2/4 With #oilprices back above $70 we will see a big surge of activity in the #shale fields. At a minimum there will be 500 KBPD that comes from the #Fracklog in short order.
3/4 The attack came from #Yemen - which is much farther away from #RasTanura (the worlds largest oil loading facility) than #Iran. #SaudiArabia now has no option but to significantly expand its strike capabilities.
4/4 If I were #China I would be terrified. Apparently security for their primary oil import flows are now dependent upon security in… Yemen???
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1) Interest in the #solar thread was so strong that I decided to pull together some info on #wind as well. And actually use some #hashtags to make it easier to search.
So with that, on with some windy thoughts from a this particular blowhard:
2) Like #solar, #wind power faces intermittency problems, so it MUST be paired w conventional power generation unless u r ok having your electricity supply die with the wind. This is particularly the case w old-style 40m turbines in many early-adopter locations like #PalmSprings
3) Wind’s #sitingrestrictions r different from solar. #Turbines CAN b installed above crops.
Wind CANNOT b installed on slopes (winds r 2erratic, so things alternate between no power & snapped towers) nor above 10k feet (thin air = less force on the turbine blades).
SOLAR THREAD:
Allow me to establish my gravitas on this topic. Here’s a picture of the front of my house this am. Those are not paperweights on the roof. I am not a solar-power hater. I am something much worse. I am a Green who can do math. (!)
2/ Solar power faces a series of daunting technical challenges:
First, high solar intensity. The enemies of intensity are humidity, low altitude, high latitude, and slope.
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Solar intensity is much higher at elevation, humidity generates light reflecting haze/clouds, high latitudes introduce massive seasonal variation, and slope vastly reduces area available for panels.