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Originally Posted by malcorub16
As the title states...conservatives, what's your opinion on solar and wind energy? Are you ok with it? are you against is? Is it hippie hog-wash? Are you against the tax incentives? Are nuclear energy, coal and oil working so why fix it if it's not broke?
Some conservatives seem to be for renewables while others are against. What's your opinion on renewables and why?
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Nuclear as it currently is... meh. Not fond of a high temperature high pressure system which can lead to meltdown/explosion.
Intrigued with molten salt reactors. Low pressure high temperature and using thorium over uranium.
Solar, not for the tax incentive as the incentive benefits the end user. If you have a few panels you benefit. The electric company cuts you a check for what you produce that they use from you. Should it be subsidized? It's not 100% What one person may get for sun, another person may not. Cloud coverage etc.
Wind? Not exactly for it when you consider the cost for what they produce. If you get a steady wind current off of a coast, great. If not Yay for the whirley gig lawn ornament. Get too much wind and you could have a potential issue.
Coal is abundant I say with the particulate filters being used and for the BTU rating it's worth it.
Oil. Cheaper to refine and you can get more than just 1 product out of it.
Ethanol. I am a fan of ethanol and methanol. Higher octane rating than pump gas. More power with proper tuning. More consumption but is dramatically offset with it being currently at 1.92 per gallon...
(Used to build and race stock cars in NY. Played with my 14 Silverado and am impressed with E85 gains vs 93 octane)
Diesel. I love diesels. Cut the emissions crap off and they are damn near invincible.
I like the idea on older mechanical injected systems or hueI injection systems that I can mix up waste engine oil with a little kerosene and run it, waste vegetable oil filtered of particles and glycerine, and transmission fluid cut with kerosene and have fuel from just about anything ranging from bacon grease to old engine oil.
(Should the apocalypse ever occur an Air starter on an old deuce and a half with a tank full of whatever is remotely volatile is what I'll be cruising around in soy bean oil, peanut oil, olive oil, old engine oil transmission fluid you name it.)
Hybrids and electric? For short distance maybe.
Where electric shines is in a boat.
Compare the rate of gasoline consumption compared to battery life in say a 20ft jet prop compared to a 20 ft gas jet prop.
Forget a regular outboard... more mechanical loss through the out drive than a jet.
The cost with recycling a lithium ion battery negates doing it.
Plus they're very harmful should they become compromised with the gases released from combustion.
Natural gas combustion engines burn clean. But requires far more fuel to do the same work as say gasoline. Is there any savings with LNG or LPG? Depends.
I wouldn't oppose harvesting hydrogen gas from water via solar. The idea of the only byproduct from combustion being water vapor and removing the need of rare earth metals to construct catalytic converters freeing up power and saving precious metals is killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
I don't care about fuel economy. I care about efficiency. In the sense of, how much more torque and Horsepower can I gain without suffering predet and damaging pistons.
Give me a fuel that with relatively low modifications can yield big numbers on the dyno and fast times in the 1/4 mile, or can yield more towing/hauling capacity, I am all for it. Make it cheap to where it doesn't drain your wallet to inspire and encourage others to modify and do as they seek without restricting them to a weekend toy. I am all for it.
Would be interesting to see a fuel source that doesn't cost an awful lot to produce and throw down 400+hp with a simple cam swap and changing the ignition dwell.
(Second back up vehicle for the apocalypse would be powered by ethanol because it's not difficult nor expensive to brew your own fuel)
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