akmjolnir

akmjolnir t1_j3cpldp wrote

Reply to comment by BlackberryNo1537 in Speeding ticket by [deleted]

Why are you asking strangers on the internet for legal advice?

This is a place of judgment, not info.

Also... it looks like you're an out-of-state resident (MA?), so if that's true, have fun, and pray that the ticketing officer forgets to show up to court; you're case will be straight-up revenue generation.

Edit: u/BlackberryNo1537 blocking me isnt' going to help your cause. It's the same as jamming your head 12" deep into the sand and hoping things turn out fine.

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akmjolnir t1_j3cohwy wrote

Don't speed like a dummy.

If you already have a ticket or court date, get a lawyer if it matters that much.

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akmjolnir t1_j24t6t2 wrote

Climate only affects people.

People are selfish and aren't good at extrapolation 2nd/3rd/etc. order repercussions, or scale up their thinking to big stuff.

People will suffer, but the planet will be fine.

We might see short-term increases in temperature, but that just leads to frozen fresh water (ice) melting into the oceans, which will likely disrupt the deep currents by changing the salinity of the currents. This will likely lead to a big drop in temperatures in North America.

In the end we'll be able to ski and ice fish year-round.

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akmjolnir t1_j1z9yyi wrote

Shouldn't it be easy to just figure out how long a battery can keep your house going - essentials vs. entire house - and figure out if it's worth it based on average time without power in your immediate area?

I think if you have a propane tank for the kitchen or water heater it's a no-brainer to get a propane powered generator; you're already paying for its fuel.

If you live in a rural area that routinely loses power for extended periods and have a wood stove for supplimental heating, do you need a small source of energy to run the home water heater and fridge for a while?

There's tons of variables, and you can keep going with a long list of what-ifs.

It'd be smart to talk to people that live off the grid full-time. I know of one family that did it for decades with lots of solar panels, huge battery banks of old-school batteries, propane powered appliances, incinerator toilets, a wood stove, lots of insulation, and a big backup gasoline generator for when the sunlight in the winter wasn't enough to sufficiently charge the battery banks.

In the end, as they got older, it became less fun to maintain their energy needs, so they paid to have the utility company run power to the house.

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