<VV> Fw: kilo watt, not just electric

[werp knarly]

Subject: kilo watt, not just electric


> in this statement kW was used as a standard unit of measure, like btu.
>
> 320 billion Kw is the total of all energy used each day
>
> data taken from aug '05 Nat'l Geographic's,
>
> they were suggesting that no one source can take the place of fossil 
> fuels, we will need to rely on every thing. fossil fuel are really just a 
> very convent form of stored up solar energy, millions of years of solar 
> energy
>
>    like most content in NG, its a great article.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe, Lisa, Teegan, and Mina
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
> To: <werpknarly at centurytel.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> reserve oil - didnt lisen? - no corvair,in case you 
> couldnt guess
>
>
>>
>> Except less than 5% of our electricity comes from oil. The lion's share 
>> of
>> our petroleum consumption goes to transportation fuels.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/2/2005 8:27:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> werpknarly at centurytel.net writes:
>>
>> maybe if  we had truly listened,
>>
>> - realized the world uses  320 billion kW hours of energy per day
>> and growing
>> - know that non-renewable resources  means
>> NON-RENEWABLE
>> -  and had built huge wind farms,
>> china is building the largest farm, germany is building the
>> largest windmill
>> -  promoted bio-fuels,
>> gas and diesel from organic matter and waste  bio products
>> -throw in several dozen solar farms
>> - spent a billion on these technologies instead of 2 billion in  iraq
>>
>> then we could be getting 30-40 percent of our energy from  renewable
>> resources
>> any maybe the gulf waters would not  be so HOT, so the hurricane would no
>> have been so destructive, don't  forget the worst of the storm missed new
>> orleans!
>>
>> and  maybe the caribou could still live a worry free life,
>> btw melting tundra is making a mess out the artic regions, road and
>> buildings             are  collapsing
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joe,
>> "blind faith has led many lemmings  over the edge" - me
>>
>>
>>
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