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magical thyme

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54. Vermont's air conditioners?!? Seriously?!?!

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:25 PM

Aug 2013

Ok, I checked your profile and see you're in sunny California, iow the desert, so I guess that explains your confusion.

A/C for the most part is a low priority in northern tier states, except maybe for the most incredibly pampered.

FYI:

Germany, which leads the world in solar power generation, is at 51.5167deg north.

Vermont is at 44.2035 deg north. Which is to say, south of Germany.

Maine is at 45 deg north, so slightly north of Vermont, but reigns as the sunniest state in New England.

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Entergy to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant [View all] Stuart G Aug 2013 OP

Whoa - great news - I thought they'd fight to the bitter end. bananas Aug 2013 #1

Sad for the job loss to the local economy... Agschmid Aug 2013 #2

Actually no... TRoN33 Aug 2013 #5

So that is basically what I said. Agschmid Aug 2013 #7

you couldn't have been more clear Supersedeas Aug 2013 #22

Thanks. Agschmid Aug 2013 #23

If only Vermont's air conditioners ran on wild enthusiasm like yours wtmusic Aug 2013 #11

They will run fine. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #18

Really. Do you have any idea how much the Brattleboro solar installation will generate? wtmusic Aug 2013 #26

Think so? RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #34

"And if we add in squirrel cages, rubber bands, and the Earth's magnetic field... wtmusic Aug 2013 #40

As a physicist by trade. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #46

For a physicist you certainly have an aversion for numbers. wtmusic Aug 2013 #50

we won't need nuclear power plnts to power a few 100k homes? Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #27

We certainly don't need the carbon fossil fuels create to power a few 100k homes wtmusic Aug 2013 #29

1/40 6h the 4nergy requirements... Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #30

No, the requirements stay the same wtmusic Aug 2013 #31

what's the cost of a centralized nuclear accident? Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #32

A third of your electricity is nuclear wtmusic Aug 2013 #33

I like the way you said, "in the US," RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #47

Reactor #5 at Chernobyl was never built in the U.S., it never will be, wtmusic Aug 2013 #51

Vermont doesn't use any power from VY NOW: cali Aug 2013 #53

Of course - Green Mountain Power forced them out. wtmusic Aug 2013 #56

Well, I heard that Crane Paper is going to move back to Pittsfield, MA. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #62

Vermont's air conditioners?!? Seriously?!?! magical thyme Aug 2013 #54

ROFL when you get your first post-VY electric bill. wtmusic Aug 2013 #57

um, I live in Maine. Sorry to disappoint you, but magical thyme Aug 2013 #59

You might think that if you had no idea what a "trade deficit" is. wtmusic Aug 2013 #66

ok, I admit it. I am NOT sorry to disappoint you. Actually, I am... magical thyme Aug 2013 #60

Take a wild guess what percentage of Germany's electricity comes from solar. wtmusic Aug 2013 #63

congratulations on ignoring the reality of my non-nuclear electric bill in Maine magical thyme Aug 2013 #64

Bullshit. 31% of your energy comes from nuclear. wtmusic Aug 2013 #65

wrong. familiarize yourself with this. magical thyme Aug 2013 #67

Do they install separate wires to your house? wtmusic Aug 2013 #68

piece of shit solar? RobertEarl Aug 2013 #58

I think he ran away. Probably crying when he learned that my *annual* no-nuke electric bill magical thyme Aug 2013 #61

Relatively few on permanent staff in Vernon Mopar151 Aug 2013 #10

great news Marrah_G Aug 2013 #3

Guys... TRoN33 Aug 2013 #4

I'm glad you're so proud you caught them "lying". wtmusic Aug 2013 #9

Says only you. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #19

I don't know where you live, but you obviously know nothing about Vermont energy wtmusic Aug 2013 #24

Really? Mopar151 Aug 2013 #20

Entergy thought extending the license would be a slam dunk Mopar151 Aug 2013 #21

Ga-ron-tee your money is going to Canada wtmusic Aug 2013 #25

Not if I generate my OWN power. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #35

Rugged individualist, are you? wtmusic Aug 2013 #39

Lots of folks off the grid in Vermont NOW. No Joke. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #43

Great - how much does it cost for a solar array that craps out every night? wtmusic Aug 2013 #45

Well, you're wrong about carbon from natural gas, for 1 thing. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #49

Our retail electric rates are some of the hightst in the country - because of nukes! Mopar151 Aug 2013 #36

Bull-shit. wtmusic Aug 2013 #38

You wish. From thousands of miles away. n/t Mopar151 Aug 2013 #41

Yeah, well...unlike with solar power wtmusic Aug 2013 #42

And what about the spent fuel rods/pool? Divernan Aug 2013 #6

All moved to dry cask storage within 7 or 8 years. Throckmorton Aug 2013 #12

Where are the rods going to go? wtmusic Aug 2013 #13

They will sit in dry casks, forever. Throckmorton Aug 2013 #14

Long before forever wtmusic Aug 2013 #15

I doubt they will float, Throckmorton Aug 2013 #16

True. wtmusic Aug 2013 #17

Your hatred of no nukers is disgusting RobertEarl Aug 2013 #44

You obviously not seen the northern Connecticut river. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #37

No, they just didn't fuck the planet. n/t RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #48

They're fucking the planet faster than anyone wtmusic Aug 2013 #52

So the cost/benefit ratio seabeckind Aug 2013 #8

That's what I call GOOD NEWS! Auntie Bush Aug 2013 #28

GREAT NEWS!!!! magical thyme Aug 2013 #55