tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10160258.post6247966252359361260..comments2023-10-29T03:35:54.593-04:00Comments on Total Team Solutions: Coal fired power generation - etc.Lalitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460917758732512734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10160258.post-8310511451052611262007-09-11T06:26:00.000-04:002007-09-11T06:26:00.000-04:00You hit it on the head. The cost of doing busines...You hit it on the head. The cost of doing business is so high and the absolute requirement of immediate large profit margins that prohibit large scale and even mid-scale development. Businesses operate the way we use our cars...some of us anyway...You drive a car that may only get 25mpg using regular unleaded gasoline. We know there are hybrid or diesel vehicles on the market now that get double that value. Buying one would result in a huge energy savings for both the world (if large amounts of the population followed suit) but would also save money from your own wallet in fuel savings. BUT- when you look at the financial impact of how much that new car will cost on a monthly basis vs what you are paying out now on your 25mpg beast then we start to shy away from what is really the best overall choice for the environment.<BR/><BR/>In a nutshell, it will take a huge movement by the "little people" to make a difference. Shows such as the one you mention on Discovery as well as HGTV's "Living with Ed" are slowly but surely bringing the ideas and products of the "green" world out to the general public.<BR/><BR/>Great blog Lalita!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745520544874857704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10160258.post-37309685714423826602007-08-30T20:15:00.000-04:002007-08-30T20:15:00.000-04:00Saw your post on Coal -What is it that makes seemi...Saw your post on Coal -<BR/>What is it that makes seemingly simple solutions unacceptable while the new and exotic get all the play? Case in point -reprocess the waste oil for biodiesel. Sounds great. What's stopping this process? Saw a bit on Discovery channel other day - They were recycling old railroad ties.... to burn as fuel... Last time folks got inventive, was during the gas crunch of the 70's. Looks like innovation doesn’t really move until we are pushed into a corner, or there's really easy money to make.G A Borden IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122717562713658840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10160258.post-86107569083965727212007-08-22T00:01:00.000-04:002007-08-22T00:01:00.000-04:00I'm in Indiana, land of corn (you thought Indians,...I'm in Indiana, land of corn (you thought Indians, mayhap). People are getting ready for the biodiesel bonanza, but, curiously their focus is on processing virgin corn--not re-use of existing oil.<BR/><BR/>By using existing oil, they would take care of a waste product that, poured down the sink gums up the works or appears as a condiment on our local dumps.<BR/><BR/>Not sure about that one, except that the corn lobby had something to do with it.Lalitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09460917758732512734noreply@blogger.com