Saw this on Facebook and thought I'd pass it along:
Total fuel consumption of U.S. airlines is approximately 19 billion gallons annually.Total fuel consumption for mining ore for construction of electric car batteries is approximately 21 billion gallons annually.The 21 billion gallons of fuel burned can only produce enough ore to build 250,000 electric car batteries.The lifespan of an electric battery is 10 years and is not renewable. By 2050 these batteries will fill landfills with 50 million pounds of waste that does not break down.I wonder if people would still believe in electric power cars, vehicles or equipment if they knew how massive the carbon emissions footprint really was?
The photovoltaic industry used to be a net consumer of energy when the big picture was considered. Economies of scale and the ultimate low cost of the key ingredient--silicon derived from silicates (sand) -- help the economies. But still, ripping the oxygen atoms from silicon atoms in sand is energy intensive as it is one of the strongest chemical bonds known.
I used to work in the carbon energy sector until it was defunded by the government and industry. The US was and still is considered the Saudi Arabia of coal. I guess the Red Chinese are waiting for mineral rights to fall far enough to snatch them up. Then we'll be truly fucked.
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I take issue with the following: By 2050 these batteries will fill landfills with 50 million pounds of waste that does not break down.
The lithium in those batteries will be recycled much like copper is today.
We can always wire up the city with overhead lines, put masts on vehicles and drive around like bumper cars.
“The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive” - Sir William Lyons.
Black Sabbath played Madison back in '74 and I recall it was one of the worst concerts ever of my misspent youth. They came on stage over an hour late-Ozzie stumbled on stage and said in his inimitable Peaky Blinders voice "Where the fuck are we?" They played for 45 mins and then quit the stage. The lights went up and the crowd vented. Bottles were thrown at the stage and I recall seeing an empty Jack bottle--probably a quart--arch through the air end-over-end until it hit the face of the bass drum perfectly and bounced off.
My first concert was Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons at the Copa.
It was crazy good. I don't know if that counts as a concert though.
My first tradtional one was Jethro Tull at Madison Square Garden. That was more like the one you described Chickie. Although they played for considerably more than an hour. In fact they had a couple of songs that seemed to take an hour.
Trooper York said...
In fact they had a couple of songs that seemed to take an hour.
Ah, the 1970's.....
First concert was Elton John's Yellow Brick Road tour at the Chicago Stadium. Never been topped for me personally.
Sly and the Family Stone was my first. He was, of course, 3 hours late but worth every minute of that wait. First, and best concert I have ever seen.
There's a doc out of a Summer of 1969 Harlem outdoor music festival. Footage sat unused until recently. Sly had a statuesque, black, female, trumpet player. Love it.
Humble Pie was actually my first concert, in '73. Peter Frampton had recently quit the band but was touring with them in a band called "Frampton's Camel." Frampton hit the big time a couple years later and I saw his show too at the "concrete donut" in Madison.
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