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Rennhack:

--- Quote from: Nutty Neutron on Oct 19, 2011, 11:12 ---He yelled "Bat" over the radio.  We were all laughing so hard up in the Control Room.

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I can imagine that!  Bet the break room was unbearable for a long time.

Bat!

spentfuel:

--- Quote from: Marlin on Oct 17, 2011, 08:28 ---This article (blog) is titled Gas against Wind but it does mention an impact about nuclear which makes a lot of sense but is not good news for the nuclear industry.
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Hmmm

Might turn out to be good for some nuclear business  ;)



Try googleing gasbuggy or rulision

Might be worth another look  :D

And ya cats, rats, bats, owls, pigions, hawks, frogs, turtles, snakes Ive seen em all one time or another

sf

HydroDave63:
Speaking of all of that shale gas...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/natural-gas-drilling-down-documents-4.html

Marlin:

--- Quote from: HydroDave63 on Nov 25, 2012, 08:03 ---Speaking of all of that shale gas...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/natural-gas-drilling-down-documents-4.html

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It is still running strong for a Ponzi scheme three years after that e-mail, here is a newer evaluation:

 [coffee] (the excerpt is from the summary at the end of the article)

For a time, yes. The infrastructure to export shale gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG) is almost non-existent at the moment, but several projects are in the pipeline, and as exports rise the domestic price will become closer to the world price. In addition, as more gas-fired power stations are built, demand will rise and with it domestic shale gas prices.

Nevertheless US prices are likely to remain at a discount to world prices for many years to come. The US will win in another way; the country operates a current account deficit with the rest of the world in large part because of oil imports.

As oil imports have fallen this year, so has the deficit — imports up to August were the lowest since 1998, in part due to lower oil imports. On the flip side, a stronger current account means a stronger dollar, according to James Mackintosh on the FT’s Short View, which would not help US exporters of manufactured goods.

So on balance, shale oil and gas have much to offer the US.

It will probably usher in a prolonged period of energy supply independence — if not price independence.

It will reduce the demands made on the country’s military to police areas of the world it would probably rather not police.

It will provide, at least for a number of crucial years crawling out of the current crisis, access to cheaper energy relative to the rest of the world, which will benefit manufacturers and consumers.

And it will continue to provide a source of employment — so far estimated at 1.75 million — that is sorely needed in an economy that is not producing anywhere near enough new jobs for its rising population.

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/How-Big-a-Role-will-Shale-Gas-Play-in-Americas-Energy-Future.html

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