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Post by trbixler on Feb 19, 2012 1:08:59 GMT
sig from your link. "totaling more than $130 billion, according to research from Germany’s Ruhr University—to citizens to invest in solar energy"
My guess is that is but the tip of the iceberg as the green manifesto is followed. Here in the U.S. we haven't even admitted that there is a problem.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 22, 2012 2:10:19 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Feb 22, 2012 2:23:07 GMT
sigurdur, I considered investing in wind power a few years ago and my research led me to the conclusion that until natural gas gets back over 10.00 an mcf I would be throwing my money away. I have seen enough gas flared off over the last few years to power New York City for a year. I am of the opinion that we our best option is a fast conversion to clean buring natural.
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Post by trbixler on Feb 23, 2012 4:34:14 GMT
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Post by trbixler on Feb 23, 2012 13:48:41 GMT
Red or tan? What kind of mortar? "Tesla’s Electric “brick” problem" "If the battery is ever totally discharged, the owner is left with what Tesla describes as a “brick”: a completely immobile vehicle that cannot be started or even pushed down the street. The only known remedy is for the owner to pay Tesla approximately $40,000 to replace the entire battery. Unlike practically every other modern car problem, neither Tesla’s warranty nor typical car insurance policies provide any protection from this major financial loss. ”" wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/22/teslas-electric-brick-problem/#more-57331
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Post by trbixler on Feb 23, 2012 14:02:11 GMT
Heh Mr. Green gave them the tax money fair and square. To back out now might effect the next fundraiser. "Bonuses given after raises at Solyndra" "WILMINGTON, Del. — Several of the nearly two dozen employees at bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC who were approved for bonuses Wednesday had months earlier received pay raises as high as 70 percent, a fact the company never disclosed in its request for bonus cash. The company’s bankruptcy attorneys sought permission for the bonuses in a court hearing, arguing that the extra cash is needed to keep key employees from fleeing only to be replaced by more expensive outside consultants. With little chance of stable employment and officials moving to liquidate assets, the workers needed to wind down the company have little incentive to stay, the Solyndra attorneys argued. But an attorney for fired Solyndra workers railed against the plan, saying several of the proposed bonus recipients had received significant salary increases even after the company went bankrupt." www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/22/bonuses-given-after-raises-at-solyndra/
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Post by trbixler on Feb 25, 2012 13:26:57 GMT
Batteries for cars that no one wants. Money from the government all you have to do is ask. The real product was making Mr. Green well more green. "Green company gets $390M subsidies, lays off 125" "A123 Systems, an electric car battery company once touted as a stimulus "success story" by former Gov. Jennifer Granhom, D-Mich., has laid off 125 employees since receiving $390 million in government subsidies -- but is still handing out big pay raises to company executives. "[T]he company has laid off 125 employees and had a net loss of $172 million through the first three quarters of 2011," the Mackinac Center for Public Policy notes, observing that the company's primary customer, Fisker Automotive, is also struggling financially. "Yet, this month A123’s Compensation Committee approved a $30,000 raise for [Chief Financial Officer David] Prystash just days after Fisker Automotive announced the U.S. Energy Department had cut off what was left of its $528.7 million loan it had previously received." This month has seen significant pay boosts for other A123 executives, as well: Robert Johnson, vice president of the energy solutions group, got a 20.7 percent pay increase going from $331,250 to $400,000, while Jason Forcier, vice president of the automotive solutions group, saw his pay increase from $331,250 to $350,000. Prystash’s raise was 8.5 percent, going from $350,000 to $380,000." campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/green-company-gets-390m-subsidies-lays-125/394051
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 25, 2012 19:28:41 GMT
Why aren't we using this teck?
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
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Post by magellan on Feb 25, 2012 21:39:38 GMT
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Post by curiousgeorge on Mar 2, 2012 22:28:03 GMT
Thehill.com thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/213889-gm-halting-production-of-chevy-volt#disqus_thread has an excellent article on the Volt, but the real fun is a couple of posts in the comments section by a guy who styles himself joedoakes202 . Here's the first of 2: February 24, 2012
Dear President Obama,
Some day soon if I’m running across the national mall shouting “Wolverines!” carrying an empty gas can looking for some of that “Obama Algae,” at least you can’t say you weren’t warned. This nations 15 Trillion dollar economy is entirely dependent on the creation, refining, distribution, and consumption of natural resources like coal, oil, and natural gas. Each one of these components intermingle in a dance of price, supply, quantity, and demand. There existence and availability is constantly perturbed by people of your ideological ilk that threaten these companies with onerous taxation and nationalization; up to and including, through direct threats and/or intrusive regulation. A gallon of gasoline should be considered a national hero. It provides us freedom of movement, and the ability to move about a great nation with a level of convenience only known to modern humanity.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that when a nation as vital as ours is to a stable and advancing world is; relies on a portion of the world wracked with insanity, like the middle east is and will always be, we are committing an act of insanity ourselves. We even set up a federal department to fix this situation, which of course, they have made far worse. We have all of the resources we need here to become self sufficient. We have the oil, we have the natural gas, we have the coal, we have nuclear power; but more then that we have the can do American ingenuity and positive spirit that has been and will always be our greatest weapon in defeating any adversary or national challenge.
Your administration has squandered billions on chasing the unicorn of the liberal free lunch, often referred to as “renewable energy.” One only needs to watch “Mr. Wizards World” to realize the foolishness in this pursuit on a national scale. I could build you a solar powered car, with a rechargeable battery, and then if I could find a human the size of Luke Skywalker action figure it would work just fine. Just so long as it never left the driveway. In reality, electric cars can’t work because of size and weight. If we abandoned the safety features of these cars they would work, and people buy motorcycles so why would they not buy those electric cars? I’ll tell you why. Because you look like a dork in one. On a motorcycle you look cool. But If you want an electric car it can be done, and somebody will buy it. But it can’t be done with crony capitalism, lawsuit city, and federal regulation, plus Ralph Nader in the passenger seat!
So you keep droning on about it’s not my fault. It’s not my fault we invaded Libya. It’s not my fault that we have destabilized Egypt who is possession of M1 Abrams tanks and F-16’s. It’s not my fault that tax receipts are falling. It’s not my fault that good Americans can’t find work. It’s not my fault that I’ve not done what had to be done to get this economy moving. It’s not my fault that I’ve so mismanaged NASA that we can’t even launch a capsule with an American in it without paying a gangster like Putin the vig. It’s not my fault that guns have been given to the worst of the worst because my attorney general ok’d the dumbest idea since the Edsel. Its not my fault that this war for one side of the same muslim/arab coin is lining up for a mushroom cloud. Would you like me to continue? Because I’m ready willing and able to do so.
“We the People” have taken enough blame from the likes of you. In short order, we are going to drive to those polls and register our firm displeasure. Even if we can’t afford the gasoline to get there.
Respectfully,
Joe Doakes
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Post by magellan on Mar 3, 2012 0:09:36 GMT
Thehill.com thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/213889-gm-halting-production-of-chevy-volt#disqus_thread has an excellent article on the Volt, but the real fun is a couple of posts in the comments section by a guy who styles himself joedoakes202 . Here's the first of 2: February 24, 2012
Dear President Obama,
Some day soon if I’m running across the national mall shouting “Wolverines!” carrying an empty gas can looking for some of that “Obama Algae,” at least you can’t say you weren’t warned. This nations 15 Trillion dollar economy is entirely dependent on the creation, refining, distribution, and consumption of natural resources like coal, oil, and natural gas. Each one of these components intermingle in a dance of price, supply, quantity, and demand. There existence and availability is constantly perturbed by people of your ideological ilk that threaten these companies with onerous taxation and nationalization; up to and including, through direct threats and/or intrusive regulation. A gallon of gasoline should be considered a national hero. It provides us freedom of movement, and the ability to move about a great nation with a level of convenience only known to modern humanity.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that when a nation as vital as ours is to a stable and advancing world is; relies on a portion of the world wracked with insanity, like the middle east is and will always be, we are committing an act of insanity ourselves. We even set up a federal department to fix this situation, which of course, they have made far worse. We have all of the resources we need here to become self sufficient. We have the oil, we have the natural gas, we have the coal, we have nuclear power; but more then that we have the can do American ingenuity and positive spirit that has been and will always be our greatest weapon in defeating any adversary or national challenge.
Your administration has squandered billions on chasing the unicorn of the liberal free lunch, often referred to as “renewable energy.” One only needs to watch “Mr. Wizards World” to realize the foolishness in this pursuit on a national scale. I could build you a solar powered car, with a rechargeable battery, and then if I could find a human the size of Luke Skywalker action figure it would work just fine. Just so long as it never left the driveway. In reality, electric cars can’t work because of size and weight. If we abandoned the safety features of these cars they would work, and people buy motorcycles so why would they not buy those electric cars? I’ll tell you why. Because you look like a dork in one. On a motorcycle you look cool. But If you want an electric car it can be done, and somebody will buy it. But it can’t be done with crony capitalism, lawsuit city, and federal regulation, plus Ralph Nader in the passenger seat!
So you keep droning on about it’s not my fault. It’s not my fault we invaded Libya. It’s not my fault that we have destabilized Egypt who is possession of M1 Abrams tanks and F-16’s. It’s not my fault that tax receipts are falling. It’s not my fault that good Americans can’t find work. It’s not my fault that I’ve not done what had to be done to get this economy moving. It’s not my fault that I’ve so mismanaged NASA that we can’t even launch a capsule with an American in it without paying a gangster like Putin the vig. It’s not my fault that guns have been given to the worst of the worst because my attorney general ok’d the dumbest idea since the Edsel. Its not my fault that this war for one side of the same muslim/arab coin is lining up for a mushroom cloud. Would you like me to continue? Because I’m ready willing and able to do so.
“We the People” have taken enough blame from the likes of you. In short order, we are going to drive to those polls and register our firm displeasure. Even if we can’t afford the gasoline to get there.
Respectfully,
Joe Doakes
Nice find. I used to burn corn for heating the home. It was great for about 4 seasons, but reading the tea leaves revealed corn was going to lose its mojo because of cost, so after the 5th season I called it quits. It also seemed not so smart to burn food for fuel, OTOH it was a drop in the bucket compared to ethanol. The Nonsense of Biofuels
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Post by trbixler on Mar 3, 2012 6:03:07 GMT
All the adds with "the car that chevy had to build" does that mean Mr. Green told them so? "GM temporarily halts production of Volt" "General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday. GM, which is based in Detroit, announced to employees at one of its facilities that it was halting production of the beleaguered electric car for five weeks and temporarily laying off 1,300 employees. " thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/213889-gm-halting-production-of-chevy-volt
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Post by throttleup on Mar 3, 2012 18:59:10 GMT
All the adds with "the car that chevy had to build" does that mean Mr. Green told them so? "General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday. GM, which is based in Detroit, announced to employees at one of its facilities that it was halting production of the beleaguered electric car for five weeks and temporarily laying off 1,300 employees. " They're green jobs! You work for a few weeks, get laid off, then have no money (or a job!) to drive your CO2-spewing, gas-guzzling, earth-destroying automobile. It's beautiful! Saves the Earth. Cleans the air. All is well in 0bama's world. (His limo is NOT green, by the way...)
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Post by trbixler on Mar 4, 2012 3:47:04 GMT
Flash back 50 years. My guess is the mileage could have been improved with just a bit of modern technology. "The 1962 model year saw a Squire model of the four-door station wagon with faux wood trim on the sides. The bucket seat "Futura" model was offered with a slightly upgraded interior, factory installed safety belts, different side trim (spears), and different emblems. Halfway through the model year, Ford changed the roof line at the back window to more of a Thunderbird design and offered a 4-speed transmission for the first time. The 2-door Futura sedan (also referred to as an 'illusion hardtop' because of the chrome trim around the side window opening) sported a flat rear window in place of the panoramic (wrap-around) window on earlier models to bring its design in line with other Ford cars of the era. In 1962, Ford introduced the Ford Falcon Club Wagon and Deluxe Club Wagon, a 8-passenger, flat-front, van.[10] Ford also promoted that in a Mobilegas economy run, the Falcon got 32.5mpg.[11]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_%28North_America%29
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 4, 2012 5:08:49 GMT
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