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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #30 on: May 20, 2020, 11:06:42 AM »
>Europe

You're right nffc, Europe is kinda in the catbird seat and will adopt EV's faster than other parts of the world, while still having high speed trains and transit as other travel options. 
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #31 on: May 20, 2020, 11:50:14 AM »
>trains

Never understood the US in that regard, hard to beat a good train journey.
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #32 on: May 20, 2020, 12:26:58 PM »
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2020, 01:27:38 AM »
Quote from: nffc on May 20, 2020, 11:50:14 AM
>trains

Never understood the US in that regard, hard to beat a good train journey.

People per km^2
Japan: 333
UK: 280
Germany: 233
France: 123
US: 34

It just doesn't scale here. The high-speed rail project in California is a boondoggle and CA has 95 people per square km, approaching the levels of France. In the US, it only makes sense in the Northeast, but there it is so hard to get easements and a build a truly new route like they did in France with the TGV.
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #34 on: May 28, 2020, 09:38:14 PM »
The fuel is increasingly uncompetitive with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy

Coal's Decline Continues with 13 Plant Closures Announced in 2020 - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coals-decline-continues-with-13-plant-closures-announced-in-2020/
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2020, 03:59:50 AM »
Coal in the US will just be too expensive.

Natural gas... who knows. If oil prices plummet, what happens to natural gas? I haven't paid attention.

Nuclear is expensive on a huge scale, but small-scale nuclear is possible for much less and with current tech makes more sense. Even environmentalist icons like Stewart Brand are pushing it hard as a partial path to decarbonization.
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #36 on: May 29, 2020, 02:44:14 PM »
"A recent filing by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) makes clear that state mine regulators are completely unprepared to deal with the coming tsunami of coal mine abandonments."

West Virginia Admits That Its Coal Mine Reclamation Bonding System Is on Brink of Collapse | Sierra Club
https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2020/04/west-virginia-admits-its-coal-mine-reclamation-bonding-system-brink-collapse


Abandoned coal mines may be with us forever — Quartz
https://qz.com/1843526/abandoned-coal-mines-may-be-with-us-forever/
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #37 on: May 29, 2020, 11:24:32 PM »
Goodnight Lenz's Law :

Patents (some ungranted as yet): https://tinyurl.com/y95pmtcq

Technical marketing : https://www.slideshare.net/ThaneCHeins



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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2020, 11:59:16 AM »
Hyundai Starts Mass Production of Hydrogen Trucks - The Chosun Ilbo

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/07/07/2020070701792.html
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Re: Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear
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