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Offline JohnnyReb

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2010, 06:13:39 AM »
Green energy.... :rotf:

I was watching some German news a week or two ago. They had a story about farmers making a profit on their farms by putting up wind generators and solar panels.
The government paid them 50 cent per KW for the electricity they produced.....and then sold it for 20 cent per KW.....the new socialist math just blows my mind.
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2010, 08:12:00 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on January 13, 2010, 06:13:39 AM
Green energy.... :rotf:

I was watching some German news a week or two ago. They had a story about farmers making a profit on their farms by putting up wind generators and solar panels.
The government paid them 50 cent per KW for the electricity they produced.....and then sold it for 20 cent per KW.....the new socialist math just blows my mind.

During the big freeze across the UK they now have found a problem with wind power. Up to 5% of their power is supposed to be wind right now and during the worst freeze in decades the wind farms were actually producing 0.2% of the 5.0% they could have produced. Of course they are mandated to raise their renewable power source to 25%, which means that during the next big freeze, people are likely to die in big numbers.
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2010, 08:16:44 AM »
Probably from house fires, from burning stuff to stay warm.
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2010, 04:11:16 PM »
Quote from: FGL on January 13, 2010, 08:12:00 AM
During the big freeze across the UK they now have found a problem with wind power. Up to 5% of their power is supposed to be wind right now and during the worst freeze in decades the wind farms were actually producing 0.2% of the 5.0% they could have produced. Of course they are mandated to raise their renewable power source to 25%, which means that during the next big freeze, people are likely to die in big numbers.

Speaking of electric generation, today I was at a methane gas-fired electric generator plant built on a landfill (that's how they get the gas) not too far from Rochester NY.  The station supervisor told us that the mounds of garbage sink three feet a year due to the stuff settling.  He also said that the county (Oneida County, IIRC) just bought more adjoining land for the landfill, so they will be able to use the landfill for another 25 years.  He also said that there will be enough methane for 20 years after that, and they are looking at being able to increase their generating capacity a bit over 300%, as they have permits to put in another 17.6 megawatts' worth of generators.

The generator room (seven 800-kW generators) was noisy as Hell, and stunk pretty bad, too.  But they have an uptime availability of over 99%, judging from the numbers they gave us, and they run at somewhere between 93% and 94% of capacity.
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2010, 04:14:46 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on January 13, 2010, 04:11:16 PM
The generator room (seven 800-kW generators) was noisy as Hell, and stunk pretty bad, too.  But they have an uptime availability of over 99%, judging from the numbers they gave us, and they run at somewhere between 93% and 94% of capacity.

That makes a lot more economical sense that wind and solar on large scales.
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2010, 04:27:06 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on January 13, 2010, 04:11:52 AM
In NYS, at one of the very first wind farms, we had one come down not too long ago.  From the discussions in my office (which appraises said wind farms), there's a lot of engineers playing CYA right now.
A tower fell down?
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2010, 04:38:45 PM »
I just watched a Discovery Channel "How It's Made". They were makin' LED stop lights. We have since found out, if you use those in the part of the country where it actually snows, ya know about 50% of the country, they don't generate enough heat in order to keep the lenses free from ice. BIG FRIKKIN" SURPRISE idiots!

Now they figure they're going to have to put heaters in the lights to keep them from freezing. Surprise, surprise, they will use more energy than the original incandescents that generated their own heat!

Green my ass!!!!!!!!!!11111
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2010, 04:41:31 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 13, 2010, 04:38:45 PM
I just watched a Discovery Channel "How It's Made". They were makin' LED stop lights. We have since found out, if you use those in the part of the country where it actually snows, ya know about 50% of the country, they don't generate enough heat in order to keep the lenses free from ice. BIG FRIKKIN" SURPRISE idiots!

Now they figure they're going to have to put heaters in the lights to keep them from freezing. Surprise, surprise, they will use more energy than the original incandescents that generated their own heat!

Green my ass!!!!!!!!!!11111

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2010, 05:01:31 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 13, 2010, 04:38:45 PM
I just watched a Discovery Channel "How It's Made". They were makin' LED stop lights. We have since found out, if you use those in the part of the country where it actually snows, ya know about 50% of the country, they don't generate enough heat in order to keep the lenses free from ice. BIG FRIKKIN" SURPRISE idiots!

Now they figure they're going to have to put heaters in the lights to keep them from freezing. Surprise, surprise, they will use more energy than the original incandescents that generated their own heat!

Green my ass!!!!!!!!!!11111
That's not what I heard... :naughty:
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2010, 05:20:28 PM »
Quote from: Ree on January 13, 2010, 05:01:31 PM
That's not what I heard... :naughty:

What pray tell have you heard? Ya just can't leave it there! You have to back it up! This is not the DUmpster! We require facts! Heh, heh, heh!
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2010, 05:30:54 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on January 11, 2010, 11:48:13 AM
Wonder if THIS post will get read on the air...somehow I think not. But Straight Story, you are SUCH a pathetic whiner! Are we supposed to think you're being compassionate because you're considering NOT getting a job (thereby making life better for your DAUGHTER who didn't divorce you) because you want to "be there" for the X and the kid. Your wife LEFT YOU for another guy! She's ****ing someone else and you're acting like a love-sick puppy. It's not your job to take care of her anymore. The attention you're lavishing all over her could be better spent on your child. But we have this most amazing invention now called an airplane! As COO you'll make enough to afford a ticket for daughter to join you should your X-wife's UNDIAGNOSED supposed illness take a turn for the worse. You've spent the past few days WHINING, lamenting with an angst that would rival that of any emo tween, about how you're desperately trying to get this or that expensive thing for the X and your daughter. Now, the opportunity (supposedly because no one knows what to believe when it comes to you folks at the DUmp) drops right into your useless lap. Man up and take the job, granted you'll be scorned by left-wing radio but your daughter will at least be able to get a few cavities filled and buy a new pair of shoes. If you don't take the job you have NO business whining about how you can't afford anything.

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2010, 06:39:42 PM »
For cryin' out loud! If this man, and I use that term loosely, was going to take care of his own, I'm thinkin' he would never advertise it at the stinkin' DUmp!

Maybe I'm just from the wrong side of their tracks!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2010, 12:52:32 AM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 13, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
What pray tell have you heard? Ya just can't leave it there! You have to back it up! This is not the DUmpster! We require facts! Heh, heh, heh!
That your ass ain't green....




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BTW...the only way you can prove it's green is to post a pic... :tongue:
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #38 on: January 14, 2010, 12:58:16 AM »
lol his avatar sure looks green to me.

heh.

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #39 on: January 14, 2010, 12:32:49 PM »
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #40 on: January 14, 2010, 12:34:35 PM »
Quote from: Ree on January 14, 2010, 12:52:32 AM
That your ass ain't green....




I don't rat out my sources(unless they piss me off)




BTW...the only way you can prove it's green is to post a pic... :tongue:

Heh, heh, heh! You don't know how close I came to paintin' my ass green just to get a laugh outa ya!

I was speaking of my donkey in case yous was wonderin'! Hahahahahahaha!!

ETA: ( after all, I'm probly the only one here that actually has an ass!!!!)

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #41 on: January 14, 2010, 12:43:09 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 14, 2010, 12:34:35 PM
Heh, heh, heh! You don't know how close I came to paintin' my ass green just to get a laugh outa ya!

I was speaking of my donkey in case yous was wonderin'! Hahahahahahaha!!

ETA: ( after all, I'm probly the only one here that actually has an ass!!!!)
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2010, 01:55:00 PM »
Quote from: Ree on January 14, 2010, 12:43:09 PM
:rotf: :rotf:

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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2010, 03:36:31 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 14, 2010, 12:32:49 PM
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It's been an interesting trip, but I think I might be back. The damned DUmmies have pulled me back in...
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2010, 03:48:54 PM »
Quote from: BannedFromDU on January 14, 2010, 03:36:31 PM

It's been an interesting trip, but I think I might be back. The damned DUmmies have pulled me back in...

Who the hell is Early Cuyler???
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2010, 04:00:19 PM »


Early's the man, man!  Get some!  Get some!
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Re: Another not so straight story
« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2010, 04:27:54 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2010, 04:00:19 PM


Early's the man, man!  Get some!  Get some!

Heh, heh, heh! I didn't realize that was his last name! Now it makes complete sense! Although, his girlfriend leaves a lot to be desired! I would think he had better taste!
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