An Important Message For Oilprice Members

  1. Tom Kirkman


    News flash: batteries do not *generate* electricity. Did California actually think this through?  Removing / retiring natural gas plants for generating electricity and creating a huge...

  2. Tom Kirkman


    Just wait until governments *rescind* subsidies for EVs and decide to tax electricity for EVs in the same way they tax gasoline and diesel...

  3. NW


    Another step up in size. How long before we get to 20 MW? https://www.marinelink.com/news/siemens-gamesa-launches-mw-offshore-wind-478602

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  4. Jay McKinsey


     

  5. Tom Kirkman


    The sky is falling.  The sky has always been falling.  Ignore that acorn behind the curtain. < sigh > Amusing the attempt to link the China Flu...

  6. ES


    "A team has developed a less expensive water electrolysis system that works under alkaline conditions but still produces hydrogen at comparable rates to the...

  7. ronwagn


    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/great-energy-challenge/2013/10-myths-about-geothermal-heating-and-cooling/#close Why are we not hearing more about geothermal heating and cooling, especially for very cold and hot areas? Mass use would reduce prices. It...
      

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  8. Tom Kirkman


    This is exactly the type of scenarios that the Climate Panic crowd deliberately ignore. I really do get annoyed with the obtuseness of those who...

  9. Jay McKinsey


     It has been suggested that I start a thread on geothermal. I don't know anything about it but I will kick it off.Anyone here...

  10. ES


    "As for the disturbance of the oil and coal markets by renewables, which seems to be the real beef, is this a new type...

  11. Jay McKinsey


    Southern California Edison Contracts Mammoth 770MW Energy Storage Portfolio to Replace California Gas Plants One of the world’s largest single battery storage procurements will race...

  12. nb


    Pinched off LinkedIn and made me chuckle "Building one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of plastic."...

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  13. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/09/delingpole-michael-moore-has-become-a-hero-to-climate-deniers-complains-guardian/ How could Michael Moore betray most of his fans by telling the truth about energy? See the free movie, still running on YouTube. RCW Delingpole:...
      

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  14. Jay McKinsey


    Dept. of Interior approves plans for $1 billion, 690-MW Gemini solar project with 1,400-MWh battery.  https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/05/dept-of-interior-approves-plans-for-690-mw-gemini-solar-project-with-1400-mwh-battery/

  15. MP


    Note that the minimum order quantity is one shipping container, which may be a 20' or 40'. This isn't made clear.
      

  16. ronwagn


    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-hydrogen-southkorea-insight/hydrogen-hurdles-a-deadly-blast-hampers-south-koreas-big-fuel-cell-car-bet-idUSKBN1W936A A dangerous fuel that is hard to contain and is more expensive than natural gas. Green extremism is the allure to an expensive and...
      

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  17. Jay McKinsey


    This LCOE so no subsidies! https://nawindpower.com/bnef-onshore-wind-is-cheapest-source-of-new-build-generation

  18. Jay McKinsey


    The learning rate of photovoltaics – the speed at which price declines accelerate with wider deployment of the technology – reached 23.5% in 2019, according to...

  19. MP


    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/gcl-system-plans-to-build-world-s-biggest-solar-panel-plant?srnd=premium&sref=RzXyyOXY If the US builds out 30Gw per year over the next 30 years, it would have 900Gw installed by 2050. US peak power demand on...
      

  20. Jay McKinsey


    City of Houston Surprises: 100% Renewable Electricity — $65 Million in Savings in 7 Years   The City is Estimated to See a $9.3 Million Reduction...

  21. Jay McKinsey


    https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42495

  22. Jay McKinsey


    https://electrek.co/2020/04/29/harley-davidson-stock-soars-30-this-week-company-recommits-to-electric-motorcycles/ "It’s no secret that Harley-Davidson has been in a tough financial spot for the last few years. And the figures from Harley-Davidson’s first-quarter earning’s...

  23. ronwagn


    https://www.ibj.com/articles/trump-orders-biofuel-boost-in-bid-to-temper-farm-state-anger Trump orders biofuel boost in bid to temper farm state anger
      

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  24. Jay McKinsey


  25. ML


    After 30 Years Of Trying, Mercedes-Benz Ends Hydrogen Car Development Because It’s Too Costly   Saw this item in a newsletter. It about sums up the...
      

  26. MP


    https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2020/nrel-six-junction-solar-cell-sets-two-world-records-for-efficiency.html "Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%. The six-junction solar cell now holds...
      

  27. DW


    The Renewables Team..... Perhaps a baseload energy system like this may be worth some discussion? Below is a comparison of area required vs energy generated for wind...
      

  28. Tom Kirkman


    "Renewable" Energy simply cannot survive without government subsidies (aka FREE MONEY).  Especially when competing against exceedingly low oil & gas prices.  "Renewable" energy train wreck...

  29. ronwagn


    https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-26/california-approves-climate-change-target-that-critics-say-is-far-too-weak California approves climate change target that critics say is far too weak
      

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  30. KeyboardWarrior


    I've wanted to make a topic where I could get people to talk about nuclear, and to debate educated doubters. Everywhere else I go,...
      

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