Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

@lauren Yes, brilliant idea of his, and the inspiration for several boleros by later composers including Jimmy Page and Keith Emerson.

@fatsam Yes, it's always seemed a bit extreme.

Also, every philosopher who has examined the ethics of crimes and punishments finds that perpetual punishment is not only unethical but dysfunctional. From a psych standpoint, perpetual punishment is not a deterrent because the punishment is incomprehensible. For something to be a deterrent you have to be able to at least grasp the punishment.

@shelenn I did. Been talking about it for years. But nobody listens to me. Lol.

Yeah, we still need the backbone-style grid for transporting large aggregate amounts of power but at the residential level a new way of thinking in terms of sharing has to be applied going forward. Fortunately, electronic technology is up to the job nowadays.

If my neighbor three houses down needs to charge his car at a fast rate, the battery banks in neighboring homes need to pick up most of the load.

In addition to generation and distribution for sale, electric utilities have to add power sharing as one of their primary functions, work out how the billing is going to work, and so on.

This would have been unimaginable 30, 40 years ago but we can do it today. We just have to want to. And since electric utility companies don't want to, they'll need some "forceful encouragement" from the government. After all, that's what government is for.

@matt Elkins metro. I'm down below you in Clarksburg.

@matt Yeah, it's bad. I notice it because I'm originally from Southern California. My friends are sick of my antics. When the sun makes one of its rare appearances, I start staggering and say, "Oh my God, the sun's out. I don't know how to act. I feel disoriented." And they roll their eyes and try to ignore me.

@matt Absolutely. I'm having a meeting this coming week with a partner on this project and electricity is one of the topics. Solar is on the table.

Unfortunately, West Virginia isn't the greatest place for solar because of low insolation and 40 degree latitude. For much of the year, West Virginia is the Land of Perpetual Thick Dreary Overcast. Haha. It's still worth it, just not as exciting as having solar in the California desert.

@BrianPierce Yeah, that's from the old days when none of that was regulated and power plants burned the cheapest fuel they could find.

The Mississippi River bed is still thick with lead compounds from the days of leaded gasoline. I'm old so I remember putting "ethyl" gas in the car. All gas had tetraethyl lead in it to raise the octane number and lubricate the engine's valves. I wonder how many people today are even aware of why we burn unleaded gas and why it even matters. I'll bet the only people who know these days are car enthusiasts who want to restore and drive a 1960s vintage car. You have to replace the valves and seats with modern valves that can operate on unleaded gas without burning.

But yeah, the millions of tons of lead on the Miss. River bottom will be there for thousands of years.

@BrianPierce I address that in the article.

The days of acid-rain are over. Burning of "dirty coal" is prohibited. What's coming to kill us is CO2.

To Support Coal, Buy an EV

This article may sound controversial but it isn't. Here is a breakdown of the facts and figures. The article is primarily directed at people in coal-producing states like West Virginia but if your electricity comes from a gas-fired power plant those figures are also provided.

https://shuttersparks.net/support-coal-buy-an-ev/

#ev #evs #co2 #CarbonFootprint #PowerPlant #efficiency #coal #gas #NaturalGas #ClimateChange

@traductionvin It's a lot of work but the result is worth it.

@ai6yr BZZZZZT!