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LA Blackout by VivianC 2006-11-19 12:55:59
LA goes dark. That is Los Angeles, not Louisiana.
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  power was back on by niwikki2005-09-12 13:35:08
    Are you on Edison? by mortaine2005-09-12 14:14:09
      Nope. by niwikki2005-09-12 14:30:58
        ...mostly. ;) (n/t) by LionsPhil2005-09-12 15:26:45
  A non-biased question by Kickstart2005-09-12 13:41:03
    In California's case by DesertRat662005-09-12 13:45:03
      So volunteer your background by SnappingTurtle2005-09-12 14:11:52
        I don't know for sure by altordwm2005-09-12 14:25:09
        He doesn't live in CA. by JPaganel2005-09-12 16:53:52
    Can't give a non-biased answer. by VivianC2005-09-12 13:59:00
      What's needed is a *new* energy producer. by kahuana2005-09-12 14:04:39
        The cost of entry is very high. by VivianC2005-09-12 14:07:55
          Uh, why reactors? by mortaine2005-09-12 14:12:51
            Plus, reactor fuel has doubled in cost by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:16:44
              It earned itself back over 10 years. by Esteis2005-09-12 14:20:31
            Reactors ARE safe, cheap and environmentally sound by RetiQlum22005-09-12 14:17:01
              Storage isn't a problem. In 40-50 years by kahuana2005-09-12 14:18:22
              Chernobyl, Three Mile Island by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:19:38
                Chernobyl and Three Mile Island by Pic2005-09-12 14:21:50
                  There's no real way of telling that by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:23:15
                    Chernobyl was human error. by kahuana2005-09-12 14:26:17
                      They did? I'd say "Darwin Award", but unfortunatel by Esteis2005-09-12 14:27:45
                      Not entirely by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:30:02
                        RetiQlum2's found links regarding Chernobyl. by kahuana2005-09-12 14:34:36
                          See here by Arachnid2006-11-19 12:55:59
                    Chernobyl failed because... by RetiQlum22006-11-19 12:55:59
                    Not really, by run.dll2005-09-12 18:00:16
                Windscale... by LionsPhil2006-11-19 12:55:59
                  Huh, I'd never heard of that one. by Arachnid2005-09-12 15:04:06
                    It since got renamed to Sellafield. by LionsPhil2006-11-19 12:55:59
                      Or by LionsPhil2006-11-19 12:55:59
                TMI was a non-event by run.dll2005-09-12 18:05:35
            NIMBY applies to wind power, too. by esbita2005-09-12 14:19:46
              Solar? by VivianC2005-09-12 14:25:28
                Up here of course there's no way. by esbita2005-09-12 14:38:58
                  Solar B&B by VivianC2005-09-12 15:02:41
            Every power source has its drawbacks by DevinUll2005-09-12 14:55:19
              Hydro dams. by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:56:51
                Drawback by VivianC2005-09-12 15:04:26
                  That's true, however by Arachnid2005-09-12 15:07:14
                    well, ecept for the clyde village anyway by astro-g2005-09-12 19:19:58
                  James Bay hydroelectric project in Quebec by kahuana2005-09-12 15:10:16
                Just ask the residents of the Grand Canyon by altordwm2005-09-12 15:06:27
                Cost, Build time, Worker deaths, breaches, by DevinUll2005-09-12 15:08:08
                  Beleive me, the random ground shaking here is by astro-g2005-09-12 19:21:58
                They cause the destruction of the river ecology. by RetiQlum22005-09-12 16:35:32
          Entry cost is prohibitively high. by kahuana2005-09-12 14:14:26
            The UF Power Plant by VivianC2005-09-12 14:21:40
              If your *cooling towers* are glowing, by LionsPhil2005-09-12 15:28:17
            Let me guess... by LionsPhil2005-09-12 15:28:52
              Oh no, quite the opposite. ;) (n/t) by kahuana2005-09-12 16:15:06
        The secret to wealth in this country has been... by esbita2005-09-12 14:09:21
      I think that is a pretty non-biased answer (n/t) by evilsysadmin2005-09-12 14:08:48
      You mean a president in his second term? by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:15:17
        Yes, but... by VivianC2005-09-12 14:20:24
          Leeches, too. Or annelids, as Illiad says by Esteis2005-09-12 14:23:14
      I read recently by spiffikins2005-09-12 14:30:53
        I've heard the same thing. by VivianC2005-09-12 14:44:46
    Well, how about a non-biased suggestion from the o by mortaine2005-09-12 14:10:04
      Yes but... by VivianC2005-09-12 14:17:22
        Luckily, electricity travels near the spd of light (n/t) by Kickstart2005-09-12 14:25:28
          Through wires that can break. by VivianC2005-09-12 14:26:46
          but it looses an incredible amount of energy... by emtieswall2005-09-12 14:34:21
      Small solar plants are prohibitively expensive... by RetiQlum22005-09-12 14:23:04
        mmmmmm . . . solar pants. (n/t) by hadji2005-09-12 14:36:20
    Way out there :-) by MatthewDBA2005-09-12 14:46:44
      Why polar orbit? (n/t) by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:51:10
        Less down time by MatthewDBA2005-09-12 14:53:43
          You can't put a satellite into geostationary polar by Arachnid2005-09-12 14:55:19
          Polar requires tracking the beam. by kahuana2005-09-12 15:00:52
            DISASTER! Microwave beam misaligned! by LionsPhil2005-09-12 15:26:13
              It's both a power, and a weapons system! (n/t) by raptor_872005-09-12 16:27:36
      why no L3/L4? by astro-g2005-09-12 19:30:07
    Here's a brilliant idea for an energy source! by Esteis2006-11-19 12:55:59
  caused by solar flare activity? by Danu2006-11-19 12:55:59
    Nope, just dummies. by VivianC2006-11-19 12:55:59
      Oops. That's not going to look good on the resume. (n/t) by Danu2005-09-12 15:47:08

 

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