Date: 31 Jan 2006 22:17:28 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: SaabUSA Biopower survey
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:13:21 GMT, Nasty Bob <speedypancakenospamail.com> wrote: > I'd kind of resigned myself to the the depressing thought that we were > about to run out of oil and descend into chaos, war and the new dark ages. I > read somewhere that we peaked the oil production curve 2 years ago, and it's > downhill from now on, with increasing prices, diminishing resources, and it > would all be over in 20 years time. (shrug) I read somewhere that elvis is still alive. Saw it on tah intarweb so it must be true... > Even if the US started a massive nuclear > plant-building program today, there wouldn't be enough juice to go round. > Apparently. Eh...cite? > I could almost see individual households or even small towns running off > wind power (no shortage of that up here in Scotland) or solar cells or > whatever... but I couldn't figure what would keep all the factories going > that produce all the things we need / take for granted. Maybe "biogas" or > something will step in and keep the lights on. Wind and solar are great augmentation technologies but ya still gotta have enough weather-independant capacity to match your peaks. > Enjoy your beer. Although you've probably had too much already? ;) Hm. Hoping for a nice single-malt Scotch tonight, myself.
