The fucking Greens are the root cause of our energy crysis and they're selling themselves as our saviors. The retarded Germans are actually falling for it. The Greens are making historic gains in polls.
I’m in Texas and haven’t had any blackouts luckily. I’m all for trying out different forms of energy but I’m sick and tired of pushing certain forms of energy as the be all end all. Also they don’t like talking about nuclear energy. Fossil fuels are not evil
I just wish people pushed for the forms of power that made sense for their local area. For instance, I live in Kansas, and we have had no issue with wind. We get almost half of our power from it, and there has been no blackouts or brownouts related to any weather or our wind power.
But you know why it works here? Because we are on the plains! The wind never fucking stops blowing. If you ask a Kansan and they say "There is no wind today", what they actually mean is "There is a light breeze today." If the wind ever actually stops, that is when we get concerned (the only times I have ever seen that were before tornadoes or wind storms). So no shit wind power works around here. And then we have a clean coal plant, a nuclear plant, and several natural gas plants to provide backup in the event the wind power dips. And if shit well and truly hits the fan, most small towns have their own large diesel generators that can do emergency power for a day or two.
Its almost like, an energy policy of "All of the Above" and "Based on the local conditions" is the smart way. Instead of just ignoring things.
So, (nearly) every house in the Dallas area has foundation problems at some point, requiring expensive repairs. Typically, piers are installed under the concrete slab foundation. So, as an engineer (computer, but still) I asked a friend: Why don't they just install piers before they lay the foundation? Wouldn't that be cheaper? Sure enough, it is. But that cost would be born by builders upfront, and they don't want to pay it. And, I guess, people don't insist on it.
I think the insulation is the same situation. If you have a house built for yourself, you can have whatever you want put in. But a builder is just going to lay down the cheapest thing he can manage that looks good.
True. Houses everywhere are built cheaply, now, though. The foundation thing is a little specific, but you have issue like not enough flood mitigation in other places. I saw new houses in Florida that don't look like they'd survive another hurricane.
"We caused the problem, let us be the solution."
Beto would turn Texas into CA. Abbott will win by more than 10 pts in November thanks to the absolutely horrific political environment for Dems.
And a shitty one for Republicans. Wheels needs to roll on out the door and let a real conservative lead.
The primaries are over.
Abbott is the nominee so I will support him to prevent the nightmare of a Beto win.
Abbott is not who I wanted and he is not great but he is helluva better than Beto still.
Which is pathetically sad.
Which is still a loss for Texas, Abbot refuses to take any real action on the border
Abbott is not great but he is the only thing preventing a Beto win which would irreparably devastate Texas.
I want a DeSantis level governor in Texas but the primaries are over and Texas cannot afford to let Beto win.
Abbott is still better than Beto.
Works for them in Germany.
The fucking Greens are the root cause of our energy crysis and they're selling themselves as our saviors. The retarded Germans are actually falling for it. The Greens are making historic gains in polls.
I’m in Texas and haven’t had any blackouts luckily. I’m all for trying out different forms of energy but I’m sick and tired of pushing certain forms of energy as the be all end all. Also they don’t like talking about nuclear energy. Fossil fuels are not evil
I just wish people pushed for the forms of power that made sense for their local area. For instance, I live in Kansas, and we have had no issue with wind. We get almost half of our power from it, and there has been no blackouts or brownouts related to any weather or our wind power.
But you know why it works here? Because we are on the plains! The wind never fucking stops blowing. If you ask a Kansan and they say "There is no wind today", what they actually mean is "There is a light breeze today." If the wind ever actually stops, that is when we get concerned (the only times I have ever seen that were before tornadoes or wind storms). So no shit wind power works around here. And then we have a clean coal plant, a nuclear plant, and several natural gas plants to provide backup in the event the wind power dips. And if shit well and truly hits the fan, most small towns have their own large diesel generators that can do emergency power for a day or two.
Its almost like, an energy policy of "All of the Above" and "Based on the local conditions" is the smart way. Instead of just ignoring things.
Great point.
Egad, its brilliant! Why has no one thought of this before?
So, (nearly) every house in the Dallas area has foundation problems at some point, requiring expensive repairs. Typically, piers are installed under the concrete slab foundation. So, as an engineer (computer, but still) I asked a friend: Why don't they just install piers before they lay the foundation? Wouldn't that be cheaper? Sure enough, it is. But that cost would be born by builders upfront, and they don't want to pay it. And, I guess, people don't insist on it.
I think the insulation is the same situation. If you have a house built for yourself, you can have whatever you want put in. But a builder is just going to lay down the cheapest thing he can manage that looks good.
True. Houses everywhere are built cheaply, now, though. The foundation thing is a little specific, but you have issue like not enough flood mitigation in other places. I saw new houses in Florida that don't look like they'd survive another hurricane.