Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Dunno, they're probably going to attract fruitcakes... -Curt On Monday, March 1, 2021, 3:02:11 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: To reduce the losses from the transmission lines, the thorium reactors should be close to the points of use. I want one in my backyard --- On Mon, Mar 1,

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
To reduce the losses from the transmission lines, the thorium reactors should be close to the points of use. I want one in my backyard --- On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 1:54 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Baring some major battery technology > breakthrough,

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I feel compelled to comment: by 2030, CO2 emissions will be the least of their worries. IMO. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Floyd Thursby via Mercedes Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 11:18 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Floyd Thursby Subject: [MBZ] Editorial: To save

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
These guys crack me up. 90% of emissions come from outside the US, especially China and India who are only increasing their number of coal plants. US emissions could go to zero and it wouldn't matter. I think China commissions a new coal plane daily, on average. Second, the US was already on

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There's also transportation as a loss in the case of petroleum. Also spillage... Very difficult to really compare them. -Curt On Monday, March 1, 2021, 12:15:33 PM EST, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Last I heard, the electrical grid was only something like 50% efficient. There is

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Last I heard, the electrical grid was only something like 50% efficient. There is a _lot_ of waste. To that you must also subtract conversion losses, etc. An IC engine is something like 33% efficient, at best. Their overall system efficiency goes _up_ in cold weather, because they're making good

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>From the article, concerning world wide emissions, " main culprit is energy production, including onsite burning of fossil fuels by industries, which accounts for nearly half." "Energy production" should be correctly stated as "electricity production". Meaning your Tesla/Prius will probably

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I'm sure that is why 3/4 of the entire country was just frozen solid... to much global warming. On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 9:18 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://news.yahoo.com/editorial-save-planet-climate-change-110020548.html > > -- > --FT > >

[MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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