[R-G] Fwd: fossil fuel platform and solar

[Macdonald Stainsby]

This is highly interesting. I know very little of this, but the idea of
free solar, where no technology or limited mining/inputs/etc are involved
is fascinating, simply because it seems utterly impossible...




> hi comrades:
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> I emailed james kuntsler (the long emergency) a simple question, which
> I had in fact asked here.  He made the point in his book very briefly
> that solar power (not passive solar) relied on a fossil fuel platform.
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> I got back this charming answer.
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> I'm assuming that these "advanced metallurgy and fabrication
> techniques" are or must be or for the near future are based on a ff
> platform?
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> I politely asked kuntsler (whose email is made public on his blog) this
> question but expect either no answer or a cranky uninformative reply.
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Kunstler at aol.com
>> Date: August 14, 2007 10:37:17 AM EDT
>> To: gmeyerson at triad.rr.com
>> Subject: Re: fossil fuel platform and solar
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>> In a message dated 8/14/2007 9:29:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> gmeyerson at triad.rr.com writes:
>>> I have been told that solar production does rely on some non 
>>> renewable trace elements.  but I don't know if this is what you meant.
>> Don't be ridiculous.  It relies on all kinds of advanced metallurgy
>> and fabrication techniques.
>>  
>> Jim
>> "It's All Good"
>> ("Va Tutto Bene")
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