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I have somehow managed to keep up with this thread despite shedding internet here on the ship. Good work gentlemen. Today we're in Plymouth, England. Tomorrow, Normandy! Big f'n' day tomorrow! I will post photos when I can. I'll say this, if you ever get the chance to visit Dublin, Ireland, do it. Very cool place with a lot of small town charm in what is a fairly big city. People there were great.
 
You want me to spend any amount of time to explain that trying to bury the types of electric transmission lines that would prevent massive outages in hurricanes wouldn't cause your electric bills to quadruple? Someone needs to go fuck themselves. But it isn't me. I can't believe even a few of you went down this path.

If you want a dissertation about what comprises every bit of your electric bill, I can do that. But one component is the cost of keeping the grid running at a reasonable level of reliability. Burying the high voltage transmission system to prevent a few days of outages every few years would literally quadruple your annual utility bill. Probably more. Burying your neighborhood distribution lines is simple. Burying a 345kV transmission line that feeds cities is like building an underground subway across an entire state.

But, fuck me, right?
Nobody said anything about burying transmission lines (even though there are some being undergrounded). Damage to those type of structures is usually limited and local to the most severe storm impacts. You think we have trees sitting on transmissions lines for a week after a hurricane? Florida has few trees even tall enough to reach. If there is damage it’s prioritized and usually fixed pretty quickly.

After Matthew FPL got $318 million dollars in storm recovery costs. Storm was a cat 2 and didn’t even make landfall in Florida. Thats one relatively minor storm in 2016 dollars. Guess what - bills went up to cover it. Why not invest some of that money on the front end and enjoy the benefits for multiple storms over multiple years while also increasing reliability and reducing emergency repair costs? As a lifelong Florida resident who pays utility bills, I think this is a good investment. Not across the board but in a planned and targeted fashion. Check out FPLs storm secure underground program.

Now back to my nonexistent 30 year old underground distribution.
 
If you wait long enough… the truth finally comes out!


🖥️ The economic interests of the military-industrial complex played a significant role in provoking the conflict in Ukraine, American businessman Ben Cohen said in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

“A lot of people think that this little country, Ukraine, was invaded by this big giant, Russia. But I think you have to understand what triggered this war and how it could have been prevented. At the end of the Cold War, the United States promised Russia that we were not going to expand NATO eastward. And then we went ahead and expanded NATO eastward. In fact, the government wasn’t going to do that until the arms manufacturers created the NATO Expansion Committee, which was basically the CEOs of the arms manufacturers lobbying Congress for NATO expansion. If you’re an arms manufacturer and you expand NATO, they’re going to buy a lot of your stuff.”



Ben Cohen moved to Vermont in 1977 and co-founded the world’s most liberal ice cream company. You may think you disagree with him on everything. But take a second and hear him out on the Ukraine war.

(0:00) Introduction
(1:03) The Russia/Ukraine War Is Totally Unnecessary
(9:58) The Pentagon’s Bottomless Budget
(12:24) Weapons Manufacturers Lobbying Congress
(16:34) The Lies About Putin’s Motives
(22:58) The New Anti-War Party
(30:43) Public Response to Cohen’s Stance Against War
(43:01) The Pro-War Propaganda
(49:02) We Have Come Dangerously Close to Nuclear War
(51:16) Will We Go to War With Iran?
(52:52) Why Is This How Cohen Chooses to Spend His Time?
(57:09) What Does It Truly Mean to Be an American?
(59:05) Are People Too Focused on Money?
(1:02:54) Can the System Be Changed?
(1:06:19) Cohen’s Spiritual Motivations
 

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