!); the only grass is volunteer if there’s enough rainfall (since we live on a well) but it is kept trimmed and edged. Porches cover E & W side windows and the A/C is used only if temp rises to 90s+. We have two old but serviceable vehicles PAID for and they work fine but they sure won’t impress anyone.
This is not to make an impression, it’s how we live in our 30 year old home in Texas but we’re getting up in age so that’s okay. Before they came over I was going to ask my wife to fill the wash tub and put the scrubbing board in it as if she was going to wash a load of clothes, freak out time.
It panics them when I ask to see their clotheslines, paid for vehicles, water saver fixtures, etc., they KNOW they’re hypocrites. I tell them I also want to see their water saving (since everyone seems to be a water expert these days) toilets, plants and landscaping.
The fallacy of the massive number of “green jobs” they say they are going to create:
in terms of energy and economic efficiency, how can an energy regime that requires thousands, if not millions of new jobs, be more efficient, in terms of energy or economics, than the present energy regime without them - it can’t - so, in fact, the cost of energy is not going to go down;
or, if the creation of all the new “green jobs” is a figment of their imagination, then what is that promise worth - zero; “job creation” in major technology shifts MOVES net jobs, from areas losing jobs to areas gaining jobs, rarely, as employment figures indicate, do they create net additional jobs.
The only energy changes worth implementing are energy changes and energy investments able to make energy CHEAPER and cheaper usually means LESS labor intensive and getting more “bang for the buck”, and nuclear is THE ONLY energy (right now) that does that.
And it’s technology is improving.
A totally self-contained, about the size of a big shed, 25-30 megawatt, mini nuc plant, producing 25-30 megawatts, is now available, for about $25 million. There is not even anything but power “released” from the system, because even the cooling system stays within the system, continually recycled.
http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/09/mini-nuclear-power-plants-for-your-neighborhood-in-five-years/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/mini-nuclear-plant-is-safe-affordable-and-purifies-water-but-d/
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/about_tech.html
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/why.html
Texas, which has the strictest renewable energy mandate in the country, is about to increase its quota for the third time. Now the wind capital of the U.S., Texas's new law would make the state the leader in solar power as well. Expensive and intermittent, wind- and solar-forcing will work only to increase electricity rates for captive consumers and reduce reliability on the grid. Taxpayers are on the hook as well.
The author is clueless. "Green power" is all about making more money by manufactured shortages and an increased installed base.
The link describes how the gambit worked in California.
LOL
When the Greenies get finished a 800 SqFt home in Levitown will be the new McMansion....
“Is Texas the new California?”
No.