Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Jan 2013, at 23:37, meekerdb wrote: On 1/18/2013 10:23 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 19:14, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have replaced Hemp (for textile, fuel, paper and

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-20 Thread meekerdb
On 1/20/2013 5:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 18 Jan 2013, at 23:37, meekerdb wrote: On 1/18/2013 10:23 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 19:14, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Roger Clough
Forever is a long time, especially near the end. - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Platonist Guitar Cowboy Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 15:39:54 Subject: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy Alberto, On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:27 PM

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
Stephen, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 1/18/2013 12:48 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:11 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:28 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
- From: Platonist Guitar Cowboy Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 15:39:54 Subject: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy Alberto, On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This is in fact the return to primitive cults to the mother earth, the feeder

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 19:14, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have replaced Hemp (for textile, fuel, paper and medication) just from lies and greed. The possible global warming might just be another

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread meekerdb
On 1/17/2013 11:48 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/18/2013 12:48 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:11 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:28 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com mailto:agocor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/18/2013 8:35 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: Everything I've said here can be verified by gardening or taking care of a couple of plants, animals, human beings for extended periods of time. Hi, I am not OK with the premise of this sentence or the direction. I want to know, in

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread meekerdb
On 1/18/2013 10:23 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 19:14, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have replaced Hemp (for textile, fuel, paper and medication) just from lies and greed. The

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/18/2013 1:23 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 19:14, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have replaced Hemp (for textile, fuel, paper and medication) just from lies and greed. The

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/18/2013 4:59 PM, meekerdb wrote: I see no references to how, except to note that exponential growth can't continue indefinitely and projected populations of 9 billion are probably impossible and absent some other restraint will result in a lot of people starving. The recommendation seems

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-18 Thread meekerdb
On 1/18/2013 3:32 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/18/2013 4:59 PM, meekerdb wrote: I see no references to how, except to note that exponential growth can't continue indefinitely and projected populations of 9 billion are probably impossible and absent some other restraint will result in a lot

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Telmo Menezes
I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Producing useful scientific theories about complex systems is already a daunting task. When the issue is so heavily politicised by both sides, it becomes almost impossible. Anyone that has ever done experimental research knows how easy it is to lie

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 01:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/16/2013 3:54 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/16/2013 1:52 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/16/2013 1:45 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now the same PR firms are hired by the oil and coal industry to obfuscate the problem of global warming. And

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:02, Telmo Menezes wrote: I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Me too. Producing useful scientific theories about complex systems is already a daunting task. When the issue is so heavily politicised by both sides, it becomes almost impossible. Anyone

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Roger Clough
is a long time, especially near the end. - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Telmo Menezes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 07:02:01 Subject: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Producing useful

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread meekerdb
I hope you're enjoying your check from Exxon/Mobil. Brent On 1/17/2013 2:57 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Count me as an heretic denialist of the ecological Apocalipsis. The Michael Mann hockey stick is a fraud as you can verify in the mails leaked in the Climate Research Unit. You must read

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/17/2013 9:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Coming back to hemp should be the good idea. Oil and wood have replaced Hemp (for textile, fuel, paper and medication) just from lies and greed. The possible global warming might just be another consequences on the lies on cannabis, drugs etc. Hemp

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2013/1/17 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net I hope you're enjoying your check from Exxon/Mobil. I don`t find irony in your words, given the context of your previous answers. I can´t believe that you are no naive as to assume that warmism scepticism is a conspiracy. My worst suppositions about

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread meekerdb
On 1/17/2013 4:02 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Producing useful scientific theories about complex systems is already a daunting task. When the issue is so heavily politicised by both sides, it becomes almost impossible. Anyone that has ever done

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Alberto G. Corona
the end. - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Telmo Menezes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 07:02:01 Subject: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Producing useful scientific theories about complex

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/17/2013 1:54 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: The idea of the end of resources comes from Malthus, but it can be traced much back in time, to some misconceptions of what is a resource from our evolutionary past. It is though naturally that a resource is something produced by the heart, which

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:49 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 1/17/2013 4:02 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: I'm agnostic about the environmental apocalipse. Producing useful scientific theories about complex systems is already a daunting task. When the issue is so heavily politicised

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/17/2013 4:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: You have to prove that the CO2 is the main ingredient of global warming. Not me. But it is not. It is water vapor by orders of magnitude. And the water vapor concentration, and the clouds depends on cosmic rays, and cosmic rays depend on solar

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/17/2013 7:28 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com mailto:agocor...@gmail.com wrote: You have to prove that the CO2 is the main ingredient of global warming. Not me. Ok. So Greenhouse effect is alarmist

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread meekerdb
On 1/17/2013 7:11 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:28 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com mailto:agocor...@gmail.com wrote: You have to prove that the CO2 is the main ingredient of global warming. Not me.

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/18/2013 12:48 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:11 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/17/2013 7:28 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com mailto:agocor...@gmail.com wrote: You have to prove that the CO2 is the main

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 1/15/2013 8:18 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 Jan 2013, at 00:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I have to say that in the countries where lobbies are not permitted, they are stronger and operate without the voter knowledge, so they have much more freedom for corruption. Prohibition by law is not a magic way to make things dissapear. Unless omniscient, incapable of doing evil inspectors

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Jan 2013, at 17:18, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 Jan 2013, at 00:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's just another name for petitioning

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread meekerdb
On 1/16/2013 1:45 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now the same PR firms are hired by the oil and coal industry to obfuscate the problem of global warming. And meanwhile we disregard other options out of ideology, namely geo-engineering. They are disregarded not out of ideology; they

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Oh, two planet-saviors. I´m more simpatetic to the make French chess legal in america movement. Waiting for the next paranoia 2013/1/16 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net e is great uncertainty about the problem. Of course they are not going to do anything about a problem they are --

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/16/2013 1:52 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/16/2013 1:45 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now the same PR firms are hired by the oil and coal industry to obfuscate the problem of global warming. And meanwhile we disregard other options out of ideology, namely geo-engineering. They are

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-16 Thread meekerdb
On 1/16/2013 3:54 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/16/2013 1:52 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/16/2013 1:45 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now the same PR firms are hired by the oil and coal industry to obfuscate the problem of global warming. And meanwhile we disregard other options out of

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Jan 2013, at 00:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's just another name for petitioning your government. Lobbyists provide a lot research and expertise to the legislative process, Biased by personal

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 Jan 2013, at 00:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's just another name for petitioning your government. Lobbyists provide a lot research and

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:38 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's just another name for petitioning your government. Lobbyists provide a lot research and expertise to the legislative process, so I

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread John Mikes
Brent: in my (learned) English I equate lobbying with bribing - it is by no means a 'petitioning'. You can step up the law enforcement against lawmakers etc. being BRIBED easily. Unless, of course, if the enforcers get 'lobbied'G. I always wonder, if someone has b$3-4 assets and m$5-10 in yearly

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread meekerdb
On 1/15/2013 8:18 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 Jan 2013, at 00:38, meekerdb wrote: On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-15 Thread meekerdb
On 1/15/2013 1:28 PM, John Mikes wrote: Brent: in my (learned) English I equate lobbying with bribing - it is by no means a 'petitioning'. Sure it is. I have a lawyer friend who works in Washington as a lobbyist for small communication companies (telephone, TV cable,...). He reads proposed

Re: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread Roger Clough
- Receiving the following content - From: Platonist Guitar Cowboy Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-13, 09:50:52 Subject: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy I always let

Re: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
- From: Platonist Guitar Cowboy Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-13, 09:50:52 Subject: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy I always let the market decide. Please. It's

Re: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread Telmo Menezes
Instead of complaining now or watching what the market does, by not really watching it á la Roger, better include the future when considering past and present: I bet that Spain, with its sunshine monopoly and mix of renewable energy and infrastructure investment of the last years, will be

Re: Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy I always let the market decide. Please. It's peoples' behavior that determines market. And it has decided: you can steal from the coming generations by allowing energy

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger, On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy ? I've lost the page ref for the graph below, but it's typical of numerous other graphs of the daily variation in solar energy on the internet

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread John Mikes
. And that it's not an either-or choice. And that the Sun shines all the time, just not on your spot? And that energy can be stored? I assume you're switching to nuclear. Brent On 1/12/2013 2:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy truncated -- You received

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-14 Thread meekerdb
On 1/14/2013 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Lobbying should be forbidden. But it's just another name for petitioning your government. Lobbyists provide a lot research and expertise to the legislative process, so I don't think it is workable to just forbid them. Brent -- You received this

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-13 Thread Roger Clough
: everything-list Time: 2013-01-12, 11:06:43 Subject: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger, On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy ? I've lost the page ref for the graph below, but it's typical of numerous other graphs

Re: Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-13 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
: The unpredictability of solar energy Hi Roger, On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy ? I've lost the page ref for the graph below, but it's typical of numerous other graphs of the daily variation in solar energy on the internet

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 1/13/2013 2:48 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 1/12/2013 6:58 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/12/2013 7:19 PM, meekerdb wrote: ??? Who asked you to? I guess you're unaware that hydroelectric generators depend on solar energy? And that the energy in coal and oil came from the Sun. And that it's

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-13 Thread John Mikes
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Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-13 Thread meekerdb
you're switching to nuclear. Brent On 1/12/2013 2:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy truncated -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-12 Thread meekerdb
assume you're switching to nuclear. Brent On 1/12/2013 2:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy I've lost the page ref for the graph below, but it's typical of numerous other graphs of the daily variation in solar energy on the internet. (For a comparison see solar

Re: The unpredictability of solar energy

2013-01-12 Thread Stephen P. King
? And that energy can be stored? I assume you're switching to nuclear. Brent Hi, Fission of Uranium or thorium, it came from stars as well. :-) Goof points, Brent. The one hard nut is fusion... On 1/12/2013 2:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The unpredictability of solar energy I've lost