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  1. The GOP pledged to plant a trillion trees to combat climate change. There's currently about 3 trillion trees on earth. Where the fuck are they going to find the space to plant an additional trillion? It's not a serious solution, it's just a side show that they never plan on following through on, much like Hyperloop and the 1994 GOP health plan.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    r/Conservative is normally one of the bleakest locations on the internet, but reading the comments here - even they aren't buying Trump's bullshit on this. 

     

    This is r/conservative not bleak?

  3. 37 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Except they’re nerds who once they won the Greek Council rather than inviting Betty and Ogre into the fold decided to burn down the entire university out of anger on how they got treated. 

    Office Space Milton GIF by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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    The Gainesville Intermediate School was aware Carranza was being bullied and mocked by students who told the young girl she would be left alone when her parents got deported. It had gotten so aggressive, Carranza was meeting with a school counselor multiple times a week. Her family, however, was never notified.

    must notify abusive parents if the kid is trans, but don't dare tell the parents if students are abusive

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  5. When you text customer service and immediately get 4 messages back, the first that your message has been received, the second from a 'person' who introduces themselves, a third from said 'person' who says they will be happy to help, and then a fourth from said 'person' asking if this is my preferred phone number. Motherfucker that could have been one, maybe two messages, and I wouldn't have had to hear 4 notification dings in short succession. And no, I don't want you to email me, I gave you a burner phone number and that should be good enough.

     

     

    Also that there's no setting on my phone that will automatically suppress notification dings for the next few minutes after one is received unless i reset it by checking the notifications in between.

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  6. 30 minutes ago, PTINS said:

    I understand that.

    You cannot build on a pipeline 50 foot ROW, but you can build next to it.  You can raise crops and cattle or damn near anything else above ground, over the ROW. You cannot see or hear a buried pipeline, and live next to it for years on end without ever being impacted by its operation.

    You can hear the windmills, and see the towers and 100's of blinking lights that are visible from many miles away.  

    Wind farms require tens of thousands of acres, ~ 80 acres per windmill. The actual "footprint" of a single windmill may only be 1/4 acre, but the "encumbered" area that cannot be built upon is many times that. 

    There is a reason "windmill farms" are located on farm land, and in the places in Texas very few people live on; those are the only large tracts of relatively flat, undeveloped land to build upon.

    You don't see many wind farms in Texas close to population centers, where the power is actually needed, with hardly anything at east of I-35 and north of I-10.

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    It's not like oil production doesn't have an issue with light pollution - the flaring in the Permian is unbelievable flying over west Texas at night 

    The point isn't that wind or solar doesn't have these issues, it's that it's so much of the pot calling the kettle black.

    Frankly I think the ruined view argument is overblown by developers who don't want coastal wind. The view from Galveston already has a shit ton of lights from platforms and ship traffic.

     

     

  7. 24 minutes ago, PTINS said:

    Energy economics go from simple to complex very quickly.

    Transmission lines, and land costs are huge variables that are treated differently.

    -The footprint of a gas fired power plant is very small compared to a nuclear plant, a solar farm or a wind farm. A gas fired power plant can be located any place proximate to a gas pipeline and a electrical transmission line, making it easier to locate the power plant close to the power demand/population center, decreasing the size and length of power transmission lines.

    Nuclear, Solar and Wind power generation facilities require a much larger footprint.

    Sand Hills Gas fired Plant            595 MW,           ~ 50 acres, 2001

    South Texas Nuclear Plant       2,600 MW,    ~ 12,000 acres, 1988

    Sweetwater, TX Wind Farm         585 MW,  ~ 100,000 acres, 2007

    Roscoe Wind Farm                       782 MW,  ~ 100,000 acres, 2009

    Horse Hollow Wind Farm            736 MW,     ~ 47,000 acres, 2006

    Roadrunner Solar Plant.              497 MW,      ~ 2,500 acres, 2019  

    From the link below; (no judgment on the accuracy of the information)

    Wind Turbine Cost: How Much? Are They Worth It in 2025?

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    At an installation coast of ~ $1 million/1 MW of capacity, the above numbers indicate you would not get a straight payout (undiscounted) for 8-10 years, at a 65% utilization rate. A 50% utilization rate would take well over 10 years.

    Very few public companies, if any, would make capital investments on those economics.

    Most large renewable projects have government support (subsidies). The absence of large scale commercial projects constructed with private equity is an indicator that those economics are challenging at best. 

    Always love these footprint comparisons. My dude go look at Texas in Google maps south of San Antonio. Those aren't windmills. You can farm under a windmill. You can't farm on those caliche tank batteries.

    And I can see where damn near every pipeline in the Houston area is because there is nothing on top of them.

     

    We can build transmission. Just requires some old fashioned will. 

  8. 14 hours ago, NWBuck said:

    While I would have preferred a different cheese than American, the peppers added a perfect texture and taste to every bite...

    very jealous that NM (and i think the western reaches of texas) have green chile year round at WB.

    FYI they usually also have monterrey jack slices (which iirc is processed cheese), in addition to the shredded cheese which i mentioned above, which is a cheddar heavy blend with (i think) jack.

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  9. 1 hour ago, DaysOff said:


    Our anthem is at its best when played by a marching band with no singing.

     

     
     
     
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    To Anacreon in Heav'n, where he sat in full Glee,

    A few Sons of Harmony sent a Petition,

    That he their Inspirer and Patron would be;

    When this answer arriv'd from the Jolly Old Grecian

    "Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,

    "no longer be mute,

    "I'll lend you my Name and inspire you to boot,

    "And, besides I'll instruct you, like me, to intwine

    "The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."

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    The news through Olympus immediately flew;

    When Old Thunder pretended to give himself Airs.

    "If these Mortals are suffer'd their Scheme to persue,

    "The Devil a Goddess will stay above Stairs.

    "Hark! already they cry,

    "In transports of Joy,

    "Away to the Sons of Anacreon we'll fly,[28]

    "And there, with good Fellows, we'll learn to intwine

    "The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine.

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    "The Yellow-Hair'd God and his nine fusty Maids,

    "From Helicon's banks will incontinent flee,[29]

    "Idalia will boast but of tenantless Shades,

    "And the bi-forked Hill a mere Desart will be

    "My Thunder no fear on't,

    "Shall soon do it's Errand,

    "And dam'me! I'll swinge the Ringleaders, I warrant.

    "I'll trim the young Dogs, for thus daring to twine

    "The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."

    4

    Apollo rose up, and said, "Pry'thee ne'er quarrel,

    "Good King of the Gods, with my Vot'ries below:

    "Your Thunder is useless"—then shewing his Laurel,

    Cry'd "Sic evitabile fulmen,[30] you know!

    "Then over each head

    "My Laurels I'll spread;

    "So my Sons from your Crackers no Mischief shall dread,

    "Whilst snug in their Club-Room, they jovially twine

    "The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."

    5

    Next Momus got up with his risible Phiz,

    And swore with Apollo he'd chearfully join—

    "The full Tide of Harmony still shall be his,

    "But the Song, and the Catch, and the Laugh shall be mine.

    "Then, Jove, be not jealous

    "Of these honest fellows."

    Cry'd Jove, "We relent, since the Truth you now tell us;

    "And swear by Old Styx, that they long shall intwine

    "The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."

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    Ye Sons of Anacreon, then join Hand in Hand;

    Preserve Unanimity, Friendship, and Love!

    'Tis your's to support what's so happily plann'd;

    You've the sanction of Gods, and the Fiat of Jove.

    While thus we agree,

    Our Toast let it be.

    May our Club flourish happy, united, and free!

    And long may the Sons of Anacreon intwine

    The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine.

     

  10. 3 hours ago, pacman said:

    Again, what did JD Vance do in that speech that was out of the capabilities of Harris?

    Harris was never going to chide Europeans for enforcing their laws against Nazis 

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