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Donward reacted to Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
The funniest thing is that this shouldn't have been a "great victory" for the Republicans. It should have just been a matter of course that you can leverage with your already activated base. Instead they somehow turned the political high ground into their own fucking Cannae. Absolute morons. They weren't going to win this battle but they fought it anyway and did irreparable damage to themselves this midterm.
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Donward reacted to Jeeps_Guns_Tanks in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
Awesome, back from the hike, and home to news of the Republicans great victory!
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Donward reacted to Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
50-48, may the salt flow.
Kavenaugh is confirmed, time to crack a cold one for Kavenaugh.
The memes are flowing:
I don't know how the hell you fuck up as bad as the Democrats here. Not only did you lose the justice seat you almost certainly weren't getting anyway, but you screwed up your voter enthusiasm gap. You know, that enthusiasm you've been trying to maintain by keeping your base in hysterics for two years? You absolute fools. You incompetent dumbfucks. What the hell is wrong with you?
Also Feinstein you need to follow Hillary right on out the door if you want the Dems to have a chance in the future. What are you doing. Hiding this stupid allegation for months only to spring it late. You idiot.
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Donward got a reaction from Sturgeon in The terrible movies and reviews thread
Oh... hot... da-yum!!!
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Donward got a reaction from Ulric in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
The soundtrack to this picture.
We live in a timeline where Lindsay Graham acts like a pimp.
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Donward got a reaction from Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
The soundtrack to this picture.
We live in a timeline where Lindsay Graham acts like a pimp.
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Donward got a reaction from Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
And the Leftists keep it classy.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/410158-manchin-drowned-out-by-protesters-as-he-explains-vote#
The whole world is watching.
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Donward got a reaction from Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
And the Leftists keep it classy.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/410158-manchin-drowned-out-by-protesters-as-he-explains-vote#
The whole world is watching.
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Donward got a reaction from Collimatrix in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
Does he weigh or rape as much as a duck?
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Donward got a reaction from Sturgeon in General news thread
Looking at the political map, I’d say the better option culturally AND environmentally is getting rid of the urban population...
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#GhengisKhanDidNoWrong!!!
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Donward reacted to T___A in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
uh oh:
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654015874/poll-amid-kavanaugh-confirmation-battle-democratic-enthusiasm-edge-evaporates
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Donward reacted to Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in General news thread
https://climatechangedispatch.com/germanys-wind-energy-mess-as-subsidies-expire-thousands-of-turbines-to-close/amp/
Germany’s Wind Energy Mess: As Subsidies Expire, Thousands Of Turbines To Close
ccdeditor On April 24, 2018 As older turbines see subsidies expire, thousands are expected to be taken offline due to lack of profitability.
Green nightmare: Wind park operators eye shipping thousands of tons of wind turbine litter to third world countries – and leaving their concrete rubbish in the ground.
The Swiss national daily Baseler Zeitung here recently reported how Germany’s wind industry is facing a potential “abandonment”.
Approvals tougher to get
This is yet another blow to Germany’s Energiewende (transition to green energies). A few days ago, I reported here how the German solar industry had seen a monumental jobs’ bloodbath and investments have been slashed to a tiny fraction of what they once were.
Over the years, Germany has made approvals for new wind parks more difficult as the country reels from an unstable power grid and growing protests against the blighted landscapes and health hazards.
Now that the wind energy boom has ended, the Baseler Zeitung reports that “the shutdown of numerous wind turbines could soon lead to a drop in production” after having seen years of ruddy growth.
Subsidies for old turbines run out
Today a large number of Germany’s 29,000 total turbines nationwide are approaching 20-years-old and for the most part, they are outdated.
Worse: the generous subsidies granted at the time of their installation are slated to expire soon and thus make them unprofitable.
After 2020, thousands of these turbines will lose their subsidies with each passing year, which means they will be taken offline and mothballed.
The Baseler Zeitung writes:
The Baseler Zeitung adds that some 5,700 turbines with an installed capacity of 45 MW will see their subsidies run out by 2020.
The Swiss daily reports further:
So with new turbines coming online only slowly, it’s entirely possible that wind energy output in Germany will recede in the coming years, thus making the country appear even less serious about climate protection.
Wind turbine dump in Africa?
So what happens to the old turbines that will get taken offline?
Wind park owners hope to send their scrapped wind turbine clunkers to third-world buyers, Africa for example. But if these buyers instead opt for new energy systems, then German wind park operators will be forced to dismantle and recycle them – a costly endeavor, reports the Baseler Zeitung.
Impossible to recycle composite materials
The problem here is the large blades, which are made of fiberglass composite materials and whose components cannot be separated from each other. Burning the blades is extremely difficult, toxic, and energy-intensive.
So naturally, there’s a huge incentive for German wind park operators to dump the old contraptions onto third-world countries, and to let them deal later with the garbage.
Sweeping garbage under the rug
Next, the Baseler Zeitung brings up the disposal of the massive 3,000-tonne reinforced concrete turbine base, which according to German law must be removed.
Some of these concrete bases reach depths of 20 meters and penetrate multiple ground layers, the Baseler Zeitung reports, adding:
Already wind park operators are circumventing this huge expense by only removing the top two meters of the concrete and steel base, and then hiding the rest with a layer of soil, the Baseler writes.
In the end, most of the concrete base will remain as garbage buried in the ground, and the above-ground turbine litter will likely get shipped to third-world countries.
That’s Germany’s Energiewende and contribution to protecting the environment and climate!
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Donward reacted to Lord_James in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
Just happened, I took a screen shot of it cause that’s history right there
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Donward got a reaction from That_Baka in Why heavier boolits are better: a thermodynamic view
The natives up in Alaska who buy 45-70 rifles for bear hunting assured me that caliber's efficiency thermodynamics was their top choice for picking that cartridge...
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Donward got a reaction from Lord_James in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
In ancient cultures, a young boy would be given a puppy to raise and care for. And when the boy was ready to become a warrior and a man, he’d be forced to kill the puppy.
Trump will have Lindsay Graham strangle Jeff Flake to prove that he is ready to enter manhood.
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Donward got a reaction from Scolopax in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
This is what happens when we don’t have enough Wehraboo-beast to hunt.
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Donward got a reaction from Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
This is what happens when we don’t have enough Wehraboo-beast to hunt.
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Donward got a reaction from Belesarius in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
This is what happens when we don’t have enough Wehraboo-beast to hunt.
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Donward reacted to Collimatrix in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
Trump: Deploy the smokescreen!
Media: WHAT SMOKESCREEN DO YOU MEAN YOU RACIST, RAPIST, RUSSIA-PUPPET?! YOU MEAN THE SMOKESCREEN YOU MADE WHEN YOU BURNED THE CONSTITUTION?!
Trump: Thanks, that will do.
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Donward got a reaction from Collimatrix in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
In ancient cultures, a young boy would be given a puppy to raise and care for. And when the boy was ready to become a warrior and a man, he’d be forced to kill the puppy.
Trump will have Lindsay Graham strangle Jeff Flake to prove that he is ready to enter manhood.
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Donward got a reaction from Ulric in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
In ancient cultures, a young boy would be given a puppy to raise and care for. And when the boy was ready to become a warrior and a man, he’d be forced to kill the puppy.
Trump will have Lindsay Graham strangle Jeff Flake to prove that he is ready to enter manhood.
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Donward got a reaction from Scolopax in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help
In ancient cultures, a young boy would be given a puppy to raise and care for. And when the boy was ready to become a warrior and a man, he’d be forced to kill the puppy.
Trump will have Lindsay Graham strangle Jeff Flake to prove that he is ready to enter manhood.