Originally posted by sonhouseI'm looking for that GOP candidate that will save us from the evil GOP climate haters.
And this has to do with science how?
We need carbon taxes to save us. Doesn't the GOP know that if we can all afford to heat and cool our homes and drive our cars and fly on planes when we want to that the world will end?
Now that Linsdey is out of the race, who can save mother earth?
21 Dec 15
Originally posted by whodeyGood one, whodey. Just when I thought you have asked the most inane question in the history of the Universe, you come up with a gem like this.
One thing has always puzzled me about global warming. Science is what is causing global warming. After all, the technology to convert fossil fuels is the villian here. Why then do we turn to science for the solution?
21 Dec 15
Originally posted by whodeyWhat else would we do about global warming if not turn to science? Kill sacrificial goats? Start praying?
One thing has always puzzled me about global warming. Science is what is causing global warming. After all, the technology to convert fossil fuels is the villian here. Why then do we turn to science for the solution?
22 Dec 15
Originally posted by whodeyHere is one example where science is providing answers:
One thing has always puzzled me about global warming. Science is what is causing global warming. After all, the technology to convert fossil fuels is the villian here. Why then do we turn to science for the solution?
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-kind-mof-coal-power.html
Reducing the amount of CO2 by capturing the carbon in the process of burning coal, or any other fossil fuel.
There are literally thousands of such programs going on right now, from solar powered hydrogen generators, which are up to 24% conversion to hydrogen from solar right now.
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-solar-powered-hydrogen-production-efficiency.html
So it is not panic time just yet. Come back in 20 years, maybe you can work yourself into a panic then.
22 Dec 15
Originally posted by sonhouseSeriously now, the whole 'hydrogen fuel' thing was a fossil fuels industry scam from the very start (and still is).
There are literally thousands of such programs going on right now, from solar powered hydrogen generators, which are up to 24% conversion to hydrogen from solar right now.
22 Dec 15
Originally posted by twhiteheadI know you don't want transportation to be big business but we are stuck with it.
Seriously now, the whole 'hydrogen fuel' thing was a fossil fuels industry scam from the very start (and still is).
You do know hydrogen has a number of advantages and the whole point is to get us off the tit of fossil fuels.
Hydrogen right now may not be as viable as electric but science does march on and these new metal-organic matrices may be one answer as to getting H2 concentrated enough to equal petrol as far as distance goes.
Storing H2 in a solid is certainly much safer than pressurized gas or liquid form, both having serious problems mechanically, to say nothing of safety.
I think the problems with H2 will be solved and we will see an infrastructure similar to petrol, filling stations that force gaseous H2 into a solid state storage and still giving us 500 Km range.
You can use H2 in a regular internal combustion engine or through a fuel cell to an electric motor so I don't see the problem.
22 Dec 15
Originally posted by sonhouseWith the recent advances in energy density of batteries it doesn't look like hydrogen fuel is going anywhere. It is much less efficient than electric cars - the only advantage is that you can get a larger range. But it is this advantage that has been rapidly shrinking over the last decade or three. In 50 years' time most cars will be electric.
I know you don't want transportation to be big business but we are stuck with it.
You do know hydrogen has a number of advantages and the whole point is to get us off the tit of fossil fuels.
Hydrogen right now may not be as viable as electric but science does march on and these new metal-organic matrices may be one answer as to getting H2 concentrat ...[text shortened]... ternal combustion engine or through a fuel cell to an electric motor so I don't see the problem.