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I don't care for this idea one bit and I think the Brits must have been idiots to actually pay these people to do this. Even if they actually were burning nothing but wood waste, the rate at which they are releasing it's CO2 is thousands and thousands of times the rate of release from organic decomposition and as noted in several places it will take thousands of time as long for new growth to capture CO2 as it is taking to produce it via combustion. Drax originally specialized in coal fired power plants and had the honor of owning and operating the most polluting power plant in all of Europe. Their conversion to "biomass" wood pellets has been extremely controversial and most environmental organizations and activists have opposed it fiercely. I suspect a great deal of their support has come from the fossil fuel industry and their well-paid supporters in government. I saw several articles noting that Drax was making use of loopholes in carbon capture legislation to qualify for the subsidies they are receiving. This looks to me like another act of desperation from the dying fossil fuel industry.
$200-$250 where I live.I sold wood for $400 per face cord 20 years ago. Wonder what it costs now?
Challenge accepted.What about Canadians
And why not just go all the way
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Deplorable Yankee clipper
Yeah, good luck with that. I will bet you a lot they run on the aux engine more than the sails.
Maybe it would only take one bunker full to cross the ocean.Wait! A ship with it's bunkers full of wood pellets would be "unsinkable".
My point is that wind power has place in modern marine shipping.Yeah, good luck with that. I will bet you a lot they run on the aux engine more than the sails.
Depends on the wood source. Lots of storm toppled trees all over the place. Wood is the most underrated and wasted fuel source in America.Yeah, and compared to a modern oil or gas powered powerplant it is horribly inefficient.
Leave it to stupid people to cut down trees, for fucks sake, to inefficiently run a powerplant.
These people bring new meaning to the word retarded.
You have to factor in the amount of fossil fuel use, especially coal, that is replaced by burning wood. Also, the mineral value of the ash must be factored in.I don't care for this idea one bit and I think the Brits must have been idiots to actually pay these people to do this. Even if they actually were burning nothing but wood waste, the rate at which they are releasing it's CO2 is thousands and thousands of times the rate of release from organic decomposition and as noted in several places it will take thousands of time as long for new growth to capture CO2 as it is taking to produce it via combustion. Drax originally specialized in coal fired power plants and had the honor of owning and operating the most polluting power plant in all of Europe. Their conversion to "biomass" wood pellets has been extremely controversial and most environmental organizations and activists have opposed it fiercely. I suspect a great deal of their support has come from the fossil fuel industry and their well-paid supporters in government. I saw several articles noting that Drax was making use of loopholes in carbon capture legislation to qualify for the subsidies they are receiving. This looks to me like another act of desperation from the dying fossil fuel industry.
No, it truly doesn't. Efficiency is the name of the game in shipping. Being prisoner to the vagaries of the wind is the exact opposite.My point is that wind power has place in modern marine shipping.
Lots of new applications. Here's a good one.No, it truly doesn't. Efficiency is the name of the game in shipping. Being prisoner to the vagaries of the wind is the exact opposite.
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Nice wings for pleasure craft are awesome. Trying to scale those up to merchant ships is a loser.Lots of new applications. Here's a good one.
A new sail design for cargo ships is propelling the maritime industry to a more sustainable future
WISAMO from Michelin is a new automated wing sail design that harnesses the wind for propulsion and aims to lower carbon emissions by up to 50%.
The target is merchant ships as they are big polluters.Nice wings for pleasure craft are awesome. Trying to scale those up to merchant ships is a loser.
The target is merchant ships as they are big polluters.
Depends on the wood source. Lots of storm toppled trees all over the place. Wood is the most underrated and wasted fuel source in America.
Not really. Based on how much they move in a single pass they are comparatively minor.The target is merchant ships as they are big polluters.
Apparently, that is not a problem for pellet manufacturers. Their plants are located in the 'forest zones', which is also where their market is.How much energy and money does it take to get the toppled tree to a wood pellet plant?
Seagoing shipping contributes 3 percent of the global ghg pollution. That's quite a bit.Not really. Based on how much they move in a single pass they are comparatively minor.
Apparently, that is not a problem for pellet manufacturers. Their plants are located in the 'forest zones', which is also where their market is.
Not when you factor in how much they move. Shipping is currently one of the most efficient means of transporting goods. Reverting back to wind power is laughable. They will expend far more GHG's making the ship, then they ever get back through its operations.Seagoing shipping contributes 3 percent of the global ghg pollution. That's quite a bit.
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