brenthutch

I agree with everything you have said (above). Penn State has even spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a manure digester to capture methane and use it to produce electricity. However, as business person I see no difference between “ it can’t be done” and “it can’t be done economically”. We are having this conversation at our DZ currently. Can we afford a turbine? Yes, we could sell our houses and buy a turbine. Can we fill it and keep it running? Can our cash flow support it? No. So you see it is not just a matter of possibility, it is one of feasibility and practicality Reality is a harsh mistress.

No doubt, his story is incredible.

I haven’t heard “wanna make a bet” since grade school. Also you may want to crack open a dictionary before using words like pedantic. You also may want to work on your calendar and maths skills as well. (One year ago is May 2018 and “closer than one year than five years”) can be greater than one year.

I OWN real estate I don’t sell it and I run a small DZ. Not bad for a 55 year old retired bank officer and Army Ranger. As far as credentials are concerned my MBA will have to suffice. I have to say, I am flattered you consider the content of my posts equal to a Noble laureate in physics. I will endeavor to maintain your admiration.

It looks like it will be closer to one year than five years. Once the back ordered model 3s were delivered, demand dried up. Model S is long in the tooth and sales are in the hundreds not thousands.

Render wind and solar obsolete?

I predicted five years. Do you still want to bet?

Those numbers are for June, when the campus is mostly vacated. My numbers are from 2014 during the conversion to NG. It is a more comprehensive assessment of Penn State’s energy use. As you can see your SWAG is way off. I looked for a price for this nonexistent (as of now) battery and could not find one. It is hard to conduct a cost/benefit analysis when the cost is unknown.

House? You said town, and in my town we have Pennsylvania State University. Just last month PSU used 6206 tons of coal, 35,056,803 KWH of electricity 142,710 MMBTU of natural gas and 4860 gallons of oil. That was for April, obviously February’s numbers would be much higher. Can you please show the battery that can handle that demand?

No they are exactly the same.

I can only hope that a steady diet of reality can set their minds straight. Just like the AGW thing.

I am definitely a craft beer fan. I am not a craft energy fan.

Especially if it is cheaper!

You said, ”Renewables are being used RIGHT NOW. They power my house and my car. They are powering entire towns. They could power yours.” I said, not on a windless February after an ice storm. You said, we could use natural gas as a back up. I said natural gas is not renewable. Question, how do we power our town on renewables if we still have to rely on fossil fuels? Would it not be more rational to go with fossil fuels from the start?

Wow! Crickets from the Muskophiles.

When the government mandates the private sector to spend money, it is no different than tax and spend. It is still the government pouring money down a rathole. Oh BTW, natural gas is NOT a renewable so that blows a hole in the “you can do it to” notion.

I like using his full name Robert Hutchings Goddard

You should read before you post. The expert, backed by government funds, FAILED

It is more a critique of the blind faith in the “experts”

No black swan needed. Poor sales and poor management will be enough.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/capitalism/the-birth-of-aviation-a-story-of-government-subsidy-vs-private-enterprise/278315268856608/

I’m not sure you are aware of this, but State College PA, is in Pennsylvania. There is no possible scenario where windmills and sunshine could power our town on a cold windless February after an ice storm. AND if they are so cheap why are they so expensive? If, in fact renewables were economically viable the private sector, not the government, would be pouring money into them.

No, I am into real estate now. My years of high risk, high reward are behind me now. I have a family to consider.

Last year I predicted that Tesla would go bankrupt within five years. Looks like I may have been too generous.

If ad hominem is the only card you have, I suppose you have to play it......sad, I expected more from you. Oh BTW, looks like the “collective” miscalculated the age of the universe by about a billion years.