Why Climate Change Won't Matter in 20 Years

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by Lake-Effect

Generators require fuel. No fuel, no power.

Treating fossil-fueled generating plants in isolation, like you're doing, is not fully acknowledging the actual consequences of their use.

(Derail - because of the abundance of coal, I do believe that eventually we'll find some way to use it more cleanly and efficiently, if the carbon can be recaptured. Are you aware of any such developments?)

When you or them figure out nuclear powered cars, boats, commercial ships, trains, planes, motorbikes, heaters, gensets, lawnmowers, weed wackers, stoves and anything else I've forgotten; and can adapt Uranium for polymers, lubrication, pharmaceuticals and steel making and anything else I've forgotten - your argument may well be logical.

And yes to the derail. I could be wrong, but I think Australia leads the world in clean coal technology. We certainly were one of the first to develop particle collection filters for power station exhausts.

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[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by Reefmagnet

When you or them figure out nuclear powered cars, boats, commercial ships, trains, planes, motorbikes, heaters, gensets, lawnmowers, weed wackers, stoves and anything else I've forgotten; and can adapt Uranium for polymers, lubrication, pharmaceuticals and steel making and anything else I've forgotten - your argument may well be logical.

nuclear powered...

• cars - pointless. indirectly powered from nuclear (...electric) - here today
• boats - ditto, though electric isn't practical for long-distance yet
• commercial ships - possible
• trains - electric
• planes -no!
• motorbikes - electric
• heaters - electric
• gensets - only really really big ones
• lawnmowers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• weed wackers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• stoves - electric

And the point of course is that if we're not burning coal and oil like there's no tomorrow, we have lots of it left for polymers, lubrication, pharmaceuticals and steel making, etc.

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by Lake-Effect

nuclear powered...

• cars - pointless. indirectly powered from nuclear (...electric) - here today
• boats - ditto, though electric isn't practical for long-distance yet
• commercial ships - possible
• trains - electric
• planes -no!
• motorbikes - electric
• heaters - electric
• gensets - only really really big ones
• lawnmowers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• weed wackers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• stoves - electric

And the point of course is that if we're not burning coal and oil like there's no tomorrow, we have lots of it left for polymers, lubrication, pharmaceuticals and steel making, etc.

All possible but not here now. Current world wide nuclear generation as percentage of total production is 10.9% and this is probably slowly declining. And that still means mines and rigs. As for cars, I'm not in a position to buy a Tesla at the moment and I'm pretty sure that also applies to a large portion of the car buying public. I did throw the mower and weed wacker in to see if you were paying attention though. My aging dino powered garden tools are just hanging in there, but if I need to replace them they will most certainly be with those snazzy 56 VDC rechargeable units. My wife will thank me for it.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by Reefmagnet

All possible but not here now. Current world wide nuclear generation as percentage of total production is 10.9% and this is probably slowly declining. And that still means mines and rigs. As for cars, I'm not in a position to buy a Tesla at the moment and I'm pretty sure that also applies to a large portion of the car buying public. I did throw the mower and weed wacker in to see if you were paying attention though. My aging dino powered garden tools are just hanging in there, but if I need to replace them they will most certainly be with those snazzy 56 VDC rechargeable units. My wife will thank me for it.

Everyone knows California Teslas are powered by pixie dust and rainbows, and not the diesel and natural gas fired electrical generating plants up and down the California coast.

Electricity just comes right out of the wall... like magic.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Lake-Effect

nuclear powered...

• cars - pointless. indirectly powered from nuclear (...electric) - here today
• boats - ditto, though electric isn't practical for long-distance yet
• commercial ships - possible
• trains - electric
• planes -no!
• motorbikes - electric
• heaters - electric
• gensets - only really really big ones
• lawnmowers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• weed wackers - electric - mains or rechargeable
• stoves - electrici

And the point of course is that if we're not burning coal and oil like there's no tomorrow, we have lots of it left for polymers, lubrication, pharmaceuticals and steel making, etc.

I have to say this is an interesting turn
1) the Chevy volt, Nissan leaf, and most hybread cars like the Toyota Prius used less than 50 miles and recharged.
2) nukee ships the military has them down to a couple hundred feet and up to 1200 ft.so feasible.
3)

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Everyone knows California Teslas are powered by pixie dust and rainbows, and not the diesel and natural gas fired electrical generating plants up and down the California coast.

Many years ago, a study was done to determine the power grid requirements if everyone converted to electric cars. It was determined that x amount more power stations would need to be built to accommodate the additional loading and the losses associated with burning coal to generate electricity, then transforming it, then transmitting it, then transforming it then transforming and rectifying it again, then charging batteries etc etc would actually result in a net gain in pollution. This was back in the 80's or 90's from memory, so things might have improved somewhat since.

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Everyone knows California Teslas are powered by pixie dust and rainbows, and not the diesel and natural gas fired electrical generating plants up and down the California coast.

Electricity just comes right out of the wall... like magic.

So you are saying the electrical generation needs to catch up to these cars.

Electric Vehicles Available in Canada

I agree.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by jackdale

From the atmosphere that produced flora and fauna that are not appropriate for a human diet.”

The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 400 parts per million was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.

I'm sure I could find something to eat and not go hungry. Your assumption is just plain lame.

How did all the other land mammals survive? Chimps were around back then... pretty sure our diet doesn't differ much from theirs when it comes to survival. If their digestive tracts can handle it, so can ours.

We can adapt, just like they did.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by jackdale

So you are saying the electrical generation needs to catch up to these cars.

Electric Vehicles Available in Canada

I agree.

Jack do us non Canadians a favor please add a Canadian postal code so we can access the site you linked to I wouldn't accept my postal code from Seattle area in USA likely same problem elsewhere

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I'm sure I could find something to eat and not go hungry. Your assumption is just plain lame.

How did all the other land mammals survive? Chimps were around back then... pretty sure our diet doesn't differ much from theirs when it comes to survival. If their digestive tracts can handle it, so can ours.

We can adapt, just like they did.

Humans consume a distinct diet compared to other apes. Not only do we consume much more meat and fat, but we also cook our food.

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Humans consume a distinct diet compared to other apes. Not only do we consume much more meat and fat, but we also cook our food.

Please regale us with your theories on how vegans and vegetarians in general survive? How about that African tribe that subsists solely on cows blood and milk or those Asians that subsist purely on marine life?

[Muckle Flugga]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Australopithecus afarensis mother and child. Not a mere evolutionary step towards humanity, but a species perfectly adapted to the woodlands of Pliocene Africa

Well… I am not impressed with the "we were not around" type argument either. This species of argument is the most bankrupt of all in the "warmist" quiver. Pointing to A. afarensis' adaptations to its environment is kinda missing the point that we are the most adaptable large animal species that has ever lived by several orders of magnitude. How many Antarctic stations were inhabited by afarensis? How much time did they spend underneath the Arctic Ice Cap? How many moon landers did they have? What was their desert habitation like? How was their airconditioning and advanced fiber production, back then?

There is no way at all that we as a species cannot adapt to climate change. You deploy many excellent arguments. This is not one of them.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Humans consume a distinct diet compared to other apes. Not only do we consume much more meat and fat, but we also cook our food.

What do you mean by your statement? That fifty to one hundred years from now... we would all somehow forget how to raise livestock and cook our food?

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

What do you mean by your statement? That fifty to one hundred years from now... we would all somehow forget how to raise livestock and cook our food?

Read my statement in the context of a reply to another comment.

Our diet is different from other primates.

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by newhaul

Jack do us non Canadians a favor please add a Canadian postal code so we can access the site you linked to I wouldn't accept my postal code from Seattle area in USA likely same problem elsewhere

M5W 1E6

(a downtown Toronto address)