Message from @Tiberius
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That's changed. When the oil prices dropped they piped in a lot more because even the shit transfer rates were needed to make a profit. Since then we've put several LNG terminals online (they take a while to build). So Bakken and much of Permian are piped now. Not sure about Eagleford.
*practically
Not really
It just looks that way
Because when shit goes down
It goes DOWN
Less than nuclear but so than solar or wind
Im a fan of geothermal personally
geothermal seems good, just abolutely context reliant
can't exactly migrate a volcanic vent
I suppose you might think that
But seldom are volcanic vents used
or whatever the fucking terminology is
point is its a permenantly fixed point of energy
There is a lot of stable heat esp where there is tremendous pressure on water pockets
Typically they are on accessible enough places
bit more than spots for hydro-electric facilities
Hydro electric isnt the most efficient and can harm ecosystems
Depending on placement
dumb idea: harness hurricanes and tropical storms for wind and hydro power
Which is funny
Cuz when my grandad did Coso
He had to fight Cali tooth and nail
Goes to show how ignorant the powers that be are in CA
Oregon isn't much better
They tried to stop the construction of a powerplant that will generate power until the earths core stops being hot
killed nuclear infrastructure and also logging industry out of fucking nowhere
Clean power
Its the same people
Just different names
Its ths same all up the west coast
Although its also super trippy
Because all the big cities are super leftist and dictate policy but the largest swaths geographically are center right
Oregon is small enough the difference gives you whiplash
The big thing, near term, is to get as much LNG as possible to Asia. Development is very energy intensive and that's why they have those emissions. Every plant you move from coal to gas cuts the CO2 per KwH in half. More if it's combined cycle.
Africa is interesting. You have to worry because, again, development is energy intensive. But unlike most places they have great exposure on wind and solar most of the continent. Better they don't have as much grid so they don't have that up-front infrastructure investment. Solar panels etc make a lot more sense if nobody has run power lines to where you live yet.
put up giant forests of panels, tho, and you'll practically make the air above the continent sterile
all that reflected heat and radiation
unless we figure out a more absorbant, and ergo less-reflective medium
Oh I'm not talking about forests of panels. More like what people who live off the grid already do. Or small communities with no grid could have a local wind generator. I don't think they are good ways to power industry (we'll have to look for other solutions there) but if you are building from scratch and there is no existing grid solar is cheaper. Especially in that environment.