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Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated
New emissions estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency cast doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change.
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who cares about the global warming fraud? get a life
When are you 'reporters' going to quit referencing climate change in your articles discussing energy sources. Anthropogenic Global Warming was the greatest scam in world history. Man is not changing the climate, the climate always changes and our minuscule contribution to 'greenhouse' gas has virtually no influence. Please try to regain some credibility and just discuss the merits of different energy sources without always trying to inject the failed AGW scam into your reporting.
What a joke this article and this lunatic fringe website is. A complete non-story here.
And focusing on CO2 is a joke in and of itself, given that natural gas reduces the following actual pollutant emissions over coal: NOx - 80% reduction; SOX - 99% reduction; Mercury - 100% reduction; Lead - 100% reduction.
A little balanced reporting effort would have pointed all of this out without my having to reply.
Can someone please provide a link or title to the "new EPA analysis" that is frequently noted?
Thank you!
The EPA analysis is linked at the beginning of this article on the top left under documents. It is the first one.
One myth about natgas is that it is domestic.
In reality, the US imports much of its natural gas, primarily from Canada, but also from Mexico.
There is some comfort that these nations are not as antagonistic as OPEC nations, and are safely imprisoned by NAFTA (which requires Canada to continue exporting natgas even if Canada's domestic needs suffer).
And yet, consumption growth is out-stripping North American production growth—North America is past "peak gas," and will have to rely on Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) tankers for future growth.
There is significant "NIMBY" opposition to LNG tanker terminals for fear of pollution and explosion and that they will make terrorist targets.
In reality, NO fossil fuel supply can continue to grow indefinitely. Rod Adams assertion, "Use all you want. We'll make more," is sadly representative of most Americans. In reality, we should be preparing for the sort of thrift he decries, as fossil fuel, and subsequent economic activity, goes into decline.
(I don't have specific references, but much of this is documented in "High Noon For Natural Gas," by Julian Darley.)
@Jan Steinman - please go back and read my comment. I was NOT talking about fossil fuel. I fully recognize the limitations of that source of heat - we are rapidly depleting material that it took millions of years to store up and process through geologic heat and pressure.
I was referring to the nearly inexhaustible source of heat that comes from fissioning uranium, thorium and plutonium. It is almost impossible to imagine running out of those materials, especially when a mere nine gram pellet of commercial nuclear fuel contains as much potential energy as 20 tons of coal. Right now, we are not using the nuclear fuel efficiently - we only use about 5% of the potential in that fuel pellet and it took 81 grams of natural uranium to make that 9 gram pellet.
In other words, our current utilization is a bit less than 1% of the potential. The good news is that we have not discarded any of the recyclable waste; we can make new fuel from old and power human society for tens of thousands of years. By that time, we will be able to use mass conversion of hydrogen (nuclear fusion.)
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
Rod Adams wrote, "It is almost impossible to imagine running out of those materials."
Well, perhaps you simply lack imagination? I not only find possible, but likely, within the lifetime of most people reading this.
"... especially when a mere nine gram pellet of commercial nuclear fuel contains as much potential energy as 20 tons of coal."
Yes, we've heard all that hype before: "Too cheap to meter!"
I don't listen to "potential energy" arguments. There's a guy on another thread claiming that with just 1/10th of an inch of rain on his 2,000 sqft roof, he has 11,000 watts of potential energy. "All you have to do is harvest it! There's no energy shortage!" Yea, right.
The devil is in the details. The reality of nuclear energy is that no insurance company will touch it and it currently costs more than wind or micro-hydro and nearly as much as photovoltaic, once you strip it of subsidies, supports, and incentives. After sixty years of research and development, the "1% of the potential" that you cite turns out to be a realistic return for nuclear energy, due to a multitude of practical problems that stand in the way of getting a better yield.
Goethe wrote, "a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished." If you insist on citing the "potential" of nuclear energy as though it were real, I'm going to keep rubbing "too cheap to meter" in your face.
Then there's "peak uranium," which could be here much sooner than anyone imagines, especially if a "nuclear renaissance" increases demand without some increase in supply. Currently, 40% of nuclear fuel comes from dismantled weapons, and discoveries of new reserves peaked in the '80's.
"Perhaps the most worrying problem is the misconception that uranium is plentiful." This doesn't come from some wild-eyed, hair-shirt eco-freak; it comes from the prestigious "Technology Review," published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And similar articles show up from the wildly pro-business Wall Street Review.
If technical universities and the business community are skeptical, who is going to research, fund and build these things? The deficit-bloated federal government?
Of course, thorium is much more plentiful, but no reactors exist outside of tiny university laboratory devices—there are no "shovel ready" designs available. As for plutonium, the only commercial plutonium reactor tried in the US melted down on its first test in 1966, near Monroe, Michigan. (I know; a high-school friend's father was an engineer there at the time, and he died of leukemia less than a decade later.)
France has had a good run with the Phoenix and Super Phoenix plutonium machines, but they have halted further development, due to disposal problems.
And disposal remains quite a problem! Modern nuclear economics relies on "free externalities" in order to compete with even solar cell technology. Current nuclear energy is an "open ended" system—the radioactive waste from both pre- and post-production is immense, and with the demise of Yucca mountain (and the NIMBY factor elsewhere), there is no where to put the stuff.
People living near uranium mines have many times the cancer rates and other health problems as the general population. But don't worry too much about them, they're mostly "brown skinned" people! At least the mercury and CO2 from coal plant effect rich and poor alike!
Thank you for clearly stating your bias in your signature, Rod. It's important to have blind cheerleaders rooting for fringe technologies, because it keeps the opposition honest. But please spare us the "potential" arguments—human civilization doesn't have another 60 years for a small increment in nuclear "potential" before things start falling apart.
@Jan Steinman
Feel free to toss the "too cheap to meter" comment. I will respond with a link to an analysis I wrote last week:
The title is "40-year-old nuclear plants can produce electricity that is too cheap to meter - that capability angers the competition"
You are right that you will find many articles in the "pro business" Wall Street Journal that express doubts about the value of nuclear energy. It is not surprising - nuclear energy is a major competitive threat to the established fossil fuel and subsidized renewable energy business. Those businesses have been major advertisers for many years and continue to buy a lot more ad space than the nuclear industry has ever purchased.
Since you do not like talking about potential, let's talk about reality. The world currently uses just 65,000 tons of uranium each year to fuel enough nuclear power plants to produce 30% more energy for the world market than Saudi Arabia does. Saudi Arabia sells about 9 million barrels of oil per day. It takes about 7.4 barrels to equal a ton, so Saudi Arabia produces about 450,000,000 tons of oil each year.
The compact nature of nuclear energy and the low cost per unit of heat are reality, even though we do not use very much of the potential. The problem is not the technology, the problem is that it is very threatening to some very rich and powerful people.
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
@ Jan Steinman,
Your reply has a large number of problems that I would like to respectfully address.
It is fairly obvious that uranium mining and prospecting over the past few years has been suppressed by Russia's weapon grade uranium. However, the price of uranium can rise to over 300 / kg and still not greatly affect the cost of electricity produced. Japan estimates it will be able to recover uranium from sea water for 300 / kg. There are several billion tons of dissolved Uranium in sea water that can be accessed at a marketable price. Over the years those who have bet on the scarcity of commodities have always been proved wrong – even if from MIT or the Wall Street Journal.
It has been known since the first testing of a reactor in Chicago that there are two types (isotopes) of Uranium, one is able to be split with the addition of a neutron - U235 - and the other U238 can capture neutrons and become a fuel itself, i.e. Plutonium 239 and 240 mixed together. This is called breeding and the technical issues around breeding are fairly straight forward, we just need to do the engineering. The other material you mention - thorium 232 - which converts to U 233 has even more potential since in a Molten Salt configuration it was demonstrated to be able to operate safely, with online refueling and it can burn very close to 100% of the U233 produced. These are not "hoped for" potentials - like taking 1/10 of an inch of rain from a roof, but are real potentials based on the best physics we have produced over the past 100 years. E=MC2
We are no more confusing the "real" with the "ideal" that you are in projecting a 100 year supply of natural gas – if you are allowed to continue a very difficult technical operation (fraking) that the oil and natural gas companies are spending billions of dollars developing. Perhaps Natural Gas would be considered a bit more "ideal" if it was held even to the same radiation standards as nuclear power is, much less the same plant safety standards such as protection against terrorist attack.
While there are no "shovel ready" Thorium designs ready – does that mean that we should continue to place huge regulatory barriers in the way of preparing those designs? There are good engineers and companies working on current designs now. Please look up energyfromthorium.
I am sorry to hear of your friend's father dying from leukemia. This is a rarity with those working in Nuclear Power plants and since 1966 the plants have gotten much safer. I heard stories about those days when people would handle plutonium with just a pair of gloves and end up getting hurt when they were playing with it and put it in a critical distance while holding it. Those days are as long gone as driving on bench seats in a car without seat-belts. Fewer people have been killed in the 60 year history of nuclear power than were killed by methane last year. (Counting the mine explosions from methane, the power plant destroyed on the east coast, the homes destroyed on the west coast and the BP disaster). Please don't exaggerate the danger of radiation coming from Nuclear power production.
Disposal is only a problem due to political – not technical reasons. The Waste Isolation Pilot Project WIPP is able to take all our waste today, even without Yucca. And, if the amount charged to every KWH of electricity were allowed to be accessed by private companies rather than the Federal Government, solutions to the "waste" problem would be to recycle and reuse the valuable materials rather than to use a 34 billion dollar dump.
Finally you harshly charge pro-nuclear people with racism. Cancer rates near mines were historically higher because when you combine radon gas with heavy smoking (and miners are historically heavy smokers) you have a deadly combination. However, venting the shafts properly and restricting smoking eliminates most of the hazard. We have known reserves in the USA that can be safely mined, it is those who restrict us accessing uranium in areas we can control safety in that drive up the price in countries where dictators rule and poverty controls. I doubt you can sustain an argument that Natural Gas is some how less abusive to the poor of the earth.
I support nuclear fission because it is the best solution for us to generate electricity, power ships and trains and even produce synthetic fuels to power ICE with and because we might have a 100 year supply of natural gas – at the current rate of use, and we might have 450 years of coal. With fission of Thorium in breeder reactors we have a 10,000 year or longer supply of energy. I would like that valuable methane to still be around for my great grand children to be able to use, and perhaps even my great great grand children. Squandering it on electrical production to day, when we could use fission, seems very selfish to me.
@Jan Steinman - I am not sure why, but one of my responses to you did not make it through the moderator.
The most important part of the comment was to tell you that there is a very good reason why MIT and the Wall Street Journal are not huge nuclear energy fans and often publish articles that question its value.
Both of those institutions are highly respected members of the establishment. They have both benefited by the massive wealth that has been released by using vast quantities of fossil fuel and both continue to benefit handsomely from advertisements, donations and research dollars that flow because most people have been taught to be afraid of nuclear energy.
Average people do not have any interest in reducing their lifestyles or learning to live with less. As individuals, most of us want a more prosperous and comfortable way of life, though some of us will point to our neighbors and scoff at their seeming excessive use of energy.
The reason that the establishment does not like nuclear energy very much is that it offers a disruptive technology that could quickly increase the market supply of energy to well above the market demand. As many historical events can show, that situation results in rapid drops in the price of fuel, and can lead to hardship or even bankruptcies for those companies that have bet on increasing prices.
If you read through some energy trade publications from the 1980s, you will find that many commentators were worried about the "oversupply" that was coming into the market from the completion of new nuclear power plants. From about 1986 through 2000, as those power plants continued to increase the amount of energy they were producing every year, the price of fossil fuel dropped and stayed very low. Oil dipped down to $10 per barrel and natural gas was selling for $1.80 per million BTU.
The establishment likes stability, nuclear energy is destabilizing to their established positions of wealth and power.
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
Rod Adams says that "average people don't have any interest in reducing their lifestyles"—- I believe he also was the one who earlier said "I prefer to use the model once famously proposed by Jay Leno in his Doritos commercials."Use all you want. We'll make more.""
This comment made me think: Jay Lenno was of course making an ironic joke here—and was not seriously suggesting it as a solution!
Precicely, we need to convince other less developed civilizations that "less is more" and that consumerism is the death of all of us especially if the third world joins us in the consumer frenzy which by the way does not lead to happiness.
Have you seen the photo that if the entire world would consume like the USA, we would need 5 earths to support this consumtion of resources of all levels.
Riding around on a bicycle is much better for your body and health than driving in a car! Have you noticed how obese the US population is becoming—- including Jay Lenno—when you see movies of our own population from the 1960's—they are much slimmer and more attractive—- already an example of "less is more".
Read this article here about how the Chinese are wrecking their environment with rare earth mining and you can see—technology is overrated and there is a confidence in technology that is not warranted.
I am grateful for my scientific literacy and I do believe science can eventually solve our problems but not due to consumerism or greedy technosolutions.
Look up the word consume in the dictionary—to destroy is a synonym.
Well, I can see I'm out-gunned—if not "out-thought"—on this thread. I don't have the time that Rod Adams and David Phillips seem to have to devote to this thread. I have food to grow, animals to tend to, and biodiesel (from waste restaurant oil) to brew—I can't sit in front of a keyboard all day.
We are at an impasse, and I respectfully decline a point-by-point rebuttal of their arguments, although I have the information to do so. It just isn't worth arguing with brick walls!
But most of all, we have a basic philosophical difference that I fear cannot be breached.
On the one side is basically a "status quo" argument that civilization can pretty much go on as it has been for "tens of thousands of years," if we only choose the proper energy source.
On the other side is the notion that nothing in the known universe grows forever. Everything eventually collapses under its own weight, outstripping the energy and connectivity required of its increasing complexity, until it self-destructs. This "panarchy" theory applies equally to individual living creatures, populations, and civilizations, just as it applies to stars, galaxies, and perhaps the entire Universe.
The Adams-Phillips school (for lack of a better term) seems to think we should put our effort into perpetuating and growing the way things are. The Panarchy theorists think we are headed for a crash, and must put our efforts into managing as smooth a decent as we can.
I'm working on the latter plan, and could use some help. More at http://www.EcoReality.org .
@ Gudrun,
Well, I may not have much more time to devote to this. But loosing sleep to do so helps. :)
You said,
"Precicely, we need to convince other less developed civilizations that "less is more" and that consumerism is the death of all of us especially if the third world joins us in the consumer frenzy which by the way does not lead to happiness."
I totally agree that a consumer frenzy does not lead to happiness. On the other hand the world is moving urban and the opportunity to work sure helps you to feed your family. Reliable energy that is inexpensive helps with that.
"Have you seen the photo that if the entire world would consume like the USA, we would need 5 earths to support this consumtion of resources of all levels."
I have not seen the photo but I understand the concept. The point we are making is that most of the world is living far below our level and they are planning to met us at least 1/2 way. This will force increased energy production and the best technology for that will be nuclear power.
"Riding around on a bicycle is much better for your body and health than driving in a car! Have you noticed how obese the US population is becoming—- including Jay Lenno—when you see movies of our own population from the 1960's—they are much slimmer and more attractive—- already an example of "less is more"."
I love to ride a bicycle and that is my first choice in transportation. But shifting to bikes will not solve our energy problems. The percentage of energy used on a personal level is only about 1/3 of the total energy needed in the USA. Even if we some how manage to "conserve" a great deal - say 30%, we will only affect the growth of demand in our country by a small amount as our population grows. Most energy is used in industry. Industry has a huge financial incentive for reducing energy use already and work hard to do so, but you still need vast amounts of energy to keep people working.
It is a bit harsh but the choices are to produce more energy in the safest cleanest way possible - nuclear power - or to let people live in pain and poverty.
David Phillips wrote: "Even if we some how manage to "conserve" a great deal - say 30%, we will only affect the growth of demand in our country by a small amount as our population grows."
Ah, you've identified yourself as one who worships at the "Church of Growth." But don't feel bad—you've got nearly 6.8 billion fellow worshippers! This is the One True Religion that none dare defy, lest they be branded as heretics.
This is the crux of our disagreement: I totally refute "growth" as a sustainable way of life.
We don't need nuclear power. We need a steady-state way of life that is within our solar energy budget. But to do that, we have to stop worshipping at the Church of Growth.
@Jan Steinman
You may reject growth, but I totally reject the crackpot theories of Thomas Malthus, a man who died in 1834, and has has been proven wrong in all of his predictions of resource shortages.
There is so much more we could be doing with the resources that we were given on this earth. There is no reason why 4-5 billion people have to be living in dire poverty. Based on the population and fertility patterns that you can find through simple research, one would have to conclude that the very best way to limit human population growth would be to improve access to energy and prosperity.
You sound like you enjoy being self sufficient. I congratulate you. What is your prescription for all of the people who do not have your options, your health and your resources? How do you expect them to choose to live if they do not have any land on which to grow food or to erect solar panels? Do you think that people who are born in barrios, slums and apartments have no right to live?
Feel free to keep your elitist views; I will keep working to make clean energy into the cheap kind of energy that everyone should be able to use freely to improve their standards of living.
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
@ Jan,
Worshiping at the church of growth? Do you have every conversation pegged and every person labeled? I am merely pointing out the fact that population (world wide) is growing and that personal conservation - even if highly effective - will not reduce the overall demand for resources.
If you don't "worship at the church of growth" what church do you worship at?
For me worship includes loving my neighbor as myself and doing for others what I would want them to do for me. It also commands me that the strong ought to bear with and help the weak.
Finally, I am currently unemployed and living in an apartment - that is all electric. I do not work for any nuclear power industry and have arrived at my conclusions after wide ranging study to help those around me. I have lived in places where solar, winds and waves were all that were available to some of my neighbors (with the occasional few gallons of diesel for fishing). The grinding poverty is heart breaking, the lack of education mind numbing. Much of this was due to poor government but some of it was also due to expensive energy. How do you feed your family when the fuel to move your fishing boat costs more per day than you earn in a week?
So, with your no growth idea, are you able to look these folks in the eye and tell them they can't eat? I can't.
"So, with your no growth idea, are you able to look these folks in the eye and tell them they can't eat? I can't."
So, with your notion that population growth and subsequent energy use growth are inevitable, can you look future generations in the eye and tell them, "Sorry we didn't restrain ourselves, and now you can't eat?"
I can't.
If we have enough energy for them, as I am proposing, they will also be able to eat. This is the crux of the argument. Do we need to restrain energy use to allow future generations to live somewhere near the same level of health and education we currently enjoy? Or can we continue at somewhat the same level? I want to leave future generations with tools that will enable them - not plan to restrict them in advance.
If we continue using fossil fuels for sure sometime in the next 100 to 450 years we will run out and the generations that follow are going to die more quickly in deeper poverty. However, if we can utilize the energy potential in Uranium, Thorium and Plutonium, we can extend enough wealth today to slow the population growth. I agree population growth needs to be slowed I disagree about the means (that is to say wealth decreases birth rates from the historical records I have seen).
So, in my understanding by using a basically emission free source of power that has very long term potential we can achieve that goal.
The other option is tyranny. That is I force people today to conform to some pattern of living that I have decided for them. Personally I would rather leave the future generations the gift of a technology that enables them rather than hope for the political force necessary to put the genie of a modern civilization back in the bottle.
The reason why I don't think that Solar and Wind can help us get there is that these variable sources cannot sustain modern civilization. We can only have this discussion because the services we are using all have reliable energy sources.
"f we have enough energy for them, as I am proposing, they will also be able to eat. This is the crux of the argument."
If we have energy, population will grow. If energy declines, population will, also.
You have it exactly backwards. Energy drives population, not the other way around. I'm not making this up; it is a basic principle of college-level ecology. Plot human energy availability and population, and they track almost perfectly. THIS is the crux of the argument!
We are at impasse, and I am bored. I should have taken my own advice when I summed up the "status quo" versus the steady-state camps, below.
I cannot live in your world, and you, it seems, cannot live in mine.
I have known we were at an impasse for some time. But it is valuable to me at least to know the source of your beliefs. Now I know that it was Ecology courses that started you in your direction.
The discussion has been interesting to me. I have a master's degree but not in ecology. However, I have worked and lived in 2nd and 3rd world situations. "Energy drives population." Only up to a point. Adam Smith writing in 1776 noted that poverty drove population. He documents that the birth rates for poor people are consistently higher than for those of wealthy people across many cultures and nations and over long periods of history.
This finding is confirmed if you trace - as Robert Hargraves has (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgKfS74hVvQ) - the per capita birth rates and the level of wealth and energy use. As wealth rises above 7500 dollars a year and energy use rises above 2000 KWH / year / per capita the population levels and the overall standard of living becomes much more conducive to human prosperity.
On the other hand, some of the poorest countries with some of the smallest energy use per capita have some of the worlds fastest population growth rates.
I think your ecology class was not entirely accurate. The date does not support your conclusion.
Thanks for a patient conversation.
Energy companies are advertising that they create jobs.
I just finished reading the coffeetable book : "Plundering Appalachia" printed in 2009 and photos of blowing up 480 mountaintops—today that number is 500 mountaintops.
This is plundering not only the biodiversity, the forests, the water, the topsoil, the airquality and public health. All for the sake of some jobs?
Soon on earth it will make more sense to eat locally and grow locally and Appalachia would be much better off if they had some land to do something with rather than have a mudslide killing people because of climate instability is upon us.
See this weeks news about the cyclone in Australia - biggest ever and the hundreds of people who died in Brazil recently from mudslides due to massive rain and cutting down the forests—for mahogany. someplace!
Actually I have heard that more enlightened rich people do not want a mahogany lined apartment or office as we understand they come from a limited and beautiful rain forest getting hacked down.
As for birthcontrol, sure you have to make it attractive to have a smaller family—it could start by having a portable local family planning clinic come around to people who don't have a car or transport to a county clinic somewhere. Family planning has to be user friendly world wide which is not the case right now thanks to fundamentalism both here and abroad and has little to do with poor people actually clamoring for huge families.
To get back to the beginning- job creation without explanation what these jobs are destroying is not real economics any more than going around and saying that natural gas is more climate friendly than coal.
Thanks pro publica for doing the math when it comes to the economics of natural gas.
Somebody else needs to do the economics of creating jobs that destroy more than they create.
Natural gas is not a least cost solution to US energy needs.
Thanks for am informative article, but one of your points is not entirely accurate:
"Renewable sources like wind and solar are being developed rapidly, but the energy is expensive and won't provide a commanding supply of electricity for decades. "
Distributed renewables for electricity generation, combined with aggressive efforts to improve efficiency, are cheaper and more reliable than centralized fossil fuel plants, and could reduce our demand growth for coal and gas to near zero.
more: http://completelybaked.blogspot.com/2009/02/renewables-intermittency-reliability.html
and more: http://completelybaked.blogspot.com/2011/01/modest-new-years-resolution-get-energy.html
Scott Gudrun and Author,
I agree entirely that jobs are the byproduct of business success - not an end in themselves. This is what I have been telling the "green jobs" marketers (lobbyists) and Congress for the past three years! For if jobs were the goal, we could easily all go to work making pedal power, and print money to pay everyone handsomely for doing so. The problem is, our economy would collapse. Bastiat's broken window fallacy is not to be tested at scale!
I wonder what it is that you would prefer, electricity only when the weather is right, or just a lot less humans to "ruin everything."
It seems ProPublica and you both want to stop using natural gas and coal. But neither of you appears to have done the financial math on these technologies compared to any feasible, scalable alternatives.
For instance, with wind energy at a 30% capacity factor and scalable, affordable, environmentally safe electricity storage nowhere to be found, the only way for wind to replace the performance of these carbon fuels is with a codependent stabilizing source of electricity offering 70% of the electricity in the partnership. There aren't enough corn fields, manure piles land fills algae ponds and forests to get this job done, not to mention they are all combustion carbon emitters.
Natural gas is the most abundant and least carbon emitting of the fuels for variable load (and variable supply) leveling, yet adding to the slope, amplitude and volume under the variable load curve by adding wind, forces natural gas (or any other) generators to run much less efficiently.
Doing the math on CC gas plants alone, running at optimal, steady output vs. wind+cycling CC gas+transmission, we arrive at an incremental cost per unit of carbon emissions from wind that is 4 to 12 times that of gas alone, and only has the potential to decrease the emissions from coal by about 15% more than gas alone.
The main thing to remember here is that 1MWH is not equal to 1MWH. Delivery timing is a bigger part of the value proposition than quantity, when perishability is high and costs of preservation prohibitive. That's basically why we don't "power millions of homes" with lightning (or wind). Nice try, Ben Franklin. It was worth exploring…
Given a very busy green ink printing press, I suppose anything is possible. But costs at this scale translate to devastation of economies and millions of human lives. Oh - I forgot. Human lives are the least important consideration here.
So maybe nuclear power is the right thing, considering the priority list here. While today's fission reactors aren't designed for efficient ramping, our naval fleet reactors are.
One hydrofracking of a shale gas well requires up to 5 million gallons of water and a truck hold about 6,000 gallons so that amounts to about 500 truck trips one way -
Really? 500 multiplied by 6K comes to 3M, not 5M. When someone posts such clearly flawed data as this, not only are their competencies suspect, so are their motives.
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Melbourne Vixens (65) defeated West Coast Fever (56)
Vixens dominate Fever to continue unbeaten start to season
The Melbourne Vixens showcased their all-round abilities with a dominating 65-56 win over the West Coast Fever in Perth on Sunday.
The early morning start did little to deter the wide awake Vixens, who threatened a 30-goal winning margin after dictating all aspects for three quarters of the match.
The resting of impressive Vixens pair Karyn Bailey and Geva Mentor for the final quarter helped Fever gain some respectability. The home team finally found some form to win that stanza 19-11 - but by then the damage had already been done.
Vixens reinforced their credentials as title contenders by backing up an equally effective season-opener in notching a second straight win while Fever remain winless after two outings.
Being rewarded for her fine performance after replacing Catherine Cox in the first week, Bailey got the nod to start in Vixens second outing and continued to impress with her eye-catching form.
The visitors set the early benchmark with their speed through court and great defensive pressure to hold sway from the outset. Bailey and her shooting partner Tegan Caldwell were on song early, the Fever having few answers to their speed and accuracy in the goal circle.
The home team worked their way back into contention with a solid reply, doing the basics well to level the scores late in the opening quarter with hard-working wing defence Ashleigh Brazill playing a prominent role.
However, the Vixens offered few scraps, their tidy and accurate execution providing a late surge as they went to the first break with a slight 17-15 lead.
Looking to shore up their defensive end, Fever coach Norma Plummer introduced Courtney Bruce at goalkeeper for Josie Janz with Eboni Beckford-Chambers moving to goal defence on the resumption.
That coincided with a lift in intensity from Vixens who swung into overdrive with their methodical placement, timing and speed.
Fever had no such luxury at the other end, struggling on every play in their efforts on attack with the menacing presence of defenders Bianca Chatfield and Mentor denying Natalie Medhurst and Caitlin Bassett anything easy under the hoop.
Pressing her claims for a permanent start, shooter Bailey was almost unstoppable in-goal, her calmness on execution pushing the Vixens out to a compelling 38-25 lead at the main break.
Staring down the barrel, Plummer made substantial changes for the second half when pushing Medhurst back to goalshooter, introducing Kate Beveridge at goal attack and Shae Bolton to wing defence from the bench while Brazill moved into centre.
It had little overall effect in halting the ever-efficient Vixens but it did ensure a closer contest. The visitors retained their overall superiority, never giving Fever the opportunity of a sniff to get back into the contest.
Through the best efforts of Beckford-Chambers, Fever kept the difference to four goals in the third stanza but simply couldn't disrupt the slick flow and precision of Vixens on attack.
It was the visitors who held all the cards as they raced to a 54-37 lead at the last break.
Predicted as the big improvers this season, Fever showed some of that character in a spirited closing stanza. Vixens had the luxury of bringing on new players for the run home, including veteran shooter Cox against her old team, but it backfired slightly as the home team came back strongly.
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Karyn Bailey 35/42 (83%)
Tegan Caldwell 25/28 (89%)
Catherine Cox 5/8 (63%)
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Natalie Medhurst 28/31 (90%)
Caitlin Bassett 16/19 (84%)
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I WALKED in purposefully, it had been a long morning, lunch was just what I needed. "On your own?" asked the seater and greeter. When I confessed I was, this young woman looked around the restaurant with concern, then allowed her eyes to fall on the tables and comfortable leather chairs tucked away, but close to the bar. "Perhaps, as you are on your own, you would be happier here," she whispered, pointing to a corner table. "But I'm a real person, you don't have to hide me. Can't I sit in the restaurant like everyone else," I said.
She looked so sorry for me, but finally conceded to my request and led me to a small table in the restaurant area. When I immediately ordered a half pint of Old Speckled Hen before checking out the menu, her confusion deepened. I think she'd expected me to order mineral water or, perhaps, a glass of lemonade.
It reminded me of the time (many years ago) when the landlord of a small country pub close to Abingdon refused to serve me until my partner arrived. When I informed him I was on my own, he showed signs of great unease. Similar things happened during my early years in Australia during the 1970s when women were not expected to walk into a pub without an escourt. Obviously that's all changed now.
So, there I was alone in a restaurant and quite happy to be alone. I had notes to write up while waiting for my meal and a couple of Restaurant magazines to read should my meal take a while to arrive, yet the waitress was feeling concerned for me.
The pub was The Greyhound, Besselsleigh, which can be found on the right hand side of A420 as you head out of Oxford towards Fyfield. I've been there twice before, but as I approached it I remembered a reader had spoken highly of the meal she'd had there recently.
The Greyhound is a stylish eating place these days, attracting a great many customers. I arrived just after 12pm and by the time I was ready to leave almost every table was taken.
I remember, however, that on my last visit the menu proudly boasted several dishes created from foods sourced locally. Not so this time. The steak was described as Welsh steak which had been allowed to mature for a minimum of 21 days, but no other meat, not even the lamb, was credited with an area of provenance and nothing was described as local. I chose the chicken Caesar salad (£9.50) as it's always interesting to see how chefs cope with turning a classic Caesar salad into a chicken Caesar salad, which is a popular dish that's evolved during the past decade or so.
Actually mine was very tasty. The chicken, which was placed on top of the salad, was warm and chargrilled and the croutons which decorated the edge of the salad tasted crunchy and fresh. I mention this because some kitchens make up items such as croutons on a weekly basis, which means they can taste quite stale at times.
The menu is large. There are, for example, 15 different starters listed including dishes such as potted pork with gooseberry chutney (£5.45) and 20 main course meals priced from £9.95. There are seven lite-bites from £6.95 and eight sandwich choices priced from £5.75. I was pleased to see a children's section with dishes such as cottage pie (£4.95) and ribs with BBQ sauce (£6.95) - these prices include a choice of four puddings. There was not a single chicken nugget in sight, just chicken goujons at £4.95 which I presume were made from unprocessed chicken flesh.
I didn't stay for coffee, I think that would have made my charming waitress just a little too anxious. Fortunately, I managed to take the photograph of my food while she was out of the room, as I don't think she could have handled that either.


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A highly decorated 26-year-old Jacksonville soldier was buried Monday in Cabot after memorial services were held at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cabot and before that at Evergreen Chapel in Fort Lewis, Wash., on Friday.
Army Spec. Phillip Nicholas Sayles, 26, was killed May 28 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his security post. Thirteen other soldiers were wounded, as were numerous Iraqi adults and children.
I watched him develop as a very special young man who has a special love for God and for his country, said Royce Lowe, pastor of First Assembly of God in Jacksonville.
Physically, he was of average size, but he had a big heart and spirit.
Nicholas was a caring person. He was a responsible person, Lowe said. We will never understand why Nick was taken from us so young. We prayed every week for him in our church services and asked God to protect him.
Sayles earned numerous awards and badges in the Army, including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart awarded posthumously. He also earned the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for Iraq, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal for Iraq, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Expert Infantrymans Badge and Sniper Distinction.
Sayles joined the Army as an infantryman and trained to become a sniper before his deployment to Mosul. He worked in the operations section of the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Headquarters, drove and operated computers for the battalion commander in Mosul.
He had pleaded for the chance to get out with an infantry squad, said his former commander, Capt. Bryan Carroll, and he was moved to a job on the line with Bravo Company.
Nick lived up to every one of my expectations, Carroll told soldiers and family members at Evergreen Chapel. Not only was he extremely intelligent, he was a natural leader and a brave soldier. He led from the front, taught, coached, mentored he looked out for everyone around him.
Spec. Donald Bergren met Sayles the day they arrived at Fort Lewis to report for duty in September 2002. They were standing in front of the wrong building, trying to find their way.
Bergren, still recovering from the Dec. 21 suicide bombing at a Mosul chow hall that killed 22 people and wounded dozens more, stood with a cane in Ft. Lewis and said Sayles had a sense of humor that could brighten even the worst circumstances.
It was hard to have a bad day with Nick working next to you, he said. Nick always had a smile for a friend, and he was loved by many for it.
Sayles spent many weekends and holidays with Bergren and his wife and children. Bergren said his friend often said how much he admired their family, and said he hoped to have one of his own some day.
Sayles attended North Pulaski High School and was enrolled in ROTC classes at Jacksonville High School for three years before he graduated from Cabot High School in 1997.
His former youth pastor, Dale Dahl, said Sayles was known for his dependability, excelled in leadership and earned several awards while he was in the ROTC at Jacksonville High School. He was a member of the honor guard and a member of the Elite Saber Team.
Lowe said he performed the marriage ceremony for Sayles parents and had known him all his life.
He remembered Sayles and his brother, Joey, enjoyed playing soldier together when they were young, and that he was a good second-baseman in baseball.
Lowe also remembered a time when Sayles worried several people on a camping trip to Greer Ferry. He got separated from his group and they searched everywhere. He was eventually found rolled up in a quilt, sleeping in their tent.
Funeral services at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cabot were conducted Monday with Rev. Terry Fortner, Lowe and Dahl officiating. Sayles was buried afterward in Sumner Cemetery in Cabot.
He made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, Lowe said. His love and compassion were big enough to help those who hurt. Nicholas, today we all salute you. We sadly say, Thank you. We are proud of you, and we love you. We do not say goodbye, but we say well see you in a little while.
His family asked in lieu of flowers that memorials be made to the Nick Sayles ROTC Scholarship Fund at Twin City Bank or Community Bank.


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Verbal spats in Bollywood is not new to anyone. Almost every second person from the industry has been into some verbal spat or the other. Examples of this are dime a dozen in the industry.
The latest one is something which can be called as a most unlikely one. It started off with the celebrated ad man Prahlad Kakkar speaking at the Mumbai Film Festival. He started off at the forum saying "Why use a good actor when you can have a nephew? And if you have to create stars anyway, why not from the family? It is hence very difficult for men to become stars. But since Bollywood does not want their women to be in films, females have a better chance of becoming stars or starlets. Men stars are usually useless nephews and sons," he said at a forum.
No. he did not end there. He went on to 'cite an example' in the form of Abhishek Bachchan. He said, "Abhishek Bachchan has 17 flops in a row and is still going strong. He is unique and should be in the Guinness Book of Records." Needless to say that, this statement garnered an uproarious laughter from the gathering.
Retaliating to this, Abhishek tweeted "I love Prahlad Kakkar, he should be a stand-up comic not an ad-filmmaker. May be then someone will take him seriously! This coming from a man who makes commercials with his own son. Hmmm. Oh ya, Prahlad, I'm already in the Guinness book of world records and a very proud son. I hope you give your sons an opportunity to say the same someday."
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PHILADELPHIA – Lucy Ferguson allowed 13 goals over two games last week as No. 9 Penn split a pair of Top-20 matchups. On Monday, she was named Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Week, marking the third time this season she has earned at least a share of the Ivy League's weekly defensive honor. She is the first Penn player to ever earn three Defensive Player of the Week honors in one season and the first Ivy player to do so since 2012.
Ferguson made 17 saves in the two games, recording eight stops in an 8-6 win over No. 19 Georgetown on Tuesday before coming up with nine saves in a loss to No. 6 Northwestern on Sunday. Ferguson added three ground balls against the Wildcats, giving her 21 for the season.
Through nine games, Ferguson's goals-against average stands at 8.20 – good for third in the Ivy League and 20th among Division I goalkeepers. Her save percentage stands at .485, also third in the Ivy League and 18th in the country. Ferguson enters this week as one of 12 goalies in the country to be in the Top-20 in both statistical categories and is one of just 10 who has done so while playing more than 50% of her team's minutes.
A unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection in 2013, Ferguson has now earned five Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week awards in her two years with the Quakers.
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For dessert: Kids' stuff
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Homemade re-creations of candy bars and other childhood favorites are elbowing their way onto dessert menus all over the Bay Area.
Noe Valley Bakery's Mostest Cupcakes (pictured at right) look just like the mini-mart best-seller, but taste much better, with a Bavarian cream center and chocolate ganache glaze with a Hostess-esque white squiggle on top. The Zinger'd cupcake, topped with pink coconut, has raspberry Bavarian cream. $2.25 each. 4073 24th St., (415) 550-1405.
The peanut butter cup bonbon, inspired by Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, has just been added to Boulevard's dessert menu. Pastry chef Jessica Sullivan puts a scoop of peanut butter ice cream onto a bamboo skewer and dips it into Valrhona semisweet chocolate. $3.50 each. 1 Mission St., (415) 543-6084.
At Cortez, the peanut butter truffle cake is made with malted milk chocolate ice cream and salted peanut praline. The restaurant also serves rosemary caramel corn as an end-of-meal treat. $9. 550 Geary St., (415) 292-6360.
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You can also grab a bag of house-made caramel corn before or after the ball game at Acme Chophouse. $6. 24 Willie Mays Plaza, (415) 644-0240.
Another perennial best-seller are Foreign Cinema's very own Pop Tarts. Available only at the restaurant's see-and-be-seen Sunday brunch, homemade pastry is stuffed with organic, seasonal fruit like nectarines or figs. $4. 2534 Mission St., (415) 648-7600.
Bacar's new chef, Robbie Lewis, offers a deconstructed take on the Milky Way, with chocolate cake and malted ice cream brought together by a bourbon caramel sauce. $9. 448 Brannan St., (415) 904-4100.


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Merci French Café Operates in Scratch's Spirit but Has Some Growing To Do
Duc Liao's desserts are back -- and, boy, are we excited.
Heather Hoch
When both Scratch locations in Scottsdale and Phoenix closed last year, it left a macaron-sized hole in our hearts. After the financial difficulties of rejuvenating the old Canvas building downtown, Duc Liao and his wife, Noelle, closed their operations. Luckily for Scratch enthusiasts (and there are quite a few), Liao re-opened the Scottsdale location near Indian School and Miller roads under the name Merci. While the new restaurant plays on the strengths of the previous iterations, it hasn't shaken some of the old weaknesses.
See Also: Scratch Pastries and Scratch French Cafe Closed; Owners Duc and Noelle Liao To Declare Bankruptcy
If you ever dined at Scratch, you are familiar with a distinct French style in décor, with ornate wallpaper patterns contrasting with simple white walls and fashion photography spattering the walls. Merci is no different, though it has been altered from the original design. The real show-stopper at any Liao joint is the pastry case, and Merci is no exception -- you'll find a brightly lit spread of beautiful, simple, and inventive treats.
Heather Hoch
We decided to save dessert for last and started with the scallops. The $15.50 entrée is a steal, with fresh veggies and plenty of plump scallops to share, and while our portion was just slightly overcooked, the sauce was delicious and the vegetables crisp.
For a brief sweet reprieve, we tried the hot chocolate, which Liao makes a la minute. The insanely velvety cup of cocoa had as much bitter, creamy dark chocolate packed into it as it possibly could while still remaining liquid.
Heather Hoch
Next up was the rib eye, which was also about $15. The large steak. served atop a bed of thinly julienned French fries and smothered in a pepper gravy, was an unexpectedly fatty cut of meat, which made for a decadent combination along with the lightly creamy and spicy sauce. Unfortunately, under all that meat and sauce, the fries did tend to clump together and get soggy.
The new look at the location off of Scottsdale and Miller roads.
Heather Hoch
Given there was just one (seemingly inexperienced) server taking care of the entire front of house and only Liao cooking in the back for dinner, we were amazed at the efficiency, understanding of the flaws, and hopeful that he can get some more hands in there to assist. Despite his solo kitchen act, after the tickets have been stabbed, Liao comes out to the dining room to ask each guest how they're enjoying their meal, bowing as he walks to the next table.
And now for the pastry case. At Scratch, we've enjoyed impossibly light and cloud-like raspberry rose parfaits and decadent chocolate tartes, so we knew we were in for a treat. This time, we ordered the lemon meringue tarte and were not disappointed with the light, citrusy tang that added complexity to the sweet and silky meringue -- all encased in a crumbly but stable tarte crust. If you go to Merci for anything, let it be dessert. It's an experience you won't find at other local restaurants.
Glad to have you back, Duc Liao.
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Hats off to all who have conquered finals, classes and the fall semester as a whole! It is definitely a time to be out and about celebrating. Either doing some last minute shopping, catching up with friends or just going somewhere other than the library, treat yourself to a new scene. Or maybe a new accessory. This Fashionista's hat would certainly do the trick. Her finely felted riding cap is perfect for any outing or occasion.
One of my go-to textures of the season is quilting. Not only is it a chic, simple pattern on outerwear, but the stuffing also adds weight and warmth to an ensemble. Topping off an outfit with a quilted vest is an easy way to transform a simple long sleeve and denim jean combo into a put together look. Play up a bold statement necklace and jewelry and you are ready to go. This Fashionista's vest, when matched with her brown cognac riding boots, gives the outfit a classic English equestrian feel. Continuing the look I would suggest these flat leather ankle booties with elastic side panels as a substitute for the tall boots while still in tune with the riding theme.
Just because its chilly outside doesn't mean the sun doesn't shine so count all sunglasses applicable for accessorizing! As well as an impressively large tote to carry around all of the necessities. I like the light tan neutral color of this Fashionista's handbag because of its versatility and ability to be used in the upcoming spring season. With all this in mind you will be styling throughout the season.


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Did you know?
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed in 1894 by President Paul Kruger.
Imagine rising with the South African sun. Driving out of your camp, filled with anticpation as you keep your eyes peeled for an overnight lion kill, a leopard casually draped over the branch of a big tree or a herd of elephants taking a morning stroll. Then ask yourself, is there anywhere else in the world you'd rather be?
The Kruger National Park is home to thousands of animals. From giraffes browsing for Acacia leaves to chew on and a herd of buffalo crossing the road right in front of you, to elusive big cats enjoying a spot of shade and fish eagles letting out their distinctive call – it's the Lion King in live action.
It's hard to believe your eyes when you see the herds of hundreds of antelope or crocodiles basking in the afternoon sun while the hippos keep cool under water. Not to mention the things you'll hear, they are just as unbelievable – hyenas cackling the night away as male lions roar for dominance, and if you're lucky, the almost silent footsteps of a pack of wild dogs on the prowl.
This is just a small taste of all the things you can see, hear and do in one of the world's most-loved game parks.
The Kruger National Park enjoys a great year-round sunny climate and offers all kinds of activities, from guided game drives and bush walks with an armed ranger to three-night walking trails in deep wilderness areas.
With so much to see and do, it's hardly surprising that the Kruger National Park gets over 1.4 million visitors a year. However, because it's so big – 352km from north to south, and covering over 1.9 million hectares with 2500km of tar and dirt roads – you will be amazed at how often you find yourself being treated to a private sighting. Don't be fooled though, with so many expertly-camouflaged animals calling the park home, you're never really alone.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
South African National Parks Central Reservations
Tel: +27 (0)12 428 9111
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How to get here
By road from Johannesburg it's approximately a five-hour drive (depending where you enter the park). You can also travel by plane to Kruger Park International Airport in Mbombela (Nelspruit ) and drive from there.
Best time to visit
Winter is the best time for game-spotting. The grass is low and animals are dependent on waterholes. Summer is hot, but scenically very beautiful, and there are lots of baby animals to see.
Tours to do
A guided sunset tour. You get a glorious view of a spectacular African sunset, see game coming to drink, and then have the excitement of a spotlit night drive.
Get around
It's best to hire your own vehicle – preferably a mini-van because you'll sit high up and have a better chance to spot game.
Length of stay
At least three nights, much more if possible as there is plenty to see and do. Some regular visitors spend up to a month in the park at a time.
What to pack
Comfortable lightweight clothes, plus a warm jacket for winter evenings. Plenty of sunscreen and a hat, no matter what the season.
Where to stay
There's accommodation to suit all budgets, from basic campsites and cottages to spacious family lodges. Book well in advance.
What to eat
The camp shops supply plenty of foodstuffs and drinks. Their braai meat is particularly good. If you're not self-catering, all the bigger camps have restaurants.
Best buys
The camp shops offer a great selection of wildlife books, DVDs, bush clothing and African curios.


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Table: 2001 Estimates at a Glance
TOTAL NET REVENUES: $22 billion, down 19% from previous year
TOTAL NET EARNINGS: $2.3 billion, down 39% from previous year
CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL CLIENT SERVICES (57.1% of net earnings)
NET REVENUES: $10 billion
NET EARNINGS: $1.3 billion
Assists companies in debt and equity issuances and trades and provides strategic merger and acquisition advice. Trades for Merrill's own account. Like its peers, Merrill is suffering from weak markets and a dismal investment-banking environment.
PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES (32.2% of net earnings)
NET REVENUES: $10 billion
NET EARNINGS: $740 million
As the largest broker in the U.S., Merrill Lynch (MER ) markets financial advice, stocks, and bonds through a sales force of 15,000 brokers. But the firm's rapid global expansion has cost the company: Its international client group suffered a $51 million loss in the first nine months of 2001, vs. a $155 million pretax profit a year earlier.
ASSET-MANAGEMENT SERVICES (10.7% of net earnings)
NET REVENUES: $2 billion
NET EARNINGS: $250 million
Manages investments for individuals and corporations. Market depreciation and foreign exchange fluctuations reduced assets under management by 5%, to $507 billion, in the third quarter.
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Term Life insurance for Boomers over 65 in Englewood, CO
Life insurance is a wonderful method to make certain that your effort is managed and also your treasured relative are taken care of for many years to find. Life insurance for senior citizens is offered, however it is necessary to compare rates and also find the appropriate fit.
Is It Feasible to obtain Life Insurance if You Are Over 75 in Englewood, CO?
Popular kinds of life insurance for the elderly
Term life insurance policy for boomers:
This plan benefits elders who want to protect their liked ones for a certain number of years. It could be less expensive than other policies, especially for elders healthy. Since elders are living longer, it's not unusual for an individual in their 60s to buy a 20-year-term life insurance plan.
Whole life for baby boomers:
This sort of life insurance is usually much more costly but will last for the remainder of your life. Part of the premium you pay obtains attached the goal of gaining even more loan for your recipient.
Simplified Issue life insurance for seniors:
With this plan, you possibly will not have to undertake a physical exam, that makes it a good option for elders with health and wellness problems. Your beneficiaries could just obtain the total of your death benefit if the policy is energetic for a variety of years prior to you die (generally 2 or three years).
Cost of life insurance policy for baby boomers in CO
Both term as well as irreversible life insurance policy plans are offered for elders, regardless of age. Nonetheless, there are some constraints when it concerns purchasing term life insurance All life insurance business have a cut off period for term life insurance policy plans, which can vary from business to company. After this cut-off factor, term life insurance might not be readily available to you, however you could typical find specific sorts of permanent policies and annuities.
For lots of people, term life is the very best option. You pick the term size as well as the plan pays a death benefit to your beneficiary if you pass away throughout the term. For instance, you would certainly buy term life to cover income replacement during your working years or for the years covering mortgage settlements.
Some individuals are just also old to get term life insurance quotes, however the age restriction for elderly life insurance might be more than you believe.
See just what elderly people in Englewood should recognize when selecting or changing a life-insurance policy, including benefits and also costs.
Life insurance could alleviate economic problems that turn up later in life. You might worry that your spouse or produced children will endure monetarily after your death. As soon as taken unnecessary or as well costly, life insurance policy for elders has become an essential as well as useful way to protect your family members as well as their long-term monetary objectives.
Reasons elders in Englewood, CO purchase life insurance.
1) You want a 2nd life insurance policy to supply extra protection.
2) Your previous term policy ran out.
3) You retired and also lost group life insurance from your company.
4) Your youngsters or grandchildren may take advantage of economic support after your death.
5) You worry about lowered Social Safety or lost pension plan funds for your spouse.
Money from a life insurance policy is payable right away as well as is usually free of tax, which suggests your loved ones or various other beneficiaries could swiftly get the sum total of your life insurance policy policy.
Some ways recipients could use your life insurance policy payout
Without a life insurance payment, your recipients may need to sell off possessions or borrow loan to pay your financial obligation or various other expenses. With your fatality benefit, your successors could pay:
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If you die suddenly, your member of the family might be in charge of some significant costs, particularly if you do not live insurance policy to help shoulder the problem. Life insurance policy is an exceptional way for elders to protect their family members from ending up being financially strained with end of life expenses.
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Obama on refugees: Obama Refugees Pilgrims
Published: November 26, 2015
Obama on refugees: Obama Refugees Pilgrims, US President Barack Obama Thursday urged Americans to open their hearts to refugees in his Thanksgiving message to the nation, likening them to the pilgrims the holiday celebrates.
"Nearly four centuries after the Mayflower set sail, the world is still full of pilgrims – men and women who want nothing more than the chance for a safer, better future for themselves and their families," Obama said in his weekly address, referring to the boat on which the first pilgrims reached the New World.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Today, we give thanks for all of our loved ones and the brave men and women in uniform who serve our country.
— President Obama (@POTUS) November 26, 2015
Be thankful today-and don't forget to give back. #HappyThanksgiving pic.twitter.com/0rXUAY3aP1
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the group who fled religious persecution in England. For many Americans, it has become a family-oriented holiday marked with an enormous meal of roast turkey and a slice or two of pie.
"I've been touched by the generosity of the Americans who've written me letters and emails in recent weeks, offering to open their homes to refugees fleeing the brutality of ISIL," Obama said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
The refugee question has taken center stage in the 2016 presidential race, following the Paris attacks staged by Syria-linked extremists this month.
Obama faces a barrage of opposition to his own plan to resettle Syrian 10,000 refugees in the United States in the coming year.
"People should remember that no refugee can enter our borders until they undergo the highest security checks of anyone traveling to the United States," Obama said.
"That was the case before Paris, and it's the case now."
Obama also reminded listeners that Thanksgiving was not just an opportunity for people to give thanks for their personal blessings.
"On this uniquely American holiday, we also remember that so much of our greatness comes from our generosity," he said.
"No matter our circumstances, all of us have something to be grateful for." -President Obama https://t.co/sCowTWI2Lu #HappyThanksgiving
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 26, 2015
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