Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wayne, I?m a grandpa of a few now. I adjust my energy consumption to what I think is ? reasonable ? for them and their off spring to need when I?m long done. The rest is just irrelevant to me, at least ? Amities Philippe > Le 24 avr. 2021 ? 19:24, Wayne Torry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > Has anyone done any real fact checking of the CO2/Climate Change Hoax and > fear mongering? > Who?s going to pay for the atmospheric CO2 injection when crop yields fall? > Has anyone looked at paleo climate change when temperatures and CO2 levels > moved in opposite directions? > Do y?all really expect China and the Third World countries to reduce > emissions? Have you read the Paris Accord? > Ask the Germans about their attempt at renewable energy. > Thus concludes my rant. Crawling back under my rock. > Have a great weekend. > > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:46 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Here in central Texas we are paying$2.45 to $2.65 per gallon of regular >> gas(location matters to price, we are affluent enough that people won't >> drive to save a dime in some demographics). Diesel is hovering right at >> $3.00 a gallon unless you have an agricultural exemption in which case >> something like$0.55 is taken off for taxes. >> >> While I have installed a solar system that generates about 100kwh >> extraneous to current needs for a potential electric vehicle I still >> relish >> low energy costs. Texas is a big state with places of interest being >> long >> distance away. Yesterday there was an interesting cultural event 140 km >> away. We just went to see with no worries. >> >> Everything is about balance. The entrance fee supported some artists and >> the relevant support staff. 22 liters of gasoline has a carbon cost but >> I >> generate 10% of my neighbors electricity, compost my yard waste, don't >> eat corn and have reduced my consumption of meat. Everyone talks about 0 >> carbon emissions but that is unrealistic unless we all become small >> freeholders with no trade beyond our village. >> >> Perhaps if the chemical engineers come up with a way to pull carbon from >> the air and turn it into all the carbon based items we use everyday from >> excess wind and solar generated in our sunny regions. A hydrogen economy >> is problematic because hydrogen is so reactive that most materials >> deteriate quickly in useful lifespan terms with the risk of extremely >> Taoist oxidation events. >> >> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 12:53 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> The price of gas in Bridgeport, California. Does anyone in the USA have >>> a higher gas price they can show? >>> >>> California Gas Prices (leica-users.org) >>> < >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/s/California+Gas+Prices.jpg.html >>>> >>> >>> Aram >>> >>> -- >>> Aram Langhans >>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >>> & Unemployed photographer >>> >>> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >> himself >>> would ever have dared dream.? >>> James D. Watson >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information