Making ethanol from corn is the least efficient use of farmland

[WiltonRanch]

Yes,,, Yes it will,,, Yes it does, because burning coal is being used to heat water, create steam, spin turbines, that generate electricity. That very electricity will charge the battery for my wrench and charge my phone,,, and it will do so, day or night, sunny or cloudy or rainy or blizzardy, whether it's windy or calm or hurricane force wind. It will power my tools and phone during a snow storm that leave 2'' of snow or 12'' of snow, or freezing rain with half inch of ice covering everything.

In fact right now,,, not only is coal being used to charge my wrench and my phone,,, coal is also being used to charge someone's Electric Vehicle!

Coal is also a part of the production of solar panels. With our government decreeing all new automobile sales be EV by 2035 and in light of the mess our world is in it is downright reckless.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Coal is also a part of the production of solar panels. With our government decreeing all new automobile sales be EV by 2035 and in light of the mess our world is in it is downright reckless.

My advice, invest in coal and natural gas companies and futures.
Demand will only go up as we transition away from a carbon economy.
And I'm sure the proponents don't see any irony in that.

[chuckChuck]

Invest in coal! Huh? Good luck with that as provinces move away from coal for electricity. Coal is only 8% of our electricity. source.

Canada already produces over 80% of its electricity from low carbon emission sources. Gas will replace most coal in the transition which is a 50% savings in carbon emissions.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Invest in coal! Huh? Good luck with that as provinces move away from coal for electricity. Coal is only 8% of our electricity. source.

Canada already produces over 80% of its electricity from low carbon emission sources. Gas will replace most coal in the transition which is a 50% savings in carbon emissions.

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Does the world end at Canada's borders?

How successful was Germany's green transition? Have been able to tell Russia where to stick their natural gas, and close all of their coal plants permanently thanks to alternative energy?

[shtferbrains]

Coal went from about $50 tonne pre pandemic to over $200. Prices never seen before.
Lots of new demand from the 1/2 of the world that is expanding their economies.
More new coal power plants being built every day.
Won't see much about it on Justin's Cheerleaders Broadcasters

We are the Winners!

Stay enthusiastic there Chuck!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Coal went from about $50 tonne pre pandemic to over $200. Prices never seen before.
Lots of new demand from the 1/2 of the world that is expanding their economies.
More new coal power plants being built every day.
Won't see much about it on Justin's Cheerleaders Broadcasters

We are the Winners!

Stay enthusiastic there Chuck!

We are winners in so many ways right now.
Thanks to our abundant hydro, we we aren't nearly as reliant as most of the rest of the world is on increasingly expensive fossil fuels in an era when they are likely to be in short supply for a long time to come.
But hydropower is really difficult to export across oceans, as is every other supposed green energy.
But we also happen to be blessed with some of the world's largest reserves of coal, oil and natural gas which are really easy to export all over the world. As demand just continues to increase, and as green energy continues to fail spectacularly all over the world.

Sometime in the near future, reality will prevail, and some portion of what used to be Canada will take advantage of our position to fill the export needs.

And even better yet, uranium is even easier to export and will see a surge in demand which we are well suited to fill.

And Chuck will keep enthusiastically cheerleading his renewable energy dream. Even as it collapses all around him in real time.
Win, win, win.

[chuckChuck]

In Alberta renewables are growing at the fastest rate in Canada with several large scale installations. So that kind of growth signals the opposite of collapse don't you think?

And I admit that renewables won't cover all our electricity needs and that's why hydro is such a good fit for much of Canada. We will fill the gaps with something else.

But keep hanging on to the fallacy that renewables can't be part of the solution to lower carbon electricity.

Here is what the International Energy Agency says about the "collapse" of renewables. But of course a farmer in Alberta knows "everything everywhere" more about the world energy system than the IEA! LOL

So where is this collapse you speak of A5? Is it like the world is going to run out of carbon dioxide idea you came up with? A figment of your imagination?

https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/5ae32253-7409-4f9a-a91d-1493ffb9777a/Renewables2021-Analysisandforecastto2026.pdf

Renewables
2021
Analysis and forecast to 2026

Additions of renewable power capacity are on track to set yet another annual
record in 2021, driven by solar PV. Almost 290 gigawatts (GW) of new
renewable power will be commissioned this year, which is 3% higher than 2020’s
already exceptional growth. Solar PV alone accounts for more than half of all
renewable power expansion in 2021, followed by wind and hydropower.
The growth of renewable capacity is forecast to accelerate in the next five
years, accounting for almost 95% of the increase in global power capacity
through 2026. We have revised up our forecast from a year earlier, as stronger
policy support and ambitious climate targets announced for COP26 outweigh the
current record commodity prices that have increased the costs of building new
wind and solar PV installations. Globally, renewable electricity capacity is forecast
to increase by over 60% between 2020 and 2026, reaching more than 4 800 GW.
This is equivalent to the current global power capacity of fossil fuels and nuclear
combined. Overall, China remains the leader over the next five years, accounting
for 43% of global renewable capacity growth, followed by Europe, the United
States and India. These four markets alone account for 80% of renewable capacity
expansion worldwide.

[furrowtickler]

Real world test, Gas F150 vrs Rivian EV truck, long Video but reslts about the 40 min mark.....

[furrowtickler]

Real world test, Gas F150 vrs Rivian EV truck, long Video but reslts about the 40 min mark.....

Something relevant for 98% of us here.
Nice truck but they have a very long ways to go for range in real world situations applicable to us here.
cant imagine the short range in winter here in western Canada .... 50 miles when towing ?

[furrowtickler]

Even if you have your own solar charging set up on the farm , range has to be significantly better or they are useless at this time .
Nice for running errands maybe but not remotely practical yet . New battery tech for EV’s is coming but at what cost to the consumer ?
No doubt things are going that way and for the Urban folk that travel to and from work and the grocery story it will be a good fit .
But for real life rural farms , a long way to go yet