Category Archives: alt energy

From Zero to 20% windpower generation

Posted on March 31, 2009 by ChrisA

Warren Buffett’s utility company, Mid-America energy, has dramatically increased its energy production from wind. The story, from Buffett’s 2009 letter to investors reads as follows… MidAmerican has maintained this extraordinary price stability while making Iowa number one among all states … Continue reading →

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Charging that car battery…

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ChrisA

Well, doing the fast car charge at home isn’t possible today or anytime soon. Anyone have an extra 180 Kilowatts hanging around?

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Hope for efficient solar

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ChrisA

Well I stumbled on this promising write up on solar photovoltaics thanks to Instapundit. Twelve composite materials systems were found to have the capacity to meet or exceed the annual worldwide electricity consumption of 17000 TWh, of which nine have … Continue reading →

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Green alternatives

Posted on February 23, 2009 by ChrisA

Renewable energy has its own set of problems. Although scientists are agreed that we must cut carbon emissions from transport and electricity generation to prevent the globe’s climate becoming hotter, and more unpredictable, the most advanced “renewable” technologies are too … Continue reading →

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Drain America first

Posted on August 21, 2008 by ChrisA

John Stossel on the myth of energy independence. Most every politician and pundit says “energy independence” is a great idea. Presidents have promised it for 35 years. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were self-sufficient, protected from high prices, supply … Continue reading →

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The wacko enviro’s and alternative energy

Posted on August 20, 2008 by ChrisA

Will nothing make these people happy? Unfortunately, you can’t just transmit the power from the source to the end user. It requires transmission lines. There’s always a problem and a cadre of wacko-environmentalists ready to bring progress to a screeching … Continue reading →

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Al Gore’s an idiot

Posted on July 18, 2008 by ChrisA

Gore’s speech turned out to be everything they’d feared. He set an impossibly ambitious target — all electricity in America to be generated from wind, sun and other non-fossil-fuel sources in 10 years — and proposed a carbon tax to … Continue reading →

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Oil: Never mind…

Posted on July 11, 2008 by ChrisA

I take it all back! Oil up over $10 is less than 48 hours. Chart courtesy of live charts in the UK.

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T Boone on wind and natural gas

Posted on July 8, 2008 by ChrisA

Added 12:55pm: CBS Marketwatch comments on T. Boone Pickens energy plans. Commneting on the conflict of interest… There’s nothing wrong with promoting your own self-interest along with the public’s, and as Pickens argues, he’s too old and too rich to … Continue reading →

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Biofuels

Posted on July 8, 2008 by ChrisA

Biofuels were supposed to save Earth and wean us off fossil fuels. Instead they have raised food prices while harming the environment and taking food from a hungry world and burning it in our gas tanks. As the World Bank … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid is leadership?

Posted on July 1, 2008 by ChrisA

Oil makes us sick. Coal makes us sick. You can’t make this stuff up! Hey… I’m for solar, geothermal, switchgrass bassed ethanol, etc. But if Harry Reid wants to see “sickness” he should turn of the oil spigot. It makes … Continue reading →

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Quality of news….

Posted on July 1, 2008 by ChrisA

Driving home today from Taos, NM I listened to a number of radio stations. In the news they ALL mentioned that oil had traded as high as $143/barrel. I was quite suspicious when they didn’t mention the actual price at … Continue reading →

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Energy underneath our feet

Posted on June 28, 2008 by ChrisA

Geothermal energy report from Fox Business news… Bottom line, fuel cost is low, up front cost is high.

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Going solar

Posted on June 26, 2008 by ChrisA

Even in todays world, going solar, including multiple government rebates has a 20 year ROI. All right. So, several engineering consults later, it turns out that even with the propitious orientation of our house’s roof and many (yes!) government rebates, … Continue reading →

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