SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@SparkleLeaf The perfect metaphor!
SparkleLeaf · 51-55, T
@SparkleLeaf Thanks for the BC
ArishMell · 70-79, M
So sez some bloke called Donald John Trump, in Scotland on a visit that can't quite make up its mind whether is for official discourse between premiers, or his premier-collecting golfing holiday on the course he bought and pretentiously named after himself.
I don't know if his remarks were invited or he made them anyway, but he is still learning niceties like international diplomacy and comprehending other nations.
He was really talking about wind turbines, not mills, and I do agree with his aesthetic point in that everywhere you look in Southern Scotland, the hilly skylines are dotted with the things. Perhaps more salient though is that as we all know, he dislikes with a passion, so-called "renewable" energy.
I don't know if his remarks were invited or he made them anyway, but he is still learning niceties like international diplomacy and comprehending other nations.
He was really talking about wind turbines, not mills, and I do agree with his aesthetic point in that everywhere you look in Southern Scotland, the hilly skylines are dotted with the things. Perhaps more salient though is that as we all know, he dislikes with a passion, so-called "renewable" energy.
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ElwoodBlues · M
@samueltyler2 asks
In fact, new undersea electric "superhighways" have been approved to transmit even more power.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynlkjp5m1o
wait, 113%, how can that be mathematically?
It means Scotland produced excess electricity that they sold to England. Scotland has become a net exporter of electricity.In fact, new undersea electric "superhighways" have been approved to transmit even more power.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynlkjp5m1o
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@ElwoodBlues so you meant 113%of what they need. Is that surplus from the windmills? The US allegedly is now the largest producer of oil, something TACO lost sight of years ago. His desire to drill is not out of any need for energy independence, the US already has that.
What we really need is a better infrastructure to carry the electricity we already generate on a safer more versatile way. That technology doesn't seem to have advanced. We mostly see overhead wiring, even locally, which is so vulnerable to weather conditions.
What we really need is a better infrastructure to carry the electricity we already generate on a safer more versatile way. That technology doesn't seem to have advanced. We mostly see overhead wiring, even locally, which is so vulnerable to weather conditions.
ElwoodBlues · M
@samueltyler2 Yeah, I believe wind energy is growing fastest in Scotland; to the point they can export. And as the UK gets more electric vehicles, demand will grow in both Scotland & England.
The US allegedly is now the largest producer of oil, something TACO lost sight of years ago.
TRUE!! Odd thing though; much of what the US produces now is from fracking, and it's a "lighter" crude; this has been true for ten or so years. BUT. US oil refineries are optimized for a heavier crude and they extract more diesel from it. So the US continues to import foreign crude and to export fracked crude, making us a net exporter, but not energy independent. I don't know why US refineries couldn't optimize for the crude we produce; it leaves us with an unfortunate dependence.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK I think the trap is the word "windmill" has become entrenched in the language for anything driven by a wind-powered rotor.
Worse, we need bear in mind most politicians, journalists and indeed large swathes of the public at large, are woefully ignorant of Science and Engineering even at basic, general-knowledge level.
Considering how much we rely on Scientists and Engineers for most aspects of our lives, I find that ignorance depressing and very worrying.
Worse, we need bear in mind most politicians, journalists and indeed large swathes of the public at large, are woefully ignorant of Science and Engineering even at basic, general-knowledge level.
Considering how much we rely on Scientists and Engineers for most aspects of our lives, I find that ignorance depressing and very worrying.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F