That's actual cost to consumer being paid in my jurisdiction. Note that most nuclear plants in North America are now achieving very high availability and long life spans. The government here is proposing to subsidize solar/wind to 80c/kWh just to make it profitable.
Misinformation from radical environmental lobby groups is pretty common. They profit from promoting their cause.
The price quoted is for how much power the panel could produce under ideal circumstances. It is not all that useful a figure. If you don't maintain your panels or if they don't live up to the full life span you have no hope of recouping your investment.
The current *actual* nuclear generation price is around 5 cents/kWh. Last I checked solar was somewhere around 16-20 times this.
I've worked as a poll clerk in Canada (a long time ago, the first election I ever voted in). There is nothing wrong with paper ballots marked with a plain old pencil. As I recall, polls closed at 8pm, and we had everything counted twice and reported by 8:45pm. The system is completely accountable and there is basically no practical way to cheat the system especially with party observers present.
Americans seem preoccupied with goofy electronic systems with punched chads and flakey proprietary software. Just mark an X friends, it is the simple solution.
I'm about a year into the process. A wise person warned me that the process takes many years to get over. The hardest times were not at the beginning of the process.
My best advice is to conduct yourself in an honourable manner. It is best for your kids, and you will salvage some self respect. This is very difficult to achieve once lawyers are involved. My second advice is to watch and conserve every dime you spend until everything is settled. Divorce is the #1 cause of bankruptcy for men.
I have shared custody and shared parenting - meaning I have my two kids half the time. Despite being in IT, I have pretty reasonable work hours. Working more than 40 hours a week is a waste of time anyway. Work smarter, not longer.
You will have to be both Mom and Dad to your kids when they are with you. My kids don't know what the word divorce means or that mom and dad living in different houses is not normal. My kids have a rich life at both houses, with their favourite stuff in both places. They are happy, so I am happy.
Unfortunately, family law is systemically biased against the person who has the better job (typically the man). You can expect this to cost you a lot of cash. Depending on your jurisdiction, your pension valuation may be a nightmare. Not much you can do about it - if divorce was not your choice you are a victim. Make the most of it.
Gmail seems to frequently get blocked by spam filtering. As many companies buy their spam filtering from third parties, the really have little control or expertise in it. Some spam filters work on strange rules, e.g. put one too many hyperlinks in a message and your email goes to the bit bucket.
Matter of fact, I've had problems with Slashdot mail messages and spam filters in the past. Just try to get an domain unblocked with your corporate IT undead and see how easy it is!
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That's actual cost to consumer being paid in my jurisdiction. Note that most nuclear plants in North America are now achieving very high availability and long life spans. The government here is proposing to subsidize solar/wind to 80c/kWh just to make it profitable. Misinformation from radical environmental lobby groups is pretty common. They profit from promoting their cause.
The price quoted is for how much power the panel could produce under ideal circumstances. It is not all that useful a figure. If you don't maintain your panels or if they don't live up to the full life span you have no hope of recouping your investment. The current *actual* nuclear generation price is around 5 cents/kWh. Last I checked solar was somewhere around 16-20 times this.
I've worked as a poll clerk in Canada (a long time ago, the first election I ever voted in). There is nothing wrong with paper ballots marked with a plain old pencil. As I recall, polls closed at 8pm, and we had everything counted twice and reported by 8:45pm. The system is completely accountable and there is basically no practical way to cheat the system especially with party observers present.
Americans seem preoccupied with goofy electronic systems with punched chads and flakey proprietary software. Just mark an X friends, it is the simple solution.
My best advice is to conduct yourself in an honourable manner. It is best for your kids, and you will salvage some self respect. This is very difficult to achieve once lawyers are involved. My second advice is to watch and conserve every dime you spend until everything is settled. Divorce is the #1 cause of bankruptcy for men.
I have shared custody and shared parenting - meaning I have my two kids half the time. Despite being in IT, I have pretty reasonable work hours. Working more than 40 hours a week is a waste of time anyway. Work smarter, not longer.
You will have to be both Mom and Dad to your kids when they are with you. My kids don't know what the word divorce means or that mom and dad living in different houses is not normal. My kids have a rich life at both houses, with their favourite stuff in both places. They are happy, so I am happy.
Unfortunately, family law is systemically biased against the person who has the better job (typically the man). You can expect this to cost you a lot of cash. Depending on your jurisdiction, your pension valuation may be a nightmare. Not much you can do about it - if divorce was not your choice you are a victim. Make the most of it.
Gmail seems to frequently get blocked by spam filtering. As many companies buy their spam filtering from third parties, the really have little control or expertise in it. Some spam filters work on strange rules, e.g. put one too many hyperlinks in a message and your email goes to the bit bucket.
Matter of fact, I've had problems with Slashdot mail messages and spam filters in the past. Just try to get an domain unblocked with your corporate IT undead and see how easy it is!