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cepheus42 t1_jd8bwpu wrote

Reply to comment by Seyword in Do you have a traditional cable TV subscription? by benpinette

Hey, I'm 56 and I haven't used cable television for over a decade now. Cut the cable in 2012 and went full streaming when most folks were still too scared to. And I damn well am not "elderly" or being preyed on (no more than anyone else who has to put up with vulture corporations I mean).

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Earthling1a t1_jd8b9lx wrote

Reply to comment by seeclick8 in Huge National Park suggested for around Katahdin. by Camooses

I remember climbing Katahdin about 30 years ago and thinking there were an awful lot of other people on the trail with me compared to the other times I had climbed it. First time was probably around 1975 or so, I think I saw less than five other people outside my group of two. Climbed it a few years later (in nicer weather) and probably saw about two dozen others, mostly at the top. Last time (that time 30 years ago) I saw lines of people, probably over 100 overall. I can't imagine what it must be like today. I'm imagining walking on a crowded sidewalk.

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Norgyort t1_jd8ah6w wrote

Reply to Maine's Energy future by mainething

I don’t think the median is a good place for solar panels due to safety reasons.

Also not sure how the road dust would impact the efficiency of the panels.

Underground wires is not a bad idea, but there are places where the median is very small. It would also be a lot of work to route the cables over/under intersecting roads and bridges.

Now, what Augusta is doing with the solar panels on the ramp loops is a good idea IMO. We should be putting panels in all of those empty loops throughout the state.

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