PTRC releases paper on compressed air energy storage

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Sounds like a great way to get some numb nut bucks

The above mentioned group just so happens to know a thing or two about drilling holes in the ground and geology, and compression and piping etc.
They have been watching the limitless funds flowing to the other government sponsored green scams and the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and everyone wants to get a piece of the action.

[chuckChuck]

You have said renewables with storage would be a good idea. But how do you get there if you don't do research?

ICE are 20% efficient while EVs are 80% efficient and my hybrid EV miles are 1/2 the cost of gasoline miles and you are complaining about efficiency and the cost of compressed air storage?

Are you still using your first cell phone and computer Abby?

[Hamloc]

You have said renewables with storage would be a good idea. But how do you get there if you don't do research?

ICE are 20% efficient while EVs are 80% efficient and my hybrid EV miles are 1/2 the cost of gasoline miles and you are complaining about efficiency and the cost of compressed air storage?

Are you still using your first cell phone and computer Abby?

Meanwhile, in the real world Ford motor company lost $36000 on every EV it sold in the third quarter, for a total loss of $1.3 billion in the EV segment. Ford has downgraded future sales targets as consumer uptake of EV’s is lower than anticipated. Ford also said it would delay $12 billion of its planned $15 billion in EV-related investments.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You have said renewables with storage would be a good idea. But how do you get there if you don't do research?

ICE are 20% efficient while EVs are 80% efficient and my hybrid EV miles are 1/2 the cost of gasoline miles and you are complaining about efficiency and the cost of compressed air storage?

Are you still using your first cell phone and computer Abby?

That was back before you revealed to us that renewables are actually 28 times more expensive based on dollars invested.

Based on your prior claims that renewables are practically free, and knowing that the resource is virtually unlimited, but completely useless to an industrial society due to intermittency, then storage, no matter how inefficient, would be a great solution.

But after you bragged that renewables are 28 times more expensive, even before adding storage, i was forced to reconsider my position.

Because 28, times 4 ( using 25% efficient compressed air storage), is over 100 times as expensive as fossil fuels, and that isn't even including the cost of building the storage.

Are you ever going to address my concerns about the disparity in investment vs energy output that you brought to our attention?

[chuckChuck]

Sure Abby. You know more than the IEA about renewables and their potential! And you can forecast the future too! Even if you are wrong about a lot of things in the present!

[Guest]

“Abby” , he has a new name for you
looks like you won again

[AlbertaFarmer5]

“Abby” , he has a new name for you
looks like you won again

I know. I've been asking for a long time for my very own nickname. Now I can join the legends like Hammy and Flipper and Willy.
Thank you Chuck.
Although this will cause some confusion at family events, since I have a niece who already uses that name.