Re: midwest home heating??

Posted by jimg.allentown on March 08, 2019 at 11:47:21 from (98.115.30.180):

In Reply to: midwest home heating?? posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on March 08, 2019 at 06:05:35:

OK, everybody has had their say-so about this issue. Now it is my turn.

Fossil fuels. Electricity. Renewable fuels. For what it is worth, it is basically all the same. Why, you ask? Well, for openers, they ALL pollute. They all take up resources from the earth. They ALL generate CO2. Whether it is out the chimney, the tailpipe, or the power plant down the way.

Is climate changing? Yes it is. Like it has been doing in cycles for millions of years. Not a thing that we can do to stop it or reverse it.

Do you think that nuclear is the answer? In some ways, it has advantages. BUT, while it does not pollute in the more common sense of the word, the pollution from nuclear energy is many times worse in that it produces highly toxic and radioactive waste that stays toxic for millions of years. My feeling on that is that we should stop any further use of nuclear energy until a solution to the waste is found. Nuclear scientists have had over 80 years to figure this out. Encasing it in salt or concrete is only a short term answer. What needs to happen is finding a way to process nuclear waste into a usable product or a harmless leftover. It is time to look in that direction.

Talking about population control is about as big of a waste of time as I can think of. We still have millions of acres of unpopulated lands in this country. As do other countries like Russia, Australia, and the entire continent of Africa.
And, just how do any of you propose to control population growth? Who is going to tell folks that they cannot have children? And how do you enforce that? Mandatory sterilization? Mandatory abortion? Really?

My big question is exactly what do you or anyone expect ME to do to address this alleged "crisis?" Want me to stop driving my car? Stop heating my house? Stop cooking my food?

WHAT???????

Then there is this "alternative energy" baloney.
Wind is fine when the wind is right. Not too slow, not too fast. What about maintenance? Do those wind turbines need maintenance? What does that cost? Do these things pay for themselves in savings in the long run? What about the end of life disposal when these things are worn out?

Solar panels. Do these things have a finite lifetime? Do they need periodic replacement? What cost is involved in producing and maintaining them? What resources are needed to produce them? How about end of life disposal? In reality, is this an answer? Or just more pie in the sky?

I also wish to point out that the people that can't seem to get a 3-day forecast right are telling me what is going to happen in 50 years. Really? Sorry. I call BS on that one!

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• Re: midwest home heating?? Traditional Farmer 16:32:06 03/08/19 (0)
• Re: midwest home heating?? Janicholson 12:54:40 03/08/19 (0)

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