Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ecocharger said: Read the words, Jay, coal is again a rising demand commodity. And that will continue. No, it is a decreasing supply commodity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Eric Gagen said: Those numbers are aggressive, but they COULD be right. As a betting man, I might put it at 4 years and 8 years respectively. The thing with batteries is that they might reach saturation in local regions (like California) before they get stretch into underserved areas, creating a lumpy adoption and distribution process. For PEV's my assumption is based on two factors: that there will be a significant minority of vehicles which will be hard to electrify (think 17 passenger vans, pickup trucks used for hauling, and farm vehicles) And the other, more serious factor is the speed at which mining operations for batteries can expand, which could put a cap on growth rates of EV battery systems. According to S&P battery storage will pass natural gas additions next year: 25 GW of energy storage planned to hit US grid through 2023 AuthorGarrett Hering ThemeEnergy Florida Power & Light's 409-MW/900-MWh Manatee Energy Storage Center is one of an emerging fleet of U.S. battery stations.Source: Florida Power & Light Co. Despite a snarled supply chain that forced significant project delays, U.S. developers of large-scale energy storage stations installed more batteries in 2021 than ever before — a trend that appears poised to continue. Developers added 1,335 MW of new power storage capacity in the fourth quarter of 2021, exceeding the previous two years combined, and energized more than 3,000 MW in 2021, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. That surge pushed cumulative installed nonhydroelectric storage capacity to 5,410 MW entering 2022 and marked the start of a multi-gigawatt annual market. About 25 GW is planned to come online through 2023, including 9.4 GW this year and 15.6 GW in 2023, Market Intelligence data shows. While developers had intended to complete over 5,000 MW last year, the still-robust expansion highlights the rise of electrochemical energy storage as a major resource for U.S. utilities and independent grid operators seeking to manage the variability of wind and solar energy and find alternatives to natural gas peakers. The vast majority of projects completed in 2021 are lithium-ion battery systems with two to four hours of energy storage capacity. Nearly three-quarters of the power storage added in 2021 was located at generating facilities, mostly new and existing solar farms. The largest such project completed last year was Florida Power & Light Co.'s 409-MW/900-MWh Manatee Energy Storage Center, which charges off the NextEra Energy Inc. utility subsidiary's FPL Manatee Solar Energy Center in Manatee County, Fla. Competitive generation affiliate NextEra Energy Resources LLC in 2021 also completed several battery projects at its Blythe and McCoy solar-plus-storage complex in Riverside County, Calif., totaling 523 MW/2,092 MWh. Nearly 60% of the 25 GW of planned capacity through 2023 is co-located with other power plants, largely solar projects. Centered in the Southwest California and Texas are at the center of the U.S. energy storage market. Combined, the Golden State and the Lone Star State had nearly 3 GW of power storage capacity online entering 2022 and another approximately 20 GW planned, according to Market Intelligence data. That does not reflect the deeper project development pipelines under study in the California ISO and Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. interconnection queues. Substantial development is also underway in other Southwestern states, especially in Nevada, as well as in New York, Hawaii and Massachusetts. Billed as the biggest such project in the world, Vistra Corp.'s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility is an up to 1,500-MW project located at a gas-fired plant in Monterey County, Calif. Under contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Co., or PG&E, the facility ended 2021 with 100 MW/400 MWh online after 300 MW/1,200 MWh was taken out of service in September 2021. Vistra intends to bring that capacity back online in the coming months and recently secured a new contract with PG&E for an additional 350 MW of four-hour batteries in 2023. Next to that facility, the PG&E Corp. utility this year plans to complete its 182.5-MW/730-MWh Elkhorn project, previously scheduled for completion in 2021. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 New renewable power plants are reducing U.S. electricity generation from natural gas Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, January 2022 In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. The forecast share of generation for U.S. non-hydropower renewable sources, including solar and wind, grows from 13% in 2021 to 17% in 2023. We forecast that the share of generation from natural gas will fall from 37% in 2021 to 34% by 2023 and the coal share will decline from 23% to 22%. One of the most significant shifts in the mix of U.S. electricity generation over the past 10 years has been the rapid expansion of renewable energy resources, especially solar and wind. The amount of solar power generating capacity operated by the U.S. electric power sector at the end of 2021 is 20 times more than it was at the end of 2011, and U.S. wind power capacity is more than twice what it was 10 years ago. Another significant shift in the generation mix has been a steady decline in the use of coal-fired power plants since their peak output in 2007 and the increasing use of natural gas, primarily as a result of sustained low natural gas prices. However, that trend reversed in 2021 when the cost of natural gas delivered to U.S. electric generators averaged $4.88 per million British thermal units, more than double the average cost in 2020. As a result, the share of generation from natural gas declined from 39% in 2020 to 37% last year, while the share of generation from coal rose for the first time since 2014 to average 23%. In our current STEO, we forecast that most of the growth in U.S. electricity generation in 2022 and 2023 will come from new renewable energy sources. We estimate that the electric power sector had 63 gigawatts (GW) of existing solar power generating capacity operating at the end of 2021. We forecast solar capacity will grow by about 21 GW in 2022 and by 25 GW in 2023. We expect that 7 GW of wind generating capacity will be added in 2022 and another 4 GW in 2023. Operating wind capacity totaled 135 GW at the end of 2021. Our forecast of growth in renewable electricity generation over the next two years leads to our forecast of a reduced need for fossil-fueled generation. Although we expect natural gas prices for electric generators to decline, the operating costs of renewable generators will continue to be generally lower than natural gas-fired units. We expect that regions of the country with the largest increases in renewable capacity, such as Texas and the Midwest/Central regions, will experience the largest reductions in natural gas generation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 On 3/7/2022 at 6:04 PM, Eyes Wide Open said: Ahh on to current trends, good catch what's changed? Hybrids! Not EV's https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/used/midsize-cars-2+page1 Ok time to finish a thought, it's been a busy few day's. Gas prices are spiking — don't expect sales of electric vehicles to follow PUBLISHED WED, MAR 9 2022 3:29 PM ESTUPDATED WED, MAR 9 2022 6:54 PM EST U.S. vehicle inventory levels are down about 60% from a year ago and 70% from 2020 to roughly 1.1 million vehicles, according to Cox Automotive. EVs and hybrids only represent about 25,100 units, or 2.4% of that total supply, as of Feb. 21, according to the company. So much for the new EV revolution...and time for a downgrade in market status... From novelty to nuisance? Next stop whale fodder. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/gas-prices-are-spiking-dont-expect-sales-of-electric-vehicles-to-follow.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 1:37 PM, Jay McKinsey said: Tesla confirms deliveries of German-built Model Ys are starting on March 22 Tesla has confirmed that deliveries of Model Y vehicles built at Gigafactory Berlin in Germany are starting on March 22. Last week, after months of delays, Tesla finally received its official building permit following the environmental approval of its Gigafactory Berlin project. It was believed to be the last regulatory step needed for Tesla to officially start production at Gigafactory Berlin. However, the approval was conditional on about 400 different conditions that the automaker needed to confirm. Surprisingly, German officials said at the time that they expected Tesla to fulfill all those conditions within the next two weeks. It would put the start of production and deliveries (since production actually already unofficially started with hundreds of Model Y vehicles spotted coming out of the plant) at the end of March. Tesla has now confirmed and started sending out invitations for a delivery event on March 22. So @Eyes Wide Open should we expect Volkswagen to take over the Tesla factory before or after Tesla begins shipping their cars from it? Uh Ohh Fake News or Insider Trading? Do you suppose that will be a jalopy factory or battery factory. Rumor has it Germany has some issue's with Green Power...Could be fake News!< 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, Eyes Wide Open said: Ok time to finish a thought, it's been a busy few day's. Gas prices are spiking — don't expect sales of electric vehicles to follow PUBLISHED WED, MAR 9 2022 3:29 PM ESTUPDATED WED, MAR 9 2022 6:54 PM EST U.S. vehicle inventory levels are down about 60% from a year ago and 70% from 2020 to roughly 1.1 million vehicles, according to Cox Automotive. EVs and hybrids only represent about 25,100 units, or 2.4% of that total supply, as of Feb. 21, according to the company. So much for the new EV revolution...and time for a downgrade in market status... From novelty to nuisance? Next stop whale fodder. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/gas-prices-are-spiking-dont-expect-sales-of-electric-vehicles-to-follow.html Plug-In Vehicle Sales A total of 59,554 plug-in vehicles (44,148 BEVs and 15,406 PHEVs) were sold during February 2022 in the United States, up 68.9% from the sales in February 2021. PEVs captured 5.66% of total LDV sales in this month https://www.anl.gov/es/light-duty-electric-drive-vehicles-monthly-sales-updates Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 Just now, Jay McKinsey said: Plug-In Vehicle Sales A total of 59,554 plug-in vehicles (44,148 BEVs and 15,406 PHEVs) were sold during February 2022 in the United States, up 68.9% from the sales in February 2021. PEVs captured 5.66% of total LDV sales in this month https://www.anl.gov/es/light-duty-electric-drive-vehicles-monthly-sales-updates Ok fake News then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuarterCenturyVet + 312 JL March 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Jay McKinsey said: No, the drilling tech needed for what you envision is purely experimental. Everything else is situational and small. Reread the article you posted. Yeah. It's not experimental. That's my area of expertise. So are Multistage completions. Canadian geothermal tech will lead the world, while you're still stuck with windmills and solar junk made by China. That was for Europe, not Canada. Look up Greenview 1 Geothermal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 1 minute ago, QuarterCenturyVet said: Yeah. It's not experimental. That's my area of expertise. So are Multistage completions. Canadian geothermal tech will lead the world, while you're still stuck with windmills and solar junk made by China. That was for Europe, not Canada. Look up Greenview 1 Geothermal. You have got to be kidding! I already looked up Greenview 1. It is a mom and pop show and she's really excited about growing winter vegetables in their new greenhouse. Which is indeed a fine use for low grade geothermal but don't confuse it with grid changing energy supply. Meanwhile Alberta is about to become a wind and solar powerhouse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: Plug-In Vehicle Sales A total of 59,554 plug-in vehicles (44,148 BEVs and 15,406 PHEVs) were sold during February 2022 in the United States, up 68.9% from the sales in February 2021. PEVs captured 5.66% of total LDV sales in this month https://www.anl.gov/es/light-duty-electric-drive-vehicles-monthly-sales-updates Jay why is it you post info from such shady websites as references.. Used Car Pot Lots Buying brokering service websites And now now a website that poses as a govt institution. That is owned by the University of Chicago. How does that happen by the way? A govt website owned by a Liberal College? https://www.anl.gov/es/light-duty-electric-drive-vehicles-monthly-sales-updates The Program on Global Environment (PGE) fosters undergraduate study of the complex intersections of urbanism, environment, and society. The program is home to the Environmental and Urban Studies BA major and minor program, and co-curricular opportunities through the Frizzell Learning and Speaker Series, Chicago Studies, student internships, international experiences, and more. Events https://environmentalstudies.uchicago.edu/ Edited March 11, 2022 by Eyes Wide Open Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Eyes Wide Open said: Jay why is it you post info from such shady websites as references.. Used Car Pot Lots Buying brokering service websites And now now a website that poses as a govt institution. That is owned by the University of Chicago. How does that happen by the way? A govt website owned by a Liberal College? https://www.anl.gov/es/light-duty-electric-drive-vehicles-monthly-sales-updates The Program on Global Environment (PGE) fosters undergraduate study of the complex intersections of urbanism, environment, and society. The program is home to the Environmental and Urban Studies BA major and minor program, and co-curricular opportunities through the Frizzell Learning and Speaker Series, Chicago Studies, student internships, international experiences, and more. Events https://environmentalstudies.uchicago.edu/ You don't know what a National Lab is? Sad... The data I posted is from Argonne National Lab. An outgrowth of immense investment in scientific research initiated by the U.S. Government during World War II, the National Laboratories have served as the leading institutions for scientific innovation in the United States for more than seventy years. The Energy Department's 17 National Labs tackle the critical scientific challenges of our time -- from combating climate change to discovering the origins of our universe -- and possess unique instruments and facilities, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. They address large scale, complex research and development challenges with a multidisciplinary approach that places an emphasis on translating basic science to innovation. https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. The facility is located in Lemont, Illinois, outside of Chicago, and is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest. Argonne had its beginnings in the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago, formed in part to carry out Enrico Fermi's work on nuclear reactors for the Manhattan Project during World War II. After the war, it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946.[2] In the post-war era the lab focused primarily on non-weapon related nuclear physics, designing and building the first power-producing nuclear reactors, helping design the reactors used by the United States' nuclear navy, and a wide variety of similar projects. In 1994, the lab's nuclear mission ended, and today it maintains a broad portfolio in basic science research, energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, supercomputing, and national security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory Edited March 11, 2022 by Jay McKinsey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: You don't know what a National Lab is? The data I posted is from Argonne National Lab. An outgrowth of immense investment in scientific research initiated by the U.S. Government during World War II, the National Laboratories have served as the leading institutions for scientific innovation in the United States for more than seventy years. The Energy Department's 17 National Labs tackle the critical scientific challenges of our time -- from combating climate change to discovering the origins of our universe -- and possess unique instruments and facilities, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. They address large scale, complex research and development challenges with a multidisciplinary approach that places an emphasis on translating basic science to innovation. https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. The facility is located in Lemont, Illinois, outside of Chicago, and is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest. Argonne had its beginnings in the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago, formed in part to carry out Enrico Fermi's work on nuclear reactors for the Manhattan Project during World War II. After the war, it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946.[2] In the post-war era the lab focused primarily on non-weapon related nuclear physics, designing and building the first power-producing nuclear reactors, helping design the reactors used by the United States' nuclear navy, and a wide variety of similar projects. In 1994, the lab's nuclear mission ended, and today it maintains a broad portfolio in basic science research, energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, supercomputing, and national security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory Operating agency UChicago Argonne LLC University of Chicago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.[8] In Fall 2021, it enrolled 18,452 students, including 7,559 undergraduates and 10,893 graduate students.[1] LMAO... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuarterCenturyVet + 312 JL March 11, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: You have got to be kidding! I already looked up Greenview 1. It is a mom and pop show and she's really excited about growing winter vegetables in their new greenhouse. Which is indeed a fine use for low grade geothermal but don't confuse it with grid changing energy supply. Meanwhile Alberta is about to become a wind and solar powerhouse. Thats what everyone said about Leduc 1, but now it's a different story. 10MW turns into 100MW in 5 years, and 1TW in 10. You're hoping geothermal doesn't work out because your investments will tank without government intervention and you'll end up poor and dead. Oh well. Good riddance to bad rubbish. We've had wind generation here for 30 years Jay. They're falling apart and not being replaced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 Just now, Eyes Wide Open said: Operating agency UChicago Argonne LLC University of Chicago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.[8] In Fall 2021, it enrolled 18,452 students, including 7,559 undergraduates and 10,893 graduate students.[1] LMAO... You really are dumber than dumb. Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: You really are dumber than dumb. Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. Ohh Mr Jay hardly does a university represent the US govt....but then again after 8yrs of Obama almost anything could be possible. .gov has lost its way And a LLC corp... Edited March 11, 2022 by Eyes Wide Open Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 1 minute ago, QuarterCenturyVet said: Thats what everyone said about Leduc 1, but now it's a different story. 10MW turns into 100MW in 5 years, and 1TW in 10. You're hoping geothermal doesn't work out because your investments will tank without government intervention and you'll end up poor and dead. Oh well. Good riddance to bad rubbish. We've had wind generation here for 30 years Jay. They're falling apart and not being replaced. It is a conventional geothermal operation with moderate heat. No different than what has been done for the past 40 or 50 years and gone nowhere. You better hang onto your hat because you have a lot more wind turbines headed your way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Eyes Wide Open said: Ohh Mr Jay hardly does a university represent the US govt....but then again after 8yrs of Obama almost anything could be possible. .gov has lost its way Did you read the part about it representing the gov't since 1946? "it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946." President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 establishing the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Credit: Department of Energy Office of History and Heritage AEC Civilian Research Programs and the Rise of the National Laboratory System The tools needed to carry out this mission were of a scale that required the federal government to construct and operate them. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the AEC created a network of national laboratories to host machines, such as particle accelerators and colliders and arrays of isotope-separating centrifuges, that became the foundation of this new nuclear science. Edited March 11, 2022 by Jay McKinsey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,554 March 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Jay McKinsey said: Did you read the part about it representing the gov't since 1946? "it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946." I find it fascinating, their is much to learn. Perhaps the EU fell into their current difficulties under the guidance of such intellectual direction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuarterCenturyVet + 312 JL March 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: It is a conventional geothermal operation with moderate heat. No different than what has been done for the past 40 or 50 years and gone nowhere. You better hang onto your hat because you have a lot more wind turbines headed your way. 110°C in casing means a perpetual steam loop to generate 10MW. Conventional only in that electric generation is conventional. The drilling tech to drill two wells together at the toes isn't experimental. That's where this is going, Jay. Greenview will be producing electricity without stupid windmills that can only intermittently produce electricity, and we have an absolutely outstanding industry that can facilitate geothermal well drilling and completion already. What works for California isn't what works everywhere, you clown. Take care of your own backyard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, QuarterCenturyVet said: 110°C in casing means a perpetual steam loop to generate 10MW. Conventional only in that electric generation is conventional. The drilling tech to drill two wells together at the toes isn't experimental. That's where this is going, Jay. Greenview will be producing electricity without stupid windmills that can only intermittently produce electricity, and we have an absolutely outstanding industry that can facilitate geothermal well drilling and completion already. What works for California isn't what works everywhere, you clown. Take care of your own backyard. We have far better geothermal potential than you and the Greenview type of operation hit a dead end here 40 years ago. I agree that the drilling tech isn't experimental it is the same failed technology. 110C is just barely above the minimum for any electricity production at all. The profit, if any, will be in the greenhouses. Edited March 11, 2022 by Jay McKinsey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuarterCenturyVet + 312 JL March 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jay McKinsey said: We have far better geothermal potential than you and the Greenview type of operation hit a dead end here 40 years ago. I agree that the drilling tech isn't experimental it is the same failed technology. 110C is just barely above the minimum for any electricity production at all. The profit, if any, will be in the greenhouses. That's just on an existing well, you donkey. There's more than just Greenview too. Don't forget that we have the ring of fire just a couple hundred km west of the foothills as well. Your geothermal potential isn't any greater than ours. Only thing is, you dickmouths won't explore it. Wind and solar is all you can think about because of the massive government grants involved. We're not California, and what you Cascadia idiots do is a warning to the rest of the world to not follow in those footsteps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay McKinsey + 1,490 March 11, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, QuarterCenturyVet said: That's just on an existing well, you donkey. There's more than just Greenview too. Don't forget that we have the ring of fire just a couple hundred km west of the foothills as well. Your geothermal potential isn't any greater than ours. Only thing is, you dickmouths won't explore it. Wind and solar is all you can think about because of the massive government grants involved. We're not California, and what you Cascadia idiots do is a warning to the rest of the world to not follow in those footsteps. The ring of fire runs right through our state! One of our biggest geothermal plants is in a super volcano bigger than Yellowstone you muppet! Won't explore it!?! Did you already forget that part about California being a geothermal pioneer with a fifth of the world's geothermal production? Dinky little Greenview will not be just the first geothermal in Alberta but in the entire country of Canada! Massive government grants, that's rich seeing how Grandview is only possible because the gov't is paying for half of it. That is a lot bigger grant than wind or solar get. You really are a chump. Cascadia? Well technically the Cascades do extend into N. California with two volcanoes. How many volcanoes do you have? We have 8 active volcanoes. You don't have anything close to our geothermal potential. So you have hope that you can go to the next field and drill a new well and find higher heat? Just as likely to find lower heat. Edited March 11, 2022 by Jay McKinsey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,255 DM March 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Eyes Wide Open said: Ohh Mr Jay hardly does a university represent the US govt....but then again after 8yrs of Obama almost anything could be possible. .gov has lost its way And a LLC corp... Obviously you do not understand how the US Gov does Nuclear research and Plutonium reprocessing when related to Nukes...it has always been farmed out to Universities PS a fellow student in Grad School enlightened me on who she worked for....as she was trying to recruit me for Electrochem work on sensitive material reprocessing at Los Alamos.....I would be hired by University of Cal...... yet working for the US Gov basically DO you like eating crow???? PS the labs were always run by universities...... Highlights the University of California ended its sixty years of direct involvement in operating Los Alamos National Laboratory, Time to apologize to Jay...... and your wacky comment about Obama...You need some real mental health counseling. Please read the following histories....... First up is Los Alamos Nat Lab..... The University of California decided to create a private company with the Bechtel Corporation, Washington Group International, and the BWX Technologies to bid on the contract to operate the laboratory. The UC/Bechtel led corporation—Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS)—was pitted against a team formed by the University of Texas System partnered with Lockheed-Martin. In December 2005, the Department of Energy announced that LANS had won the next seven-year contract to manage and operate the laboratory.[citation needed] On June 1, 2006, the University of California ended its sixty years of direct involvement in operating Los Alamos National Laboratory, and management control of the laboratory was taken over by Los Alamos National Security, LLC with effect October 1, 2007. Approximately 95% of the former 10,000 plus UC employees at LANL were rehired by LANS to continue working at LANL. On June 8, 2018, the NNSA announced that Triad National Security, LLC, a joint venture between Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California, and Texas A&M University, would assume operation and management of LANL beginning November 1, 2018.[32] or Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States, founded by the University of California, Berkeley in 1952. Originally a branch of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore laboratory became autonomous in 1971 and was designated a national laboratory in 1981.[1] A Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), Lawrence Livermore lab is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed and operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS), a partnership of the University of California, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, AECOM, and Battelle Memorial Institute in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System.[2] Edited March 11, 2022 by notsonice 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsdp + 449 eh March 11, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 8:04 AM, Ecocharger said: This is where the Green mania has led us, to a point where we have self-strangulated the economy by attacking 85% of our energy resources, and discouraged any new energy development with worthless and misguided environmental panic. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Oil-Rig-Count-Falls-Despite-Major-Rally-In-Crude-Prices.html Ecocharger, here is something for the vacuum between your ears. Rig counts have not recovered because many of the hands want full time steady jobs with benefits not part time work where they work full time with benefits. Over half of Americans who quit and took another job during the Great Resignation are making more money now https://www.businessinsider.com/quitting-making-more-money-great-resignation-pew-research-survey-2022-3 Texas Workforce Commission has 758 openings in oil field service and more people quit in February than started a new job. Execs are going to have to cut their bonuses and start paying more with better work rules. They used to skimp by paying day rates with no overtime. that is now illegal in Texas. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,255 DM March 11, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, nsdp said: Ecocharger, here is something for the vacuum between your ears. Rig counts have not recovered because many of the hands want full time steady jobs with benefits not part time work where they work full time with benefits. Over half of Americans who quit and took another job during the Great Resignation are making more money now https://www.businessinsider.com/quitting-making-more-money-great-resignation-pew-research-survey-2022-3 Texas Workforce Commission has 758 openings in oil field service and more people quit in February than started a new job. Execs are going to have to cut their bonuses and start paying more with better work rules. They used to skimp by paying day rates with no overtime. that is now illegal in Texas. the reason why rig counts (decreasing with the same production) are where they are at today is due to longer lateral lengths and the drilling of multiple laterals from the same well. You only need one rig to cover the same acreage that 2,3 or 4 rigs had to drill on same acreage just a few years ago. Nothing to do with steady jobs and whatever else you are babbling about comparing rig counts to previous years does not directly correlate to decreasing or increasing total production PS a better indicator to look at is horizontal footage drilled over time IE how many horizontal feet drilled every week...... Vertical means nothing Edited March 11, 2022 by notsonice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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