Lanny, some of your statements are so far off the rocker it isn't even funny.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
If oil was used to create electricity rather than running a combustion engine, the energy outout increases by a factor of 16,000.
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Prove that one. As Lurch has already pointed out, your numbers don't jive. Not even close. If my 22 MPG car was electric, would I get 352,000 MPG if that gas was converted to electricity first? Obviously not.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Wind Power
Another power source that we could use to harness the power of HOZ.
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Sorry mate, as much as I don't agree, nor usually appreciate his/her posts (nor myk's), the blowhard that is best suited for wind power is yourself. Keep the rhetoric to a minimum and your posts will be more readable and in turn make more of an impact on the reader.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
These large windmills can be erected anywhere...
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Nope, not even close. There are very small areas in which a large scale windmill, let alone farm, can be deployed. Consistant high winds from a generally stable direction are paramount to being effective in harvesting that power. The energy cost to construct a windmill is quite high as well. How long before it is "paid off" in green energy (let alone maintaining it.)
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Geothermal Power
The earth is a very active place and generates unbelievable amounts of heat that is released into the atmosphere each day. This release of heat can easily be harnessed and converted into electrical power.
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Again, total misinformation. Geothermal (of which I am a big supporter) has nothing to do with what you stated. On the contrary, it is the exact opposite. It is like the radiator in your vehicle. When it is cool out, you are warmed by the flow of "heat" from the ground several meters below the soil. But when it is hot out (hello Phoenix), the cool temps under the ground act as an air conditioner with the Earth cooled anti-freeze cycling through the buildings systems.
Lanny, these are just a few that stood out from skimming this thread. For someone that is so high on being analytical of situations like Iggy and the Flames, I would hope you could put more into your posts on this matter. I do value your opinions, but would hope not to see them evolve into a wooden bat vs aluminum bat travesty.
Side updates might include costs of ethanol and mercury in the new bulbs as food for thought.
Bring it, bring it hard. I encourage that. But bring it
all man!!! Both sides as complete as possible. The most success I ever enjoyed in my business life was when I knew (and articulated) all sides of a debate, at all times. Answers became apparent so much easier that way.
My 1/10th of a cent... after taxes.