UtahFanSir

As you know most power projects have a 30 year useful life. So that is not a revelation.

Obviously you have not visited a coal mine or been to the site of a coal fired power plant.

As you know most power projects have a 30 year useful life. So that is not a revelation.

Except for the niggley issue of proper waste disposal. A social cost not yet calculated.

But since you mention it, what are the nominal costs of solar or wind once installed and capital costs can be ignored? 

Like really low. Let’s not be selective in use of ‘facts’ to make our points.

I worked in the industry for 35 years and still do a lot of…[Read more]

Except for the niggley issue of proper waste disposal. A social cost not yet calculated.

But since you mention it, what are the nominal costs of solar or wind once installed and capital costs can be ignored? 

Like really low. Let’s not be selective in use of ‘facts’ to make our points.

I worked in the industry for 35 years and still do a lot of…[Read more]

Except for the niggley issue of proper waste disposal. A social cost not yet calculated.

But since you mention it, what are the nominal costs of solar or wind once installed and capital costs can be ignored? 

Like really low. Let’s not be selective in use of ‘facts’ to make our points.

I worked in the industry for 35 years and still do s lot of…[Read more]

Coal is not competitive for many more reasons than the cost of fuel. Coal fuel costs are rising because the good, cheap stuff was mined first and long ago. The rising cost of coal generation on the fuel side began more than a decade ago. The reason why the coal industry wants to relax regs (like polluting rivers) is to ‘hope’ to stay competitive…[Read more]

Cost of Pollution Imposed on Others by Businesses

You might benefit from reading this piece in Wikipedia on economic externalities. We all know the symptoms. Any pollution that impacts the quality of our life where the cost of that externality (e.g., poorer health, degraded living environment) is not covered by the entity (read business) that…[Read more]

And I honestly thought the GOP had used the last 8 years to craft core elements to meaningful, appropriate legislation for equitable tax reform and less flawed affordable health care for the masses, all the while they voted 52 times to repeal the ACA, held up by a Supreme Court mind you, conducted 11 investigations to no avail on HRC emails,…[Read more]

From my hometown newspaper here in Oregon…

Please don’t be guilty of alt-facts, it was 77 minutes. I listened to every second.

From my hometown newspaper here in Oregon…

Please don’t be guilt of alt-facts, it was 77 minutes. I listened to every second.

From my hometown newspaper here in Oregon…

Please don’t be guilt of alt-facts, it was 77 minutes.

“Beating people over the head with Christianity and western values…is not a viable solution.”

The US Constitution was quite specific about separation of church and state. Technically, America is NOT a Christian country.

The 1st amendment to the Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or…[Read more]

“Beating people over the head with Christianity and western values…is not a viable solution.”

The US Constitution was quite specific about separation of church and state. Technically, America is NOT a Christian country.

The 1st amendment to the Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or…[Read more]

A demographic study was done in France in very recent years–this is not fear mongering–it showed that 25% of Muslim immigrants presently living in France did not believe in the French Constitution or the democratic principals held by the nation as a whole.

That is what scares me about what is going on in Europe. I’ve seen it firsthand too. This…[Read more]