Comments on: CA eyes freeway generator technology as new energy source

By: Bubba

Bubba — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 15:54:26 +0000

Yes Boys and Girls, our Fearful Leaders in the Never Never Land of the State Capitol, have once again come up with another grand scheme to separate the working class from what little monies they have left after all our socialist legislators have taxed us into oblivion!
Several things come to mind:
1. Moonbeams High Speed Rail from Modesto to Fresno that is already over budget and behind schedule and no ground has yet to be broken for this “Dream”
2. The Delta Tunnels to divert water to the L.A. and points beyond that was just “Blessed” by the state supreme court. Which will cost taxpayers how much?
3. How exactly do they plan to tie this “Energy Generation” into the “Grid”?
4. If CALTRANS gets involved it take years because CALTRANS will have at least 10 people leaning on shovels and 5 trucks burning fuel and spewing pollution for everyone of these “Energy Devices”
5. Look how long it took just to get the permits to build the Desalination Plant in Carlsbad…12 years!
And we want to trust our state government to run this project?

Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hopping for a different result.

Yes this sounds like insanity to me?

By: eck

eck — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:27:54 +0000

In reply to Sean. The stupid, it burns! "They" are off by about 6 orders of magnitude. Just based on energy calculations. Even if these numbers were even close to correct, the cost per kWhr would be just astronomical. Another scam to separate the $ from the taxpayers wallets.

By: Spurwing Plover

Spurwing Plover — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:58:59 +0000

Now if we could harness all the Hot Air coming from Moonbeam/Newsrom as well as those Hollywood wanks,DiCaprio,Luarie David Etc and Washington D.C.(Obama,Gore,Suzuki Etc)we could keep warm and comfortible all winter long

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:20:44 +0000

Meantime, crony capitalism’s poster child — Tesla Motors — continues to lose bucketfuls of money while hoping for better days ahead (while always angling for more subsidies!). 4 August, 2016 WS JOURNAL:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-loses-293-million-as-deliveries-fall-short-expenses-rise-1470256400

By: Queeg

Queeg — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:45:59 +0000

Comrades

The STATE commands resource allocation for your common good and enviro/public health…the dance just began.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:22:32 +0000

A 10 mile stretch of freeway could power the entire city of Burbank? Two things pop into my mind, perpetual motion machine and too good to be true. Energy losses to the road only account for < 5% of the fuel used. What they are saying is a 10 mile stretch of freeway could generate a billion kWhrs per year (Burbank's electricity consumption) on less than 5% of the gasoline consumed driving down that road. Doesn't add up since the total amount of energy going to electricity generation is 40% of all energy while transporation is is 28%.

By: Dork

Dork — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:37:20 +0000

The state’s analysis concluded that a pilot demonstration of the technology would be the best way to determine if it’s worth our money

Up Yours you simple minded Marxist clowns, if it was “Worth our Money” a PRIVATE ENTERPRISE would have Done it already and since they haven’t this is just another Boondoggle with OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.

I propose All of these Newfangled Green Energy Projects be Backstopped by the various PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS, Put YOUR OWN DAMN MONEY UP, then we will see if it “Worth Our MONEY” afterwards.