tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post8718641784683792128..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: Coal Electricity Surges Up To 50% in Europe As Coal Enjoys Its Golden Age Outside USAJohn Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-44913465750395904442013-01-19T18:15:50.657-05:002013-01-19T18:15:50.657-05:00There is easy ways to develop solar powered device...There is easy ways to develop solar powered devices that is nearly 100% efficient as contary to lower effienct photovoltaics.. One of the simplest devices is known as mirrors... Why mirrors? well Mirrors is not going to create electricity , of course but everybody seems to forget that mirrors can create Btus . come to think about your central furnace that runs on nat gas or fuel oil as well as electricity in some locations. Now if you develop 100-500X concentrated sunlight pointed toward the metal plate behind which air flows, you get free heated air for your living quarters.. You will be amazed at how well it works... Moreover, you wont need any smart thermostat to save you money as sunlight is free.Your solar furnace can run full blast non stop as long as the sun shines.. Dont ask me what happens when it is foggy , it is a stupid question , of course!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-31661844314992789302013-01-19T18:07:30.150-05:002013-01-19T18:07:30.150-05:00John, I am a bit suspecting about the real price...John, I am a bit suspecting about the real price of nat gas or more specifically the real cost of fracking nat gas itself alone... The nat gas market doesnt care how much a company spend to frack a mcf of nat gas out as long as he is willing to sell it at the price of the day. Companies tend to throw all the various costs of old reserves and new ones in the mix . So the ongoing price for a mcf of nat gas is around $3.50 as of Jan, 2013 may not really reflect the higher cost of fracking new nat gas today. I have a hunch that fracked nat gas costs far more than today's price but producers are forced to sell at today's going price. No wonder, they are starting to quit fracking for now.. and wait till nat gas prices better reflect the true cost of fracked nat gas and stay higher. I think fracked nat gas needs to fetch above $6 per mcf or higher. Come to think of how much energy is expended to frack the shale free of nat gas... Quite a lot! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-85657523051462892482013-01-11T14:51:05.457-05:002013-01-11T14:51:05.457-05:00Coal has been and will continue to be one of the m...Coal has been and will continue to be one of the most abundant and least costly energy sources for the world for decades to come. Unlike natural gas it is very portable which means that low cost producers anywhere in the world will be price setters.<br /><br />Shutting down older, less efficient coal-fired electrical power generation plants in the U.S. makes perfect sense and will be accelerated by MACT. But any thought that renewables can take up the slack in the short terms is a dream (or a nightmare - for an amusing take on one possible scenario see my Christmas blog at http://debarel.com/blog1/2012/12/20/23/).<br /><br />We can make coal cleaner and more efficient with the latest technology and we need to do that. But going cold turkey on coal will involve more pain than taxpayers and ratepayers are willing to stand.Davis Swanhttp://www.debarel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-80732935755767687072013-01-07T07:23:09.649-05:002013-01-07T07:23:09.649-05:00Europe is supposedly using a type of coal that is ...Europe is supposedly using a type of coal that is less polluting and the new coal plants are more efficient and less polluting;<br />At least or at best, coal plants are not every 1/4, 1/2, mile apart like the polluting, emitting gas pads, compressor stations that scar our US , country landscapes. <br />Fossil fuels need to be replaced here and now, though; Humans need to have the courage and focus and develop some new, viable alternatives.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004004772420388834noreply@blogger.com