Posted on 07/27/2009 8:05:09 PM PDT by Flavius
I burn about 250-300 but I also have about 1,000 sq ft. I suspect a lot of places that burn oil are older homes that are not very well insulated. Most newer homes around here use natural gas.
Read post 33. It addresses some of the things you mention such as siting.
Anyone growing up in farm country ...that part of the nation that people from Massachusetts have no clue about... know that growing anything on an acre of ground is subject to a lot of variables. It can not rain enough or rain too much. A freak hailstorm can wipe out your crop in minutes. Some crops do not grow well in some areas ...the organic oranges at the local food coop in Massachusetts do not come from the fields of Nebraska for a reason. Unless we have global warming there is a possibility of crops freezing in early spring. There are only a limited number of acres available that can produce any crop. Large scale farming that would be needed to produce the fuel needs of our nation would have negative environmental effects. Lastly, every acre of plants grown for fuel is an acre that is not being used to produce food.
Correction:
Resources are a lot more than reserves and they will run out of rate and reserves long before running out of RESOURCES.
I calculated well over 15 million acres but it doesn’t matter since it’s not going to be done.
If its bigger then Saudi Arabia, how can it last us only one year? Unless the estimate isn't as big as Saudi Arabia.
However, I still believe we here in these united states have all the energy we'd ever need if only those damned environmental wackos would let up with their constant BS.
Environmental issues are good. No one wants to live in a filthy environment but, these people go way over board.
The biggest problem I always seem to see all the time is, why does it always have to all this way or all that way. What I mean to say is, some say we must go ALL green now, while others say nay stay with what we have only make it more efficient.
How about a symbiosis? Keep what we have while making it more efficient while at the same time invest in, solar, wind, tidal, nuclear , bio fuels using hemp instead of corn and other resources.
The government can start by setting an example. All Federal and State buildings must be energy efficient and be run solely or at least mostly via solar panels and wind turbines.
The hell with tax credits for home owners. With tax credits comes strings. Just leave people the hell alone. I myself will be building my own solar / wind turbine set up coupled with a wood burning stove, I'll need not worry about high energy bills or freezing to death this winter.
The damned electric companies tell us cut back, conserve energy, etc. Then they raise their rates and we end up paying more then we did when we used more electricity.
Just had to vent.
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