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Environment & Energy

captain queeg

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3. Yeah I'm sure that's true. And the costs that would be associated with retrofits.

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Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:30 PM

Apr 2020

There used to be a couple out here in the NW but I think they are all shuttered now. Hydro has always been big out here and wind took off considerably but I’m told the trend is more and more solar powered plants.

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Money Quotes In "Planet Of The Humans" A Decade Or More Old Re. Energy Costs And Impacts [View all] hatrack Apr 2020 OP

Haven't seen the movie but that quote at the bottom where 95% of the electric grid captain queeg Apr 2020 #1

From Wiki it's 27.4% in 2018 down from 52.8% in 1997 Finishline42 Apr 2020 #2

Yeah I'm sure that's true. And the costs that would be associated with retrofits. captain queeg Apr 2020 #3

i've heard those old solar numbers from my trumpkin. mopinko Apr 2020 #4