...nor should it? Providing broadband service is a legitimate federal government obligation....
Cities can provide it and many are. Counties can provide it and probably some are (haven't looked). Heck, even states can get together if they want to provide it. Why in the world would it be a Federal responsibility?
Weird...nobody gave anything "away to the rich". People did get their government to stop taking a little bit less of their money....you probably meant that, right?
Not for any silly reasons regarding hypothetical global warming, just that it seems a bit short-sighted given the need to, you know, watch and predict weather and issue warnings and forecasts and stuff. I think this idea is kinda dumb, definitely.
> The left praises? Hardly. He's a Nazi. When he does something that's nominally
> good (by accident) it doesn't offset the fact that he's a Nazi. I'm sure this will get
> voted down, but honestly, the sooner you Trumptards acknowledge the fact that
> he's a Nazi, the better off we'll be.
You seem to be angry...are you angry? I think you're angry.
All the Nazis are on the Left; Soros (the darling of the Left) is an actual, bonafide, Hitler-loving Nazi.
Need to look in the mirror dude. And stop being so angry all the time!
I found very similar with my experience deploying an off-grid system (I live off-grid with no utilities at all).
When I first BUILT the system it was about 50/50..half for the panels, half for the batteries. Since then I replaced the batteries a couple of times (once as a quick fix for winter, once to put in the "final" system) and that portion (the batteries) was basically exactly the same price as before. They are much better batteries though so I consider it very much a win.
Looking at solar prices I'd be able to get a system that's ~30% more capability for about 1/3 of the price it cost me 8 years ago.
The idea of "clean coal" was either a Bush or an Obama idea depending on how you butter your bread; Definitely Obama was a huge advocate there for a while.
A good pair of links about Obama's schema, one at the start of his administration and a retrospective a couple of years ago:
Honestly most of California has basically nothing at all in common with the coastal regions they want to separate from. I'm not sure how the electoral shakedown will break out, roughly 50/50 I'd guess.
I got EnergyCell RE high capacity batteries....2300AH/2V per battery. I had to get 24 of them for my 48V system. Having enough for a 60V system WOULD have made for a slightly more efficient system when the DC ran through the inverters to generate AC, but I thought that cost a smidge too much. They're an AGM tech.
There were better and higher amp hour ones from China and Taiwan, but I couldn't make the shipping work. These do work pretty well though; I can (and have) gone four days without any significant sunlight, quite impressive performance.
A friend of mine in town is putting in his Powerwall in March, I think. He uses somewhat less electricity but he's probably going to have a couple of days stored there (haven't really run the numbers yet since it's not there yet). He has just over 10kw of panels (mine are older panels of course, making 8.8kw). We're very excited to see how it works out for him! I think pretty much anybody can/should put panels at least for a grid-tied system....at the very least it lowers your utility bill if nothing else.
Sorry, not particularly relevant. That's a particular and relatively out-of-date tech (which is why it's cheaper), and it only breaks even (they don't make a profit) in mass quantities. That's basically the secret to Tesla's success--"lose a bit on every sale, but make it up in volume".....
My stuff was rather more expensive and much smaller lots, unfortunately. It hasn't budged a notch in three years.
I'm very much looking forward to good battery tech, but it would take 5 or 6 Tesla Powerpacks to meet the demands of my system. Things will get better, in time. I'm looking forward to a good electric SUV so I don't have dangly bits to catch every danged rock in the canyon. Once they double the range and cut a zero off that price tag we can start talking I reckon....
Hard, primitive, paper ballots is the only way to go. They can be scanned for a fast count and if there's a need for a recount you can do that by hand.....and the parties of the candidates post monies the day before the election so that this can be paid for. If the loser decides not to bother with a recount, the parties get their monies back.
...and that's why hurricanes and tornadoes and whatnot cause more damage than they used to. More "stuff" combined with a dollar not going as far, what else does one think is going to happen?
If they credit the tax cuts, whether they "really" are the reason or not, it doesn't really matter. it's an easy way to make themselves look good with or without the tax cuts.
The important thing is to expand that infrastructure....Odin knows they could use it.
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Not all of it, actually. A goodly amount looks like it's water. Here's a neat map showing what researchers think it looks like without all the ice:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-i...
Pretty neat. Looks like it would make for a great setting for a role playing game.
Ferret
I'll swing by every hundred years or so to see how it's going. I'll post pictures.
Ferret
...nor should it? Providing broadband service is a legitimate federal government obligation....
Cities can provide it and many are. Counties can provide it and probably some are (haven't looked). Heck, even states can get together if they want to provide it. Why in the world would it be a Federal responsibility?
Ferret
Weird...nobody gave anything "away to the rich". People did get their government to stop taking a little bit less of their money....you probably meant that, right?
Ferret
Not for any silly reasons regarding hypothetical global warming, just that it seems a bit short-sighted given the need to, you know, watch and predict weather and issue warnings and forecasts and stuff. I think this idea is kinda dumb, definitely.
Ferret
> The left praises? Hardly. He's a Nazi. When he does something that's nominally > good (by accident) it doesn't offset the fact that he's a Nazi. I'm sure this will get > voted down, but honestly, the sooner you Trumptards acknowledge the fact that > he's a Nazi, the better off we'll be.
You seem to be angry...are you angry? I think you're angry.
All the Nazis are on the Left; Soros (the darling of the Left) is an actual, bonafide, Hitler-loving Nazi.
Need to look in the mirror dude. And stop being so angry all the time!
Ferret
So MANY clever and well done games too!
A sad time indeed.
Ferret
I found very similar with my experience deploying an off-grid system (I live off-grid with no utilities at all).
When I first BUILT the system it was about 50/50..half for the panels, half for the batteries. Since then I replaced the batteries a couple of times (once as a quick fix for winter, once to put in the "final" system) and that portion (the batteries) was basically exactly the same price as before. They are much better batteries though so I consider it very much a win.
Looking at solar prices I'd be able to get a system that's ~30% more capability for about 1/3 of the price it cost me 8 years ago.
Ferret
I suspect it may take longer to recoup the costs, but perhaps not.
Ferret
The idea of "clean coal" was either a Bush or an Obama idea depending on how you butter your bread; Definitely Obama was a huge advocate there for a while.
A good pair of links about Obama's schema, one at the start of his administration and a retrospective a couple of years ago:
https://www.scientificamerican...
https://grist.org/climate-ener...
Ferret
Generally agreed...there's nothing convincing to me on the science for me yet.
Compelling yes, not convincing.
Ferret
...wow.
Ferret
Honestly most of California has basically nothing at all in common with the coastal regions they want to separate from. I'm not sure how the electoral shakedown will break out, roughly 50/50 I'd guess.
Ferret
...they might even have a deep enough cycle battery tech by around 2040 or so by then...
Definitely hope this works.
Ferret
Well done Mister President!
Apple bringing back some of their $$$ is a start, at least....
Ferret
Concur.
Ferret
I got EnergyCell RE high capacity batteries....2300AH/2V per battery. I had to get 24 of them for my 48V system. Having enough for a 60V system WOULD have made for a slightly more efficient system when the DC ran through the inverters to generate AC, but I thought that cost a smidge too much. They're an AGM tech.
There were better and higher amp hour ones from China and Taiwan, but I couldn't make the shipping work. These do work pretty well though; I can (and have) gone four days without any significant sunlight, quite impressive performance.
A friend of mine in town is putting in his Powerwall in March, I think. He uses somewhat less electricity but he's probably going to have a couple of days stored there (haven't really run the numbers yet since it's not there yet). He has just over 10kw of panels (mine are older panels of course, making 8.8kw). We're very excited to see how it works out for him! I think pretty much anybody can/should put panels at least for a grid-tied system....at the very least it lowers your utility bill if nothing else.
Ferret
Sorry, not particularly relevant. That's a particular and relatively out-of-date tech (which is why it's cheaper), and it only breaks even (they don't make a profit) in mass quantities. That's basically the secret to Tesla's success--"lose a bit on every sale, but make it up in volume".....
My stuff was rather more expensive and much smaller lots, unfortunately. It hasn't budged a notch in three years.
I'm very much looking forward to good battery tech, but it would take 5 or 6 Tesla Powerpacks to meet the demands of my system. Things will get better, in time. I'm looking forward to a good electric SUV so I don't have dangly bits to catch every danged rock in the canyon. Once they double the range and cut a zero off that price tag we can start talking I reckon....
Ferret
That's a remarkably uninformed and apparently quite biased observation....can you back it up? Just curious.
Ferret
...you DON'T.
Hard, primitive, paper ballots is the only way to go. They can be scanned for a fast count and if there's a need for a recount you can do that by hand.....and the parties of the candidates post monies the day before the election so that this can be paid for. If the loser decides not to bother with a recount, the parties get their monies back.
Ferret
...and that's why hurricanes and tornadoes and whatnot cause more damage than they used to. More "stuff" combined with a dollar not going as far, what else does one think is going to happen?
Ferret
Not gonna happen...
Ferret
Obama did cause a lot of damage, yep....but he got "more flexible" there at the end I heard.
Ferret
If they credit the tax cuts, whether they "really" are the reason or not, it doesn't really matter. it's an easy way to make themselves look good with or without the tax cuts.
The important thing is to expand that infrastructure....Odin knows they could use it.
Ferret
Both parties are not the same.
That's loosely correct. The Democrats are vastly more dangerous to freedom than the Republicans.
Both groups need a lot of work yet.
Ferret