Tag Archives: Coal

Is The UK Grid Approaching Instability?

Posted on 14 April 2013 by

An interesting tool lets you watch the UK Electric Grid dashboard. It looks to me like at no more than 50% more wind turbines, the UK grid destabilizes and failures happen. Also at about 5 GW less coal or nuke, it destabilizes. Not good. Continue reading →

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ChWS – Charcoal Liquid Diesel Fuel

Posted on 9 March 2013 by

Yes, we can run our cars, truck, ships, and trains on charcoal from trees. And at lower costs than using petroleum. Continue reading →

Posted in Coal, Economics, Trading, and Money, Energy, Oil | Tagged , , , , , , | 16 Comments

A Billion Tons of Coal a Year for 3000 years in Norway.

Posted on 8 March 2013 by

3000 Billion Tons of Coal near Norway. A thousand or so total years of coal on the planet, that we know of. Continue reading →

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Stupidity About Las Vegas

Posted on 11 February 2013 by

Some Idiots making emotional film chose an ‘exactly wrong’ poster child. Continue reading →

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Coal, Liquids, and Costs

Posted on 4 February 2013 by

Some notes on coal to liquids conversions and available technologies, along with links to a couple of papers. We can make gasoline cheaper than the present price, IMHO. Continue reading →

Posted in Political Current Events, Tech Bits | Tagged , , , , , , | 60 Comments