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Trump’s FBI going after . . .

I just shake my damn head and wonder WTF has happened to this country since 1-20-25!

There's a couple of maniacs in the WH that are only interested in lining their own pockets by hook or crook.

JFC
Not only that, you wake up in the morning and say, “what’s it going to be today?”

It’s like he and Musk are literally trying to kill off the population they don’t want.

Disabled, elderly and minorities.
 
Okay, you clearly don’t get how many grants work. Charities don’t just have money given to them.

They have goals and objectives that must be met. Many times they are done in conjunction with universities and other research entities. (Especially St Jude’s)

Also students that grants have certain requirements that have to be met.

I've been trying to explain this to him for over 20 years to no avail
 
Explain 2016 moron....
Nice name calling

Trump originally considered being a D. He is only an opportunist.

Hillary = KH

That said simple.

Mrs I was under gunfire Clinton

He didn’t respond n against OB

Who is the moton? Shows you still don’t get it.
 
At this point I think the Trump administration is just seeing how horrible of a thing they can do and still have people defending them. Evidently criminalizing Habitat for Humanity isn't low enough. Maybe if he tried to brand them a terrorist organization.
 
Sadly, Congress is just now discovering that the agencies report to the Executive Branch, not Congress.

Maybe they should take back their power instead of abdicating it to executive branch?
I’m pretty sure you would find near unanimous support from democrats wanting Congress to actually do their job when it comes to fiscal appropriations and oversight.
 
Solar sounds great until you realize how fast the sun bleaches out the solar power collection panels, reducing their collection efficiency.
Most solar panels warranties stretch to 20 years or more. On average at 20 years they’re still producing at ~80% of their original output. BEP for solar investment falls within 7-12 years including the financing costs of installation and purchase. Not sure why that isn’t great compared to the alternatives in your opinion. Sounds like an irrational bias is stuck in your calculation.
 
Most solar panels warranties stretch to 20 years or more. On average at 20 years they’re still producing at ~80% of their original output. BEP for solar investment falls within 7-12 years including the financing costs of installation and purchase. Not sure why that isn’t great compared to the alternatives in your opinion. Sounds like an irrational bias is stuck in your calculation.
Well he continues to wonder about the viability of EVs despite the millions of positive experiences people have with them everyday - so this is just par for the course. He seems stuck in a 1980’s worldview for some reason on technology innovation. Then again his handle is “tradition” so I suppose he revels in being slow to adapt to change.
 
No, Congress allocated funding while at the same time abdicating the details of exactly WHO gets funding leaving that to the various departments and agencies to figure out.

Again, unconstitutional.

Do you really think at any point in our history congress was saying line item by line item every single person or entity that received money from the government?

Show me the budget of the very first congress where it spelled out by name every single soldier and sailor on our very small military at the time, how much pay they would get for that year as well as the exact amounts to the tenth of a penny we where spending on arms and munitions.

If you believe the congress is required to do that line item after line item to be "constitutional" than I would submit that we have NEVER followed that process.
 
Unrelated News Pam Bondi has gutted the public corruption office at the DoJ.

Shocking!!!

Been posting it for years on here: the current GOP is all-in on removing oversight and pushing for more corruption.
Dems are the ONLY party that has done the opposite.
 
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Most solar panels warranties stretch to 20 years or more. On average at 20 years they’re still producing at ~80% of their original output. BEP for solar investment falls within 7-12 years including the financing costs of installation and purchase. Not sure why that isn’t great compared to the alternatives in your opinion. Sounds like an irrational bias is stuck in your calculation.

Yep. Most have 25yr+ warranties on them.

ROI for most installs is 10 yrs, so they'll easily function for 2x that.

And, they protect your house shingles from hail and sun damage. NREL in Boulder had 4000 some panels hit by 1-2" hail, and had <5 that were damaged/destroyed. Same hail hitting neighborhoods kills off most of the roofs - last big storm hitting here destroyed zero panels in my surrounding neighborhoods, but anyone w/o Class 4 shingles needed a new roof.
 
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Yep. Most have 25yr+ warranties on them.

ROI for most installs is 10 yrs, so they'll easily function for 2x that.

And, they protect your house shingles from hail and sun damage. NREL in Boulder had 4000 some panels hit by 1-2" hail, and had <5 that were damaged/destroyed. Same hail hitting neighborhoods kills off most of the roofs - last big storm hitting here destroyed zero panels in my surrounding neighborhoods, but anyone w/o Class 4 shingles needed a new roof.
I forgot you live around Boulder. Years ago, I lived in a coop on Broadway and University. When we'd get good snow, I'd put the cross country skis on and head up Chautaqua which was my favorite thing to do there.
 
Most solar panels warranties stretch to 20 years or more. On average at 20 years they’re still producing at ~80% of their original output. BEP for solar investment falls within 7-12 years including the financing costs of installation and purchase. Not sure why that isn’t great compared to the alternatives in your opinion. Sounds like an irrational bias is stuck in your calculation.
Okay - but given the tremendous strides in technology and innovation I’m going out on a pretty short limb and predicting that a 20 year warranty on a solar panel only means that you’ll have a primitive and outdated solar panel in 20 years.
 
Okay - but given the tremendous strides in technology and innovation I’m going out on a pretty short limb and predicting that a 20 year warranty on a solar panel only means that you’ll have a primitive and outdated solar panel in 20 years.
Just like primitive and outdated appliances, hot water heater, heating system in your homes.

We had X-10’s throughout the house in the ‘90’s. Eventually the switches have to be replaced. Much better options now.

But how is any technology any different?
 
Okay - but given the tremendous strides in technology and innovation I’m going out on a pretty short limb and predicting that a 20 year warranty on a solar panel only means that you’ll have a primitive and outdated solar panel in 20 years.
This is true of pretty much any piece of technology in your home. Not really sure what your argument is here.
 
Okay - but given the tremendous strides in technology and innovation I’m going out on a pretty short limb and predicting that a 20 year warranty on a solar panel only means that you’ll have a primitive and outdated solar panel in 20 years.
Sure. But so what? If the breakeven on those solar panels is like 7 years (I believe that is the US average breakeven), then over the course of 20 years you have more than paid for the panels in your reduced utility bills. You are WAY ahead. Then you can buy another set for the next 20 years, or the next homeowner can.

Just because things will improve doesn’t mean the current version is a bad investment.
 
Sure. But so what? If the breakeven on those solar panels is like 7 years (I believe that is the US average breakeven), then over the course of 20 years you have more than paid for the panels in your reduced utility bills. You are WAY ahead. Then you can buy another set for the next 20 years, or the next homeowner can.

Just because things will improve doesn’t mean the current version is a bad investment.
Also true for the small windmill that you can put on your house. It takes 5 years to amortize the investment, but you’re paying for your electricity plus 1/2 of someone else’s.
 
Okay - but given the tremendous strides in technology and innovation I’m going out on a pretty short limb and predicting that a 20 year warranty on a solar panel only means that you’ll have a primitive and outdated solar panel in 20 years.
The point is it already pencils out. If you are in a continuous wait and see mode on technology upgrades then you’re never in the game at all. I would have made the jump a decade ago if my property was suitable for solar, but sadly it is not.
 
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