{"id":16617,"date":"2021-11-14T23:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T04:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2021-11-14T23:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T04:45:33","slug":"guest-contributor-chemist-thoughts-on-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/14\/guest-contributor-chemist-thoughts-on-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor – Chemist – Thoughts on Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Reply to\u00a0Energy Equates to Wealth<\/a><\/p>\n

You are more correct than you know. The green revolution is powered by oil. Oil to make diesel fuel for the giant tractors and combines that plant and harvest the crops. Oil to make energy to make the fertilizers that turn marginal soils into high yield soils.
\nWithout petroleum we would be poorer, hungrier and there would be fewer of us. Millions would have starved to death over the last 100 years that, instead, thrived due to petroleum.<\/p>\n

If you want carbon free energy you have to look at nuclear. The greens may not like it, but its the only real solution if carbon is the problem. The newly designed modular reactors are incredibly safe and the Thorium cycle reactors are not only safe but do not use nor do they produce material that can be weaponized.
\nAh, but: Nuclear bad! (Insert image of Frankenstein\u2019s monster near a torch.) Its dangerous right? Deadly even! More Americans were killed when Biden abandoned Afghanistan than have died due to Nuclear power accidents in the US since the first reactor. That\u2019s a pretty damned good safety record.<\/p>\n

Solar? Its a boondoggle. Here is something they don\u2019t talk about a lot wrt solar panels: They only last about 20 years. And the output drops every year. So if you are getting 5KW your first year you are getting about half that a decade later.
\nOh, and its damned near impossible to recycle a solar panel.
\nIts been a lot of years since I did the math (College undergrad research project) but the last time I ran the numbers, it took more energy to make a solar panel that it ever generated in it\u2019s lifetime. It turns out that it takes a crap ton of energy to make, purify and melt silicon. Who knew?<\/p>\n

Wind? Another boondoggle. Look into disposing of damaged or end of life turbine blades. There\u2019s a nightmare for you. And the vibrations from the turbine destroy the land they are mounted on to the degree that you can never put another turbine there. If you love nature, don\u2019t look at the number of birds and bats killed by these things.<\/p>\n

Geothermal? Maybe. I don\u2019t know how many locations are suitable for it though.<\/p>\n

If we could get past the fear of nuclear power, we could build a golden age with cheap, plentiful power and yes, make long chain molecules from water and CO2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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