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    All because of a populist referendum with Russian backing, with a 1.9% margin over 50% of VOTERS. I capitalize "voters" because with a turnout of 72.2% of the electorate that means that at 51.9% it only had the support of 37.5% of the UK as the remainder either voted against it or were not inspired to vote at all. How in the blue fuck did something so momentous get decided upon with only 37.5% of the country actually willing to show up and vote for it.
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    Ruth Bader Ginsberg won't last another four years. If her spot is picked up by a Trump appointee: (What I tag my "third party" voter friends with after the last election.)
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    Yup, "The Sky is Falling". Don't let them fool you with all those facts and that science you've used to make your case.
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    This will be the ultimate test of our species. Think of how many other species in the span from amoeba to sentient beings in the universe have blinked out of existence because they couldn't do this. It almost happened to us twice already and on every continent there are plenty of examples of civilizations doing this to themselves. Now here we are doing it on a global scale and we're not acting fast enough because denying it has become a tool used by politicians to get elected.
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    My next car will be a little bitch (hopefully Nissan Leaf) car. For the kind of driving I do it makes financial sense in every aspect.
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    1. I think we're almost out of its clutches but the Groupon trend has resulted in stagnated revenue for DZ's across the country. I realize this is more of an industry thing but I know that it's severely affected two medium sized DZ's near me, one closed. The fact is that most DZ's need tandems to keep the plane moving and jumpers don't show up if the plane isn't moving. 2. Kids/Fam - The story is the same, someone gets into jumping finds a SO, makes babies and they're gone. 3. Money - It's fucking expensive. The only way I can justify the expense is by working as a TI.
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    Exactly what I'm saying, they're designing the system to prevent again blackouts. Edit: I guess I did say "energy production" so that's fair so say I could mean it's at the point of production, like a set of windmills or solar arrays. I'll correct myself to mean energy delivery, the whole system.
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    Womp womp. I'm sorry that within your lifetime you'll probably own an EV, you'll have a choice of vehicles at vast range of prices and you'll pay less for the electricity used to power it. Your future is bleak, why even go on. Edit: Here's the most current comparison I could find. Lifetime costs of EV's are already better but you have to buy what some would call "a little bitch car" and plan in your charge time. https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/clean-technology/faceoff-electric-vs-gas-cars-on-cost-15555966/
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    If you're game for NPR's input you should check out their series on coal ash in your own state. https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/03/04/report-coal-ash-contamination-widespread-in-u-s-pa/
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    France's nuke grid was created after the oil spikes in the 70's and the plants they use are no longer feasible for new construction. Basically, it's cheap because they're driving a car they already paid off. Can you point to an example of renewables resulting in sporatic energy production in a modern grid system or are you trying to predict the future. You've had issue with people trying to predict the future so I'm curious.
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    I like the second paragraph with all the examples of people getting indignant about it being weather, not proof of blah blah. "It's asinine" "insulting"!!!
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    That'll teach them to get their navigation aids from Al Gore. Stupid libtards.
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    Cool. Again, why are you cheering against growth in an energy sector?
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    Economic development? What do you think is happening in the renewables sector?
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    You keep having to go back over a hundred years for your comparison of events that are all happening simultaneously.
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    Be patient. 2021 is just around the corner.
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    Just talking out of my ass a little bit, the economics are already on the table. Nobody is making a "solar only" grid, there's battery storage, biomass, hydro, (not much in Ohio), wind, and if we really do want to eliminate fossil fuels we'll have to eventually favor nuke over natural gas. I understand the conversation is more about rooftop solar but in that case you're tied into the grid so it's not like you're without power, you're just not getting as much of a savings as someone in Arizona. Currently it's the companies like Solar City who run the game for rooftop solar and as I understand it the savings for most of mid-latitude US is no better than if you put that same amount into a stocks account. That leaves their target market as people who either don't get that or who just want to reduce fossil fuel usage.
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    Yeah, I thought to change the wording of that to "most rentals" because there are those out there willing to deal with it. Overall it's seen as being too much hassle for the typical landlord. How does the money work, do you see the savings or do they? In a typical scenario the owner would have someone like Solar City do the work with the payback being the owner saving money, so why or how would they even have a shared incentive with a renter?
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    I agree. Everyone got ahead of themselves in the overjoy towards a "Green" thing happening and all the magical thinking involved. Fortunately the remainder of public funding for renewables doesn't work like that.
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    You bring up a good point, not just with low income tenants but with the rental market in general. You'll NEVER EVER see solar panels on a rental property, home or apartment. That sector represents a gaping void in the move towards energy efficiency because the usage side is on the tenant's dime. It's not until the condo market that you even see energy efficient HVAC systems.
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    By the way, while they did see an increase from before, their average household electricity bill is about $97. In the US it's $115. So if it's about the cost then their move to renewables is still better than what we're doing. Germany: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/what-german-households-pay-power USA: https://www.chooseenergy.com/electricity-rates-by-state/
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    Bringing that one up again? Do you know that they're in this situation because they made a deal that they would be locked into a fixed rate (which is now higher than the state average) and also be on the hook for the repayment of the capital investment? As I replied when you brought this up previously, I'm surprised a Republican led city didn't learn from Venezueala to let the energy market stay in the open market. If they did then they're be paying the same lower-than-national-rate that the rest of Texas is (using renewables) instead of trying to broker a $60 million deal to get out of the agreement.
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    They're just virtue signalling their carbon footprint.