Comments on: No Oil in the Lamp – how the energy crisis may affect us in the next 30 years https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2012/09/no-oil-in-the-lamp-how-the-energy-crisis-may-affect-us-in-the-next-30-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-oil-in-the-lamp-how-the-energy-crisis-may-affect-us-in-the-next-30-years Author Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Fiona https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2012/09/no-oil-in-the-lamp-how-the-energy-crisis-may-affect-us-in-the-next-30-years/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:47:15 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=569#comment-742 In reply to Ajit.

Hi Ajit, I also live fairly far north and we could not depend on solar as our main source. The key is not to depend on one source but to use a matrix of energy sources. This requires storage capacity. When the sun is shining energy is stored up and released when it isn’t – same with wind. There is the technology available but it’s the cost that’s prohibitive. But if governments don’t make the difficult decisions to invest in renewable energy now while we can still depend on at leas some fossil fuel, it will be even more difficult to do so in the future. Thanks for stopping by¬

]]> By: Ajit https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2012/09/no-oil-in-the-lamp-how-the-energy-crisis-may-affect-us-in-the-next-30-years/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:05:11 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=569#comment-741 Using the wind to produce ecetcrility in large quantities is a fairly new concept. Using the wind for power has been around as long as boats first used a sail to move it through the water.Going Green is right that it will not become dominant because it is unpredictable. The problem with some of the others becoming major sources of power is the same. I live in the northern latitudes, where we get a lot of cloudy weather. We could not depend on solar as our main source of energy. There are a lot of days the wind is not blowing at all, especially in the summer. There are some places trying geothermal, but they have to go down so far to find the necessary heat, that the cost is too high to be practical.There are no quick and easy solutions to the problem of alternatives to fossil fuels, and there won’t be any time soon.

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