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by opo 11mo ago
I appreciate how open and honest you have been in this discussion. While it might be that taking Prozac is the best choice for your child, I have to admit I would never let a pediatrician prescribe Prozac (or any other SSRI) - this is eno
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by opo 11mo ago
No, that is not true. The first school lunch programs started with private initiatives in the 1890s. The first major federal program for student lunches was the National School Lunch Program enacted in 1946. That has since been updated s
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by opo 1y ago
>2. Solar does receive more subsidies, intentionally. … >3. Taxes aren’t flat rates, so when you make more you pay more progressively. A poor person pays significantly less than a rich person does for solar subsidies. Yes, subsidies a
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by opo 1y ago
>...It's not a subsidy to be allowed to sell a thing you produce at market price. The market price is not the retail price. Does a grocery store buys produce from a supplier at the price they sell it to the consumer? Of course not
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by opo 1y ago
>>…Also, I heartily disagree that utility scale solar is obviously cheaper. Transmission and distribution costs are the biggest cost on the grid, and utility scale solar needs to pay for that whereas residential solar drives down T&am
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by opo 1y ago
>…I think that's often overlooked - all talk about subsidies for solar is just for the installations. Once they are done, solar electricity costs nothing. No, the subsidies don’t stop at installation - they often just really begin.
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by opo 1y ago
>All new construction should have it, at least. Yea, I have never actually seen any estimates of the cost when adding panels to new construction, but it sure seems like a reasonable idea.
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by opo 1y ago
>...Also, I heartily disagree that utility scale solar is obviously cheaper. Transmission and distribution costs are the biggest cost on the grid, and utility scale solar needs to pay for that whereas residential solar drives down T&
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by opo 1y ago
>Solar "subsidies" are almost universally tax credits, meaning the only money involved is the money paid by the homeowners. Well, it means that the government will have less available money to spend on other priorities. Often
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by opo 1y ago
>...Around this year or last year batteries have hit a price point where they make financial sense for ordinary people, The LCOE of battery systems for residential systems is still incredibly high according to the Lazard report - an unsu
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by opo 1y ago
It should be noted that those low costs for solar installations are not including consumer rooftop solar. The consumer rooftop solar cost is usually one of the most expensive ways you can generate electricity - often several times the cost
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by opo 1y ago
>...The only thing that will reduce costs is competitive pressure. Unfortunately, just yesterday there were a surprising amount of people who seemed to argue that increased competition would at best have no effect, and at worst, would ac
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by opo 1y ago
Here is a summary of a number of studies of the effects of Certificates of Need: https://ij.org/report/striving-for-better-care/overwhelming-...
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by opo 1y ago
>...After all it was the only counter-balance that instilled a baseline fear of violent uprising from the workers class in the heart of the wealthy class. Are people claiming that the USSR provided a valid counter-balance for the working
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by opo 1y ago
>...Midnight to 5AM demand is so low they are actually charging grid batteries This is misleading. Demand from midnight to 5 AM in CA is much higher than you imply and unfortunately the largest provider of power at night is generally na
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by opo 1y ago
>…Upgrades are on the way but you were trying to frame it as a desperate issue to solve immediately, without realizing your solution didn’t solve anything. It is only non-urgent if a country wants to minimize the people it is killing by
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by opo 1y ago
>Over production of renewables in the north and over consumption in the south. Well I guess it is impossible to upgrade the grid in any kind of reasonable timeframe in Germany. There are still other options that could be done to hasten t
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by opo 1y ago
Unfortunately Germany dug itself into a big hole and the choices aren’t that great. (Yes, continue to build more solar and wind. Though that is what has been happening in 2025, and coal use has increased this year due to the variability
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by opo 1y ago
>...But we are where we are in 2025 and there is no point crying over spilled milk. It would be one thing if Germany's bad mistakes in this area only affected Germany. Unfortunately people downwind of Germany die because it is stil
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by opo 1y ago
>The great thing is that coal is not the alternative in 2025. Unfortunately, there is a country that shut down nuclear power plants while they still have operating coal plants. Over time, coal use is declining in Germany, but that isn&#
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by opo 1y ago
What is the 247 TWh number referring too? Germany uses a little over 500 TWh of electricity per year. Germany has a little more than 20 GWh of grid storage.
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by opo 1y ago
>I neither said nor implied that the green transition is complete. Green transitions take decades. Maybe you didn't intend too, but your words certainly implied it: >>...it didnt prove conclusively that you could decarbonize y
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by opo 1y ago
Why are you implying that Germany has decarbonized their grid? Germany has a long term goal of decarbonizing the grid, but it isn’t there yet. They made the decision to keep coal plants burning and shut down their nuclear power plants. A
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by opo 1y ago
>Why aren’t capital gains taxed at a higher rate than income? The federal capital gains rates are higher than the effective tax rates paid by a family making a median income, but I suspect you are asking why the capital gains rates are n
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by opo 1y ago
The economist Noah Smith graded the predictions of economists who made public statements once the Biden administration started its large spending programs: >...In 2021, Krugman tweeted: "I like it and plan to steal it. This report d
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by opo 1y ago
>Japan's decision to surrender in Aug'45 was based on when the Japanese knew then, not on what historians know now. Nobody is saying anything different. >...And several previous Japanese conclusions of "the USSR will no
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by opo 1y ago
The Soviets could never have done a large invasion of Japan. They had a few ships that the USA had given them as part of Project Hula, but that is nothing compared to what would be needed for a full scale invasion of Japan. They did have p
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by opo 1y ago
>...The second says "Blame yourself". The second step in this joke is something like "Reorganize.", not "Blame yourself". https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/
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by opo 1y ago
Thanks for the info. I thought maybe they were combining consumer rooftop with them, but didn't take the time to double-check. From the June 2024 report, the consumer rooftop cost range was $122 - $284. The commercial and industrial
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by opo 1y ago
Utility grid solar provides low cost power and consumer rooftop solar does not and will not. The LCOE for consumer solar is between $81 and $217 per MWh. This is MUCH more expensive than grid based solar. https://www.lazard.com&

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