tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post783690309242316184..comments2024-03-27T06:52:45.545-04:00Comments on Bayblab: Do Not Fear; Solar Power Plants are Almost HereKamelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-71381067753702115912008-06-03T21:55:00.000-04:002008-06-03T21:55:00.000-04:00To the owner of this blog, how far youve come?You ...To the owner of this blog, how far youve come?You were a great blogger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-71352805336524664852008-05-12T14:18:00.000-04:002008-05-12T14:18:00.000-04:00No... actually what I neglected to mention was tha...No... actually what I neglected to mention was that the US consumed that energy in a month - September of 1997.<BR/>I then got lazy and didn't bother converting that into any other units.<BR/><BR/>As I kinda mentioned, I don't know if that is true or not - I internet trawled for a couple of numbers then reported them very unscientifically.The Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13486351768519930543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-62420759542502444342008-05-12T13:33:00.000-04:002008-05-12T13:33:00.000-04:00@ the doc,Is that a typo with the MJ/yr and (J of ...@ the doc,<BR/>Is that a typo with the MJ/yr and (J of energy (w no time unit?))<BR/>just curious since you actually looked it up for us.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878582460269426199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-72122473698445782492008-05-12T13:11:00.000-04:002008-05-12T13:11:00.000-04:00(I could find this...The total solar energy coming...(I could find this...<BR/>The total solar energy coming from the sun and hitting the earth's surface is 5 x10^17 MJ/yr). In 1997, the USA alone consumed the best part of 7.5 x10^18 J of energy). Those numbers are old, obvously, but the fact that they are in the same ball-park is scary.The Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13486351768519930543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-2077603979806819652008-05-12T13:05:00.000-04:002008-05-12T13:05:00.000-04:00I think solar is a great idea, but I recall readin...I think solar is a great idea, but I recall reading somewhere that mankind was officially using more energy than was incomming from the sun.<BR/><BR/>I may well be wrong, since I can't find a good source to back that up...<BR/><BR/>Solar is a fantastic temporary idea, in my opinion, until things like fusion become viable.The Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13486351768519930543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-82101467412370555492008-05-12T11:51:00.000-04:002008-05-12T11:51:00.000-04:00While I grant you this is a second generation solu...While I grant you this is a second generation solution, there is no deep reason why either solar or wind farms can't be sited a hundred miles or so offshore. The engineering problems -- <BR/>getting materials that are highly robust -- are hard but not mpossible.Fred Hapgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01551005896110581455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-6035213879871215152008-05-12T11:36:00.000-04:002008-05-12T11:36:00.000-04:00They did a good job addressing both of those issue...They did a good job addressing both of those issues in the podcast. First, the use of depleted farm fields and desert land has minimal habitat impact. Second, all hundred square miles need not be in the same place, they can be spread anywhere on the power grid.Baymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436172198266062229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-33748490884230574922008-05-12T11:16:00.000-04:002008-05-12T11:16:00.000-04:00100 square miles to power the entire US? That sou...100 square miles to power the entire US? That sounds pretty good. But you're right, Ralph, drilling Alaskan wildlife reserves sounds way better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-24432854673061674992008-05-12T08:20:00.000-04:002008-05-12T08:20:00.000-04:00You enviro's are all the same. No logic. A hundred...You enviro's are all the same. No logic. A hundred square mile plant? Think of the habitat destruction of one hundred square miles of solar panels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com