tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3417395658389332534..comments2024-03-29T08:54:53.425-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Happiness is a warm TeslaNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66367519439056924452022-08-30T16:31:54.416-05:002022-08-30T16:31:54.416-05:00JP, your cost estimate is probably more accurate t...JP, your cost estimate is probably more accurate than mine however there have been studies, some completed many years ago, that supports the feasibility of such a project. <br />Most have to do with balancing reservoirs before mega storms hit. <br />Regarding Mars, that too is in the plans. For what true purpose I don’t know. I mean what good will it do to learn more about an uninhabitable planet while we are creating one right here?Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77919270568222094702022-08-30T15:37:12.289-05:002022-08-30T15:37:12.289-05:00With all due respect to Les, it's been years -...With all due respect to Les, it's been years -- no, decades -- since I last heard that argument of, "If we can put a man on the moon, how come we can't [insert noble Earth-based project here]."<br /><br />I am very much looking forward to seeing new developments in space travel again, and seeing that debating point resurface after all this time is just icing on the cake.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875378656423252469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86627633169072024632022-08-30T14:36:43.445-05:002022-08-30T14:36:43.445-05:00Les, to move water from these megastorms would tak...Les, to move water from these megastorms would take an effort more like making a trip to Mars on a moments notice! Electric cars are a good start. When the juice is produced directly from the Sun rather than fossil fuels we'll be much better off. By then we will also be drinking sea water produced by solar energy also. Perhaps, by then, we will convince our fellow humans to not live in deserts. Today I heard a woman describe the learning curve necessary to drive long distances in an E-Car. Heat, hills A/C usage all affect mileage, making her plan her routes more carefully than with a gas guzzler. From the comments of the Tesla drivers, I'm guessing she bought an alternative.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60573871135964696902022-08-30T13:10:23.414-05:002022-08-30T13:10:23.414-05:00Of course what you're saying is true but if we...Of course what you're saying is true but if we can send a rocket around the moon for a debatable reason (something we already did fifty years ago) we can certainly design a way to distribute water around the country at a similar cost and for a far greater purpose.Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61510617882578327162022-08-30T12:37:52.049-05:002022-08-30T12:37:52.049-05:00In this article, the chief economist for Phillips ...In this article, the chief economist for Phillips 66 suggests that it's not economically beneficial for them to install chargers, because the price they'd charge for the charge is so much higher than people can avail themselves of at home. <br /><br />Your Northbrook Court photo or photos point to another factor mentioned in a comment to the article: "Nobody wants to go to a gas station and plug in for half an hour. People charge at home to save time and money. People charge on the road for long trips, and some people need a local place to charge if they can't charge at home. A gas station isn't it. They'd rather charge at the mall or at the supermarket or some place they would spend half an hour at anyway."<br /><br />https://www.autoblog.com/2021/03/07/ev-charging-not-cost-competetive-phillips-66/ Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49234565672193031192022-08-30T10:37:37.112-05:002022-08-30T10:37:37.112-05:00Yesterday I saw an image of inner-city Cincinnati ...Yesterday I saw an image of inner-city Cincinnati that was taken during its 1948 Ohio River flooding. The water was the color of chocolate pudding. Floodwaters are not clear and transparent...they are almost opaque, and contain mud, silt, sewage, and all kinds of other contaminants, as anyone who has ever cleaned up after a flood knows all too well. <br /><br />Floodwater is wastewater and cannot not be used for either human consumption or irrigation, or to alleviate drought. Not without some kind of enormous pumping and water treatment system, which would probably cost billions to build and operate. Long after I'm forgotten dust, somebody will probably find a way to send water from the Great Lakes to the parched West and become a zillionaire. <br /><br />The way our world is heading, water is going to become more precious and costly than petroleum. Oil and water...not only do they not mix...but both of them are finite. When they're eventually gone...that's the ballgame. We can drive electric vehicles that don't use fossil fuels, but water is one thing we cannot exist without.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73697315478613668802022-08-30T07:29:05.023-05:002022-08-30T07:29:05.023-05:00And while they’re building a charging grid why not...And while they’re building a charging grid why not build a system to transfer water from areas that are affected by drought from those that are flooding?<br />Doesn’t it seem that there is always one part of the country that is experiencing seriously dry weather while another is submerged?Lesnoreply@blogger.com