tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post114951213023773990..comments2023-05-27T23:20:32.194+10:00Comments on Marco's Blog: Happy Environment day or whateverMarco Parigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00702055111711651319noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1149638086165290142006-06-07T09:54:00.000+10:002006-06-07T09:54:00.000+10:00Well, on A) countries like France use way less Car...Well, on A) countries like France use way less Carbon per capita than we do. The main difference - prolific use of Hydro and Nuclear power in France (and way higher petrol taxes of course). It is fairly difficult to argue that gas is better than nuclear without weighing in other environmental priorities explicitly.Marco Parigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702055111711651319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1149590490448228872006-06-06T20:41:00.000+10:002006-06-06T20:41:00.000+10:00Ooh, I wanted to say something about hydrogen too!...Ooh, I wanted to say something about hydrogen too! Where do we get hydrogen from? From thermal processing of fossil fuels (which gives carbon monoxide and hydrogen) or electrolysis of water (which gives oxygen and hydrogen). Where do we get the energy to run these processes? Er, from fossil fuels or nuclear or wind farms whatever...Dr Clamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985493422534275997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1149590252121486672006-06-06T20:37:00.000+10:002006-06-06T20:37:00.000+10:00The gas-fired power station statement could follow...The gas-fired power station statement could follow from the one before, if it was couched in terms of the carbon costs of construction of the plant, transport of fuel to it, and transport disposal of wastes (assuming these activities to be fuelled by conventional fossil fuels) and took as gospel rosy coal-industry forecasts about the efficiency of carbon-capture technologies. But I'm guessing it didn't!Dr Clamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985493422534275997noreply@blogger.com