btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 01:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....</div> I'd prefer homes get equipped with solar panels. In Israel 90% of homes have solar equipped water heaters. They've been on to the solar energy movement since the 1950's. I think it's ridiculous more homes and commercial buildings don't have them installed, especially out where I live in Irvine.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 15 2008, 01:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 01:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....</div> I'd prefer homes get equipped with solar panels. In Israel 90% of homes have solar equipped water heaters. They've been on to the solar energy movement since the 1950's. I think it's ridiculous more homes and commercial buildings don't have them installed, especially out where I live in Irvine. </div> PGE will give you rebates if you are using solar and are also connected to the grid. Its a steep entry cost, but they predict you save money after x number of years, and from then on out.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 01:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Teach kids abstinence and dont worry about wasting rubber that could be made into something useful....</div> I would rather they just have safe sex or masturbate. I think that is the healthier solution for someone who is at a stage in their life with the strongest sex urges that they will ever have. It's much easier for older people to be abstinent, and far less frustrating.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Return of the Raider @ Jul 15 2008, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 15 2008, 01:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 01:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....</div> I'd prefer homes get equipped with solar panels. In Israel 90% of homes have solar equipped water heaters. They've been on to the solar energy movement since the 1950's. I think it's ridiculous more homes and commercial buildings don't have them installed, especially out where I live in Irvine. </div> PGE will give you rebates if you are using solar and are also connected to the grid. Its a steep entry cost, but they predict you save money after x number of years, and from then on out. </div> It's about 7 to 8 years I believe before it starts paying off, but they are discovering a significant amount of people who have solar panels tend to use more energy than they were prior to installing them. They run the AC a little longer, run more than 1 TV at a time on and they can become more wasteful.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 14 2008, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 12:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is why the answer is an extensive Nuclear power program....no air pollution, ever....</div> You knew this was coming ... Chernobyl </div> Chernobyl was a military grade power plant, built by a nation that was in such deep financial trouble that the government collapsed. France gets 70%+ of their power from nuclear, and has for decades. No reactor issues there, and people there want reactors built near their towns. Our best strategy would be to come up with ONE plan/blueprint for a safe reactor and build the hell out of it. The cost would go down with each one we build, and we'd get really smart about running them.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 14 2008, 11:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....</div> FWIW, electricity is about 30% of our power needs. The rest is transportation.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 14 2008, 11:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Return of the Raider @ Jul 15 2008, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 15 2008, 01:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 15 2008, 01:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>btw, 19% of US electricity comes from nuclear power....lets get that number to around 100% and much of our dependency on oil goes away....</div> I'd prefer homes get equipped with solar panels. In Israel 90% of homes have solar equipped water heaters. They've been on to the solar energy movement since the 1950's. I think it's ridiculous more homes and commercial buildings don't have them installed, especially out where I live in Irvine. </div> PGE will give you rebates if you are using solar and are also connected to the grid. Its a steep entry cost, but they predict you save money after x number of years, and from then on out. </div> It's about 7 to 8 years I believe before it starts paying off, but they are discovering a significant amount of people who have solar panels tend to use more energy than they were prior to installing them. They run the AC a little longer, run more than 1 TV at a time on and they can become more wasteful. </div> In 5 years or less, you have to replace the batteries that the solar panels charge up. It's a no-win proposition
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jul 15 2008, 12:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why not just drive less?</div> Just buy scooters Shape. 90-100 MPG, $2000 for a new one (40 MPH top speed). :] Lol, we just need to be as careful with the radical left as we are with the radical right.
