The gain comes in the future. There's no reason why every single house built couldn't have solar panels on the roof. Even marginal installations generate some power, and with *everyone* throwing in a few pennies, you have some real money when totaled.
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Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Much more money in the pocket for a few people/corps.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Electricity comes from batteries and food comes from grocery stores.
BlackSmith
Uncivil
I’ve worked in a plant that made solar panels John, it’s not very environmentally friendly. But hey, we can buy’em from China where the pollution has no effect on the planet.
I'm sure. It'll likely get better over time. Mining lithium is fairly benign. It's an ugly operation, but not a lot of environmental destruction afaik.
How much pollution comes from vehicles dripping fluid everywhere? It isn't as bad as it used to be, but I still see oil all over the place. That's not even getting into the production/transportation pollution. How does it compare with an all electric/solar lifestyle? That's a real question. Dunno if anyone's tried to make a comparison.
How much pollution comes from vehicles dripping fluid everywhere? It isn't as bad as it used to be, but I still see oil all over the place. That's not even getting into the production/transportation pollution. How does it compare with an all electric/solar lifestyle? That's a real question. Dunno if anyone's tried to make a comparison.
BlackSmith
Uncivil
I’d like to see more research done six stroke engines...
en.m.wikipedia.org
Six-stroke engine - Wikipedia
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
This !!! ...
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Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
I highly suggest y’all read this book ASAP ...
Written by a former missionary and supporter of the John Birch society.
I think I can find better use for my time.
Or is this another of your " Kamala Harris was sworn in on the tenements of Karl Marx" type posts, that you then go absolutely silent about, when confronted?
I think I can find better use for my time.
Or is this another of your " Kamala Harris was sworn in on the tenements of Karl Marx" type posts, that you then go absolutely silent about, when confronted?
Mick!
TreeHouser
Will do Winner!
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
The only mining that is "fairly benign" is done in the west.
Now we are shutting that down to save the planet.
Now we are shutting that down to save the planet.
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
So what ? It could have been written by Mickey Mouse as long as the info is pertinent! Besides , as you already live in communist utopia, what could you possibly learn from a book such as this ?
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Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
Save the PLANET??? We can’t even save ourselves for chrissakes. Mother Earth will swallow us up and keep going like nothing happened. A little George to keep perspective...
Jonny
Treehouser
New Mars rover landing today 
I think Butch would be stoked, he seemed to love stuff like this.
mars.nasa.gov
Did anyone else get a little choked up when Opportunity died? It was really sad, almost like it had a personality.
I think Butch would be stoked, he seemed to love stuff like this.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.
mars.nasa.gov
Did anyone else get a little choked up when Opportunity died? It was really sad, almost like it had a personality.
In Maine, like a food bank but for firewood
www.nytimes.com
When There’s No Heat: ‘You Need Wood, You Get Wood’ (Published 2021)
Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role.
PCTREE
Treehouser
Ive been trying to team up with churches in the area to do something similar here. Unbelievably to me non of them are interested?
Laziness has become endemic
Laziness has become endemic
BlackSmith
Uncivil
People ask me for firewood from time to time, mostly in laws and the wife’s “friends”. I tell’em sure, we’ll cut on shares. My trees, tractor, splitter, chainsaw and your labor 50/50. 
That’s the last I hear from’em. Not once has anybody taken my offer.
That’s the last I hear from’em. Not once has anybody taken my offer.They have those wood banks in other places. I wonder if there's any around here? That's something I'd like to do on the labor side. I don't have storage or hauling capacity, but I wouldn't mind cutting/splitting firewood.
Learned about the fjord horse from that article. Never heard of them before...
en.wikipedia.org
Learned about the fjord horse from that article. Never heard of them before...
Fjord horse - Wikipedia
I've got ½ of one.
The other half is Arab throroughbred.
Sorta like crossing an old Mccormick tractor with a Ferrari.
I figured there must have been a hole in a fence, somewhere.
The one to the left in the picture.
The big brown mare is from Ireland and the little one in the middle is Swiss.
The other half is Arab throroughbred.
Sorta like crossing an old Mccormick tractor with a Ferrari.
I figured there must have been a hole in a fence, somewhere.
The one to the left in the picture.
The big brown mare is from Ireland and the little one in the middle is Swiss.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Kiwanis club does firewood here.
I wonder about Lions' Club, or other secular nonprofits.
I wonder about Lions' Club, or other secular nonprofits.
How Texas’ Drive for Energy Independence Set It Up for Disaster (Published 2021)
Texas has refused to join interstate electrical grids and railed against energy regulation. Now it’s having to answer to millions of residents who were left without power in last week’s snowstorm.
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