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Just think, it was only seven years ago that republicans were using Solyndra as a punchline.

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Still bigger than trump's. Not a big achievement, but there it hangs. And so do they.

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Seems pretty predictable; it will be the usual suspects, the ones they already blame for anything bad that happens. In other words, those damn socialist Libtards!

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No more fucking pipelines. I'm so tired of having to protest that shit. No more fucking fracking, either. Sensible countries are banning that practice. Ruining all the groundwater just isn't worth it.

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We just installed 19 solar panels on the roof which power 2 tesla batteries in the garage. Which is great for many reasons, the most selfish one being that when there are power failures around us, we'll have power.

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There are wind farms in the Coachella Valley, and out by Mojave (the town). I didn’t see even a single pile of dead birds. Somebody’s been busy, I guess.

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Upfist for the Cervantes reference.

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Zenith doesn't make ANYTHING anymore!

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We'll be building a house in a few years and plan to put gay hippie socialist solar panels all over our roof. I also want to look into a solution to use that to produce hydrogen for off-hour storage and for the fuel-cell vehicle we will probably get.

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Genuine question: Does all this mean that gas stoves will be phased out in the coming years? That honestly hadn't occurred to me until just now. Because I am completely onboard with green energy but man I hate cooking with an electric stove.

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They should have started this shit in the 80's. Oh wait they did then Reagan was elected and it all went to shit.

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Take a look at induction cooktops.

Tpyo Qeuen hates electric cooktops so much she hired a plumber and electrician to remove the electric one in her last house and install a gas cooktop. It cost her a lot of Ameros. When we bought a house together it had an induction range. She liked it so much that when we redid the kitchen we got an induction cooktop.

Induction has the steady heat and quick response of gas without an open flame. Induction is more efficient than either gas or resistance electric. It works by magnetically heating the pot so almost all of the energy is used instead of most of it heating the kitchen.

Our cooktop has the ability to melt chocolate without a water bath. At the other end of the spectrum it can boil water faster than our electric kettle. If you remove a pot the unit will turn the burner off after a while if you don't put the pot back on. If you match the pot and burner size the pot is heated evenly without any hot spots.

We have six quarts of tomato sauce reducing on the cooktop now. The heat is lower than gas would be to keep the flame from going out and so steady that it's not scorching on the bottom of the pan.

The only thing you need to have are pot and pans that can attract a magnet. We did have to buy new pot and pans.

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From Wikipedia:

Measurements of SF6 show that its global average mixing ratio has increased by about 0.2 ppt (parts per trillion) per year to over 9 ppt as of February 2018.[30][31] Average global SF6 concentrations increased by about seven percent per year during the 1980s and 1990s, mostly as the result of its use in the magnesium production industry, and by electrical utilities and electronics manufacturers. Given the small amounts of SF6 released compared to carbon dioxide, its overall contribution to global warming is estimated to be less than 0.2 percent.

In Europe, SF6 falls under the F-Gas directive which ban or control its use for several applications. Since 1 January 2006, SF6 is banned as a tracer gas and in all applications except high-voltage switchgear. It was reported in 2013 that a three-year effort by the United States Department of Energy to identify and fix leaks at its laboratories in the United States such as the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where the gas is used as a high voltage insulator, had been productive, cutting annual leaks by 35,000 pounds. This was done by comparing purchases with inventory, assuming the difference was leaked, then locating and fixing the leaks.

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How does the oven work???? By which I mean, what fuels it?

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Agreed, there IS something to be said for the stateliness and dignity of them.

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Fan assisted electric, FTW. Much more even temperature than gas.

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