Comments for The Energy Lady http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog Save Energy Now. Tomorrow May Be Too Late. Think Global, Act Local Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Nuclear Power or Wind Energy? That is The Question by tomgraywind http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/alternative-energy/wind-versus-nuclear-no-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-7 tomgraywind Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:26:37 +0000 http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/alternative-energy/wind-versus-nuclear-no-contest/#comment-7 Hi Anne, I believe the report on wind's supposed unreliability was overblown, if you will pardon a poor pun. Most utility power systems rely on a mix of resources to ensure reliability. The coal plant you mention may have been fired up to bail out the nuclear plant, but presumably it ran for only a short period of time and emitted a modest amount of greenhouse gases. The same is true for wind power. It matches up well with gas-fired power. A system in the UK, which has a generally excellent wind resource, should use relatively little fuel and produce low emissions with a mix of wind and gas. Regards, Thomas O. Gray American Wind Energy Association <a href="http://www.powerofwind.org" rel="nofollow">www.powerofwind.org</a> <a href="http://www.awea.org" rel="nofollow">www.awea.org</a> Hi Anne,

I believe the report on wind’s supposed unreliability was overblown, if you will pardon a poor pun. Most utility power systems rely on a mix of resources to ensure reliability. The coal plant you mention may have been fired up to bail out the nuclear plant, but presumably it ran for only a short period of time and emitted a modest amount of greenhouse gases. The same is true for wind power. It matches up well with gas-fired power. A system in the UK, which has a generally excellent wind resource, should use relatively little fuel and produce low emissions with a mix of wind and gas.

Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.powerofwind.org
http://www.awea.org

]]> Comment on Cleaner Air in Great Britain, Except London by greenchemistry http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/pollution-health/cleaner-air-in-great-britain-except-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6 greenchemistry Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:40:26 +0000 http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/pollution-health/cleaner-air-in-great-britain-except-london/#comment-6 I sure wish we could get indoor smoking banned in St. Louis, Missouri. It would be nice to hear music in a club without inhaling all that junk. Our outdoor air is bad in the summers, also: ozone and allergens, thanks to cars and flowers. Even the flowers have it in for us, it seems. Every rose has its cloud, perhaps, even if those clouds have silver linings. Thanks for the report. Jim greenchemistry.wordpress.com I sure wish we could get indoor smoking banned in St. Louis, Missouri. It would be nice to hear music in a club without inhaling all that junk. Our outdoor air is bad in the summers, also: ozone and allergens, thanks to cars and flowers. Even the flowers have it in for us, it seems. Every rose has its cloud, perhaps, even if those clouds have silver linings.

Thanks for the report. Jim
greenchemistry.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Burning Issue by Sarahrchds http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/pollution-health/burning-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sarahrchds Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:29:49 +0000 http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/?p=44#comment-5 Absolutely right. Our cheap goods, of all kinds, are often at an unseen cost. How many air miles has all that fruit - Chilean apples, American grapefruit - done? Kiwi fruit uses more than its own weight in aviation fuel to get here from NZ. And how much are the grape-pickers or coffee-growers paid? Far too often we enjoy low costs at the expense of pollution and poverty elsewhere. Absolutely right. Our cheap goods, of all kinds, are often at an unseen cost. How many air miles has all that fruit – Chilean apples, American grapefruit – done? Kiwi fruit uses more than its own weight in aviation fuel to get here from NZ. And how much are the grape-pickers or coffee-growers paid? Far too often we enjoy low costs at the expense of pollution and poverty elsewhere.

]]> Comment on $100 Dollars a Barrel by the end of the week? by ecoanne http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/politics/100-dollars-a-barrel-by-the-end-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3 ecoanne Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:10:06 +0000 http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/?p=34#comment-3 Oops! No sooner written than it happened. How much higher will the price have to go before we change our transportation habits? ecoanne Oops! No sooner written than it happened. How much higher will the price have to go before we change our transportation habits?

ecoanne

]]> Comment on Inuit Eskimo women are giving birth to many more girls than boys. by ecoanne http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/pollution-health/inuit-eskimo-women-are-giving-birth-to-many-more-girls-than-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-2 ecoanne Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:49:16 +0000 http://theenergyladyuk.com/blog/?p=18#comment-2 I have just read today that Chinese woman are giving birth to an alarmingly increasing number of deformed babies. This is belived to be due to China's vast amount of industrial pollution. Ecoanne 30/10/07 I have just read today that Chinese woman are giving birth to an alarmingly increasing number of deformed babies. This is belived to be due to China’s vast amount of industrial pollution.

Ecoanne 30/10/07

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