tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post5760100915655878417..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: I Try to SympathizeMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-6180628077876175112011-08-11T00:39:37.207-07:002011-08-11T00:39:37.207-07:00I go to Google Maps, zoom into Houston and the roo...I go to Google Maps, zoom into Houston and the roofs are...... black. Zoom over to Dallas and the roofs are all black there too except for a few commercial buildings. <br /><br />That's going to really hurt them when the transformers finally overload after a month of 100º+ weather and start popping. <br /><br />Whitewash your roofs Texas.Pangolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369503994505817789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-66422384647590736292011-08-04T03:03:48.272-07:002011-08-04T03:03:48.272-07:00Rooftop solar panels cool the house by five percen...Rooftop solar panels cool the house by five percent without being connected. Imagine what a benefit all those Texans could get if they were truly independent and produced the majority of their own power on their own roofs. <br /><br />C'mon Texans; quit being slaves to the power company and produce your own.Pangolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369503994505817789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-58275666101454802312011-08-03T00:35:07.318-07:002011-08-03T00:35:07.318-07:00Sorry, another one:
Q: Why are Texans so differen...Sorry, another one: <br />Q: Why are Texans so different from the rest of the Americans?<br />A: As the rest of the Americans go to party to warm things up the Texans go parties to chill out.Oalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-79365374196551542132011-08-02T23:29:38.582-07:002011-08-02T23:29:38.582-07:00I guess the heat wave is pretty severe.I guess the heat wave is pretty severe.Oalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-67681192416818095992011-08-02T21:51:26.612-07:002011-08-02T21:51:26.612-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Oalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-28188660079428587612011-08-02T18:41:50.096-07:002011-08-02T18:41:50.096-07:00Just for giggles:
TEPCO (owner of Fukushima power...Just for giggles:<br /><br />TEPCO (owner of Fukushima power plant inter alia) serves 44 million including the whole Greater Tokyo area. Current power capacity 50MW, demand is just under 40.<br /><br />Texas has a population of 25m. That linked article talks of a power demand of about 68MW, about three times as much per head as the Japanese are currently using... <br /><br />I realise it's hotter over there right now - summer here too, but a fairly mild one so far. The Texas figure is more than twice as much as the Japanese used in a heatwave last year.James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-82864886001272636352011-08-02T18:00:53.505-07:002011-08-02T18:00:53.505-07:00I think it takes a lot of faith to think like Ed C...I think it takes a lot of faith to think like Ed C.Somnolent Aphidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391685975835366831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-57557962367636355332011-08-02T17:00:13.461-07:002011-08-02T17:00:13.461-07:00IF many Texans follow EdC, the world will have no ...IF many Texans follow EdC, the world will have no need for bombing. The infrastructure implosion will take care of Texas without any outside interference.Robert Grumbinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453972811796911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-29051659406595605692011-08-02T15:53:20.622-07:002011-08-02T15:53:20.622-07:00Just to add that Ed C. is quite perceptive about w...Just to add that Ed C. is quite perceptive about who's more likely to solve the problem.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-80478709463822043042011-08-02T15:51:57.268-07:002011-08-02T15:51:57.268-07:00Er, "back"? :)Er, "back"? :)Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-65403616543956091742011-08-02T15:09:45.602-07:002011-08-02T15:09:45.602-07:00They used to build with high ceilings in Texas, bu...They used to build with high ceilings in Texas, but then A/C came in and now they build with low ceilings. Both quite rational. Most of the infrastructure is post-A/C.<br /><br />Now that it is 107 F every day this week I am not eager to go back to ceiling fans anyway. It takes less energy to cool a house in Texas summer than to warm on in Canadian or Wisconsin winter so I consider myself ahead on the deal anyway.<br /><br />But I'm not going to run my dryer just for the sheer cussedness of it.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-72610227424894778352011-08-02T15:04:07.044-07:002011-08-02T15:04:07.044-07:00Maybe you need to build houses which work with the...Maybe you need to build houses which work with the local temperature conditions rather than requiring electric cooling in summer?guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-23499065258711729252011-08-02T14:41:37.659-07:002011-08-02T14:41:37.659-07:00Reminds me of a Trudeau are joke: An Albertan farm...Reminds me of a Trudeau are joke: An Albertan farmer surveys his wheat crop that was just devastated by a massive hail storm. Look up at the sky, shakes his fist and yells "damn you Liberals!!!"<br /><br />Of course that was a joke...ScruffyDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713742939840041196noreply@blogger.com