The Evolution of Energy Efficiency in the IRC: Are We on the Right Track?

[steveray]

Twenty-seven LED in a 1400 sq.ft. House? Is that even legal?

As long as they are high efficacy you can have 27,000,000....that is why the energy code makes sense....

 

[mark handler]

A lot of your post is opinion, but the above claims are incorrect.

A single volcanic eruption can cool the whole planet for a year or more, if it injects enough aerosol high enough into the atmosphere to block I believe on the order of 1% of incoming sunlight. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter

Fossil fuels derive from prehistoric plankton and terrestrial plants, not dinosaurs. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel

Cheers, Wayne

Coal, oil, and natural gas are fossil fuels formed over time from the remains of living organisms.
Coal is mostly decomposed plants
Oil is mostly decomposed plankton

Like oil, Natural gas is a product of decomposed organic matter

 

[ICE]

Coal, oil, and natural gas are fossil fuels formed over time from the remains of living organisms.
Coal is mostly decomposed plants
Oil is mostly decomposed plankton

Like oil, Natural gas is a product of decomposed organic matter

I wonder what life would be like had we not had coal, oil and natural gas.

 

[mtlogcabin]

If it hadn’t been for Dino the Dinosaur we wouldn’t have Diner’s Club cards or the great Pacific plastic gyre.

I remember being told in elementary school, early 60's that oil came from dinosaurs.

It is probably because of Dino and the marketing behind him.

Busting a Myth about Dinosaurs: Does Oil Come from Dinosaurs? | State Historical Society of North Dakota Blog

www.blog.statemuseum.nd.gov

 

[bill1952]

I remember being told in elementary school, early 60's that oil came from dinosaurs.

All I needed was Johnny Cash's Rusty Cage to know oil was from dinosaurs.

 

[ICE]

I remember being told in elementary school, early 60's that oil came from dinosaurs.

It is probably because of Dino and the marketing behind him.

Busting a Myth about Dinosaurs: Does Oil Come from Dinosaurs? | State Historical Society of North Dakota Blog

www.blog.statemuseum.nd.gov

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The dinosaur in the ad was a complete fabrication that several paleontologists created. They stood behind the falsehood for many years. When the veil came down the excuse was, “We needed to show something for the grant money.”

https://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed

This is a headline from this morning:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/americas/asteroid-dust-dinosaur-extinction-photosynthesis-scn/index.html

The heavy thinkers have been updating the story for years.

 

[mark handler]

I wonder what life would be like had we not had coal, oil and natural gas.