Forget eels, this is worse: Exploration on Georges Bank OK'd

[Raven]

drilling technology was limmited to drilling straight down....

now however with flexible drill steel - you can have a rig on land

and you can do exploratory drilling in the ocean as the drill can now

go in a curve, which changes everything.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raven

drilling technology was limmited to drilling straight down....

now however with flexible drill steel - you can have a rig on land

and you can do exploratory drilling in the ocean as the drill can now

go in a curve, which changes everything.

I don't think they would drill sideways 90 miles instead of down 2-5 ...

I would rather see emphasis placed on solar, wind (even if off Nantucket), and yes, in the words of our wordsmith President, Nucular Power.

But while we are on the crappy sides of energy engineering, why can't we get E85 Ethanol in New England? There are many Flex Fuel vehicles out now that will run that and where available, it is 1.85 per gallon

[Raven]

posted by Johnr: I would rather see emphasis placed on solar, wind (even if off Nantucket), and yes, in the words of our wordsmith President, Nucular
Power.
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to further that discussion.............
was reading : The U.S. nuclear-power industry has been stagnant for three decades; the last successfully completed reactor order was made back in the early 1970s. The 1979 Three Mile Island accident, and the far worse 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, helped stop the industry in its tracks. Public confidence plunged; regulatory pressures, political opposition, and costs surged.
And by the 1990s, fossil fuels were cheap enough that nuclear power--"even with more-efficient designs"--wasn't worth pursuing.

but not any more........

build new plants, which would benefit from three decades' worth of technology advances in materials, sensors, and control software? Today's 104 operating U.S. nuclear power plants, after all, reflect the designs of the 1960s and the technologies of the 1970s.

final note:
that recent meltdown of our power system due to computer errors reflects the problem also. crappy technology that can be totally and completely re-done
same as all of the space shuttle designs.

[Raven]

i want a large striper geiger counter built right inside my rod so alls i have to do is point it at the Ocean and it'll beep or glow at night when it spots a cow or two....so i know exactly where to cast.

[MartinD18]

Ethanol eats plastic and fiberglass fuel tanks. Ask someone with a boat in CT (where they sell gas with ethanol added) if he or any of his friends have had engine problems this year related to gunk in tank fouling their engines. It will be an eye opener.

The gas prices were resed $.10-$.35 after the tax free weekend

[MakoMike]

John,
Re"But while we are on the crappy sides of energy engineering, why can't we get E85 Ethanol in New England? There are many Flex Fuel vehicles out now that will run that and where available, it is 1.85 per gallon "
Be careful what you wish for. The guys in NY have been contending with "reformulated" gasoline that contains some ethanel, and it has been screwing up their boats to no end. Look at the boating section on Noreast and you'll see pages and pages of horror stories.