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Most of The World Could Be 100% Powered With Renewables by 2050

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[h=1]Energy Dominance: US Crude Oil Production Tops 12 Million Barrels per Day in April![/h][FONT=&quot]Guest MAGA by David Middleton JULY 8, 2019U.S. crude oil production surpassed 12 million barrels per day in April U.S. crude oil production and lease condensate reached another milestone in April 2019, totaling 12.2 million barrels per day (b/d), according to EIA’s latest Petroleum Supply Monthly. April 2019 marks the first time that monthly U.S. crude…
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[h=1]Energy Dominance: US Crude Oil Production Tops 12 Million Barrels per Day in April![/h][FONT="]Guest MAGA by David Middleton JULY 8, 2019U.S. crude oil production surpassed 12 million barrels per day in April U.S. crude oil production and lease condensate reached another milestone in April 2019, totaling 12.2 million barrels per day (b/d), according to EIA’s latest Petroleum Supply Monthly. April 2019 marks the first time that monthly U.S. crude…
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Maybe you should move to North Dakota...

North Dakota: Trouble in boomtown

They've transformed once-sleepy small towns, peeling off wads of bills to spend in local bars and strip clubs — and in some cases, on methamphetamine and prostitutes. Williston's population has doubled since 2010, from 15,000 to over 30,000.
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High housing demand and skyrocketing rents across the state have also pushed thousands onto the streets, including many newcomers who failed to keep jobs. Homelessness in North Dakota has almost tripled since 2010.
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Nine out of 10 workers lured by North Dakota's boom are men. But there is one peripheral industry attracting women to the Oil Patch: exotic dancing. Strippers can bank over $2,000 a night in oil boomtowns.
 
Media_Truth said:
Maybe you should move to North Dakota...

North Dakota: Trouble in boomtown

They've transformed once-sleepy small towns, peeling off wads of bills to spend in local bars and strip clubs — and in some cases, on methamphetamine and prostitutes. Williston's population has doubled since 2010, from 15,000 to over 30,000.
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High housing demand and skyrocketing rents across the state have also pushed thousands onto the streets, including many newcomers who failed to keep jobs. Homelessness in North Dakota has almost tripled since 2010.
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Nine out of 10 workers lured by North Dakota's boom are men. But there is one peripheral industry attracting women to the Oil Patch: exotic dancing. Strippers can bank over $2,000 a night in oil boomtowns.
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Yes, and . . . ?
 
A prominent scientist has condemned the generation of electricity through wood burning, branding it “a case of extreme foolishness”.

In a paper published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation author Martin Livermore reviews the EU’s energy policies and criticises its decision to count biomass burning as renewable energy.
“It makes no sense”, says Livermore. “You use so much energy processing trees into pellets, drying them, and transporting them that you end up with higher carbon dioxide emissions than burning gas, or even coal, and at a much higher price. Shipping wood pellets across the Atlantic to fuel European power stations is an ideological rather than a rational choice.”. . . .

[h=2]Burnt Offering: The biomess of biomass (pdf)[/h]
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[h=1]A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Renewables “Crushing” Natural Gas[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest Excelling by David Middleton Every year since at least 2014 the U.S. Energy Information Administration has published a report called Levelized Cost and Levelized Avoided Cost of New Generation Resources as part of their Annual Energy Outlook. I went through each report since 2014 and built an Excel spreadsheet to look at the year-to-year…
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Drastic drop in coal consumption in Germany so far this year.

"Germany generated significantly less electricity from coal-fired power stations in the first half of 2019, with output down by more than a fifth compared to a year earlier.

Generation from brown coal (lignite) was down by 14 terawatt hours (TWh, 21%) and hard coal was down by 8TWh (24%). With gas generation only increasing moderately (3TWh), the German power sector’s emissions fell by 20m tonnes of CO2 (MtCO2, 19%)."

Guest post: Why German coal power is falling fast in 2019
 
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[h=1]Crenshaw Introduces Bipartisan Carbon Capture Legislation[/h][FONT=&quot]U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw Proudly Serving Texas’s 2nd Congressional District Press Releases Washington, July 18, 2019 Tags: Energy WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Dan Crenshaw, joined by Representatives Cuellar (TX-28), Flores (TX-17), Gonzalez (TX-15), Lamb (PA-17), Lucas (OK-3) and Walberg (MI-7), introduced the Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas (LEADING) Act of…
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Key Words --- "early-stage research". Other key words should be "throw government money at it". Republicans are always the pretend anti-bureaucracy Party. They'll propose anything, using Government funds, to continue burning fossil fuels at an unprecedented rate. GOP = Gas Overconsumption Party.
 
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[h=1]China Energy to expand ultra-low emission coal-fired power: executive[/h][FONT=&quot]From Reuters SANHE, China (Reuters) – China Energy Group, the country’s biggest power generator, will add more than 6 gigawatts (GW) of new ultra-low emission coal-fired capacity this year as it bids to meet growing electricity demand, a senior official with the firm said on Thursday. The company also expected to build another 5 GW…
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Lots of green pipe dreams punctured.

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[h=1]Developing nations latest decade of energy & emissions growth torpedoes alarmist global emissions control scam[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The UN has been pursuing global emissions policy for decades that are intended to provide for the establishment of global government schemes allowing it to control world emissions. No fewer than 24 United Nations Climate Change Conferences have been held at various global locations since 1995 under its Conference of…
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[h=1]A case of comparing apples to tangelos and strawberries…[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest post by Juliet Walker Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown’s objection to a proposed wind farm in Tasmania due to the toll on bird life and visual pollution will hopefully bring to the fore an issue that has been steadfastly ignored by the mainstream media. Despite growing opposition to wind farms around the world…
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Morocco is going gangbusters for renewables.

Morocco in the fast lane with world's largest concentrated solar farm - CNN

Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares in area - the size of 3,500 football fields -- the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague, or twice the size of Marrakesh.
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Morocco has one of most ambitious energy targets in the world. The goal is for 42% of its power to come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Media_Truth said:
Morocco is going gangbusters for renewables.

Morocco in the fast lane with world's largest concentrated solar farm - CNN

Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares in area - the size of 3,500 football fields -- the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague, or twice the size of Marrakesh.
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Morocco has one of most ambitious energy targets in the world. The goal is for 42% of its power to come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Investments in renewables can be a great opportunity for Morocco, that they can build power lines to Europe and export electricity instead of being dependent on imports for their energy needs. While also helping the EU reach 100 percent renewable energy.

Also that concentrated solar power plants can produce electricity on demand.

 
Media_Truth said:
Morocco is going gangbusters for renewables.

Morocco in the fast lane with world's largest concentrated solar farm - CNN

Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares in area - the size of 3,500 football fields -- the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague, or twice the size of Marrakesh.
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Morocco has one of most ambitious energy targets in the world. The goal is for 42% of its power to come from renewable sources by 2020.
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Molten salts provide 3 hours of storage, what do they do for the other 9 hours when the sun does not shine?
Spain design seems to have done a better job of balancing capacity and storage,
Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant - Wikipedia
 
Stupid is as stupid does.

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[h=1]Berkeley Bans New Natural Gas Connections Because Climate Change[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall Homes and businesses which currently use gas will be allowed to continue, for now. Some businesses may receive an exemption. Berkeley became first US city to ban natural gas. Here’s what that may mean for the future Susie Cagle in OaklandWed 24 Jul 2019 04.34 BST The California city on Tuesday voted to…
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Stupid is as stupid does.

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Good for them! Predominant natural gas use is hot water. Electric hot water heaters can be much more efficient, and can be powered from renewables. I have a hybrid electric hot water heater. Most of the time it heats the water with heat from the ambient air. It has a small electric fan and a coolant heat exchanger. The only time it turns on the electric coil, is if it can't keep up.
 
Media_Truth said:
Good for them! Predominant natural gas use is hot water. Electric hot water heaters can be much more efficient, and can be powered from renewables. I have a hybrid electric hot water heater. Most of the time it heats the water with heat from the ambient air. It has a small electric fan and a coolant heat exchanger. The only time it turns on the electric coil, is if it can't keep up.
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Home heating? Cooking?
 
longview said:
It was in the article cited in the post,
Morocco in the fast lane with world's largest concentrated solar farm - CNN
A cylinder full of salt is melted by the warmth from the mirrors during the day,
and stays hot enough at night to provide up to three hours of power, according to World Bank,
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While you link show that you can build concentrated solar power plants with for example 15 hours of storage. So Morocco can either build other plants with longer storage or increase the storage capacity in this plant if needed.

Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant - Wikipedia
 
Bergslagstroll said:
While you link show that you can build concentrated solar power plants with for example 15 hours of storage. So Morocco can either build other plants with longer storage or increase the storage capacity in this plant if needed.

Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant - Wikipedia
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Yes, but it makes you wonder why they made this one with such a limited storage,
it is fairly obvious that we get almost 12 hours of no sunshine EVERY single day, almost like clockwork.
 
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