tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7056399884287237500..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Ethon RTFR and Is PleasedEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-42134139825599272492014-06-26T15:19:30.757-04:002014-06-26T15:19:30.757-04:00Can't disagree with you there, Andrew. The onl...Can't disagree with you there, Andrew. The only way I see it happening is with more Green Party legislators at the local, Parliamentary and European level, which, surprisingly, I find myself thinking isn't an impossibility as people have see through Ukip's sham.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-38111478053499510742014-06-26T07:02:27.155-04:002014-06-26T07:02:27.155-04:00JB -
The thing is, if we actually had realistic c...JB -<br /><br />The thing is, if we actually had realistic climate-related planning laws in the UK - basically flood resistance, no major new infrastructure within 10m of sea level, possibly a national water grid of sorts.. it might start to focus minds on the real severity and impacts of climate change on the UK. Can't be having that..<br /><br /> Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729454651003425550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-37835815198723578852014-06-26T05:04:17.470-04:002014-06-26T05:04:17.470-04:00Finally, our (civil) engineers get concerned.
UK ...Finally, our (civil) engineers get concerned.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/26/uk-public-transport-threatened-climate-change" rel="nofollow">UK public 'should be primed to expect more infrastructure failures'</a>J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2865905184317483572014-06-24T10:58:41.264-04:002014-06-24T10:58:41.264-04:00RP-Jr: Those who claim that the world has turned a...RP-Jr: <i>Those who claim that the world has turned a corner, soon will, or that they know what steps will get us around that corner are dreamers or fools. We don't know. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can design policies more compatible with policy learning and muddling through.</i><br /><br />Current data are completely irrelevant to this statement, since it makes a prediction for something which depends in large part on social trends.<br /><br />Furthermore, the claim that no one knows what policies or technologies can potentially mitigate the effects of rising CO2 concentrations is simply false.<br /><br />"Behold, here cometh the dreamer. Let us -slay- defund him, and we shall see what becomes of his dreams." (strikethrough not allowed.)Chris_Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664395947020918727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-38604598806239884512014-06-23T15:42:23.009-04:002014-06-23T15:42:23.009-04:00Dateline Montgomery, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to g...Dateline Montgomery, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat.<br /><br />RPJr: Anyone who things a corner has been turned is either a dreamer or a fool...robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36349370802604563932014-06-21T11:41:24.596-04:002014-06-21T11:41:24.596-04:00Dano,
The name plate MW rating is not a good meas...Dano,<br /><br />The name plate MW rating is not a good measure. You must multiply it by the capacity factor. Some rules of thumb: PV: 0.15, Wind: 0.25, Nuclear: 0.85, Hydro: it depends. These would be world averages and they can vary quite a bit in the case of renewables depending on the resource.<br /><br />You can see the relative contribution to electricity production here:<br /><br />http://www.iea.org/stats/WebGraphs/WORLD2.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-35843497036479648432014-06-21T09:37:51.988-04:002014-06-21T09:37:51.988-04:00Oil equivalent energy certainly is a good way to l...Oil equivalent energy certainly is a good way to look at it. Another way is simply to look at total power in MW, as that is what wind, solar and hydro do - make electricity. <br /><br />That is: the amount of MW in solar and wind is no longer a blip. Baby steps!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />DDanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709762632849004871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-63411529455954728542014-06-21T03:21:32.581-04:002014-06-21T03:21:32.581-04:00I would separate the hydropower from other renewab...I would separate the hydropower from other renewables. In recent years we saw a lot of hydropower installed in China as well as Latin America. I don't keep track of the details but intuitively I suspect the largest actual increase may have been from hydropower? <br /><br />Once the morning sun stops hitting my computer screen I'll grab the BP data and plot it and let you know what it says.Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54617077654678393232014-06-21T03:04:19.845-04:002014-06-21T03:04:19.845-04:00Regarding the last para, might the explanation be ...Regarding the last para, might the explanation be that the marginal costs of eenewables are low so that they are always used first whereas an expensive, knackered old oil burning plant will be used last. When there's a drop in demand it's that pricey fossil fuel plant that doesn't get used. <br /><br />JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com