And how much concrete would be necessary to cover a half a percent of the Earth's surface? How much steel? Include the extra infrastructure for transmission lines.
Now I don't need insurance as I already have it from my employer, but I was curious how bad the site was. But it didn't turn out being difficult or error prone at all to sign up. It took about 15 minutes total and I had the eligibility report for me and my daughter. Some nit picks:
1) The confirmation email was one of three emails i got from healthcare.gov when signing up. That could confuse some people. 2) One required field on one page was scrolled off the bottom, and no scroll bar appeared to indicate that. Mouse wheel scrolling down solved that, but if there are many pages with that problem it could be confusing.
That's about it. Maybe I just lucked out, bit it was an easy site to use.
When solar gets that low you install more natgas. There's this daily event called "sunset" that renders panels useless. It also means you have to install 2x to 3x capacity to get the same generation ability as baseline generators.
Can you read? From your second link: "The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Office of Energy Projects reports new natural gas dominated the first three quarters of the year with 5.85 GW, representing 54.6% of new capacity."
We all know what moving off nuclear means: more reliance on fossil fuels.
But I guess that's what the environmentalists want. (It's obvious that the political right wants that.) I used to think that the scales tipped towards environmentalists being simply naive in their mistaken belief that renewables could handle the load nuclear currently does, but it's obvious at this point that they cannot, and that every time you shut down a nuclear reactor fossil fuels take their place. The inescapable conclusion is that environmentalists must want more gas and coal burned in the world.
No, telomeres are there to guard against copying errors on the ends of chromosomes. They do nothing, repeat nothing, to repair internal DNA alterations.
Perhaps not safe, but there is no such thing as a harmless amount of radiation. Life has built up a tolerance to a certain amount
You instantly contradict yourself in your first sentence. Congrats!
If we tolerate it, it is by definition harmless. If low level radiation over time was harmful then residents of Denver would be dropping like flies. (Higher background radiation there from the high altitude.)
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And how much concrete would be necessary to cover a half a percent of the Earth's surface? How much steel? Include the extra infrastructure for transmission lines.
What do you think will change the quickest: our available energy, or basic human nature?
In other words, "third world people should stay in their place."
Right. China is sure to be fair and even handed when dealing with bitcoin...
I live in Texas. It was the federal site.
Look at the age of my slashdot account.
I have. It's not that bad. Really.
Now I don't need insurance as I already have it from my employer, but I was curious how bad the site was. But it didn't turn out being difficult or error prone at all to sign up. It took about 15 minutes total and I had the eligibility report for me and my daughter. Some nit picks:
1) The confirmation email was one of three emails i got from healthcare.gov when signing up. That could confuse some people.
2) One required field on one page was scrolled off the bottom, and no scroll bar appeared to indicate that. Mouse wheel scrolling down solved that, but if there are many pages with that problem it could be confusing.
That's about it. Maybe I just lucked out, bit it was an easy site to use.
The left is not monolithic.
When solar gets that low you install more natgas. There's this daily event called "sunset" that renders panels useless. It also means you have to install 2x to 3x capacity to get the same generation ability as baseline generators.
Can you read? From your second link: "The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Office of Energy Projects reports new natural gas dominated the first three quarters of the year with 5.85 GW, representing 54.6% of new capacity."
Yeah, let's build more fossil generation "until the current crisis is over."
Funny how we're always in a crisis...
The fear is stoked by activists, and those activists are by and large from the left.
Conservation?
The developing third world will eat you.
I'm not sure they want cheap power inasmuch as they want profitable power. Nuclear may actually be too cheap.
I'm not so sure the right wants nuclear. They've been letting the left crush it by proxy for decades.
We all know what moving off nuclear means: more reliance on fossil fuels.
But I guess that's what the environmentalists want. (It's obvious that the political right wants that.) I used to think that the scales tipped towards environmentalists being simply naive in their mistaken belief that renewables could handle the load nuclear currently does, but it's obvious at this point that they cannot, and that every time you shut down a nuclear reactor fossil fuels take their place. The inescapable conclusion is that environmentalists must want more gas and coal burned in the world.
Nope, in real life too.
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger.
No, telomeres are there to guard against copying errors on the ends of chromosomes. They do nothing, repeat nothing, to repair internal DNA alterations.
Telomeres.
Sorry, it does not kill us all. You'll have to provide some proof for that extraordinary claim.
Perhaps not safe, but there is no such thing as a harmless amount of radiation. Life has built up a tolerance to a certain amount
You instantly contradict yourself in your first sentence. Congrats!
If we tolerate it, it is by definition harmless. If low level radiation over time was harmful then residents of Denver would be dropping like flies. (Higher background radiation there from the high altitude.)
There is no such thing as "safe" radiation
Horse shit. If that were true all life on Earth would have been wiped out long ago.
Both terse and wise. Not surprised it's from Seebs. :) Fram fram, bubba.
Excellent comment.