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mopinko

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1. agreed.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 11:32 AM
Jul 2023

and here’s a yardstick to consider- what’s best for consumers?
my rooftop solar is the best investment i ever made. $20k investment pays $200/mo for years to come. and cuts peak load.

and my pet peeve- methane from manure. make the cafos put in anaerobic digesters, and generators. at least their neighbors get cheap, clean elec, and a lot less smell.
1 dairy farm powers the whole city of desmoines, ia, on an investment of about $10m, iirc.

situate turbines where ppl r poor, and can benefit. i think some indian reservations are doing this.
wind is a boon to a lot of struggling farmers.

this is very much a consumer issue.
we shd be building green cities upland from coasts. clean, cheap power cld b a bigger draw than ppl think.

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agreed. mopinko Jul 2023 #1
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