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Environment & Energy

Franker65

(299 posts)

17. Costly but effective

Reply to FBaggins (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:29 AM

Jun 2012

I'd say a big grid expansion is costly but if they do manage to go totally green, that will pay for itself given time. Bigger grid might also mean more chances to export electricity as well.

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Germany counts cost of nuclear-to-renewables shift [View all] FBaggins May 2012 OP

Sounds like job opportunities N/T Throckmorton May 2012 #1

But how many are "broken window" jobs? n/t FBaggins May 2012 #2

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Keep this in mind with press like the OP - expect the onslaught to increase kristopher May 2012 #3

Why do you so regularly spin simple facts as "attacks"/"onslaughts"/ etc? FBaggins May 2012 #4

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That added a lot to the discussion. Thanks Kolesar May 2012 #6

It added precisely the same amount as the post that it replied to ... Nihil May 2012 #7

^the "fat kid from Pee Wee's Big Adventure" defense Kolesar May 2012 #8

That might have been meaningful ... Nihil May 2012 #10

Facts are stubborn things nihil kristopher May 2012 #12

Facts are wonderful things Kristopher Nihil May 2012 #15

As I said, all you have to do is correct the record yourself kristopher May 2012 #16

And more: German Power Grids Increasingly Strained GliderGuider May 2012 #11

US power grids are also increasingly strained. kristopher May 2012 #13

Just pointing to what other knowledgeable people have written, kristopher. GliderGuider May 2012 #14

Costly but effective Franker65 Jun 2012 #17