An Important Message For Oilprice Members

  1. ronwagn


    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/13/hoover-dam-lake-mead-severe-drought-us-west This is going to make a "green transition" more difficult than expected without the use of fossil fuels. The West is  a prime area...
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 148 replies
    • 15,637 views
  2. Jay McKinsey


    All you real American Patriots be on notice, Tesla is the most American made car:  Cars.com’s American-Made Index ranks all qualifying vehicles built and bought...

  3. ronwagn


    https://www.theepochtimes.com/climate-scare-story-began-with-far-left-ideology-greenpeace-co-founder_3916103.html Patrick Moore talks about why he left Greenpeace and why the the push for net-zero emissions is an unattainable goal BY ISAAC TEO   July 27, 2021 Updated: July...
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 63 replies
    • 4,942 views
  4. Jay McKinsey


    Battery placement in the Moss Landing turbine hall. Natural gas powered turbines once lived here.   As a preview of what that capacity has to offer, we’re...

  5. ronwagn


    https://www.theepochtimes.com/with-china-producing-half-the-worlds-new-energy-vehicles-retired-batteries-may-bring-explosive-pollution_3897010.html I have heard optimistic claims for using used batteries in America, but this story is scary. 
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 171 replies
    • 18,833 views
  6. ronwagn


    https://news.yahoo.com/californias-electric-car-revolution-designed-100041571.html The NIMBY realities raise their head again. These are the environmentalists who want no change against the environmentalists who want technological change. They will...
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 0 replies
    • 325 views
  7. hemanthaa@mail.com


    Please read it here:  
      

  8. Tom Kirkman


    This article from 2014 should probably be a sticky for this Renewables sub-forum.  But that's just my opinion. This article is a brutally cold, hard...
      

  9. ronwagn


    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/texas-power-grid-operator-ercot-issues-conservation-alert-asks-texans-raise-thermostats-unplug-appliances-avoid-blackouts/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=daily What is going on? Texans will be mad. 
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 333 replies
    • 43,204 views
  10. ronwagn


    https://www.theepochtimes.com/blackouts-loom-in-california-as-electricity-prices-are-absolutely-exploding_3879750.html California is facing electricity shortages while many there are shifting to EV's. Other states will be watching how that works out. Prices of electricity...
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 16 replies
    • 2,610 views
  11. ML


    ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON COLLISION COURSE WITH REALITY The article, which talks about the Californian experience, points to the huge problems that will result from trying...

  12. MP


    Quote   While IRENA touts declining costs over the past decade or two, the global push toward green energy and the race for net-zero commitments are...
      

  13. ronwagn


    https://ambri.com/benefits/#not-temperature-sensitive  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyo0Nr7CrY&t=1415s The Ambri Battery sounds like a contender when it can be kept at the temperature required to maintain liquidity. The materials are abundant and cheap....
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 5 replies
    • 1,696 views
  14. MP


    I've blanked out the name of the vendor, however it wouldn't take much keyword searching to find the vendor. They're located in Arizona, in the...

  15. ronwagn


    https://www.wnd.com/2021/05/international-energy-agency-promoting-roadmap-net-zero-emissions/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Energy_Agency https://www.iea.org/ How do non governmental agencies assume powerful roles that are adopted by most nations in the world and have great influence over them? Are...
      

    • ronwagn Replied
    • 15 replies
    • 3,296 views
  16. TN


    "The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power" by Irina Slav is a fabulous read!  After having been kept hidden underneath the rug by the political...

  17. Jay McKinsey


    Grids around the world rely on open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) technology at times when demand for electricity is at its highest. OCGTs often...

  18. MP


    https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2019/benefits-of-agrivoltaics-across-the-food-energy-water-nexus.html

  19. MP


    "The U.S. is woefully unprepared to handle “the electrification of everything,” as Amy Myers Jaffe, a research professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, describes...

  20. Jay McKinsey


    Despite pandemic-induced supply chain challenges and construction delays, renewable capacity additions in 2020 expanded by more than 45% from 2019, and broke another record....

  21. hemanthaa@mail.com


    Belgium, which boasts about a thriving off-shore wind farms that generate 10% of its electricity needs, is coming up with innovative methods to deal with...
      

  22. ML


    Here is a link to the article Key passages are these. Standard home outlets generally put out about 120 volts of power at what electric vehicle...

  23. Jay McKinsey


    Now this is a Battery Electric Vehicle! BNSF and Wabtec (GE) Commence Battery-Electric Locomotive Pilot Test  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vCyNxfjSA Ok, that isn't quite fair, it is designed to be...

  24. Ward Smith


    Especially when the production of that electricity is assumed to be "renewables". Will those chargers help or hinder the grid? 

  25. ML


    Professor Gordon Hughes, of the School of Economics, Edinburgh University has written a report on offshore wind entitled Wind Power Economics - Rhetoric and...
      

  26. Jay McKinsey


    Amazon’s initiative to begin delivering its packages in all-electric vehicles provided by Rivian has made it to its third U.S. city. The e-commerce giant...

  27. MP


    https://scitechdaily.com/co2-mitigation-on-earth-and-magnesium-civilization-on-mars-just-add-water/ Making methane and methanol from elemental magnesium, CO2, and water at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

  28. ML


    A paper on the performance of wind power in Denmark produced last year by Gordon Hughes, a professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh,...

  29. hemanthaa@mail.com


    LOCOMOTION, a project funded by the European Union, has finally started talking about the elephant in the room, when it comes to renewables -...
      

  30. Tom Kirkman


    Oopsie, looks like EVs perhaps aren't so "green" after all. Expect screams to the contrary, foaming at the mouth, insults, denials, and general brickbats from the...

Sign in to follow this  
Followers 0