As to backing up the grid, nuke is great. But we got in trouble because we allowed coal to get up to 60%. We really need to limit any singular form of energy to say 30%.
For example, wind and solar are nice, but both depend on the sun. If we were to build to that, we run risks WHEN ( not if ) Yellowstone blows .
Geothermal is great, but overuse runs risk of causing real earthquakes. Small amounts, like say 10-30% of our energy is likely not going to cause issues.
Hydro is limited.
Etc, etc, etc
So, running nuke up to say 30-50% is not a bad number.
Hail is really a non issue. It hits relatively few places, and only a few places in America, let alone the world, that has any real amount. I live Colorado front range, which is considered one of the worst areas for hail. We get up to baseball size and yet, our solar panels hold up fine.
The real issue would be tornados tearing off roofs, or large volcanoes, such as Yellowstone erupting. Then you have weeks, months, or even years of little to no solar or wind energy.
You are right that the anti-nukes are f%ing insane. However, most of these 4th gen are much cheaper and safer. Add to that many anti-nukes are environmentalists and know that we MUST get CO2 down, and nuke as part is the only solution.
Actually, the ORIGINAL CFLs really did last a long time. These were made in America and Europe. Then they went to china and corners were cut. Yeah, prices went down, but so did lifetime do to horrible quality on these bulbs. Same issue applies to LEDs. Heck, I had 1 LED bulb catch on fire. Not impressed.
Correct.
America does not have that many haologen. As such, we will not save that much. However, we really need to require high Lumen per watt bulbs when tenants or owners change. That way, if somebody has a particular situation that really does not do well with LEDs, they can switch to halogen, or regular bulbs, etc.
Where we really need to focus in America is our HVAC. HVAC accounts for about 1/3-1/2 of a resident/commercial usage. Unlike Europe, we do not really have all that great of climate, so, we need to insulate better and ideally use better HVAC method.
Again, California screwed up. Simply requiring loads of Solar on a home does not do any good. Instead, we should require that all new buildings below 6 stories to have enough ON-SITE UNSUBSIDIZED AE to equal or exceed the energy of total HVAC ( IOW, both heating and cooling). The only exception should be Alaska. With this, it will actually get builders to lower the energy that HVAC uses. They will add insulation, highly insulated windows, low-heat bulbs such as LEDs or any new tech, and likely geo-thermal HVAC, since all of this is much cheaper than unsubsidizied solar/hydro/wind/etc.
Basically, this will drive down the prive of all things connected with doing buildings correctly.
Seriously, the right way is not to ban bulbs, just simply require bulbs with a certain level of lumens / watts. In particular, whenever a new tenant or new owner is moving in, then all bulbs should have at least 70 lumens / watts and no hazmat materials. THis way, new homes, along with landlords, will all have to have put in high LPW and safe bulbs. After that, if somebody wants to swap around a bulb, then it is their choice.
This approach is probably better than simply banning bulbs.
Google and Apple have the funds to build a new car line. So far, nothing out of either of them.
This hiring shows that Apple might finally be getting ready to do so. One question would be, will they stay in the states?
Another would be would Apple consider buying a company like Rivan?
when Musk has ppl on the moon, coming from BFS.
Assuming these idiots are still in office, Pence will have a difficult time explaining why we continue to throw money away.
And for the last decade, I have been saying that we need to support photo ID, BUT also need to make it possible for ppl to obtain these. Right now, most states make it easy for the rich to get their Drivers license/IDs. WHy? Because they will have an office located remotely that supports say 1000-3000 ppl and you walk up to the counter. OTOH, in the inner city, a driver license office might be supporting 10-20K and it will take HOURS in a queue.
My suggestion is that USPO be allowed to issue state IDs since these go back to Real ID anyways? They already handle passports, so why not?
As to dropping off ballots, I say let the USPO do that as well, BUT you have to buy a stamp to do it OR the state gov covers the costs. With said stamp, it says that USPO checked the name against the photo against the person. IOW, it was properly vetted.
What I find interesting is that it is the same GOP that wants the photo IDs that fight against allowing USPO to issues IDs, and esp oppose requiring IDs on mail-ins. Yet, these are the ones that are being cheated on.
We have had more than several. It occurs each election. In particular, most of the ones caught are those with homes in both Colorado and say Wyoming or Utah. They will register in both. We actually catch at least several EVERY election. Now, when I say many, yeah, it is a handful. We are not talking 1000s, but 5-10 that get caught EACH election. That does not mean that it is not happening more often. In POF, I think that with the mail-ins and not having an ID, that it IS happening a lot more than we realize.
It is for this reason that I support the Photo ID, but I want it on EVERY ballot, not just the booth. In fact, I would guess that the booth has the least likely chance of cheating. How many will go up and try to vote under spouse name? OTOH, trivial to vote like grandpa who is in the hospital.
As to the GOP idiot, he had more excuses than Aurora Theater or Watts. Thankfully, his wife caught him. But, I found it interesting that the GOP backed him and fought to keep him out of prison.
agreed that we need a paper trail. In particular, we need individual paper ballots when the voter is done. Voter should check the ballot, put in envelope and drop into lock box. While stats analysis can show that results agree with earlier polling, what it really can not show, is if there was cheating that happened. That is why the need for the paper ballot trail.
that is a necessity, but that can come later.
Initially, for any election machine, they should kick out a paper ballot, to which the voter looks at, and then puts in envelope like we used to do for the butterfly machines and drops it in the lock box.
This way, we have 2 separate items with the paper being the final word.
in POF, here in COlorado, we caught so many voter fraud, that the head of the group that was investigating it was caught submitting as hit wife. He got the ballot through with a signature that passed as hers. It was shear luck that they busted him.
Oddly, I keep pointing out that we need to stop mail-in ballots and instead, require an ID with EVERY ballot. Yet, the GOP only wants an ID at the booth, but are fine with mail-ins.
it is impossible to prove, but I would be amazed if Russia did NOT modify at least a couple of these machines. They worked hard at it, and it should be obvious that the GOP's backing of machines without a paper trail was for a reason (saving money; yeah. right).
Seriously, this is a big mistake. Instead of stepping us backwards to paper ballots, the bill should require that any election machine has to kick out a paper ballet, that the voter than verifies quickly. At the end of the day, initial results can come from the machines, and if we have close elections, then we compare ballots to machines.
The good news is that the GOP controls CONgress at the moment and they will block this quickly (though I question their motives). Hopefully a decent bill will then be forthcoming.
Porky, again, you continue to hide your trolling. Why? Just post as your alternative ID of Crimson Tsunami. It is bad enough that you are simply a lying troll, but at least have the courage to back it up.
"And maybe NASA will learn a thing or two about how to conduct a space-launch operation, as well."
Right, but that has what to do with SX's loading then filling, and teaching NASA?
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As to backing up the grid, nuke is great. But we got in trouble because we allowed coal to get up to 60%. We really need to limit any singular form of energy to say 30%. For example, wind and solar are nice, but both depend on the sun. If we were to build to that, we run risks WHEN ( not if ) Yellowstone blows . Geothermal is great, but overuse runs risk of causing real earthquakes. Small amounts, like say 10-30% of our energy is likely not going to cause issues. Hydro is limited. Etc, etc, etc So, running nuke up to say 30-50% is not a bad number.
Hail is really a non issue. It hits relatively few places, and only a few places in America, let alone the world, that has any real amount. I live Colorado front range, which is considered one of the worst areas for hail. We get up to baseball size and yet, our solar panels hold up fine. The real issue would be tornados tearing off roofs, or large volcanoes, such as Yellowstone erupting. Then you have weeks, months, or even years of little to no solar or wind energy.
You are right that the anti-nukes are f%ing insane. However, most of these 4th gen are much cheaper and safer. Add to that many anti-nukes are environmentalists and know that we MUST get CO2 down, and nuke as part is the only solution.
We desperately need more nuke power, but only to certain level. We also need other on-demand systems and that should include hydro and geothermal.
It was not about oil price but a bickering between. Captain and nuke engineer pay. They all insisted on being top paid on ship. Stupid.
Where is gates going to manufacture this at?
Actually, the ORIGINAL CFLs really did last a long time. These were made in America and Europe. Then they went to china and corners were cut. Yeah, prices went down, but so did lifetime do to horrible quality on these bulbs. Same issue applies to LEDs. Heck, I had 1 LED bulb catch on fire. Not impressed.
Correct.
America does not have that many haologen. As such, we will not save that much. However, we really need to require high Lumen per watt bulbs when tenants or owners change. That way, if somebody has a particular situation that really does not do well with LEDs, they can switch to halogen, or regular bulbs, etc.
Where we really need to focus in America is our HVAC. HVAC accounts for about 1/3-1/2 of a resident/commercial usage. Unlike Europe, we do not really have all that great of climate, so, we need to insulate better and ideally use better HVAC method.
Again, California screwed up. Simply requiring loads of Solar on a home does not do any good. Instead, we should require that all new buildings below 6 stories to have enough ON-SITE UNSUBSIDIZED AE to equal or exceed the energy of total HVAC ( IOW, both heating and cooling). The only exception should be Alaska. With this, it will actually get builders to lower the energy that HVAC uses. They will add insulation, highly insulated windows, low-heat bulbs such as LEDs or any new tech, and likely geo-thermal HVAC, since all of this is much cheaper than unsubsidizied solar/hydro/wind/etc.
Basically, this will drive down the prive of all things connected with doing buildings correctly.
Seriously, the right way is not to ban bulbs, just simply require bulbs with a certain level of lumens / watts. In particular, whenever a new tenant or new owner is moving in, then all bulbs should have at least 70 lumens / watts and no hazmat materials. THis way, new homes, along with landlords, will all have to have put in high LPW and safe bulbs. After that, if somebody wants to swap around a bulb, then it is their choice.
This approach is probably better than simply banning bulbs.
Google and Apple have the funds to build a new car line. So far, nothing out of either of them.
This hiring shows that Apple might finally be getting ready to do so. One question would be, will they stay in the states?
Another would be would Apple consider buying a company like Rivan?
when Musk has ppl on the moon, coming from BFS.
Assuming these idiots are still in office, Pence will have a difficult time explaining why we continue to throw money away.
Here is porky/red tide with his usual lie of China is not a communist nation.
And then so many others.
And for the last decade, I have been saying that we need to support photo ID, BUT also need to make it possible for ppl to obtain these. Right now, most states make it easy for the rich to get their Drivers license/IDs. WHy? Because they will have an office located remotely that supports say 1000-3000 ppl and you walk up to the counter. OTOH, in the inner city, a driver license office might be supporting 10-20K and it will take HOURS in a queue.
My suggestion is that USPO be allowed to issue state IDs since these go back to Real ID anyways? They already handle passports, so why not?
As to dropping off ballots, I say let the USPO do that as well, BUT you have to buy a stamp to do it OR the state gov covers the costs. With said stamp, it says that USPO checked the name against the photo against the person. IOW, it was properly vetted.
What I find interesting is that it is the same GOP that wants the photo IDs that fight against allowing USPO to issues IDs, and esp oppose requiring IDs on mail-ins. Yet, these are the ones that are being cheated on.
We have had more than several. It occurs each election. In particular, most of the ones caught are those with homes in both Colorado and say Wyoming or Utah. They will register in both. We actually catch at least several EVERY election. Now, when I say many, yeah, it is a handful. We are not talking 1000s, but 5-10 that get caught EACH election. That does not mean that it is not happening more often. In POF, I think that with the mail-ins and not having an ID, that it IS happening a lot more than we realize.
It is for this reason that I support the Photo ID, but I want it on EVERY ballot, not just the booth. In fact, I would guess that the booth has the least likely chance of cheating. How many will go up and try to vote under spouse name? OTOH, trivial to vote like grandpa who is in the hospital.
As to the GOP idiot, he had more excuses than Aurora Theater or Watts. Thankfully, his wife caught him. But, I found it interesting that the GOP backed him and fought to keep him out of prison.
well, I continue to catch you lying, where as mine are not. That is just you making up BS.
agreed that we need a paper trail. In particular, we need individual paper ballots when the voter is done. Voter should check the ballot, put in envelope and drop into lock box. While stats analysis can show that results agree with earlier polling, what it really can not show, is if there was cheating that happened. That is why the need for the paper ballot trail.
that is a necessity, but that can come later.
Initially, for any election machine, they should kick out a paper ballot, to which the voter looks at, and then puts in envelope like we used to do for the butterfly machines and drops it in the lock box. This way, we have 2 separate items with the paper being the final word.
in POF, here in COlorado, we caught so many voter fraud, that the head of the group that was investigating it was caught submitting as hit wife. He got the ballot through with a signature that passed as hers. It was shear luck that they busted him.
Oddly, I keep pointing out that we need to stop mail-in ballots and instead, require an ID with EVERY ballot. Yet, the GOP only wants an ID at the booth, but are fine with mail-ins.
it is impossible to prove, but I would be amazed if Russia did NOT modify at least a couple of these machines. They worked hard at it, and it should be obvious that the GOP's backing of machines without a paper trail was for a reason (saving money; yeah. right).
Seriously, this is a big mistake. Instead of stepping us backwards to paper ballots, the bill should require that any election machine has to kick out a paper ballet, that the voter than verifies quickly. At the end of the day, initial results can come from the machines, and if we have close elections, then we compare ballots to machines.
The good news is that the GOP controls CONgress at the moment and they will block this quickly (though I question their motives). Hopefully a decent bill will then be forthcoming.
Porky, again, you continue to hide your trolling. Why? Just post as your alternative ID of Crimson Tsunami. It is bad enough that you are simply a lying troll, but at least have the courage to back it up.
hey porky, are you such a liar that you refuse to attach your name to the crap that you spew all over the web?
"And maybe NASA will learn a thing or two about how to conduct a space-launch operation, as well."
Right, but that has what to do with SX's loading then filling, and teaching NASA?
yes, but better than the many lies that you continue to perpetuate.
Absolutely. I watched it live on TV blow up. We learned our lessons and have not done the same things. What is your point?