Re:Peak Oil Perspective
by fleitz on Monday September 09, 2013 @04:23PM
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Oil backed electrical grid? Where do you live exactly?
No one uses oil to generate any significant amount of electricity, most gas turbines are powered by natural gas, since it's cheap and plentiful. Gas turbines are only used to peak load not base load since coal is even cheaper than natural gas.
Most people spend more in fuel getting their groceries home than transporting them to the store. Food miles should be calculated by the distance to the grocery store from your home.
Re:Peak Oil Perspective
by jarito on Monday September 09, 2013 @04:49PM
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Not entirely true. Hawaii, for example, uses oil as the basis for most of their electric generation. They regret this now and are trying to move to renewables / natgas, but right now, they use oil.
No one uses oil to generate any significant amount of electricity, most gas turbines are powered by natural gas, since it's cheap and plentiful. Gas turbines are only used to peak load not base load since coal is even cheaper than natural gas.
Most people spend more in fuel getting their groceries home than transporting them to the store. Food miles should be calculated by the distance to the grocery store from your home.