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Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable.
- From: SALTMINES@aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable.
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:32:56 EST
In a message dated 2/8/2009 10:02:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
tradingpost@lobo.net writes
The opening statement:
"Solar and Wind are not renewable. The energy from solar and from wind
is
available but not renewable. An oak tree is renewable. A horse is renewable. They reproduce themselves." and:
"As fossil fuels become less available, judicious use of the
remaining reserves becomes even more important. We must come to realize that fossil fuels (as well as concentrated sources of minerals) are a gift from the earth and previous to life. To mistakenly call solar or wind energy renewable and include the capturing mechanisms leads to both false hopes and perhaps poor allocation of limited fossil fuels and funds.", might be modified by the following observation:
It seems to me that 'down the road', as we extract more and more energy
from solar/tidal/hydro/wind generation techniques, it is the energy from those
sources that will be used to create the next round and continuing generations of
energy. Eventually there would be no reliance on any fossil
'fuels' for energy, though they would still be needed for producing various
lubricants, plastics and manufacturing processes.
In a sense it's going to be sort of like the 'replicatiors' of science
fiction (and the non-fiction of nano engine replication!).
Viewed in this light (!) solar, wind, and other 'on-going' accessible
sources of usable energy could be seen as renewable.
Just my thoughts; comforting, at least to me.
Stephen (staying warm in West Michigan)
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[Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable.,
Tradingpost, 02/07/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable., SALTMINES, 02/08/2009
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Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable.,
Daniel Conine, 02/08/2009
- Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable., Pete Vukovich, 02/09/2009
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