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ENVIRONMENTALISTS OPPOSE OBAMA PLAN TO DEVELOP SOLAR ENERGY
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| 9/13/2012
| Audrey Hudson
Posted on 09/13/2012 2:25:51 PM PDT by neverdem
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I agree with the environuts on one thing: renewable energy is an eyesore beyond buildings. But they can't have their cake and eat it too.
Solar energy projects like the uncredited pic or solar panels on buildings require a maximum of surface area for the photoelectric effect or you're spinning your wheels. It's simple physics.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:25:54 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem; All
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:31:52 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: neverdem
The pathetic EcoPinheads and their supporters should be shipped to mecca for a lesson in ignorance.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:32:51 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: neverdem
How do they not choke on all the buzzwords? They’re thicker than smog.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:34:34 PM PDT
by
Tublecane
To: soycd
Face it, the “environmentalists” vision for energy will end up leaving us with a manure problem. I've never seen any large-scale “eco-friendly” energy project that the “envrionmentalists” didn't ultimately find “unacceptable.”
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:38:11 PM PDT
by
vette6387
To: neverdem
The same idiots are tearing out dams at an astounding rate as well. If you want green energy that actually works and is low cost, hydro can't be beat. Obviously its a different situation in the west but here in the east there are literally thousands of dams doing nothing more than driving property values up and holding energy potential
We're in an all fired hurry to remove all the existing dams that could produce enormous amounts of RELIABLE energy and replace them with windmills that produce energy when conditions are perfect. If there's too much wind they don't work, if there's too little wind they don't work. Solar is even worse because the sun only shines a limited amount of the time. Midwest dams on the other hand are virtually never without enough water and actually exceed capacity much of the time. Unlike wind, when capacity is exceeded, dams simply dump the excess and the turbines keep right on turning.
These are from an ongoing feasibility study for the purpose of refurbishing two small dams in Ann Arbor for energy production. (There are 4 in Ann Arbor with the Barton and Superior already producing electricity) Note the estimated capacity exceedance.
Here is the actual report. The cost is around $4 million each with $1 million being permits and legal fees making the actual cost of around $3 million each. I'm curious about the cost of erecting a windmill and power distribution infrastructure to support them.
HYDROELECTRIC REDEVELOPMENT ARGO AND GEDDES DAMS FEASIBILITY STUDY (pdf)
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:41:54 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: musicman
These morons will not be happy until we are all back to living in the stone age.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:42:21 PM PDT
by
notpoliticallycorewrecked
(Our military does not kill babies, those that commit abortion kill babies.)
To: neverdem
Solar panels are obnoxious. Wind turbines are loud, just as obnoxious and kill over 400,000 birds (mostly raptors) per year in the United States.
To: neverdem
Ah, environmentalists:
They say we need solar power, but then block the projects because they might have an adverse environmental impact and because they’re eyesores.
They say we need massive wind farms, but then block them because they’re eyesores, surprisingly efficient at killing birds, and quite loud.
They advocate geothermal energy, but block the projects because they might adversely affect groundwater.
They say we should use tidal power systems, but then shoot down every proposed location due to aesthetic and environmental concerns.
About the only thing they haven’t proposed then blocked is using corn for ethanol, which is of course driving up food prices and causing shortages in the third world where we used to send our excess crop.
My personal favorite instance is how the libs living in Martha’s Vineyard were the fiercest advocates of offshore wind farms until it turned out that the best location in the country for one is off Martha’s Vineyard. Then they suddenly had high-minded reasons for stopping the Cape Wind Project, nothing more than chagrined, disguised NIMBY, of course.
How long until they propose magic happy pixie dust as an alternative energy source, but then block the fairy ranching operations..? ;p
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:53:01 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Be a bastard, and Karma'll be a bitch.)
To: neverdem
In Israel solar hot water heating is almost standard.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:56:46 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: soycd
Putting the “mental” in “environmental”. Just released some greenhouse gasses at the screen.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:58:35 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: neverdem
Eyesore is putting it mildly. I wonder if that monstrosity can be seen from orbit.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:58:46 PM PDT
by
SkiKnee
To: neverdem
For once I agree with the enviros but not for the same reasons.
First, make sure it's economically viable before you plant square miles of the stuff.
Start with an acre or so of privately funded panels. WHEN it can pay for its own start up and maintenance costs, THEN feel free to expand to another acre.
That way it will grow at the rate it deserves, and you can resolve any birthing pains at a reasonable cost.
Do NOT start with 640 million dollars of taxpayer money only to have it flop like Solyndra.
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posted on
09/13/2012 2:59:46 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Eleutheria5
In Israel solar hot water heating is almost standard.
Solar is fine in certain places for specific things like that. Powering entire cities and industries is a whole different ball game. Even here in Michigan I have a bunch of solar powered gadgets but could never rely on it for more than charging a few small batteries.
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:04:13 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: verum ago
All your examples are explained by one simple observation: environmentalists believe in drastically cutting the human population of the world. They like turning food into energy because it raises the cost of food. The others are frowned upon because hard-core environmentalists do not want additional sources of energy, "green" or otherwise. They believe that more energy makes it easier for human populations to increase. The more food we turn into energy, the less food we have. To hard-core environmentalists, this is apparantly a net-zero situation.
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:06:40 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: neverdem
Further PROOF that environmentalists do not want ANY solution.
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:11:02 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: neverdem
I love when the “save the earth” solar people and the “save the earth” environmentalists try to eat each other.
I hope they both win.
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:17:02 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: neverdem
Does this opposition prove that the “green energy” push is really an effort to deny people energy altogether?
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:42:45 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: neverdem
This is why the cult of global warming is losing momentum with the people, environmentalists always construct no win situations, when people can’t win they just do what they want. Enviros complain about every form of energy, every form of getting your food from the store to home, every form of transportation.
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:50:12 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.)
To: verum ago
How long until they propose magic happy pixie dust as an alternative energy source, but then block the fairy ranching operations..? ;p Their preferred solution is for 95% of humans to die and leave the Earth in peace...
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posted on
09/13/2012 3:52:40 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
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