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I read a paper the other day that was an elaborate study of life cycle costs for various generating technologies. It concluded that solar was the most expensive, which piqued my curiosity so I looked more closely into it. The study's major mistake was to highly penalize solar for availability. Why? As long as there are other fuel using waste producing assets that can be idled when solar is available, every kilowatt can be productively used.
The study's major mistake was to highly penalize solar for availability. Why? As long as there are other fuel using waste producing assets that can be idled when solar is available, every kilowatt can be productively used.
You want to build an expensive fossil fuel plant and run it only part of the time, and you don't think that solar should be penalized for the inefficient use of the fossil fuel plant?
You're yet another example of a liberal who failed economics.
We already have all of the fossil fuel pants we'll ever need.
You're yet another example of a conservative who failed common sense.
Running the damn coal or natural gas plant half of the time = half of the fossil fuels burnt. The name of the game is reduction of fossil fuels.
Plus I hope we build more nuclear, hydro and possibly fusion to help us get to our goal.
The study's major mistake was to highly penalize solar for availability. Why? As long as there are other fuel using waste producing assets that can be idled when solar is available, every kilowatt can be productively used.
You want to build an expensive fossil fuel plant and run it only part of the time, and you don't think that solar should be penalized for the inefficient use of the fossil fuel plant?
You're yet another example of a liberal who failed economics.
We already have all of the fossil fuel pants we'll ever need.
You're yet another example of a conservative who failed common sense.
Solar, but more particularly wind NEED to be penalized for inefficiencies associated with idling the main generators. You cannot idle a coal plant and expect it to be there instantly when a cloud passes by or tthe wind lulls. Nat gas and hydro are quicker, but when you shut down a nat gas gas plant, you are wasting heated water .. Same with a nuclear plant..
These are REAL costs of trying back up unreliable sources...
Running the damn coal or natural gas plant half of the time = half of the fossil fuels burnt. The name of the game is reduction of fossil fuels.
Plus I hope we build more nuclear, hydro and possibly fusion to help us get to our goal.
Fusion, great idea.....don't hold your breath.
Fusion, great idea.....don't hold your breath.
That last, perhaps something we should encourage in the circumstance......
The study's major mistake was to highly penalize solar for availability. Why? As long as there are other fuel using waste producing assets that can be idled when solar is available, every kilowatt can be productively used.
You want to build an expensive fossil fuel plant and run it only part of the time, and you don't think that solar should be penalized for the inefficient use of the fossil fuel plant?
You're yet another example of a liberal who failed economics.
We already have all of the fossil fuel pants we'll ever need.
You're yet another example of a conservative who failed common sense.
And yet, more fossil fuel plants are built all the time.
You realize that when you build a plant, and only run it 50% of the time, there is a cost involved, right?
We already have all of the fossil fuel pants we'll ever need.
You're yet another example of a conservative who failed common sense.
And yet, more fossil fuel plants are built all the time.
You realize that when you build a plant, and only run it 50% of the time, there is a cost involved, right?
Not in this country.
Most of the cost of fossil fuel generation is fuel and waste related. No energy requires no fuel and creates no waste.
And yet, more fossil fuel plants are built all the time.
You realize that when you build a plant, and only run it 50% of the time, there is a cost involved, right?
Not in this country.
Most of the cost of fossil fuel generation is fuel and waste related. No energy requires no fuel and creates no waste.
In every country, building an expensive piece of equipment and only using it part of the time, has a cost.
Your ignorance of economics is not surprising.
Not in this country.
Most of the cost of fossil fuel generation is fuel and waste related. No energy requires no fuel and creates no waste.
In every country, building an expensive piece of equipment and only using it part of the time, has a cost.
Your ignorance of economics is not surprising.
So why would anybody build a new plant using fuels that we're running out of?
In every country, building an expensive piece of equipment and only using it part of the time, has a cost.
Your ignorance of economics is not surprising.
So why would anybody build a new plant using fuels that we're running out of?
Natural gas production in this country is booming.
We need electricity, reliable electricity.
Any other silly questions?
So why would anybody build a new plant using fuels that we're running out of?
Natural gas production in this country is booming.
We need electricity, reliable electricity.
Any other silly questions?
Plants are being converted from expensive dirty coal to cleaner natural gas. A good, though temporary, solution.
Natural gas production in this country is booming.
We need electricity, reliable electricity.
Any other silly questions?
Plants are being converted from expensive dirty coal to cleaner natural gas. A good, though temporary, solution.
Good solutions don't involve spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build a plant and then idle it for half the day.
The cheapest alternative is to do nothing, wait for fossil fuels to run out, move back to the caves, try to get a cave that's higher than the new sea level.
Very, very cheap.
The cheapest alternative is to do nothing, wait for fossil fuels to run out, move back to the caves, try to get a cave that's higher than the new sea level.
Very, very cheap.
You're right, we don't want to move back to the caves in the future.
Your solution is to move back to the caves today.
The cheapest alternative is to do nothing, wait for fossil fuels to run out, move back to the caves, try to get a cave that's higher than the new sea level.
Very, very cheap.
You're right, we don't want to move back to the caves in the future.
Your solution is to move back to the caves today.
Wrong!
That's the job of doing nothing.
The cheapest alternative is to do nothing, wait for fossil fuels to run out, move back to the caves, try to get a cave that's higher than the new sea level.
Very, very cheap.
