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US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

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Post by fuzzfactor »

latch wrote: post #141
i5heu wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"common sense" is common sense because it is not "specialised sense" or "expert sense" So if politicians base their decisions on "common sense", they confess to not being able to use experts that refine their knowledge and position about a topic. A "common sense" strategy is therefore what is most popular and on the basis of the understanding of laymen without deeper understanding or knowledge.

"common sense" is common sense because it is the "sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts" (1). Maybe what you meant to say is that the position isn't, in fact, "common sense", that it is neither sound or prudent? (1) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20sense

Oh yes, "sound" and "prudent" haven't been in the ballpark nearly as often as they used to be :(

The dictionary definition is in spite of the fact that the phrase "common sense" is more often than ever being used to rebrand what was formerly known as "common lack of sense".

They wouldn't say it if it wasn't false :\

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Post by ricardobayes »

mapontosevenths wrote: post #224
jtbayly wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And in the winter in the North people are just supposed to freeze?

North Americans mostly do not use electricity for heat in the winter. Around 60% use natural gas with forced air furnaces. Something closer to 80% have the option, but 20% don't bother to use it. Some of the deep south get by with electric heat, but they aren't in places where the cold is a typically a legitimate danger to health and safety.

I find something very refreshing in this, reading from Europe where we get told "gas" is the big bad, even threatening to make condensing gas boilers illegal from time to time [0], despite over 95% of homes (in the UK) being heated by this method.

That said most of Europe doesn't heat or cool adequately, Spain and Portugal barely heat their homes in winter and boy it gets cold with 41F/5C nights. Then Germany/Switzerland refuse to use A/C even though the summers get to 95F/35C. Just a few days ago a friend told me he went to the doctor and the doctor passed out during examination from the heat.

ps. Not sure why it's downvoted, I think people read something into my comment that I didn't want to express.

[0]: https://www.edfenergy.com/heating/advice/uk-boiler-ban

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Post by ChoGGi »

chewbacha wrote: post #18

Parts of the world are literally on fire but the US is redirecting money to halt renewables and towards gas. The demand for energy is higher than ever due to AI data centers, but I guess the next model is more important than a habitable environment.

And coal, he loves coal; same as our idiot Premier.

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Post by bluerooibos »

throw0101d wrote: post #199
chewbacha wrote: post #18

Parts of the world are literally on fire but the US is redirecting money to halt renewables and towards gas. The demand for energy is higher than ever due to AI data centers, but I guess the next model is more important than a habitable environment.

> Parts of the world are literally on fire but the US is redirecting money to halt renewables and towards gas. Parts of the US are literally on fire. * https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-100... * https://wfca.com/fire-map * https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/maps

These damn arsonists are really going for it this year, huh?

The coordination between them is amazing - being able to pull this off in multiple European countries, the US and Canada at the same time.

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Post by pydry »

pennomi wrote: post #372
zmmmmm wrote: post #310

I read up recently on the history of the fall of the roman empire and it was fascinating how eerily similar it was to the current state of the US. Overwhelmed by corruption and wars they make stupider and stupider decisions on ever larger scales, ever more frequently. And the population grows ever more cynical, eventually opting for authoritarianism before eventually the center can't hold any more and it all collapse…

The US sure seems to be speedrunning the collapse though.

The collapse did take about 1,000 years.

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Post by eigenspace »

PowerElectronix wrote: post #191
jtbayly wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And in the winter in the North people are just supposed to freeze?

Solar would produce enough power in winter. Germany is europe's top solar energy producer and is at a latitude similar to Alaska.

The very very northern tip of Germany reaches almost as far north as the southernmost tip of the Alaskan panhandle, but most of Germany is more like mid-south Canada on a latitude basis.

Northern Germany is much more specialized into wind power, and the south is more solar intensive (though solar is more evenly spread throughout the country than Wind, thanks to ease of installation, and the fact that it still produces tonnes of electricity in the summer).

Solar should be built in Alaska, but wind and hydro is what should be actively subsidized and supported by the government. The market can take care of solar penetration in Alaska if you let it.

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Post by wookmaster »

zmmmmm wrote: post #310

I read up recently on the history of the fall of the roman empire and it was fascinating how eerily similar it was to the current state of the US. Overwhelmed by corruption and wars they make stupider and stupider decisions on ever larger scales, ever more frequently. And the population grows ever more cynical, eventually opting for authoritarianism before eventually the center can't hold any more and it all collapse…

It seems like checks and balances are collapsing so the corruption gets worse, just selling out nature, our health more and more for personal gain until something breaks.

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Post by esskay »

gyanchawdhary wrote: post #395
timacles wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out country is ran by bunch of Lionel Hutz clones

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What "world order" is this? One where cheap energy generation is seen as a good thing? Bizarre that anyone would be against a private company building solar or wind farms in this day and age.

For a guy in the ai and cybersecurity industry you seem to have incredibly poor judgement Gyan.

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