tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post2099745466502415704..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Come fly with meEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-38824974276903698182008-02-08T22:40:00.000-05:002008-02-08T22:40:00.000-05:00I just went to the store and bought single candy ...I just went to the store and bought single candy bar and hd it double-plastic bagged. And I'm gonna smuggle black market plstic bags into Ireland. Mwahaha. Take that...commy motherfuckers. Nuke the fucking baby seals. DIE, DIE, DIE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-8051945718338119432008-02-04T14:41:00.000-05:002008-02-04T14:41:00.000-05:00To emit, or not to emit: , that is the question......<A HREF="http://halgeranon.blogspot.com/2008/02/too-warm-or-not-too-warm.html" REL="nofollow">To emit, or not to emit: </A>, <I>that</I> is the question...Horatio Algeranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988805467080448954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-9209677292170878782008-02-04T07:50:00.000-05:002008-02-04T07:50:00.000-05:00WRT low-energy housing, where I am it's not just t...WRT low-energy housing, where I am it's not just that it's not enforced; not even that it's not encouraged; local planning regulations actually prohibit it... Nice, eh? But then, we've got a president who supposedly counts our dear Lubos among his advisors on the environment, so small wonder really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67035933376487582752008-02-03T11:51:00.000-05:002008-02-03T11:51:00.000-05:00the technology for low energy houses has been arou...<I>the technology for low energy houses has been around for more than a decade.</I><BR/><BR/>as well as the technology for <A HREF="http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0703.php#car_inefficiency_scandal_140307" REL="nofollow">100+mpg cars</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-3203689028546705372008-02-03T11:18:00.000-05:002008-02-03T11:18:00.000-05:00*Gets up onto soapbox*Slightly off topic, but rela...*Gets up onto soapbox*<BR/>Slightly off topic, but relative to the topic. <BR/>http://genoa.ecovillage.org/genoceania/resources/autnmshse.html<BR/><BR/>Look at the above link. the technology for low energy houses has been around for more than a decade. Yet our chicken government, without a conviction that doesn't come with a cheque, have avoided putting in any legislation that would force the housebuilders to implement the easily implementable changes that would, in new builds, greatly reduce the CO2 emissions now and over the life of the house. And they would also save the occupiers a fortune. But funnily enough, the free market doesn't work very well when it comes to this sort of thing...guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-65936176959903556732008-02-03T08:54:00.000-05:002008-02-03T08:54:00.000-05:00Sequestration does not come cheap, which is why I ...Sequestration does not come cheap, which is why I tried to embellish my post with caveats. I suggested CO2 from ammonia plants because:<BR/>1. Ammonia production is big (not power generation big - but you need to start somewhere)<BR/>2. Ammonia production needs CO2 capture to work, so the capture tech is already in place<BR/>3. At the moment the CO2 coming from most ammonia plants is vented to atmosphere. Why? Because there's only so much CO2 coke, pepsi and safeway home-brand can put into fizzy drinks.<BR/><BR/>The alternative suggesting you make are also good. May I add, <A HREF="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/28/0128wear.html" REL="nofollow">cycling</A> to work, which may have been implicit in your suggestion.<BR/><BR/>However, if you really have to fly, the question remains, what is the best way to compensate. Wind power would now be my best shot today, with CCS in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-15171598714715491852008-02-03T06:51:00.000-05:002008-02-03T06:51:00.000-05:00Sequestration, from what I have read, is more of a...Sequestration, from what I have read, is more of a last resort than a really nifty method of saving our backsides. <BR/>For starters, you have to use quite a percentage of the elctricity generated in order ot liquify the CO2. You then have to pump it into a reservoir of some sort which will definitely hold it for centuries. <BR/>In the UK, there are a few such sites, the problem being not many power stations are near them, and we need lots of infrastructure. <BR/><BR/>You'd probably be better off insulating your house, turning the thermostat down and buying mroe local food, and not flying abroad every year, as well as ensuring your job is only a short journey away.guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-32655996021001921492008-02-03T06:27:00.000-05:002008-02-03T06:27:00.000-05:00I'm going to fail (3), because this is not an essa...I'm going to fail (3), because this is not an essay. What about a company that would sequestrate CO2 for you? Of course, this would be much more expensive to set up than promising not to chop down a forest until your company is bought up by a paper mill. So, the first few years (millennia), the money would only go into a fund until there was enough money to:<BR/><BR/>Get rights to pump CO2 into an aquifer (rights that you can't buy a the moment)<BR/>Drill a hole<BR/>Set up a pipe line from a CO2 producer (e.g. ammonia plant)<BR/>Make sure that the CO2 capture tech you are using is implemented such that the net atmospheric CO2 output is less<BR/><BR/>Now, there's probably a thousand thing wrong with this, but eventually CCS wil need to be done, so why not start early.<BR/><BR/>Use the money to buy a wind farm is also a possibilty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-23548122018099691402008-02-02T18:25:00.000-05:002008-02-02T18:25:00.000-05:00I'm afraid I don't do scales, and you've made it a...I'm afraid I don't do scales, and you've made it a five point scale which means people can pick the middle option. <BR/><BR/>1 and 7- no<BR/><BR/>2- probably bugger all.<BR/>3- Implement much of what George Monbiot has written in his book "Heat". Division of labour, you see, he has already written a book on the topic, so i refer you to it. <BR/><BR/>4,5,6- no idea. The place I work has a combined gas and electricity bill of over half a million pounds, I believe. We make carbon fibre furnace insulation, and use rather outdated and ineffiient methods to do so. But we've got furnaces that can do 2,200C, mwhahaaahaha.guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-71864670681302809842008-02-02T18:13:00.000-05:002008-02-02T18:13:00.000-05:00I'm sure you'll notice, but I was prompted to rant...I'm sure you'll notice, but I was prompted to rant about it: http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2008/02/why_is_aircraft_co2_majick.php<BR/><BR/>ps: don't forget to take my test (prev post)!William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-59588075122446464172008-02-02T18:05:00.000-05:002008-02-02T18:05:00.000-05:00I did the survey but was a bit more cynical. To ex...I did the survey but was a bit more cynical. To expand:<BR/><BR/>(1) If everyone carbon-offset, we'd run out of offsets. So it can't be universal.<BR/><BR/>(2) Why is aircraft travel a magic source of CO2 that requires offset, when heating your house and driving to work don't?William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com