Brew12
Electrical Gru
That is transiting through the Puget Sound outside Seattle. I was on a ballistic missile sub, so we never went under ice. Lots of time off the coast of Alaska.
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I can imagine... what years?
najer
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You know coal fired is killing the planet right?
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You can see it a little more clearly in this pic.
Also, thank you for your service as well.
Brew12
Electrical Gru
Actually, that would be Solar.
It's a complicated situation, but in some ways having so much solar is worse for the environment than a modern coal plant.
Brew12
Electrical Gru
Lets see... I did 8 patrols from 1993 to 1998 (maybe early 1999).
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You should see the emissions controls over here... ;Facepalm SCR, Anhydrous Ammonia, Limestone, Baghouse, Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization, Solids Reduction System... before too long, making electricity will be a byproduct of cleaning coal.
Can't get away from it, about 70 percent of the US power grid is fossil fuels. Most of that is Natural gas, but coal has way cheaper operating costs. My company does have around 500MW peak of solar, that's kinda dependent on this thing that isn't always in the sky. We have gas, hydro and nuclear power too. About 900MW of nuclear. Fossil/Hydro side of the company is over 2000MW of generating capacity.
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You should see the strip mines where they pull the lithium and "rare earth" for these electric cars and solar panels... huge craters dug in the ground. All the acreage it takes to set up a solar farm, when you can put up a gas plant in the same spot that takes up a 1/8 of the land and makes 4 times the MW, around the clock rain or shine.
Not to mention the power surges from solar farms loading and unloading the grid... its bad technology.
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That's our stack... not the red and white one, those are decommissioned. The 400' concrete one behind the I-Beams with the water vapor coming out of it. Yep, clean white water vapor.
Brew12
Electrical Gru
It's not bad technology when used in moderation.
Here is a report on the issue (duck curve) that is liberally biased but is very well written.
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10960848/solar-energy-duck-curve
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That makes total sense to me... having worked in the industry for 10 years you notice a peak in grid demand starting around 0600 and dropping of around 1100, then picking up around 1800 and dropping off at 2300. We are a pretty easy unit to change loads, so dispatch calls us to pick up and cut a lot. In the summer, when its 90000 degrees and humid as a sauna, peak load is all day.
Did you know, in England their peak load times are at tea time?(all I know is Dr. Pepper at 10, 2 and 4) Too many electric kettles being turned on at the same time.
nice...auto plants generally have a generating stations on site, we changed over to gas because it was too costly and we didn't have the real estate for all the scrubbers mandated to continue using coal....BTW nuclear generation seems low compared to your fossils and was also surprised you are generating that much solar
najer
Valuable Member
I knew this would set people off, we have very strict emissions regulations in England in my work, no comment on your current leader but really, thoughts of pulling out of global emissions targets when everyone is actually trying to mitigate the situation, I know I am a bit of a tree hugger but not against nuclear, just concerned as a resident of our planet!
Brew12
Electrical Gru
I share your environmental concerns, but I am glad we left the Kyoto treaty. It didn't do much to help the environment. As one member of the UN put it, it was "the best chance at global wealth redistribution we may ever have". The US would have had to pay billions a year to less developed countries while China continues to commission 2 new coal plants a month. Doesn't seem very environmentally focused to me.
Hopefully this isn't delving into politics too much... I don't want to report myself!
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Hey, lets talk about fish!!!
Some of my wish list.
C. jonsoni
C. isosceles
C. lineatus
C. rubeus
C. rhomboidalis
Some of my wish list.
C. jonsoni
C. isosceles
C. lineatus
C. rubeus
C. rhomboidalis
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And probably one of these guys...
Scurvy
Pirate Reefer
Great choices! I would also grab one of these guys as a hunter. Smartest fish Ive encountered yet, very pretty and my first failure with a trap. I actually see him laughing at me when i put it in the tank 
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Great choices! I would also grab one of these guys as a hunter. Smartest fish Ive encountered yet, very pretty and my first failure with a trap. I actually see him laughing at me when i put it in the tank
Good suggestion! Was thinking yellow coris but that is way prettier.
Scurvy
Pirate Reefer
They seem to come available March/April. I waited almost a year for mine to show up on LA. Here’s my latest addition. Dont think ive shown him off yet as its hard to get a good shot of him. C. Africanus
