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LouisvilleDem

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4. Very true

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 12:00 AM

Nov 2013

That's why you should always take a look at whether or not what the evangelists said would happen actually did happen. The only objective guide to what the future will look like is the past, everything else is just prophets predicting shit. Obviously that does not mean that the future will always look like the past. However, ignoring why people were objectively wrong in the past is what separates scientists from priests. A true scientist will alter her/his viewpoint as more data comes in, the priest does not.

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The US has 43 nuclear power plants’ worth of solar energy in the pipeline [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

Or HALF of ONE plant... FBaggins Nov 2013 #1

CORRECT!!! PamW Nov 2013 #2

It's what one expects from evangelists. GliderGuider Nov 2013 #3

Very true LouisvilleDem Nov 2013 #4

CORRECT!!! PamW Nov 2013 #6

We've heard similar predictions every two years for 50 years. NNadir Nov 2013 #5

No, we haven't. nt kristopher Dec 2013 #10

Numbers from National Academy of Science show 43GW of solar is significant kristopher Dec 2013 #7

YES!!!! EXACTLY as I stated... PamW Dec 2013 #8

Argue with someone else kristopher Dec 2013 #9

The answers were already posted... PamW Dec 2013 #11

"Solar at 2c/kWh? Not a matter of if, but when – and by whom" kristopher Dec 2013 #12

but guesses and hopes need to become reality backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #13

It is reality kristopher Dec 2013 #14

your snark aside backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #15

That is bullshit. kristopher Dec 2013 #16

no your full of it backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #17

It's their motto... PamW Dec 2013 #18

true backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #19

The same goes for that BS claim. kristopher Dec 2013 #20

so now I'm a RW'er to boot backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #21

It IS a standard right wing talking point kristopher Dec 2013 #22

WTH claim do you want me to give 5 cases of? backwoodsbob Dec 2013 #23

Ah, the backtracking starts... kristopher Dec 2013 #24

Are you referring to claims solar would be a major energy player? NickB79 Dec 2013 #25

A discussion of 'potential' is not a prediction kristopher Dec 2013 #26

kris splitting hairs between prediction and potential? NickB79 Dec 2013 #27

WTF are you talking about? kristopher Dec 2013 #28