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By alternative, you mean alternative as in Nuclear power, or alternative as in Wind/Water? I've heard the term used for both.AdamSavage wrote:This is a wake up call for us to get in gear to get off the need for oil really. One of the comments one the sight I went to said "We need to rapidly move to other alternatives. If we poured half the money into alternatives energy resources, that we pour into the oil industry, we'd have some impressive results rather quickly."
Anything but oil. Solar power or even wind power.Saturo wrote:By alternative, you mean alternative as in Nuclear power, or alternative as in Wind/Water? I've heard the term used for both.AdamSavage wrote:This is a wake up call for us to get in gear to get off the need for oil really. One of the comments one the sight I went to said "We need to rapidly move to other alternatives. If we poured half the money into alternatives energy resources, that we pour into the oil industry, we'd have some impressive results rather quickly."
Or chewing gum!Saturo wrote:They probably don't have enough duct tape to tape the hole shut.
Because it's an effing huge leak, that's why. All that oil shooting out with so much pressure, if you pussy foot about it it'll just end up being worse. Right now they're trying to clog it up, with if I remember right, a mixture of Drilling 'Mud' and Cement. If that doesn't work they're going to try something else- ontop of drilling in from the side to try to ease the pressure.AdamSavage wrote:I don't get why there taking so long to stop the leak..
Do you mean the bullpoopy about 'cutting back emissions' and such bullpoopy? Because if I remember right everyone wanted America to bow down to it; but China and India wanted to be exempt from the rules, even when China, India and several other places are far, far worse off than America is or will be. And the fact we already, or atleast most companies are already trying to go greener as it is. China, India and etc just wanted power over the US. It was never about the enviroment, it was all about bluffing and making themselves look better. That's why Bush never agreed to it, because it was a load of political empowering BS.The part I never got was why USA refused to accept the Kyoto protocol. Something about jealousy of China, I heard.
Afaik the thing kinda exploded, so if there was a 'valve' it's not 'there' anymore, and any rigging there isn't enough evidently to 'turn it off'.On a serous note, I just can't fathom why this is taking so long to shut down. There have been oil spills like this before and it never took this long to get the valves turned off.
Solar and Wind aren't viable reliable resources. Mostly as there are few places where Wind can be harnessed effectively or continuously as not everywhere has winds like California [IE blowing in usually from one direction], solar again is a bit laughable as it would probably be unable to meet any large scale demand on it's own.Anything but oil. Solar power or even wind power.
Solar and wind are reliable enough to use. A very large portion of Sweden's power comes from Wind, for example.Ryai wrote:Solar and Wind aren't viable reliable resources. Mostly as there are few places where Wind can be harnessed effectively or continuously as not everywhere has winds like California [IE blowing in usually from one direction], solar again is a bit laughable as it would probably be unable to meet any large scale demand on it's own.Anything but oil. Solar power or even wind power.
There lies the problem. America is not like that; there are places where wind and or solar energy would fail miserably. Solar energy requires the sun to be captured, amirite. Same for the turbines, to capture wind. Unless you can build the specially designed wind turbines that can move, you're pretty much screwed. And even then if the wind changes to much daily, then it's not an efficient source of power. It's hard to manage and awkward.Saturo wrote:Solar and wind are reliable enough to use. A very large portion of Sweden's power comes from Wind, for example.
That is part 1 of the nuclear problem. IE it is the most imba thing out there, it produces SO MUCH energy that nothing will ever really compare to it ever, imho. The second part;And I have to agree on the second note, nuclear power > Oil. Until a reliant energy-generator-thingy-system can be made, that creates no excess crap, like spent nuclear fuel or pollution, nuclear power is the most environmentally sound option. Once a system that generates none of that radioactive stuff can be constructed, it should go OUT.
Take your opinion and now times it by a few million. Perhaps a billion. If people can't suck up to the fact they'll have to unavoidably live near one, then once again, they won't happen.I don't want any nuclear plants near me tough. Construct them somewhere else.
That was my point.Ryai wrote:Take your opinion and now times it by a few million. Perhaps a billion. If people can't suck up to the fact they'll have to unavoidably live near one, then once again, they won't happen.I don't want any nuclear plants near me tough. Construct them somewhere else.
