DTE Energy, the utility company that provides my electricity, has pledged an 80% reduction in CO2 and methane emissions by 2040. Most of that will be achieved by transitioning to wind and solar, but energy efficiency measures like those Bill describes are a big part of it as well. Much of the drilling in the US is aimed at providing LPG for export.
Paul > On Jul 13, 2019, at 2:28 AM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/12/2019 8:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> The US is much closer to minimizing fossil fuel dependence. A number of >> states are generating more than 20 percent of electricity with renewable >> energy. Of course we are better positioned for solar. > > Unfortunately, minimizing fossil fuel dependence seems to translate into > drill as much as you can as fast as you can so you don't have to import it. > > All the electricity I get comes from burning either coal or natural gas.We > can't do much for hydro electric here, and for some reason, they don't want > to do nuclear generation even though we have some of the best uranium > reserves in the world. > We have some towns set up with private solar farms, and we are doing wind > generation. It turns out one of the locations they decided they wanted to use > for a wind farm was on the glide path of some rarish bird, possibly sand-hill > cranes. > We seem to be taking a two pronged approach. The power utility was > underwriting most of the cost of LED light bulbs for consumers for a few > years, the gas utility was underwriting increasing R value of attic > insulation, and other incentives to cut down on energy consumption. Through > the magic of an ultra high efficiency furnace, I am paying the same per month > for natural gas now as I was 30 years ago, and I only paid about half the > retail on the furnace. > > bill > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
