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Kayna
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posted October 29, 2015 06:29 PM |
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Persian Gulf might be too hot to live in 2100
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/persian-gulf-heat-1.3290285
Alarming article. It doesn't say if it's caused by emissions coming from locals or if it's because of the whole world. Heat and humidity combined will result in peaks of 75 Celcius by 2100, computer simulations says. Holy crap. This is where the clock kid is heading.
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yogi
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posted October 29, 2015 06:34 PM |
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Tsar-Ivor
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posted October 29, 2015 06:52 PM |
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Well yeah, global warming is a jew banker myth to cash in on inefficient green energy and pointless scare-mongering. Meanwhile for over a hundred years our dear governments have had Tesla's tech hidden away cause giving limitless energy to the plebs is asking for it.
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Pawek_13
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Maths, maths everywhere!
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posted October 29, 2015 09:15 PM |
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Tsar-Ivor said:
Well yeah, global warming is a jew banker myth to cash in on inefficient green energy. Meanwhile for over a hundred years the gov have had Tesla's infinite energy tech hidden away cause giving limitless energy to the plebs is asking for it.
On what principles is that "infinite energy" based on? How is it harvested? It sounds exciting, I agree but for me, "infinite energy" seems to be something even less real than perpetuum mobile. Additionally, there's no such thing as "infinite enrgy", it condradicts the law of conservation of energy - Universe, as an isolated system, has a limited amount of energy within its borders.
Besides, I admit, 'green energy' used to be inefficient but now? Tons of research is done in this field and it proves to be quite successful. Take a look at solar panels. More and more silicon panels surpass 20% efficiency mark, new, transparent chemicals are researched into their potential use and I didn't even mention the most important of all - perovskite solar cells. This orange compound (its colour plays also quite an important roole, for aesthetic reasons) had its efficency increased from 3.8% in 2009 to over 20% 2015 and they didn't even reach their maximum efficiency (which is around 31%.) This is a significant number. Additionally, perovskite and silicon absorb different wavelengths of light, what makes solar panels that consists of both of these materials a viable option to choose from, as their efficacy is even greater. The most standard efficiency of coal-powered is between 33% and 45% (source here) and we are approaching this values very quickly. Besides, I've only talked about solar panels and number of ways of harvesting energy is increasing each year, so saying "green energy is inefficient" is simply right.
Oh, and there's one major advantage of green energy over conventional one, which I painfully realized during a recent drought at summer. This advantage is being independent from water. All fuel-based electric plants need water to either cool down the chambers in which fuel is burned (coal, natural gas, crude oil) or act as an intermediate between heating chambers and the power generators (nuclear plants, where nuclear fission provides heat, that changes water into steam, which later drives the power generator.) During this summer, there was a problem of water supply, as many of the rivers beat their records in terms of the lowest water depth. Such small amount of water made it virtually impossible to pump water to cool down the burning chambers. Here comes the best part - many of the green energy sources are water-independent and if we believe long-term climate projections, we will need these, as droughts may become more often.
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blizzardboy
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posted October 29, 2015 10:48 PM |
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Well, looks like Europe doesn't have a labor crisis after all.
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Pawek_13
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Maths, maths everywhere!
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posted October 29, 2015 11:01 PM |
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blizzardboy said:
Well, looks like Europe doesn't have a labor crisis after all.
What do you mean?
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