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OH MY GOD THIS IS WHY I DON'T POST ON THIS HERE MESSAGE BOARD ANYMORE.
 
Denny Crane said:
Because as the earth's "temperature" (whatever that means) goes up, so does our life expectancy.
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and the GNP...it's a fact that fiscal success contributes to global warming! Stop making money!
 
magnifier661 said:
Channel Lenin and Stalin back from the dead?
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nah, they both sucked...I guess the zombie bird post should've included the dead oceans and the banning of physical currency or production of useless crap in the whole global warming theme....but there's that line in the sand....if ya ain't a staunch this...you must be a commie!
 
Denny Crane said:
If your objective was to achieve this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-capitalism

How would you go about it?
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It's actually a good question although I was joking. I see a real advantage in one currency and a global federation that has member states and not countries. World union of sorts. Eliminate the money market and make better use of resources given the planet's diversity. I know it's a sci-fi movie but I think nationalism and lack of cooperation are big problems in management of the balance between modern civilization and the planet. I don't think physical money is necessary at all...electronic transfer of value is more efficient.
 
riverman said:
It's actually a good question although I was joking. I see a real advantage in one currency and a global federation that has member states and not countries. World union of sorts. Eliminate the money market and make better use of resources given the planet's diversity. I know it's a sci-fi movie but I think nationalism and lack of cooperation are big problems in management of the balance between modern civilization and the planet. I don't think physical money is necessary at all...electronic transfer of value is more efficient.
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If one wants to implement anti-capitalism, they have to destroy capitalism first (since capitalism works so well and is the defacto system).

How do you destroy capitalism? Legislation, regulation, gross mismanagement/investing of government funds, etc.
 
Denny Crane said:
If one wants to implement anti-capitalism, they have to destroy capitalism first (since capitalism works so well and is the defacto system).

How do you destroy capitalism? Legislation, regulation, gross mismanagement/investing of government funds, etc.
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I agree, it's not happening anytime soon. The whole concept of eliminating nations and unifying the planet and the infrastructure is pure fantasy. Imagine no travel restrictions or passports or currency exchange..free to live and prosper wherever you like. My wife and I would love to snowbird between her home and mine without the visas and restrictions and be free to work both places. I like the global citizen concept. I don't think George Soros or Ruppert Murdoch will agree
 
Denny Crane said:
If one wants to implement anti-capitalism, they have to destroy capitalism first (since capitalism works so well and is the defacto system).

How do you destroy capitalism? Legislation, regulation, gross mismanagement/investing of government funds, etc.
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Some folks believe that capitalism will destroy itself just like empires have destroyed themselves. Could take hundreds of years but I won't be around to see it
 
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riverman said:
Some folks believe that capitalism will destroy itself just like empires have destroyed themselves. Could take hundreds of years but I won't be around to see it
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Capitalism fails when you build a widget for $2 and sell it for $1. Like solar panels. So make more of them!
 
Denny Crane said:
Capitalism fails when you build a widget for $2 and sell it for $1. Like solar panels. So make more of them!
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Solar systems now cost around $3.20 per watt. There is a federal tax credit (not write off) of 20% spent which deducts 64¢. Net price of $2.16 per watt.

They have 15 years of life guaranteed. You get, on average, of 4 hours per day of power generated. On average, the system generates 4 watts per day x 365 days = 1,440 watts per year, which is roughly 1.4 kWH per year. Edison charges about 18¢ per kWh, so that 1 watt generates 25¢ per year, costs $2.16, so it would take about 5 years to be paid off.

When the system runs for 15 years, you have 10 years of 25¢ per year of free energy, which is $25 profit for $2.16 spent.
 
magnifier661 said:
Solar systems now cost around $3.20 per watt. There is a federal tax credit (not write off) of 20% spent which deducts 64¢. Net price of $2.16 per watt.

They have 15 years of life guaranteed. You get, on average, of 4 hours per day of power generated. On average, the system generates 4 watts per day x 365 days = 1,440 watts per year, which is roughly 1.4 kWH per year. Edison charges about 18¢ per kWh, so that 1 watt generates 25¢ per year, costs $2.16, so it would take about 5 years to be paid off.

When the system runs for 15 years, you have 10 years of 25¢ per year of free energy, which is $25 profit for $2.16 spent.
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Blah blah blah. I visited a friend in the desert who had solar done. It cost him $80,000. Electric bills there are normally $400 in the dead of summer.

Breaks even in 200 months, or 17 years.
 
Denny Crane said:
Blah blah blah. I visited a friend in the desert who had solar done. It cost him $80,000. Electric bills there are normally $400 in the dead of summer.

Breaks even in 200 months, or 17 years.
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$80k - 16k fed discount = 64k. 80k gives you a 25 kW system. That produces 100kwH per day x .22 kWh = $22 saved per day. Multiply that with 365 = $8k+ per year. That's only at a savings rate of .22 per kWH, which we all know isn't possible. In this scenario, he would pay off the system in 8 years, which is very conservative numbers. There is 7 more guaranteed years on the system, so he would earn $56k on investment conservatively.

Your math is off
 
Mediocre Man said:
God gave all of us the ability to be dumbasses
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This statement alone is reason to believe we're fucking up our planet. God gave us the free will to do so.
We also have the free will to fix what we're fucking up. The planet has existed millions of years without us and will continue to do so when it has razed us from it's surface.
 
1 system, if installed correctly, can generate 4.3 hours of power. A kW is the unit of measurement and the H is at the time lapse. So a 25 kW system can actually generate 107 kWh per day. 107 x 30 (days per month) = 30,210 kWh per month.

You say his bill is $400 in summer, probably a $200 average per month per year. That means he averages 900 kWH per month. He bought a system that generates 30k of kWh power and he uses only 900kwh per month. Your friend put a V8 on a skateboard. No wonder?!?!
 
magnifier661 said:
$80k - 16k fed discount = 64k. 80k gives you a 25 kW system. That produces 100kwH per day x .22 kWh = $22 saved per day. Multiply that with 365 = $8k+ per year. That's only at a savings rate of .22 per kWH, which we all know isn't possible. In this scenario, he would pay off the system in 8 years, which is very conservative numbers. There is 7 more guaranteed years on the system, so he would earn $56k on investment conservatively.

Your math is off
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My math isn't off.

His system cost $80,000. His electric bill was $400/month.

$80000/$400 = 200 months. 200 months/12 months per year = 16.7 years.

It doesn't matter who pays the $80,000, it's still a hit to "capitalism."
 
Denny Crane said:
My math isn't off.

His system cost $80,000. His electric bill was $400/month.

$80000/$400 = 200 months. 200 months/12 months per year = 16.7 years.

It doesn't matter who pays the $80,000, it's still a hit to "capitalism."
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You're friend is generating 30 times more electricity than he consumes. Your friend is an idiot unless the electric company is buying back the electricity.
 
If I buy $30 plate of food, but I purchased $900 worth of food at $15 per plate (which I cannot get refunded on plates I don't eat), I wasted a shit ton of money because I can't eat all the food I just purchased. Basically, whoever bought those plates of food is a fucking moron.
 
magnifier661 said:
You're friend is generating 30 times more electricity than he consumes. Your friend is an idiot unless the electric company is buying back the electricity.
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He generates enough electricity that he doesn't have to pay the electric company for power used at night. It runs his pool, 2 refrigerators, and 3 HVAC units. Plus his appliances, etc.
 
And his electric company is the Imperial Irrigation Electric District, which has much lower rates than "Edison"
 
dviss1 said:
C'mon Denny. You're a capitalist. You're gonna trust that site over Forbes? Why? Because it supports your claim? :)
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No, I've followed what's gone on in Germany out of interest in seeing any VIABLE alternative to nuclear for clean energy. What's come out of Germany is a bunch of bullshit. They finally stopped subsidizing solar because it was bankrupting them.

http://www.theenergycollective.com/...ck-germany-does-not-get-half-its-energy-solar

Here is the most popular meme: "Germany now gets half of its energy from solar panels." This does the rounds of Twitter and Facebook almost every day. In fact, it has now spread to more reputable outlets such as Popular Mechanics, and has even appeared on the website of Richard Dawkins, the inventor of the term meme, under the headline "Germany Now Produces Half Of Its Energy Using Solar." The problem, of course, is that Germany does not get half of its energy from solar panels, and will not do so any time soon.

As with any myth there are multiple versions. In this case it is either that Germany gets half of its electricity or half its energy from solar panels. The latter version is easily refuted by pointing out that the majority of German energy consumption is not in the form of electricity. BMWs, Mercedes and Volkswagens run on petrol and diesel, not electricity.

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An even more sobering comparison, given Germany's much trumped green credentials, is with the growth of coal power plants this decade. At the end of last year Germany had a total of 36 gigawatts of installed solar capacity, and this produced 28.3 terawatt hours of electricity. However, between 2011 and 2015 Germany is opening 10.7 gigawatts of new coal power plant capacity. The consulting company Poyry projects that these new coal power plants will have average capacity factors of 80%. If so, they will have a combined average annual output of 75 terawatt hours. In other words, in five years Germany is opening coal capacity which will have an annual output of more than double that from all of its solar panels. However, this comparison is perhaps too generous. Solar panels typically last twenty to twenty five years, but coal power plants easily last twice that long.

What we are seeing in Germany, then, is much more of a coal lock-in than a solar revolution.
 
I bought a full panel from the solar field in our county for 1200 bucks, gives me 35 years of credits on my bill..you have the option to buy half a panel for 600 from the county. My bill without it is 60 bucks a month in the summer. We don't use much power out here in the woods. When I lived in Hawaii my whole cabin was powered by solar panels with zero bill but limited capability. The guy who spent 80k in the desert for solar energy got took to the cleaners.
 
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