<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Some clarifications and such]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Ender http://www.grist.org/article/urge2-caveat-edition/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:34:50 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/urge2-caveat-edition/1 Fix Transport First

My ideas is to concentrate on transport first.  Try to start a crash program to replace IC cars and trucks with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) capable battery electric cars and plug in hybrids.  This way we help mitigate climate change with reduced emissions (up to 30%) and help solve the twin problem of Peak Oil.

The huge storage potential of V2G cars and trucks will enable a much greater penetration of renewable power and can lead to the desired phasing out of coal.

Stephen Gloor Perth Western Australia

]]> Fix Transport First

My ideas is to concentrate on transport first.  Try to start a crash program to replace IC cars and trucks with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) capable battery electric cars and plug in hybrids.  This way we help mitigate climate change with reduced emissions (up to 30%) and help solve the twin problem of Peak Oil.

The huge storage potential of V2G cars and trucks will enable a much greater penetration of renewable power and can lead to the desired phasing out of coal.

Stephen Gloor Perth Western Australia

]]> Comment #2 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/urge2-caveat-edition/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:46:21 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/urge2-caveat-edition/2 Yep Ender

Once again.  Good points.

Did you see the very good news from the wind farm study that Gar wrote about?  

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/17/212637/60

It indicates that the wind power backup and storage won't have to be nearly as large as the critics thought.

Another huge backup power source for a renewable grid is biogas from manure, human waste, garbage, and farm waste.  If it is used in solid oxide fuel cell/turbines 75% efficiency is possible.

And the cO2 produced can be used to enhance the growth of algae in solar collectors that produces biodiesel at many orders of magnitude greater production rates than land destroying biodiesel fuel farming.  

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Yep Ender

Once again.  Good points.

Did you see the very good news from the wind farm study that Gar wrote about?  

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/12/17/212637/60

It indicates that the wind power backup and storage won't have to be nearly as large as the critics thought.

Another huge backup power source for a renewable grid is biogas from manure, human waste, garbage, and farm waste.  If it is used in solid oxide fuel cell/turbines 75% efficiency is possible.

And the cO2 produced can be used to enhance the growth of algae in solar collectors that produces biodiesel at many orders of magnitude greater production rates than land destroying biodiesel fuel farming.  

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

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