It’s less costly to get electricity from wind turbines and solar panels than coal-fired power plants when climate change costs and other health impacts are factored in, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
In fact—using the official U.S. government estimates of health and environmental costs from burning fossil fuels—the study shows it’s cheaper to replace a typical existing coal-fired power plant with a wind turbine than to keep the old plant running. And new electricity generation from wind could be more economically efficient than natural gas.
The findings show the nation can cut carbon pollution from power plants in a cost-effective way, by replacing coal-fired generation with cleaner options like wind, solar, and natural gas.
“Burning coal is a very costly way to make electricity. There are more efficient and sustainable ways to get power,” said Dr. Laurie Johnson, chief economist in the Climate and Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “We can reduce health and climate change costs while reducing the dangerous carbon pollution driving global warming.”
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It's be nice if we could get political will to get these things done. Speaking of wind and solar and good things happening. Tesla has patented of new battery that runs for 400 miles.
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Good morning.
It's be nice if we could get political will to get these things done. Speaking of wind and solar and good things happening. Tesla has patented of new battery that runs for 400 miles.
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Morning
Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
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Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
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Morning
Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
*choke* Why that means......I'm old too!
<-- dies.
(Cheer up, Prince is still only 55. )
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If I were to have a plug-in car, I could plug in at work, but I sincerely doubt any apartment dweller is going to have the opportunity to plug in at home. I will just be stuck with my 35+ mpg highway.
I seriously thought of having Lucky put down on Saturday. He hadn't eaten much on Friday night at all and was listless on Saturday morning. I figured I would give him his scheduled fluids in the morning and see what happened.
As soon as the flow started, he bolted and ran off. After cleaning up the mess and installing a new needle I got him set up again in a comfortable position. To him, comfortable meant grabbing onto my arm with both paws while growling. After we got the fluids in him, he proceeded to scarf down a bunch of food. Sunday morning, he was proudly sitting beside an empty food bowl with a "FEED ME" look and I fed him more.
We left him locked up in the computer room last night (I know he HATES it, but what else can I do) and noted he ate a bit of the tuna overnight. He got his fluids without a hitch and ate a little. When I tried to lock him in there again after cleaning his litter box he attacked my feet more viciously than I've ever seen him, in addition to hissing and snarling. Told Mrs. Rabbit to be careful and just make sure the other cats aren't stealing his food. 5 minutes later he's asking me for petting. This little bastard has me on an emotional roller-coaster and it wouldn't surprise me that he knows it and is milking it for all it's worth.
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If I were to have a plug-in car, I could plug in at work, but I sincerely doubt any apartment dweller is going to have the opportunity to plug in at home. I will just be stuck with my 35+ mpg highway.
I seriously thought of having Lucky put down on Saturday. He hadn't eaten much on Friday night at all and was listless on Saturday morning. I figured I would give him his scheduled fluids in the morning and see what happened.
As soon as the flow started, he bolted and ran off. After cleaning up the mess and installing a new needle I got him set up again in a comfortable position. To him, comfortable meant grabbing onto my arm with both paws while growling. After we got the fluids in him, he proceeded to scarf down a bunch of food. Sunday morning, he was proudly sitting beside an empty food bowl with a "FEED ME" look and I fed him more.
We left him locked up in the computer room last night (I know he HATES it, but what else can I do) and noted he ate a bit of the tuna overnight. He got his fluids without a hitch and ate a little. When I tried to lock him in there again after cleaning his litter box he attacked my feet more viciously than I've ever seen him, in addition to hissing and snarling. Told Mrs. Rabbit to be careful and just make sure the other cats aren't stealing his food. 5 minutes later he's asking me for petting. This little bastard has me on an emotional roller-coaster and it wouldn't surprise me that he knows it and is milking it for all it's worth.
We've been going through something similar with Kizzie. Hang in there...
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Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
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Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
Tony Basil was no kid when she recorded "Micky."
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Oh crap, Tony Basil turned 70!
Tony Basil was no kid when she recorded "Micky."
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as for clunkers - you're killin' me, I don't know if I can give up the want of owning a muscle car from the 60's (NOT a Mustang or Camero - frigin' overrated)
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Mustangs are NOT over-rated. :smug:
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as for clunkers - you're killin' me, I don't know if I can give up the want of owning a muscle car from the 60's (NOT a Mustang or Camero - frigin' overrated)
Mustangs are NOT over-rated. :smug:
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as for clunkers - you're killin' me, I don't know if I can give up the want of owning a muscle car from the 60's (NOT a Mustang or Camero - frigin' overrated)
Mustangs are NOT over-rated. :smug:
they are totally over rated
So much rather have a Charger, Impala, Baracuda, Chevelle, and so on instead.
1968 Dodge Charger - so much more badass
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here we go....
Car Wars... (que the imperial death march)
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here we go....
Car Wars... (que the imperial death march)
2 held in Cornell Square Park shooting of 13
By Rosemary Regina Sobol Tribune reporter
8:52 a.m. CDT, September 23, 2013
Two men are in custody in connection with last week's shooting in a South Side park that left 13 people injured, including a 3-year-old boy, authorities said.
The men, both 22, were arrested around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in an abandoned building in the 5200 block of South Marshfield Avenue, police said. No charges have been filed.
One of the men has been identified as the shooter in Thursday's attack in Cornell Square Park and the other as "one of the individuals who participated in the shooting," according to a police report.
Police were processing the two men early this morning and planned to bring them to Area Central police headquarters.
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Bonus story from WGN-TV for TriSec, especially:
Small plane makes emergency landing on Lake Shore Drive.
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Bonus story from WGN-TV for TriSec, especially:
Small plane makes emergency landing on Lake Shore Drive.
Headline: "Plane makes emergency landing on LSD"
This would generally be considered a bad idea.
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Speaking of cars, this is kinda sad... It's the end of the line for the VW bus.
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Speaking of cars, this is kinda sad... It's the end of the line for the VW bus.
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Mornin' all & happy Mondee..
Psh..
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OMG -- This is sad and a little gross. I totally concur with the GIF...
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Just scrolled thru some red carpet pics from the Emmys..
Christine Baranski is just so.....
and what in the HELL was Lena Dunham thinking?
Haters be damned, D.C. is a town full of great pizza. Perhaps our options for grab-and-go slices and delivery pizzas aren't the best, but who wants to eat that anyways when the city has an abundance of speciality pies, especially of the Neapolitan variety? Here are ten of the best pizzas in D.C., according to DCist eaters.
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You all know how I feel about Pizza -
So NO DCist, just NO. Stop trying to redefine pizza. You start out the premise with an inferiority complex -- so you and I both know that your best pizza is still sadly overshadowed by REAL PIZZA towns.
Now that said rant is over... here you go.Haters be damned, D.C. is a town full of great pizza. Perhaps our options for grab-and-go slices and delivery pizzas aren't the best, but who wants to eat that anyways when the city has an abundance of speciality pies, especially of the Neapolitan variety? Here are ten of the best pizzas in D.C., according to DCist eaters.