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BamaRefugee

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3. Obviously, we must find volunteers to sacrifice themselves to keep the A/C on for the more deserving
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 05:27 AM
Sep 2020

We can motivate them by telling them that 72 virgins await them in Heaven.
72 being symbolic of the perfect temperature that they will let other Californians enjoy their lives in, by their blessed martyrdom.

"When the temp gets high, We choose to die"

from a fellow sweltering Californian.


The essential problem is that there are too many people. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #1
But are there countries with lower population that are completely able to rely on solar and wind ? JI7 Sep 2020 #2
Who? former9thward Sep 2020 #18
Obviously, we must find volunteers to sacrifice themselves to keep the A/C on for the more deserving BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #3
Thank you. I don't feel like volunteering to die; the notion is so very Trumpian... Hekate Sep 2020 #5
So I checked the author, turns out he is from the SHOW-ME INSTITUTE, which has ties to KOCH BROS.and BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #4
Well well well. Too right he can eff off. Hekate Sep 2020 #6
I think the point is still a good one. And Nuclear Energy is Clean . JI7 Sep 2020 #7
NO. SophieJean Sep 2020 #9
YES former9thward Sep 2020 #19
Nope. You need to figure a way to store excess energy and over-build renewables. coti Sep 2020 #27
Thank you SophieJean Sep 2020 #8
Nuclear Energy doesn't release greenhouse gasses. I didn't blame Wind and Solar for the problem JI7 Sep 2020 #10
Do you live in California? I do. We have these things called "earthquakes". No thanks. BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #11
Yes, I live in California . And Nuclear energy is a form of clean Energy JI7 Sep 2020 #12
Provided you ignore all the emissions Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #15
And creating solar and wind doesn't make those emissions? former9thward Sep 2020 #20
They make them once, Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #25
I lived in California for over a decade a while back, and I agree with you. crickets Sep 2020 #26
the nuclear power plant thing came and went already in California, without MAJOR new developments in BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #29
Its the grid judeling Sep 2020 #13
Why is it hard to make it economical ? Doesn't France do it ? JI7 Sep 2020 #16
We have nuclear in Illinois. former9thward Sep 2020 #22
The United States built more than 100 nuclear plants in about 25 years, providing the cheapest... NNadir Sep 2020 #23
No mention of hydroelectric. The Wizard Sep 2020 #14
No, but that was reduced by the anti-dam movement. n/t Igel Sep 2020 #24
Why is no pumped storage being built? California has lots of mountains. Klaralven Sep 2020 #17
Yup. nt coti Sep 2020 #28
Wow! Somebody besides me is saying this. NNadir Sep 2020 #21
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