I wonder if they had a dedicated workforce if they could still make it happen. Should they though? Would it benefit the wildlife at this point? I have no idea.

This is the primary reason I don't mess with it. I know myself, I know my mental health, and I know there is a fair chance that even if I took every precaution, I'd end up missing a date and having something like this.

PA Grand canyon is fun! I haven't been in decades, but I'm sure its still great. We went RVing as kids, not sure whats available now.

You never know what you are getting with these posts. You took a nice route, the posts about rt15 and all the adult stores get old.

America is the major industrialized country where this shit still happens. It's getting so tiring.

Not to sour the tread but can you elaborate. I'm not familiar enough, but knowledge is power.

At this point, we are nearing $25 an hour to catch up to when minimum wage had the most value.

Think about it, if you are making less then that, you are making less then your grandparents stocking grocery shelves in high school.

It sounds like this isn't targeted toward you. Much more likely towards those using electric resistive heat, which is a huge draw on the grid. Or things like electric cars (which are still amazing), slow down charging overnight if you don't need it.

Hell, even dryers are big draws. Given the super rare conditions that hardly ever happen, I get it.

Devils advocate, if just a couple of non critical buisness cust there power, it would be massive compared to a hundred homes.

Why headlights aren't just on if the engine is running is beyond me.

Yea, it looks like it should be done by noonish on Friday, this would probably be my route.

Tests still need verified, and even if it's valid (fingers crossed), it won't be ready until it's too late to prevent catastrophic climate collapse. To prevent said collapse, we need to stop burning fossil fuels by checking notes, about 1970.....

Funny say of saying it aside, we won't prevent it at this point. Now we can just hope to mitigate it before it's to late. Humans aren't good at fixing problems that need fixed now to prevent issues decades away.

We could use all renewables. It would take a shift in our energy usage habits, but it's very obtainable.

Even things like properly insulating all homes would be massive, making it so the vast, vast majority of US homes would not need heating at night to stay comfortable.

Really all that would need constant power is refrigeration, creature comforts, and emergency services. This is obtainable with different energy storage methods, and If we hold to capitalism, increasing electric rates in the evening.

Yes, there are countless exceptions, but they are in the minority and we can adjust to them.

Yes, nuclear is an option to, but it should be a stopgap for now to go renewable. Fission might come, it might not. Plan for what we have, not what might be.

It's a catch-22 as it stands. We need to tackle climate change, this is going to be super expensive, but we could heat every house in the country on renewable electric within the decade if we put resources into it.

Alas, the population, even the Democrats, aren't willing to put in the effort to make that change, so we need to keep pulling NG. Politics will cost us the planet.

Sadly the system is designed to fail people. It needs a major revamp, modern tech, and just to be right, regardless of the reason.

Wasn't there an experiment that involved tethering something to the space shuttle, and lowering back towards earth, and it generated electric due to differences in the atmosphere? My brain is super foggy this morning, but I vaguely remember learning about it.

How can I tell which ones are legit and which are scams

I had a very bad voting experience, and in the interest of privacy, I'm not going to share it here, but I'm so glad others didn't.

It's a holy war to him. Conceding would be admitting God lost and the Satan won.

That's the thing. That's what we learned in church. You pray, fast, tithe, and more, and God will provide.

They are all cults.

You are missing my point. I don't trust fascists to be honorable so I take the path where they are least likely to affect my vote.

From other standpoints, mail in voting is just a big win.

Mail in voting is secure and safe.

Republicans will do everything they can to make it not count. So I vote in person. I want to mail vote, but I don't trust them.

Eh, Democrats are Right, Republican's are Far Right.

But was there any reality where you would vote for Oz? I would hope not.

Because they are inaccurate.

I suppose my statement is wrong though. The swing voters this time are much further right then usual.

There aren't any swing voters this time.