Hell I have bad days too. No worries.

Thanks for the discussion.
Tim

Enjoyed your comment. Thanks for clarifying that up for me. I must have been having a bad moment when I wrote it, but that is how I feel for the most part when it comes to everyone who just slags on one industry. (whatever it is)

I think that your right on the energy costs. In order for people to make the changes that may be necessary we have to get past this idea that cheap energy is a birth right. I think it will be a challenge to accomplish that though.

THe only technology that I believe can provide the electrical demands that we will require in the near future while keeps costs relatively in line with what we are paying now is nuclear. It does have some bad stigmas with it, but compared to how much everyone is scared of CO2 these days it is the only one that can provide the quantity of energy that we need. Solar, wind and geothermal are just not upto the stage where that can happen yet.

Rocky

I’ll be fair. I complain about all industries and frankly most people as well. We need to shift our view of the world or kiss goodbye certain free gifts from the earth like temperature regulation and waste control.

So I do understand your point. Everyone is trying to do something. The issue is are they doing enough to slow down or halt this train that is coming at us. The answer from just about every person, company, and government is: No. Yet we collectively have yet to realize a complete shift in our lifestyles are going to be expensive as hell and we have to pay for it.

Everyone wants to reduce CO2 emissions, but they haven’t figured out to really do that you need to double the price of gas, natural gas, and triple your power bill in some locations.

So until the world is ready to have a frank discussion on costs we are not going to see much change.

Tim

What I find really frusterating is that people scream about some ducks that died on the ponds, but rarely does anyone ever mention all of the bats that are killed every year by the wind power generators. I guess bats are cute and fuzzy and it is more in the enviros plan to make everything that the oil industry does bad.

Rocky

Oh, it’s so true and so sad. Yes the tarsands get a free wide on their waste. What a screw up.

Caitlin,

Ah, very true as well.

Sean,

I’m ok with some renewables, but if you want a massive reduction in CO2 in short order you need to consider nuclear. Wind is great and so is tidal, but you can only put so much variable power on the grid. After that you NEED some baseload which means either nuclear, coal, clean coal or large scale hydro. Clean coal is not commercial right now and some places can’t do large scale hydro, so in the end nuclear might be a good option to avoid more coal usage.

Valerie,

Ooo, interesting. Thanks I’ll have to read.

Tim

With the Bay of Fundy, and Frobisher Bay in Nunavut, we have two of the largest tides in the world to utilize.

I also agree with DabCan, we let the oil industry get away with a lot more.

Now with the tar sands, we produce waste, with cancer causing effects, and although there are methods to deal with the waste, it isn’t considered “economically feasible” so we dump it into big ponds to be dealt with another day.

Imagine if the nuclear industry decided to have radiation ponds?…