Nicely done!

For me it's the focus on nothing in particular and the b&w. Since it's not really focusing on anything, my mind wants to find something, and that something feels like it could be scary!

I find a lot of people are freaked about the forests. Mostly from people who never experienced the woods.

Thank you

Not far mileage wise, but outside the national park

Basically. Only the second one was turned on. Now it's an overstock call center and business park. You can do photoshoots there though

Edit yeah. 1983 it was drowning in debt and it was too expensive to tear it down

if you want to live in a libertarian paradise you're free to movie to russia

wasn't that killed by the investors for the simple reason of "it isn't going to be profitable enough"?

There was going to be nuclear but they killed the satsop plant by Elma

I think they're great! I think the spook is a key factor in their power and greatness.

1. Residential solar is still very expensive, and adding to cost makes the housing crisis worse. Parts of CA require solar and look how that's working out.

2. There's still a shortage of raw materials to make solar panels even at the current demand level, requiring them would create a years-long backlog of building projects that can't be completed because they're waiting for solar panels to be manufactured. Again making the housing crisis even worse.

3. Current solar panels have a useful lifespan of around 20 years, after which they're hazardous waste. We don't have a way to recycle them. Starting to require them today means creating a hazardous waste crisis 20 years from now.

Gorgeous. 🍁🍁

This is cool.

Fail to see how it adds cost to construction. Its much more costly to retrofit. Plus when the sale price is $400-500k of the new home, whats another $20k for heat pump system. Keep it in perspective. I dont see where its much less to put in gas you still have to install ducting throughout the house.

There’s an abandoned paper mill in Steilacoom.

Find a replacement for dams...

Oh noooo, new houses must have efficient heating and air conditioning, the horror!

Yes it is, that's why it would be supplemental solar. If we added solar capacity to every home, even though it is less than efficient than a large central collector system, The result would still be a low-cost dramatic reduction in the amount of energy production required.

There is not going to be one solution to getting off of carbon. Nested power generation methodologies will be a significant part of our future.

I thought we were talking about heat pumps.

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A good article on the topic. Bottom line it looks like YMMV whether it’s a cost savings or not. Temps in the state vary widely so I could see how this will raise costs for many.

Consumer Reports article

I love the color!

That by The Grand Park?

Residential solar is much less efficient than using the same money to build out a solar farm somewhere outside the residential area and run lines into it. I’ve heard it’s something like 1/3rd the efficiency.

There will be no change with either candidate. If Murray wins she will continue to do nothing of significance. If Smiley wins, she will be buried in low level committees with minimal effect.