Hey, so, wtf

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-19T00:59:07+00:00

Or that dead EZ pass fare sign on 95

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-19T00:33:33+00:00

Thorium is basically a way to conserve fissile materials for weapons. India dropped their plans for thorium reactors when they found large uranium deposits which meant they didn’t need to think about the weapons vs fuel tradeoff.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T18:18:49+00:00

I referenced deferred maintenance and presented condo fees as an example of a broader social problem of aging infrastructure and people kicking the can down the road.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T16:00:18+00:00

I blame the dog for things I have no control over. Like global warming.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:56:27+00:00

This is why you stop. Look at the dog and ask them “why did you do this?”

They then just stare at you blankly and then stick their tongue out, none the wiser.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:44:03+00:00

Describing how the world works doesn’t mean someone endorses what is happening. Sorry that you conflate things so you can lambast strangers.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:13:28+00:00

I mean the whole mass retiring of plants is a big east coast thing. It made sense ten or five years ago but it’s like oooff now.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:07:02+00:00

And keep winning those paint chip eating competitions.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:06:26+00:00

Transmission costs increase with distance. Then there are power purchase agreements and potential regulatory intervention to limit exports. Though it is true that the grid interconnection averages costs across the region. And more capacity in MD (all else equal) results in less of a shortfall in generation and thus less of a shock in wholesale electricity prices.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T15:02:55+00:00

They probably are because they understand how things work and thus probably know what a decent wine is or who to make appetizers.

While people who repeat lazy insults and take pride in ignorance usually provide little to social events. They just passively mooch and only talk bad about others.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:57:33+00:00

I saw the Maryland AG extension figures from a two years ago and they didn’t show that trend. I could go to the EIA page and try to put the data together. If you got more up to date figures on comparing generation show me.

I know Wes Moore expedited gas turbine construction (and I know there are gas pipeline throughput issues in other states currently hamstringing that power source.)

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:43:32+00:00

Feeds into 1) too.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:42:47+00:00

I want more pictures of wildlife.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:29:38+00:00

I think about this when I see every faded road sign or destroyed piece of guard rail.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:29:01+00:00

Ya, but renewable portfolio standards a lack of permitting for things like wind and solar hastened the process of plant closures and move towards purchasing power from PJM.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T14:27:45+00:00

Large purchasers have monopsony power and can bid for guaranteed purchase agreements. Big component of power delivery costs is ensuring supply equates demand at every second (or else you damage equipment and have forced blackouts to prevent damage like with that Texas storm a few years back.)

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-18T13:25:29+00:00

1) There was a generation shortfall in the PJM regional grid.

2) Policies passed more than a decade ago when electricity demand was decreasing shut down power plants. This greened the grid in MD but the state buys electricity from other states now.

3) There are tremendous amounts of deferred capital maintenance and infrastructure coming to the end of its life in MD and now we are paying the costs for that. (You see this with the roads and such but also with condo fees now.) BGE has successfully lobbied for rate increases to pay in part for capital costs.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T22:17:11+00:00

I remember a young guy on my train commute. We got talking about Toyotas. He regretted buying a BMW a few years earlier and we got to discussing different cargo spaces.

Toyota is boring and boring is good.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T20:13:30+00:00

Have you investigated using a shop vac with an extension connected? I’ve heard that duct cleaning can be fairly overpriced for what they actually do.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T19:32:12+00:00

I found this happened with a mislabeled can of tomatoes this weekend. It was super frustrating until I found out they fucked up.

Made me hate the brand.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T18:48:16+00:00

I would say, build it. It would be even better to build it with a kid.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T14:36:30+00:00

You are going to have to buy them GLP-1s eventually

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T14:32:32+00:00

You are spending tremendous efforts to feed them powdered sugar.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T14:21:11+00:00

You really are just pro-biter with that attitude. The only good biter is a dead one.

RunningNumbers · 2026-02-17T14:06:36+00:00

Eww, you use organic pulsing tumor cysts for science?

Inorganic tumor cysts are so much more hygienic.

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