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2010-07-26 Science & Technology

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Posted by Bobby 2010-07-26 14:41|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Where's the plan to replace them? Will we be importing electricity from the British wind farms?

The British wind farms are being shut down - they kill too many birds.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-07-26 16:00|| 2010-07-26 16:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's review the bidding on coal for a sec:

1- The US has an essentially infinite supply of it.

2- The technology for converting it into electricity in vast quantities is entirely tried and true.

3- In general a coal-fired plant will keep electrifying the grid come hell or high water.

4- All with the result that if coal is in your fuel mix you will be able to turn the lights on with certainty and at a small cost.

So clearly, the EPA has to put an end to this. It just works too well. The plan, as far as I can tell, is to take coal out of the fuel mix and replace it with magic pixie dust from the Alpha Centauri system. Hey, it might work.

Posted by Matt 2010-07-26 16:06|| 2010-07-26 16:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe that there is a rent-seeker class that's planning on raising the price of energy through mal-regulation to capture the excess for themselves.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-07-26 18:26|| 2010-07-26 18:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Welcom to our exciting GREEN future under the Obama regime:

Posted by DMFD 2010-07-26 18:58|| 2010-07-26 18:58|| Front Page Top

#5 And if Ms. Jackson wants to know what she's getting herself into, she should chat with a few state public utilities commissioners and ask them how their constituents respond to a power outage. The general response would be, "I wouldn't rightly know, because anytime there's a power outage I flee the jurisdiction under an assumed name."

So if she does anything that compromises the reliability of electric service, Ms. Jackson ought to be prepared to have her home telephone number on a few million speed dials. You can tax the peasants and flog them at whim, but if you screw with their electricity they're going to storm the Bastille every time.

Posted by Matt 2010-07-26 20:25|| 2010-07-26 20:25|| Front Page Top

#6 And if Ms. Jackson wants to know what she's getting herself into, she should chat with a few state public utilities commissioners and ask them how their constituents respond to a power outage. The general response would be, "I wouldn't rightly know, because anytime there's a power outage I flee the jurisdiction under an assumed name."

So if she does anything that compromises the reliability of electric service, Ms. Jackson ought to be prepared to have her home telephone number on a few million speed dials. You can tax the peasants and flog them at whim, but if you screw with their electricity they're going to storm the Bastille every time.

Posted by Matt 2010-07-26 20:25|| 2010-07-26 20:25|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess I should hit the submit button only once, huh?

Posted by Matt 2010-07-26 20:26|| 2010-07-26 20:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Naaaahhhhh, Matt - it's worth saying twice. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-26 20:53|| 2010-07-26 20:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks for pulling my chestnuts out of the fire on that one, Barb.

Posted by Matt 2010-07-26 21:10|| 2010-07-26 21:10|| Front Page Top

#10 I think we should shut them down and wait for the public response.

I have a good friend that grew up in Yugoslavia, that's where it will all end with this kind of culture war bullshit.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-07-26 21:11|| 2010-07-26 21:11|| Front Page Top

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