Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Joe Street
... a small portion of the total process, true, but one of the more energy intensive portions. Do these numbers seem reasonable? Z -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110504/284974ba/attachment.html

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Zeke Yewdall
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Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Joe Street
Yep. Like it or not the earth is going to warm up, the Holocene is coming to an end. Even filling the deserts with panels will only hurry it along. J On 04/05/2011 10:12 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote: Well... it just goes to prove that you cannot supply side yourself out of the problem... if

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Chip Mefford
It ended, we're in the anthropocene. - Original Message - From: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 10:38:49 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough. Yep. Like it or not the earth is going to warm up,

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Chip Mefford
Well, that mindset, as strange as it seems, is actually backed by a couple of centuries of historical precedent. Note, historical precedent, not scientific precedent. No, not the same. Statistical precedents are used to come up with all kinds of whacky stuff. Take a look at the IEA's

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Joe Street
Doh. Yeah well, what I meant to say was a new 'cene' is on the horizon. On 04/05/2011 10:33 AM, Chip Mefford wrote: It ended, we're in the anthropocene. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.

2011-05-04 Thread Joe Street
I think that is a perfect analogy. This has always been a petri dish. Question is, even if we are smarter than yeast, does it make any difference? On 04/05/2011 11:32 AM, Chip Mefford wrote: Well, that mindset, as strange as it seems, is actually backed by a couple of centuries of