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Parked Out Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Port Angeles, WA |
drm wrote: | I hardly consider Forbes to be the font of wisdom, but it does not seem to be justified to use it EROEI some kind of key measure for energy generation. |
It's definitely true that a wide range of values can be found in the literature for the various energy systems, but the Weissbach et al paper takes pains to make apples-to-apples comparisons. Much of the paper is discussion of their methodology and justifications for the necessary assumptions, inclusions and exclusions that go into such an analysis. The data they used is published online and is continually being updated as new information becomes available.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aux2QwQckeWEdE9UbHNKR3l6THItNi1RTUdxa1RrdUE#gid=0
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
If the libertarians could just figure out that "ambiant static electricity motor" we could solve all our problems. :doh:of course they would probably take it and start their own utopia somewhere like Colorado
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Parked Out Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Port Angeles, WA |
Malachai Constant wrote: | If the libertarians could just figure out that "ambiant static electricity motor" we could solve all our problems. :doh:of course they would probably take it and start their own utopia somewhere like Colorado |
If only Lyndon LaRouche could get his hands on some dilithium crystals, we'd be home free....in a galaxy far, far away...
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Parked Out wrote: | It's definitely true that a wide range of values can be found in the literature for the various energy systems, but the Weissbach et al paper takes pains to make apples-to-apples comparisons. Much of the paper is discussion of their methodology and justifications for the necessary assumptions, inclusions and exclusions that go into such an analysis. The data they used is published online and is continually being updated as new information becomes available.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aux2QwQckeWEdE9UbHNKR3l6THItNi1RTUdxa1RrdUE#gid=0 |
We're running into the same wall on this as with economics. There must be some way to that free lunch in spite of the fact that the Big Plans do not generate the surplus necessary to even sustain itself. There's a *reason* systems which cannot generate sufficient surplus are not successful in the marketplace. Doubtless the web of subsidies in all directions hides this clarity, which is the reason subsidies for all energy sources should be ended. It would reveal the actual viability of all competing sources.
People mistake affluence and technology based upon surplus as simply a given of modernity or something, and decide it doesn't matter how many sticks you ram into the spokes, the bike will keep going because you want it to.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Parked Out Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Port Angeles, WA |
MtnGoat wrote: | We're running into the same wall on this as with economics. There must be some way to that free lunch in spite of the fact that the Big Plans do not generate the surplus necessary to even sustain itself. There's a *reason* systems which cannot generate sufficient surplus are not successful in the marketplace. Doubtless the web of subsidies in all directions hides this clarity, which is the reason subsidies for all energy sources should be ended. It would reveal the actual viability of all competing sources. |
Any reading recommendations on the EROI concept in economics? Sounds interesting.
I've heard Bill Gates complain that subsidies in the US tend to focus on deployment rather than R&D, which certainly seems like poor policy. I think we would be better served by investing in our national labs & such so that when the currently-cheap energy sources aren't cheap anymore, we'd be better prepared to deploy the next thing, e.g., 4th-gen nuclear. Seems like that might be an appropriate way to support our manufacturing sector and stay smart technologically, as opposed to how we do it now.
This is a bit off-topic (although there's a thorium connection) but the rare-earths situation in the US is almost nauseating:
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Pyrites Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Posts: 1884 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:12 pm
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Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
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