Re: Global Warming - I love that it's finally getting attention

Because the water cycle moves so much heat in total every day, we have absolutely no control over it.  If we diverted the output of every nuke, dam, windmill, geothermal, coal, oil, and gas burner in the world, it is less than 1% of the sunlight that falls on the Earth every 12 hours.  A drop in the proverbial bucket. Water (as vapor) is the medium that transports most of that heat!

The reason I don't advertise, or even mention the name of my company, is to avoid being lumped and judged with scammers like Mark, who swoop in and post rubbish as their very first post and try to scam a few easy $$$ before anyone gets wise. 

 I'm well over 100 posts now, and while many don't like what I've got to say, no one can accuse me of coming here with a quick-buck attitude and zero accountability.

 I've tried to help folks and smash a few myths and misconceptions.  I really believe that people should take actions that help rather than harm the environment, but I also believe that we should maximize value.  Sometimes that means consumption.

Here's a situation: my condo association was approached to recycle aluminum cans for $0.25/lb if we deliver them to the center... With the price of fuel >$3.50/gallon and the extra manpower needed, and cistern water $0.06/gal,  a quick computation using the size or our truck showed that the "real cost" to us to recycle was >$2/lb guess what?  We said you may place 1 bin on the property... and take the cans...  They did not do it!  Not cost effective they said.

As a board member I was content to vote against the plan, because the waste of resources to "recycle" was far worse than the "waste" of disposal.   

Yet I keep pursuing my solar-thermal generation system.  Why, because I can harness 1/2 million barrels of oil per day in 5 years, once it catches on.  Who benefits from 1/2 million barrels per day less oil consumed??? I leave that to you...  But I'll say we all do, not because it represents more than a drop in the bucket of daily heat flux, but because it saves 1/2 million barrels of oil for uses where we still have no substitute, like aircraft!