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Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
(Post 1246388)
Jungle:
Spot-on. If money was to be made from solar farms, there would be scads of them. I was stationed in Germany from 1988-94. Low-fly rules were pretty liberal then (or should I call that 'Conservative?') back then, as we could go just about anyplace at 500 ft and 480-540 kts. We had to climb to 1500 feet over cities of a certain size, I think it was 2500 over airports, and three or four thousand over nuclear power plants. There were a LOT of nukes. France had even more. Seemed to work fine...never in the news. And skies were clear....no smog from coal-fired electric plants. And now, all of Western Europe is abandoning them. I see two possibilities: 1. It's cheaper to go to coal. 2. It's cheaper (politically) to go to coal and avoid nuclear protesters. The protesters seem to avoid an inconvenient truth: ALL forms of energy production scar the planet. Man's very existence scars the planet. Thorium gentlemen, the way of the future. Forget windmills and solar because they can never even begin to produce the power required. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle |
Originally Posted by tomgoodman
(Post 1246422)
Wizard, brilliant, cheers! |
Well, to be fair, I won't just dismiss them because I don't like them. I'll carefully consider whether or not they will improve value, be worth it, etc. In a lot of cases, they work great. If you did the same thing 10 years ago, you wouldn't "break even" until a long time after, now we can do it in 20yrs or less, which boosts the value of the home significantly, for selling later, etc. Wind won't work everywhere or be practical in every situation, but if there is an alternative that will pay off in a reasonable amount of time (20yrs or less) I'd jump on it, it adds significant value to the house. The technology is getting better. Again, it won't work for every situation, but for some it will. I think some people in this thread are too influenced by the fact that they don't like it, hence one case-study situation.
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
(Post 1246443)
Well, to be fair, I won't just dismiss them because I don't like them. I'll carefully consider whether or not they will improve value, be worth it, etc. In a lot of cases, they work great. If you did the same thing 10 years ago, you wouldn't "break even" until a long time after, now we can do it in 20yrs or less, which boosts the value of the home significantly, for selling later, etc. Wind won't work everywhere or be practical in every situation, but if there is an alternative that will pay off in a reasonable amount of time (20yrs or less) I'd jump on it, it adds significant value to the house. The technology is getting better. Again, it won't work for every situation, but for some it will. I think some people in this thread are too influenced by the fact that they don't like it, hence one case-study situation.
In the meantime, remember "Brawndo's got what plants crave". Idiocracy - Brawndo - YouTube |
Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
(Post 1246443)
Well, to be fair, I won't just dismiss them because I don't like them. I'll carefully consider whether or not they will improve value, be worth it, etc. In a lot of cases, they work great. If you did the same thing 10 years ago, you wouldn't "break even" until a long time after, now we can do it in 20yrs or less, which boosts the value of the home significantly, for selling later, etc. Wind won't work everywhere or be practical in every situation, but if there is an alternative that will pay off in a reasonable amount of time (20yrs or less) I'd jump on it, it adds significant value to the house. The technology is getting better. Again, it won't work for every situation, but for some it will. I think some people in this thread are too influenced by the fact that they don't like it, hence one case-study situation.
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Originally Posted by N2264J
(Post 1246244)
It's official. July turned out to be the hottest month on record.
CO2 emissions in U.S. drop to 20-year low - Washington Times We best start pumping out that CO2 or we will be fried by January. |
Originally Posted by jungle
(Post 1246442)
A cat always lands on it's feet and toast always lands on the butter. Why didn't we discover this earlier?
Wizard, brilliant, cheers! |
Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
(Post 1246738)
What happens if you put butter on a cat's back and drop it?
For this to work, the toast and butter must have the same mass as the cat. |
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
(Post 1246807)
Schrödinger's cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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