Solar cheaper than nuclear

Aug 07, 2010 495 Replies

Your replies have gone from amusing to saddening. Let me freshen your memory. You've made the following claim:

Who in their right mind would truck it in? Coal fired power plants have rail lines to haul to coal. Just like coke plants for steel mills.

As a reply, I've pointed out a coal fired power plant that didn't relied on rail lines to "haul to coal" and instead would "truck it in". No claim was made, no opinion was given. I've simply pointed out a fact. You replied to a text which was nothing more than copy/paste with the following derranged rant:

Are you stupid enough to think that there is only one coal fired power plant in the US? Hundreds of coal cars used to pass my house every day, when I lived up north.

Let's not even delve into the fact that you somehow tried to disprove a fact by pointing out your personal observations of "only one coal fired power plant", right after claiming that you need to be "stupid enough to think that there is only one coal fired power plant in the US". Let's just focus on what that poorly thought out comment brought to the discussion: nothing. You've made a claim which was proven wrong. Then, after I pointed that fact, you replied that somehow I tried to change the subject? How exactly do you believe that pointing out that you keep spewing nonsense is changing the subject?

But hey, go on acting like a moron if it makes you feel better. And keep on trainspotting, while you are at it. After all, the entire world can be seen and understood right from your backyard.

Rui Maciel

He simply doesn't know what he is claiming. I suspect he just hates being proved wrong and therefore keeps making stuff up just to try to cover up his silly claims.

Rui Maciel

You've made the

lines to haul to

rail lines to "haul to

given. I've simply

copy/paste with the

the US? Hundreds

pointing out your

claiming that you need to

US". Let's just

nothing. You've made a

that somehow I tried

keep spewing

trainspotting, while

from your backyard.

This sin't a girls finishing school debating society, it's an electronics design discussion group.

What do you do for a living anyhow? I bet it's menial, and you're mad at the world.

Get over it. Do some electronics. You'll feel better.

John

subject wasn't

Yanik's post, the one

developing solar plants.

still applies. So,

word "infrastructure".

transportation and

solar energy in

that technology:

household solar are

independent power

moving away from

role for the

power company to

generators. That means

generated from

authority card

be, we are still

independent of any

claims on them or you

claims on facts, guess

You're not very good at this bitchy debating thing.

What are you good at?

John

look safe by

capable of picturing

Oh, I guess I should've given a little context.

"The 10 most dangerous jobs in America" "Roofing is another dangerous job, with 37 deaths for every 100,000 workers."

I've free-climbed big walls in Yosemite, the Alps, Grand Canyon, etc.

Roofs scare me.

-- Cheers, James Arthur

roughnecking look safe by

are capable of picturing

When I was young, I was absolutely fearless about heights. I would walk right down to the edge of a steep-pitched roof, 40 feet off the ground, and think nothing of it.

About the age of 40, I started getting afraid of heights, and it got severe. Even ladders were scary. That peaked at 50 maybe, and started to go away. On Saturday, I was standing at the edge of a big sheared-off glacial rock on the Pacific Crest Trail, looking almost straight down about 60 feet, and felt nothing. It was cool, checking out the scenery without the heights distraction thing. I've talked to some other guys who had a similar pattern.

John

Jamie Morken wrote in news:vrNao.86583$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe07.iad:

until you get the bill for the new ones. don't forget inflation;20 yrs from now,a dollar is not going to buy as much as it does now.

a non-answer.

We have hailstorms in central Florida that shatter or penetrate laminated safety-glass car windshields. The same occurs in many other US states. No roof-mount solar panel is going to withstand that sort of abuse.

Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com

hnecking look safe by

also are capable of picturing

One of my best dates: drove my date all day Friday to the Grand Canyon, Little Colorado River Gorge, arrived at night. We scrambled in near pitch-black, by the light of the stars, to a half-mile sheer cliff surmounted by an overhang, hung our feet over the edge, and I played my guitar. It was too dark to see the strings. Beautiful.

-- Cheers, James Arthur

"Chickenwire"

Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

Do you believe that the hypothetical occupation of washing solar panels would be comparable to roofing? If so, why? Because some people tend to install them on their roofs?

Rui Maciel

So you arrived at that brilliant conclusion only after you've filled the discussion with dozens of pointless posts? That doesn't say much about your reasoning skills. Oh well...

How quaint. Are you trying to avoid the subject by attempting to go into personal attacks? That, along with your baseless and poorly thought out comment regarding menial work, says a lot about you.

Based on your comments it appeared that trying to throw cheap insults did that for you. Well, at least let's hope you are better at that.

Rui Maciel

roughnecking look safe by

are capable of picturing

I've stood at the edge of the LC Gorge. It's the most dramatic piece of real estate I've ever seen. Well worth the detour if anybody is in the area.

John

Why John, it appears that you are much better at bitching than I will ever be. Congrats.

Rui Maciel

Ok, then please point the unofficial ones then.

That's not how it works. The grant committees only have power to direct money into research fields. No one, especially grant committees, decides which research is valid or not. The money is invested, the research projects are ran and the data which was collected and/or the conclusions which were taken are then presented to the community in order for the peer-review process to take over.

Exactly. And then the research is done, the findings are published and everyone is free to pick it apart.

Oh really? Do you have any proof to back that accusation?

Again, where exactly do you base those accusations?

This isn't a question of faith, it's one of facts. In fact, this is possibly why there is such a silly controversy regarding this field of research. There is simply too many people who "believe" stuff which simply doesn't make any sense and isn't based on anything beyond wild assumptions and stuff made up on the spot.

That's scientific fraud and people lose their job over it and are publicly shamed, and rightfully so. If you claim to have had knowledge of that happening then why did you sat idle and did nothing to counter it? Or are you making this stuff up while you go along?

That's so wrong in so many ways that you either don't know what AGW is or you don't have a clue about what science is.

Rui Maciel

opinion, as the text is

where you manifested your

kicking on the stable door or

bit more knowledgeable on

thing then go for it. Knock

I need to get a copy of MS C++ V5 to recompile Newsproxy. I saw a couple on Ebay, but I'll have to wait a month or two to pick up a copy.

The current version is limited to 100 filters. It needs another zero, so you can get rid of 900 more zeros.

detached from reality.

roof with a hose will

coal mining and

Listen, asshole. I've been blown off a roof and landed on my back when I was in my early 20s. Come back if you EVER have anything intellegent to add.

Would you know the difference? Softball sized hail has done millions of dollars damage in Florida over the years. Thousands of new cars were badly damaged by one storm.

discussion with dozens of

personal attacks? That,

says a lot about you.

for you. Well, at

So you *are* useless. I thought so.

John

Wouldn't do anything useful. It would fill with leaves and block the sunlight.

Congrats.

But the point is, are you good at anything, specifically electronics design?

John

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