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2 more units at turkey point. inb4 sunny florida has less carbon grid power before comifornia
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Jesus, they're just now getting approval? I thought they started construction like 2 or 3 years ago.
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I would love to do some renewables with my new house eventually.
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I'm gonna talk to Ben about what he did with their first house. They didn't really use it for power, it was for water heating.[user not found] wrote:I've been keeping tabs on it, rooftop needs another 30% price drop or increase in efficiency to make it worth it this far north.Calvinball wrote:I would love to do some renewables with my new house eventually.
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Calvinball wrote:I'm gonna talk to Ben about what he did with their first house. They didn't really use it for power, it was for water heating.[user not found] wrote: I've been keeping tabs on it, rooftop needs another 30% price drop or increase in efficiency to make it worth it this far north.
I talked to a couple here that has solar panels on the house.
And incandescent bulbs everywhere.
I let them live in ignorance and bliss.
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New house is baseboard heat too, that can be tied in as well if I remember how his was setup correctly.[user not found] wrote:Yeah his system was pretty sweet. The tax credit he got made it way worth it and they didn't need a huge array.Calvinball wrote: I'm gonna talk to Ben about what he did with their first house. They didn't really use it for power, it was for water heating.
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Yep, currently heated by a gas furnace.[user not found] wrote:Hot water baseboard? Nice.Calvinball wrote: New house is baseboard heat too, that can be tied in as well if I remember how his was setup correctly.
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If I had any rooftop real estate I'd install them.[user not found] wrote:I've been keeping tabs on it, rooftop needs another 30% price drop or increase in efficiency to make it worth it this far north.Calvinball wrote:I would love to do some renewables with my new house eventually.
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Yea I have a pretty steeply pitched roof and am surrounded on the south (sunny) side by tall mature oaks and maples so I get minimal sun where I'd need it to be to make panels worth it.Johnny_P wrote:If I had any rooftop real estate I'd install them.[user not found] wrote: I've been keeping tabs on it, rooftop needs another 30% price drop or increase in efficiency to make it worth it this far north.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Melon wrote:Dat Nuclear icon on the thread.
Well played.
Nuke power is our only viable existing technology for 'green' energy.
Solar and wind can halp, but they aren't the end all be all.
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Yet, it's pretty much being abandoned.Johnny_P wrote:Agreed. It's the most viable clean energy.Detroit wrote:I'm all about
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Watched new NOVA (PBS) episode on nuke power last night. 5/7 very informative.
Summary:
Fukushima is a complete shit show and will continue to be for a very long time
Regulations hamper new reactor design/tech
Sodium cooled reactors seem like a viable option vs. water cooled.
Millennial nuke engineers are a thing
Summary:
Fukushima is a complete shit show and will continue to be for a very long time
Regulations hamper new reactor design/tech
Sodium cooled reactors seem like a viable option vs. water cooled.
Millennial nuke engineers are a thing
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
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Name of show?4zilch wrote:Watched new NOVA (PBS) episode on nuke power last night. 5/7 very informative.
Summary:
Fukushima is a complete shit show and will continue to be for a very long time
Regulations hamper new reactor design/tech
Sodium cooled reactors seem like a viable option vs. water cooled.
Millennial nuke engineers are a thing
Sodium cooled reactors are not terrible if we can use the braton cycle. Otherwise... you need another heat transfer fluid besides water. Sodium + water = bad day
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What are they going to replace these with?
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Natural gas most likely.Detroit wrote:What are they going to replace these with?
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