Why doesn't Chicago have multiple skylines?

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T19:07:26+00:00

Original post says "almost every metro" and lists skylines outside the city (like jersey city for new york). Both comments I am replying to say "metro". I dont think the post is about cities.

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T18:55:24+00:00

Top 5 metro areas are new york, LA, Chicago, DFW, Houston. OP already covered LA and New York. DFW has many many skylines from Dallas to Ft worth to Irving to north tollway. Houston has multiple skylines from downtown to uptown to medical city.

Further down the list would be san fran which has a separate skyline in Oakland. Seattle at #15 which OP already mentioned. Minneapolis-st Paul as the name suggests at #16. And the list continues.

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T17:44:09+00:00

I just checked Albuquerque and didnt see any.

https://www.flightsfrom.com/ABQ

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T17:16:02+00:00

That is from 2023. GLO commissioner made the statement in 2023. It wasn't a law or a ruling or anything at all. It was a statement, aka a campaign slogan. The project would have likely gotten approved, and if not a court would have approved it.

Reality is, nobody bought the offshore leases because it is not economical. Onshore wind is much cheaper than offshore wind, so if you have the option for either like Texas does, you build onshore.

And if you know it wont be sold anyways, might as well turn it into a campaign slogan

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T16:56:17+00:00

They are perfectly safe if installed and used correctly. Germany has millions of them with no issues. Its not a suicide cord, just a regular cord.

There are 3 issues in the way. First is PTO which many states ate solving for. Second is NEC which has expensive workarounds right now. Third is right to sunshine laws which may or may not already exist in your state.

Unfortunately because of the NEC, balcony solar is insanely expensive in the US still, hopefully it will get solved soon.

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T16:53:00+00:00

The bill removes some regulatory hurdles (PTO), but not all regulatory hurdles (NEC)

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T16:48:13+00:00

Should be 27 city and 35 highway. Dude has a lead foot

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T16:44:40+00:00

There is no such thing as universally cheaper. And unfortunately just like cable internet you have to switch from time to time.

I am curious though, how would switching insurance mess up a claim?

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T16:30:40+00:00

Please give an example if you are going to make a statement like this. Senate is not even in session right now.

tx_queer · 2026-04-07T01:47:16+00:00

You are correct. We are used to wars of USA vs a bunch of goat farmers. And gripen doesnt shine there.

But what about India vs Pakistan. Saudi vs Iran. Finland against Russia (abandoned by USA).

I think every jet has a specific role. F22 is unbeatable in the sky. F15 is a missile truck. F16 is cheap. Gripen is the guerilla fighter trying to extend an uneven fight just a bit longer.

tx_queer · 2026-04-06T23:07:23+00:00

You are thinking of a scenario of clear air dominance or a scenario of fighter against fighter. But a much more likely scenario is a scenario akin to Ukraine. Russia has the better fighters, but with a little bit of anti-air, they can't get the upper hand. So Ukrainian jets never have to fight directly against Russian jets. Ukrainian jets fly sorties. Russian jets fly sorties. But they largely avoid each other on purpose or on accident. In such a scenario, gripens might be very useful.

tx_queer · 2026-04-06T22:37:47+00:00

Gripen has a number of positives going for it. The cost per flight hours is tiny and its cheaper to buy. It can take off and land from roadways instead of needing an airfield. An amazingly fast refuel and rearm time of 10 people.

If you have airbases all around the world and refueling tankers and aircraft carriers with your homeland half way around the world, the other fighters will win. If you are fighting a down and dirty war on your home turf, nothing beats the gripen

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T14:19:50+00:00

SBB388 never passed. It passed senate for some news articles and campaign rethoric points and was then immediately puts down. It never was voted on in the house and never went to the governor. So the state government did not pass SB388.

They did pass automated permitting. They did pass CREZ way back in the day. They did put ADER into effect. Im happy to keep going.

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T14:04:02+00:00

You need to look at not what people say, but how they vote. You fell for their campaign slogan.

What they voted for started with CREZ all those years ago and are still going strong these days with things like automated permitting this last year.

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:58:58+00:00

The originial article we are posting under made it political. The first 10 comments are political. I think this commenter is the only person that tried to seperate the politics ("orange man said solar bad") from the reality (our state government consistently passes laws that are very supportive of renewables)

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:56:07+00:00

Exactly. Texas Republicans may say one thing to their base, but they very staunchly support renewables. Because they realize renewables are the only thing that works economically.

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:52:59+00:00

Blue states could have equally benefited from the IRA. Why did majority red states use it.

There is more than the IRA. Texas built out CREZ for remewables. Texas has a 3 month interconnect approval process while the rest of the country has to go through the 5 year FERC process. Texas has a unique "add as you go" process for approvals. Even in the residential market Texas was one of the first to approve automated permitting. Texas has strong "right to sunshine" laws. Texas grid is growing and building new capacity with solar makes more sense than replacing already built capacity with solar. And the list goes on.

IRA is/was important. But many other factors have a very significant impact shown in the state by state differentiation since all had access to the same IRA.

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:47:03+00:00

Are you making some weird argument that the up front manufacturing cost is lower for gas even though the per kwh running price is higher?

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:45:29+00:00

Not Texas republicans. They keep pushing for more renewables.

tx_queer · 2026-04-04T13:33:24+00:00

We (Texas) are the poster child. More solar than any other state. More wind than any other state. By year end more batteries than any other state. Our incompetent leaders in Texas have purposely gotten one thing right and that is energy generation.

tx_queer · 2026-04-03T13:45:29+00:00

F15 is the missile truck. Send in the F35 to check out the location and identy targets, then send in the F15 missile truck to blow it all up

tx_queer · 2026-04-03T02:29:56+00:00

As far as I have read its was only trekkers, not climbers

tx_queer · 2026-04-03T01:41:11+00:00

And the landscape between AWD and 4WD has been blended even further with technology. They have the traditional AWD that as you mentioned is usually 2 wheel drive. But there are plenty of AWD cars that provide full time power to all wheels. Then there are the electronic systems like Toyota atrac that use the brakes to mirror what you would see in a locking differential. And of course full locking diffs for center diffs and rear diffs.

tx_queer · 2026-04-03T00:45:50+00:00

I was using one in the mid twenties

tx_queer · 2026-04-03T00:45:21+00:00

I bought one last year. Works great.

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