Comments by cmetzenberg
Posted on July 15 at 8:07 p.m.
solar is no where near where it needs to be. further more what about when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not out.... If you build a mega watt of wind/solar you will have to build a mega watt of conventional just to stand by when your renewable is not available.
Posted on July 14 at 6:03 p.m.
So what's your solution guys? Replace it with Coal and Gas. There is no such thing as clean coal, that is total bs. Gas is great, just don't wine about fracking cause that is the only way to get it out of shale. Both put millions of tons of CO2 to atmosphere (coal is much worse than gas but gas still puts it out there too) .
I'm not going to say nuclear is great, it has it's downsides as we all see. But it is still the only non green house gas producing way of creating energy on that scale (If you are about to rebut me with some argument for wind or solar, just stop right now, you clearly have no idea how many gigawatts of energy are demanded and how many are produced via wind and solar and how that could compare to our current production layout.
As far as being expensive, as it is now, hell yes. But we should look at the possibility of small scale reactors that have much lower radiation levels. Also the red tape makes the cost huge.
The industry has come along way since Chernobyl and three mile island, take a look at France's power info-structure for instance.
I'm not saying nuclear is the answer i'm saying that we MUST have a diversified power production philosophy in this country and that you can out engineer most everything most of the time...just wish they built those sea walls higher, we wouldn't be talking right now.
Posted on July 14 at 5:42 p.m.
totally agreed on legalization rather than wasting money on patrols and interceptors....but that isn't going to happen...too logical.
The USCG Blackfin is pretty useless to combat these fastboat pangas. 1. The USCG Blackfin seems to spend more time along side the pier than on patrol, anyone who sits at the bar at brophy's knows that. 2. That gray Panga boat had 1400hp on it and is only made out of fiberglass and wood!!!! Rocket ship!!!! The Blackfin is Fast but it isn't that fast.
To be effective USCG Dolphin helos with a gunner need to be used, works great off of florida to intercept fast boats. Also they are far better for patrolling a large area.
Posted on July 5 at 1:46 p.m.
Wow thank you everyone for your vane superficial opinions on how jack boots command respect. This isn’t about how LEOs look this is about how well protected they are when they are doing their jobs. This may be hard for some of you cagers (car driving folk) to wrap your head around but these guys don’t have a steel cage around them protecting them from inattentive drivers, high speed chases and other risks involved with being a motorcycle cop. When these guys low side and hit the asphalt (and THEY WILL HIT THE ASPHAULT at some point) they need to be armored up for it. They need abrasion resistance and impact protection. Your knees and ankles are usually the first parts of your body to hit the ground in a lowside and if that large BMW touring bike lands on your ankle, onloy covered by a pretty little jack boot, it could end up being a career ending incident. So give these guys the protection they deserve, get LEO motorcycle gear up with the times and start worrying about how these guys do their job not what kind of pants they wear as they do it.
Posted on March 18 at 11:11 p.m.
dude i just want to offroad responsibly. I don't want to go off the trail or run over endangered species. I just want to have a good time and i'm not hurting anyone or anything. When i wheel i usually end up packing out trash i find and try to leave where ever i'm going better than i found it. Why can't these tree huggers share?
Posted on March 18 at 11:02 p.m.
Always amazed at how selfish and centric the siera club granolas are. If you argument was purely about protecting the outdoors and not your idea of what the out doors should be used for i'd respect most of you. OHV use on designated trails has very little impact on the environment providing that those people respect the place they are in and don't trash it.
So you don't like the noise of a dirt bike and feel it detracts from your outdoor experience, well i don't like the smell of your patchouli oil but i don't give you a hard time. I really with you could practice some of the tolerance that you preach.
Posted on February 22 at 9:37 p.m.
I pay taxes to support the national forests, that should be enough. DEATH TO THE ADVENTURE PASS!
Posted on February 21 at 11:26 p.m.
Gluteous you genius. If the helos play flight of the valkyrie these yupies will shut their mouths.
"We'll come in over the rising sun and about mile out we'll put on the music."
Posted on February 20 at 4:12 p.m.
Pretty sure most of the people wining about the helos are the same people wining that the barrier will make the bridge look ugly , not the other way around.
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Posted on July 17 at 8:17 p.m.
Batterized!!!!! there is NO way to store electricity on that big a scale. The battery technology is not there.
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