on 24-09-2013 03:34 PM
After watching Q & A with David Suzuki....I am starting to feel kind of sorry for Alarmists....
David Suzuki also had to admit he was wrong..lol.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3841115.htm
"David Suzuki on the very first question is revealed as a complete know-nothing. His questioner tells him that the main climate
data sets show no real warming for some 15 years.
Suzuki asks for the references, which he should have known if he knew anything of the science.
His questioner then lists them: UAH, RSS, HadCrut and GISS - four of the most basic measurement systems of global
temperature.
Suzuki asks what they are.
Anyone interested in global warming should know right there that Suzuki has absolutely no understanding of what he is talking
about...
For Example -
Challenged from the floor by Professor Stewart Franks, Suzuki admits he might have been mistaken in claiming global warming
was causing more cyclones, which he blamed for killing the Great Barrier Reef. He blames some Australian for “suggesting” it to
him. The truth, as I’ve noted before, is easily found on the Bureau of Meteorology website:.."
Between Tim Flannery and David Suzuki, it must be very embarrassing time to be an Alarmist......lol.
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on 29-09-2013 11:16 AM
Goodness Topside...... you only seemed to noticed my post that contained headlines........ giggle....
Poor Alarmists......
on 29-09-2013 06:11 PM
Nice to see people speaking to each other respectfully.
on 29-09-2013 08:22 PM
Does anyone with any degree of intelligence think for one moment that non renewable energy sources will last ?
It doesn't matter if global warming is caused by human activity or if it is simply being used as a mechanism to get humankind into a sustainable energy regime .
Unless we develop a sustainable future in all respects including energy , our time on Earth as a species is very limited .
on 30-09-2013 09:26 AM
Absolutely, and TA instead of helping to develop Australian inventions will give millions to the polluters hoping they might pollute little bit less. While Germany and Sweden get large portion of their electricity from solar, we are pathetically behind. Sadly, many of the invention originated in Australia but are developed in other countries, because we did not support them.
on 30-09-2013 10:09 AM
SA, with your silence on my desire to read "your" alleged Washington Post 1971, apropos Hansen, article which you have been, not unexpectedly, unable to substantiate , I take it that we continue to view all your definitive posts with the same disbelief, compounded with your lack of knowledge of the Scientific Method.
nɥºɾ
on 30-09-2013 10:53 AM
SN: "While Germany and Sweden get large portion of their electricity from solar"
"large portion" ????
Germany
in first half of 2012, about 5.3% of the total electricity demand was covered by solar power
Germany now has Europe's highest energy costs. Costs have risen over the last 5 years even for industrial consumers who are exempted from the costs of the renewable energy subsidy that consumers pay. In 2013, energy was 4 times cheaper in the United States than in Europe, and 6 times cheaper than in Germany
The remaining nuclear plants in Germany continue to provide as much energy as wind and photovoltaic systems combined. (about 18%)
Sweden
The largest renewable energy source in Sweden is bioenergy followed by hydro power. Wind power and energy from heat pumps each represent about five percent of Sweden’s renewable energy production. Solar power makes up less than one percent.
I forgot, Sweden has 10 operating nuclear power reactors providing about 40% of its electricity.
Large portion????
nɥºɾ
on 30-09-2013 11:33 AM
@monman12 wrote:Large portion????
nɥºɾ
Sorry, should have said domestic, and "significant" might have been a better choice of a word. 🙂 Yes, their power is expensive but so is the price they get when they feed their solar back to the grid. I have spoken to people who claim they actually make money. Interestingly businesses in Germany manage to survive.
The point is that unless we invest in alternative energy development we will be left behind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany
Some more numbers:
In July 2012, there was a cumulative installed total solar PV power of 29.7 GW.[23] Solar PV provided 18 TW·h (billion kilowatt-hours) in 2011, 3% of the total electricity demand. As solar power installations rise quickly, in first half of 2012, about 5.3% of the total electricity demand was covered by solar power.[24] At 25 May 2012, a Saturday, solar power reached a new record with feeding 22 GW, as much as 20 nuclear power stations, into the German power grid, which made 50% of the nation's midday's electricity demand.[25]
Some market analysts expect the solar electricity share could reach 25 percent by 2050.[26] Price of PV systems has decreased more than 50% in 5 years since 2006.[27]
on 30-09-2013 02:26 PM
http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/gas-prices/20133:United%20States:AUD:l
more figures here.. notice anything??
http://www.pritchardpower.com.au/about/default.aspx
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The government could toss a little more this companies way. Vale Ted Pritchard a great australian "inventor"
Stand alone solar off grid systems (generally) still require an external source of power to succesfully maintain the battery charge life.
http://www.pritchardpower.com.au/technology/uniflow-stationary-steam-generator.aspx
ie. no matter how may panels you have supplying a stand alone system you still need a petrol or diesel generator and it needs to
be run at least monthly (preferably weekly) dependant on consumer usage to top off battery charge.
My preferential fuel would be Macca nut husks
.... two shopping bags full of husks will melt a 44 gallon drum
..................those suckers burrrrnnn hot.....
http://web.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/40_2_ANAHEIM_04-95_0285.pdf
on 30-09-2013 10:18 PM
Phew....this post still going?
Wierd being back after some nice person reported me....wonder who it was?
Dah Dah Dah...........?
on 01-10-2013 12:57 AM