How is fracking legal?
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Beantown
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The subsidies is what makes it cheap.
NAOS
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it's just one subsidies, guis. We can change this!
J
JAZZGASM
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When it comes to fracking, it has its pros and cons. Using natural gas sourced from fracking has a lesser impact on global warming (even with the leakage caused by extraction) compared with coal. The problem is, as we use less coal, we start exporting it.
The real issues is disposal of the fracking wastewater. Injecting it back into the Earth is what is causing Earthquakes, but this is the cheapest way to dispose of it, although better alternatives (albeit more expensive) exist.
We are seeing a natural progression to renewable energy, including harnessing the oceans power using sea floor turbines (a technology in its infancy).
Solar is great, but has limitations with our current grid.
The real issues is disposal of the fracking wastewater. Injecting it back into the Earth is what is causing Earthquakes, but this is the cheapest way to dispose of it, although better alternatives (albeit more expensive) exist.
We are seeing a natural progression to renewable energy, including harnessing the oceans power using sea floor turbines (a technology in its infancy).
Solar is great, but has limitations with our current grid.
NAOS
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I live in a mild climate and have low energy demands. I'd ride a stationary bicycle for 30-45 minutes a day if I could capture that energy efficiently. No prob.
Red
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The first offshore wind farm in the United States will be operational here in Rhode Island by November. But not without its critics...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...a6449a6_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
But it's a start:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/...nd-farm-may-power-up-a-new-industry.html?_r=0
D
Deleted member 848
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You think we should get rid of power lines, cats, homes, and pesticides too?
NAOS
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Anything is possible and the change starts here on JFC. Ask beanclown.
D
Deleted member 848
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Deleted member 848
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To answer your question posed earlier-- it is
NAOS
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real men generate their own energy.
I'm okay with getting rid of everything on the list, except homes.
♪alt13
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How many bears are killed by split level homes?
I think when you focus on deaths you're missing the point. My understanding is that the real issue with wind is habitat destruction, which is by far a bigger issue to the health of a species than the number killed by this or that.
NAOS
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I would have put $1000 on the bet that you were some cat-hating dude (who is obviously over-correcting for some perceived lack in "masculinity").
D
Deleted member 848
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Link?
You'd lose. I don't hate cats. I just don't want one. My best friend in high school had the most awesome cat.
NAOS
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sounds like you hate them.
Covering a desert with solar panels is also habitat destruction though.
I personally embrace the destruction, because I'm so metal.
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Not to mention the ore extraction required to assemble said panels.
Fusion energy is the solution. If we can spend real money on it, we'd have it within a decade.