Agreed! Such as Martha Robertson quoting County Planning Dept figures that "The emissions from the development of one well - including energy used for transportation and drilling, and methane emissions from the well - is equal to twice the emissions from Tompkins County government operations in one year." Adding that as many as 5100 such wells are considered for Tompkins County. The same life cycle analysis Margaret refers to could well be applied to nuclear power as well. Wind generation, especially takes such a ridiculous beating in a number of ways even though its' impact is nothing compared with fossil and nuclear fuel. Jeanne In a message dated 12/3/2009 11:42:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Thanks for the myth-busting! Funny how life cycle analysis is so often applied to renewables, yet so rarely applies to fossil fuels; I'd like to see more extraction to emissions analysis of fracked gas, coal (especially via mountaintop removal; cooling towers for any power generation by boiling water, etc.) Margaret On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Shawn Reeves wrote: > Nov 24, Eric Banford wrote: >> The book I am almost done with "The Long Descent" by John Michael >> Greer mentioned that some studies showed that solar panels and wind >> mills took more energy to make than they produced over their life. >> Maybe that was true and isn't anymore? I know advancements are >> being made, hopefully a breakthrough will bring the cost of >> production way down. > Sigh...Time for a reply from someone who asks the rude questions on > pv-plant tours, someone who walks around with a light meter: _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
