Comments on: Where 98% of Energy Vanishes Before it Reaches Your Light Bulb? http://sanjosegreenhome.com/2010/02/17/where-98-of-energy-vanishes-before-it-reaches-your-light-bulb/ Exploring Sustainable Lifestyle Options at Home Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tadas http://sanjosegreenhome.com/2010/02/17/where-98-of-energy-vanishes-before-it-reaches-your-light-bulb/#comment-300 Tadas Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0000 http://sanjosegreenhome.com/?p=1026#comment-300 Wow, our very first angry scientist comment... awesome! Well your comment is actually very welcome George because as I wrote in the past post, it's easy to buy into the media hype and not see the bigger picture. By the way, what are the "neighborhood cogen units" anyway? I did look up what a "nimby" means so all clear on that. I do have to apologize for my English as its my third language and I have to say I'm still learning it :-) Wow, our very first angry scientist comment… awesome! Well your comment is actually very welcome George because as I wrote in the past post, it’s easy to buy into the media hype and not see the bigger picture. By the way, what are the “neighborhood cogen units” anyway? I did look up what a “nimby” means so all clear on that. I do have to apologize for my English as its my third language and I have to say I’m still learning it :-)

]]> By: george http://sanjosegreenhome.com/2010/02/17/where-98-of-energy-vanishes-before-it-reaches-your-light-bulb/#comment-295 george Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:39:21 +0000 http://sanjosegreenhome.com/?p=1026#comment-295 wow about time you english majors woke up and realized there is a thing as the laws of thermodynamics. If you would occasionally crack a science book you would realize these issues long ago. Why dont you ask how thermally efficient an Oil refinery is? would you believe its in the 80% range. Yes nearly 80% of the total energy committed to a refinery is either converted to product or used to econimize streams. If you you nimbys wouldnt hate the sight of a power plant so much we califorians wouldnt have to build them in beowawe nevada and black mesa utah. And if you would allow neighborhood cogen units, you could all heat and cool your homes with the waste heat and the thermal eifficiency would go over 50%. wow about time you english majors woke up and realized there is a thing as the laws of thermodynamics. If you would occasionally crack a science book you would realize these issues long ago.

Why dont you ask how thermally efficient an Oil refinery is? would you believe its in the 80% range. Yes nearly 80% of the total energy committed to a refinery is either converted to product or used to econimize streams.

If you you nimbys wouldnt hate the sight of a power plant so much we califorians wouldnt have to build them in beowawe nevada and black mesa utah. And if you would allow neighborhood cogen units, you could all heat and cool your homes with the waste heat and the thermal eifficiency would go over 50%.

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