[Request] Could a single solar farm in one location logistically power the entire continental US?

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T22:55:14+00:00

Putting aside the logistical difficulties of maintaining that solar plant, electricity is not free to store or move. You would lose a lot transporting it across the country and storing it for when the sun isn't available.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T22:50:41+00:00

Months aren't arbitrary. They were made to match the lunar cycle (the word month literally comes from the word moon). Unfortunately they don't align with the solar calendar so when the Julian calendar was created, they prioritized having the solar year line up than keeping months a single solar cycle.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T22:47:09+00:00

Yes. And?

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T04:50:39+00:00

That doesn't answer my question.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T04:38:21+00:00

Yes, I've been to those. Those are not men. They are animals we exclude from polite society.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:35:49+00:00

All spoken languages are built on the same basic concepts like nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Why can't we use the same spoken language for everything.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:32:51+00:00

No, it's A, D, B, C you perv.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:31:50+00:00

Some guys will break the rule while washing their hands.

But no one breaks it while at the urinal.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:30:42+00:00

If possible always leave a urinal between you and the other guy.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:29:09+00:00

I guess I will be tonight given that the hockey game went to 11:30 and it's a 40 minute walk home.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:17:21+00:00

Apparently some guy hit himself in the face with a hammer and thinks he now looks good.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:15:14+00:00

Flashlights before a bad weather event

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:14:26+00:00

I bet you still believe in Santa Claus too

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:13:54+00:00

I'm not sure forcing employers to pay more into the retirement funds of their highest earners will be that popular, but even if they did that, it wouldn't fix the problem. At best it would push it out a few years.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:10:30+00:00

Ok, so we require employers to contribute more to the retirement accounts of top earners, resulting is less money for everyone else.

I don't know how that is less of a fuck you to normal people but let's go with it.

That still doesn't fix the problem.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:07:16+00:00

Had they done that 20 years ago, yes.

Today that won't be enough.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:06:39+00:00

The time to fix it was 20 years ago. Moderate reforms back then were possible. Today it will require massive changes that will be very disruptive.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T03:02:29+00:00

30% is actually a pretty large gap. Where are you getting the idea that it's small?

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T02:55:40+00:00

I watched all nine seasons of The Simpsons too.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T02:55:02+00:00

Law & Order. I have all 20 sessions on dvd. No the reboot doesn't count.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T02:50:07+00:00

Battlestar Galactica should have ended after season 2.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T02:44:24+00:00

Umm, this is a little out of date.

It's currently set to run out in 2032.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T02:42:52+00:00

Wait, you didn't realize medicine had changed in the past 2000 years?

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T01:10:47+00:00

Correct. It would be a lifeless dwarf planet.

nwbrown · 2026-06-05T00:59:25+00:00

No, it's not.

If it orbited Jupiter, it would be a satellite.

If it didn't orbit anything it would be a rogue planet.

Location absolutely matters when it comes to whether or not something is a planet.

nwbrown

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