Our Solar/Alt Energy Future

[Synthaholic]

It's coming quicker than people think. The solutions are there.

 

[MisterBeale]

Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | Full Documentary | Directed by Jeff Gibbs​

Intelligent folks don't support your fake solutions.

 

[Synthaholic]

Always nice when one of the moderators is also one of the biggest trolls on the site.

 

[Yarddog]

It's coming quicker than people think. The solutions are there.

thats a pretty small looking airport for all those panels. Or do they plug their planes into really long extension cords?

 

[Synthaholic]

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Intelligent folks don't support your fake solutions.

Dont Taz Me Bro - is this an example of the trolling that you told me you won't tolerate?

 

[Grumblenuts]

The film ends with Gibbs reflecting that "Infinite growth on a finite planet is suicide", imploring the audience to take back the environmental movement from billionaires and capitalists.

Somehow I don't think that's what MisterBeale was trying to say at all. By all accounts the film was made to spark controversy and productive discussion. It largely failed to do so because they got critical facts wrong and were otherwise sloppy as Michael Moore films have tended to be. Moore simply providing us with perspectives at odds with the corporate norms doesn't necessarily help anything. But it certainly does fuel conspiracy nuts' wet dreams.

 

[Grumblenuts]

thats a pretty small looking airport for all those panels.

The airport operates three passenger terminals and one cargo terminal with a total area of over 225,000 square metres (2,421,880 sq ft).

It is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala and 4th biggest airport in South India.

 

[The Duke]

It's coming quicker than people think. The solutions are there.

Oh! I thought it said "Our Solar/Alt energy Failure.

 

[fncceo]

The average Indian household uses 12kW/Day of electricity.

While the average American household uses around 30kW/Day

So, supplying power to 10,000 Indian homes would equate to only 4,000 American homes.

A town less than half the size of Tuscaloosa, AL or a third of the size of Longmont Colorado.

Add to that, Indians are used to daily brown/black outs that last hours every day. Known locally as "load shedding"

 

[Grumblenuts]

From Planet of the Humans (Premiered July 2019) transcript:

We can meet the energy requirements for 10 homes. Over a year.
15:55 (traffic humming)
15:57 - [Woman asking question] Will that be an incentive to put more solar on?
16:01 - [Nelson] Well, if you wanted to make all of the energy required for the city of Lansing over a year?
16:07 - [Woman asking question] Well, how about--
16:08 - [Nelson] You'd have a solar array that was three miles by five miles.
16:11 - [Woman asking question] Right. But--
16:12 - [Nelson] We're not gonna do that.

Two years later:

More to come..

 

[Grumblenuts]

While the average American household uses around 30kW/Day

Ahem:

In 2021, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,632 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of about 886 kWh per month. Louisiana had the highest annual electricity consumption at 14,302 kWh per residential customer, and Hawaii had the lowest at 6,369 kWh per residential customer.

Okay, per day. Never mind.

 

[Grumblenuts]

18:18 - [Jeff] And how long are these towers supposed to last?
18:20 - [Man] 20-something years, 20--
18:21 - [Citizen] I know, it's just a nanosecond.
18:24 - [Jeff] 20 years?
18:25 - [Citizen] Oh, it's a nanosecond in the time of energy.

I'm no big fan of those gigantic windmills, especially on land, but that's what I meant by "sloppy." Man-on-the-street interviews are comedy, not journalism.

In terms of durability, wind turbines last an average of about 25 years.

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Photo from Carbon Rivers

 

[Grumblenuts]

24:50 - [Announcer] This is the raw material chips are made of, sand.
24:53 - [Zehner] They don't use sand at all.

Most solar panels are made of silicon, which is the main component in natural beach sand.

Silicon is abundantly available, making it the second most available element on Earth.

However, converting sand into high grade silicon comes at a high cost and is an energy intensive process. High-purity silicon is produced from quartz sand in an arc furnace at very high temperatures.

That should suffice.

 

[luiza]

Always nice when one of the moderators is also one of the biggest trolls on the site.

Or is it somebody gently taking the piss and/or puncturing pomposity ?

And doing it "kindly" .

 

[Synthaholic]

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Intelligent folks don't support your fake solutions.

Two weeks ago MisterBeale removed an Aesops Fable I posted, saying I was trolling. Now look at him trolling.

USMB RULES FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME

 

[sparky]

I've read all the latest 'bills' we'll all be paying for

None of these folks can do the math

We're being misled, and all because the Fed's printing press has gone green

~S~

 

[Synthaholic]

MisterBeale and Dont Taz Me Bro have gone quiet all of a sudden. All I'm looking for is an explanation why a moderator can troll people's threads but lowly members cannot. That's all. Live by your rules.

 

[Synthaholic]

This is a thread about solar and other alternative energy. It's not a thread for nutcase theories about how climate change is a hoax. There are plenty of threads for that.

 

[Synthaholic]

Fusion Fuel Green Plc is interesting. They're able to capture and utilize the thermal energy generated by CPV solar modules to enhance the efficiency of the electrolysis process and produce green hydrogen at cheaper costs.

 

[Synthaholic]

GEVO produces renewable fuels, specializing in sustainable airplane fuel.