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dumbcat

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35. I understand ...

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 08:45 AM

Jul 2025

Still, it is a factor in any evaluation.

Ha, I'm fully aware of the reduction of costs in solar panels. On the roof of my shed I have two 60 watt Solarex panels that have been up since 1994. I still have the original receipt out in the shed. They were $365 each, or about $6 per watt! Quite a change from the less than $1 per watt today.

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This is good news for renewable energy [View all] Old Crank Jul 2025 OP

G.O.P. will hate on this BoRaGard Jul 2025 #1

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And are making the whales gay! newdeal2 Jul 2025 #9

And the Dolphins transsexual airplaneman Jul 2025 #16

😱😱 electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #21

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However, so called "renewable energy" isn't good news for the planet. NNadir Jul 2025 #3

It was time to wake up years ago MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #4

I disagree emphatically. Nuclear energy is the only acceptable form of energy. NNadir Jul 2025 #6

The opposite is likewise true: the oil/gas industry (esp TX) is increasingly reliant on wind/solar for oil field pumps. hlthe2b Jul 2025 #13

Bullshit. They don't stop pumping when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. NNadir Jul 2025 #14

I never said they did. Bullshit right back to you! Tell it to Reuters and others reporting on it. hlthe2b Jul 2025 #15

Abuse is what pro-fossil fuel posters do, it's their schtick... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #28

Oh, look, it's Mr Atoms. I do reserve the right to change my mind about nuclear power, but not so far. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #23

There are people who care to see, and people who love being blind. I am, of course, know which I have chosen to be. NNadir Jul 2025 #25

nuclear is the way forward purple_haze Jul 2025 #5

It is definitely ONE OF the clean energy technologies we will need to transition to. Think. Again. Jul 2025 #29

Current human population is 8.2 billion. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #7

Bingo we have a winner. The Elephant in the room airplaneman Jul 2025 #17

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Yep, humanity is overcrowding the planet like an invasive species. Think. Again. Jul 2025 #30

If we don't, nature has a way of doing it for us. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #40

I agree... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #43

Ironically, Nixon was the last president to make a major statement about the population problem. thought crime Jul 2025 #33

Didn't President Jimmy Carter Mtnmama Jul 2025 #8

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Yup. 😤 Duppers Jul 2025 #18

I was marching for renewables back in the mid 1980's. Effing Ray-gun. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #22

What is the cost ....... dumbcat Jul 2025 #10

Don't know. Since this was a pilot project. Old Crank Jul 2025 #27

I understand ... dumbcat Jul 2025 #35

The cost is CO2-free, is there any other consideration right now? Think. Again. Jul 2025 #31

If you actually want things built .... dumbcat Jul 2025 #34

I disagree... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #36

Yeah, let's save the world by trashing it. hunter Jul 2025 #24

How is this trashing it? Old Crank Jul 2025 #26

Once upon a time that bit of ocean was a wild place. hunter Jul 2025 #37

So nukes leave no environmental footprint.? Old Crank Jul 2025 #38

Fission works. It's long "off the ground." The technology is well established... hunter Jul 2025 #42

The only other option is to drastically reduce power consumption across the board... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #32

That would be good. Old Crank Jul 2025 #39

Great news... except to the Windmill Cancer Cluster Kooks. Torchlight Jul 2025 #41