Ed, Nice job again. I always enjoy your articles. The only criticism I have is that you me, Donn Dears, Doug Sheridan and about a dozen others write great articles that are read by folks that already know this stuff. Like you, I keep trying also to reach the general public. On the importance of fossil fuels one fact that I have tried to express to public groups I have spoken to is to break down the 300-350 million BTUs of energy used annually by each person. This equates to about 833,000 to one million Btus per capita energy use. Our American life styles require lots of energy and unless there is a hurricane or other severe weather that knocks out power and fuels supplies, people just do not get it. So. keep up your good work and I will do so as well. BTW here is a blog post I did on trying to explain to non energy savvy groups how much we depend on conventional fuels. http://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/05/17/providing-a-sustainable-million-btus-per-day-per-person-by-fuel-source/
Dick, thank you very much for including me in such an august group that includes you, Donn Dears, Doug Sheridan and a few others. I hope to keep up the good work you and the other great writers publish. Thanks for the link as well, Dick. That is a great piece. I really appreciate your support. Ed
I do not share your opinion on ruined economies. People (on the whole) don't get that Net Zero means ruin for your way of life, and your economy. The second they do (see Germany) we're out, and it's over. Great article.
As it should be, coal, oil and natural gas are all reliable sources of energy and still the most cost effective despite all of the Lies being purported in regard to “Cheap” renewables, which neglect to account for at least half of the costs.
You are correct, KC. Markets do work. People choose what works best for the actual cheapest price. Subsidies of unreliables do cause too much of them to come online but market forces eventally prevail as shown by the recent financial failures of big wind. Thanks for your comment. Ed
You are welcome. You and the others I mentioned are some of the “Two Percenters” that is, the 2% of the general population that understand energy and energy equivalents😊Keep up the great work!
Actually ammonia is already being made on a small scale using green hydrogen from electrolysis. Green steel is also starting to come online. It won’t be easy, but we certainly can build a green economy. And we have to-- the implications of continuing coal, especially, include not only devastating climate change and ocean acidification, but hundreds of thousands of deaths just from particulate air pollution. We can do better and we will.
Charles, while there is a lot of promising work going on, nuclear power is the only proven way to power modern industrial economies with zero carbon dioxide emissions. We know it works and it works at scale. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will reformulate its mission and start approving new nuclear projects, we can start moving in the right direction. I appreciate you reading my posts and commenting. Ed
I just reread my comment. I forgot to say Americans use about 833,000 to 1,000,000 Btus of energy EACH DAY per capita.....
Ed, Nice job again. I always enjoy your articles. The only criticism I have is that you me, Donn Dears, Doug Sheridan and about a dozen others write great articles that are read by folks that already know this stuff. Like you, I keep trying also to reach the general public. On the importance of fossil fuels one fact that I have tried to express to public groups I have spoken to is to break down the 300-350 million BTUs of energy used annually by each person. This equates to about 833,000 to one million Btus per capita energy use. Our American life styles require lots of energy and unless there is a hurricane or other severe weather that knocks out power and fuels supplies, people just do not get it. So. keep up your good work and I will do so as well. BTW here is a blog post I did on trying to explain to non energy savvy groups how much we depend on conventional fuels. http://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/05/17/providing-a-sustainable-million-btus-per-day-per-person-by-fuel-source/
Dick, thank you very much for including me in such an august group that includes you, Donn Dears, Doug Sheridan and a few others. I hope to keep up the good work you and the other great writers publish. Thanks for the link as well, Dick. That is a great piece. I really appreciate your support. Ed
I do not share your opinion on ruined economies. People (on the whole) don't get that Net Zero means ruin for your way of life, and your economy. The second they do (see Germany) we're out, and it's over. Great article.
We agree on that, Rob. Thanks for your comments. I hope you enjoy some of my previous articles and those yet to be published.
As it should be, coal, oil and natural gas are all reliable sources of energy and still the most cost effective despite all of the Lies being purported in regard to “Cheap” renewables, which neglect to account for at least half of the costs.
You are correct, KC. Markets do work. People choose what works best for the actual cheapest price. Subsidies of unreliables do cause too much of them to come online but market forces eventally prevail as shown by the recent financial failures of big wind. Thanks for your comment. Ed
Ed,
You are welcome. You and the others I mentioned are some of the “Two Percenters” that is, the 2% of the general population that understand energy and energy equivalents😊Keep up the great work!
Thanks Dick. I will do my best to keep at it. Ed
Actually ammonia is already being made on a small scale using green hydrogen from electrolysis. Green steel is also starting to come online. It won’t be easy, but we certainly can build a green economy. And we have to-- the implications of continuing coal, especially, include not only devastating climate change and ocean acidification, but hundreds of thousands of deaths just from particulate air pollution. We can do better and we will.
Charles, while there is a lot of promising work going on, nuclear power is the only proven way to power modern industrial economies with zero carbon dioxide emissions. We know it works and it works at scale. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will reformulate its mission and start approving new nuclear projects, we can start moving in the right direction. I appreciate you reading my posts and commenting. Ed
More great research and explanation!
Thank you, Tom. I appreciate your support. You are publishing some really good work as well. Ed