-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Fink [mailto:rev...@ptd.net] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:21 PM To: 'g...@resist.ca' Subject: RE: [Vo]:Not what Algore wanted to hear
Solar electric, I read, uses indium which is in short supply and isn't even mineable. The production process releases some kind of hexafluoride chemical that causes an atmospheric problem. The panels use more electricity to produce than they save over a lifetime. They deteriorate over time. There are overwhelming transmission losses in any grid that could get the power from the day side of the planet to the night side. Need I go on? These are technical problems that could some day be overcome. My point is: They are here and now serious problems, and afaik their solutions are not on the horizon. I'm a slow typist. Let me know if I must respond to solar thermal and wind power to. These alternatives cannot compete economically with present generating methods unless they are heavily subsidized by the government. So we have a choice. We can pay $1.00 per kwh to the power company or pay some portion of it to the tax man. Which do you prefer? -----Original Message----- From: grok [mailto:g...@resist.ca] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:54 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Not what Algore wanted to hear -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Solar and wind are obviously not it for numerous reasons already posted > on this forum. What are the main reasons, again? I'm not aware of any inherent ones, despite claims to the contrary. For instance: AFAIC we could blanket the Sahara with solar arrays and solar chimneys, etc. Lower costs come with mass-production and are not an issue, AFAIC. And there are no inherent pollution issues AFAIC, either -- tho' these do exist today under present profit-grubbing ekonomik regimes. - -- grok. - -- Build the North America-wide General Strike. TODO el poder a los consejos y las comunas. TOUT le pouvoir aux conseils et communes. ALL power to the councils and communes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn0u8EACgkQXo3EtEYbt3GOugCdECvmcjXX/jkTAB3A8gPvLwNK UBQAniSlnn2m+OEceTMLNof87JSbrL2q =IoCc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
