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Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by tochatihu, Oct 22, 2015.

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  1. tochatihu

    tochatihu Senior Member

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    "two low-albedo "DEI" days"

    Fascinating use of "albedo" ... how does this reflect upon us?

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    I have returned from brief travels, finding PriusChat still here. And itself.
     
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    That's true, but with the closure of refineries in calif, Gavin Newsom is also imposing $5,000 per day fines on many of the mom & pop gas station owners who can't afford to dig up their old storage tanks that are single wall. Double wall replacements with labor cost a cool $2 million so it's cheaper for them to go out of business selling fuel. There (in theory) could be financial help from California but the process is so constipated, some have waited over 2 years just to see if they qualify. The multinational fossil fuel Corp's can afford it - but with so many 100s if not 1,000s of reduced stations - that too will have an impact on fuel prices there. Places like Reno, & much if not all of Arizona import fuel from california, so it's not just a one state problem . Might be a good time to pick up a Ford electric pickup as the prices may fall - since Ford is killing production
     
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    Perfect!
     
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    Kei cars (and vanlets) are cute Nihon vehicles with no front crumple zones. They might get built in USA by Presidential edict/suggestion.

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    Five offshore wind energy projects NY coastal and points north have been suspended by Presidential edict/suggestion.

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    In other news, compressing and expanding CO2 is being used as an electricity storage system:
    CO2 Batteries That Store Grid Energy Take Off Globally - IEEE Spectrum

    I would have thought that overall efficiency of this is low. Apparently I'd be wrong.

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    I saw many Kei cars in Japan in Sept. Dun no how many legs are getting crushed there.
     
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    That was two weeks ago. This week He escalated with a new 90-day "pause" claiming national security.

    If this "pause" is anything like the 90-day emergency orders halting the long-planned shutdowns of coal-fired powered stations, He will keep rolling it over with renewals indefinitely. Here in WA, such as order was issued just last week, to block next week's shutdown of our last coal plant which is planned to be converted to natural gas. A similar order to a Michigan coal plant in May has been renewed several times already.
     
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    Well, I like that the Fuzzy1 corrected me, but I do not like the correction.

    My last protest was at Diablo, oh so many years ago, but I am thinking of getting a frog costume & heading for Portland for New Year's. Yeah, I know Portland and enegry are different...but, "I's got to do something."

    Got to have something to say when the grandkids ask what I did in 2020s...
     
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    Used to pull some magnificent abalone off the shores just south of Diablo in the 70s. That was before the sea otters made a come back. They polished those suckers off - along with most of the crab & lobster - like nobody's business.
     
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