[lbo-talk] RE: Technology not neutral

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Jordan:
> This reminds me of a great graphic I stumbled across recently ...
> doesn't exactly answer your questions, but provides a whole new list
of
> questions for me (like, holy shit, *how* much is a 'quad' ...?).
> 
> Take note of things like 'rejected energy' and 'electrical system
> losses' ...
> 
> http://en-env.llnl.gov/flow/00flow.php

Interesting.  It means that about two thirds of the total energy
produced is being wasted.  In transportation, about 83% of the energy
produced is being wasted, mainly because, I dare to say, the US
government and its owners in Detroit, want us to move monstrous SUVs
instead of moving people.  

Let me repeat - 83 % of the gas we pump to our cars is going to waste.
That means, of every $1.6 for a gallon a person pumps he is throwing on
average $1.30 down the drain.  That means $13 for a fill up of a smaller
car or $26 for an SUV monstrosity or about $1,300 per year.  I do not
think that the externalities of all nuclear reactors combined cost
$1,300 per person per year. 

Wojtek