Additionally, beyond the fact that this isn't simple to begin with, there also the Maine Turnpike Authority, which adds another layer to any proposal.

.... the reason why China is heavily investing into solar is because of their rural issues. Its their solution to it. Because its been repeatedly proven to be way more effective at providing consistent power to the small scale, decentralized rural communities.

You also have the benefit of creating a by-proxy mesh network, which prevents outages like you see in Texas when the centralized infrastructure fails.

Putting solar panels all across the highway in the middle of nowhere doesn't seem like a great idea. And who would pay for it? The private sector is building solar farms all over the place and they have thought through what it will take to build and maintain them.

I am absolutely baffled why the southwest states don't cover their roads in shaded lanes made of solar panels. It's a win win for drivers in that baked hellscape.

1. reliance: no. Supplemental power? Definitely.

2. in Maine: You know solar panels still work under snow, right?

I, too, will vote for less getting fucked!

Boothbay Harbor/East Boothbay.

Very blessed to have a generational summer cottage there, and some of my family lives there year round. I've been going there my whole life. It's my happy place ❤️

Love damariscotta & rockland for city- friendship & pemaquid for country

ask and ye shall receive

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Government operates with a level of transparency at all levels, some more than others. I wouldn't say this is a matter of employment records, but is a matter of a public servant quickly and, against his contract, resigning for reasons that are shrouded.

While I don't advocate for people's private aspects of their lives becoming public if unrelated or unimportant (e.g. "due to health in the family I will be stepping away"), I do think that it is reasonable to give a simple answer in those cases that does not expose details. Otherwise, if the City Manager has some sort of skeleton that came out of the closet, it is important to the voters to know as a matter of hindsight. Specifically, how do we improve the quality of future individuals that we either put or vote into place of power.

> “It’s Steve’s story to tell. There’s nothing I can say about it.”

It would be trivial for Daly to release a statement indicating why there was a departure and to not share details he wasn't interested in sharing. Not doing this is really just bad optics for a person who is a public servant, and therefore should understand the need for transparency more than the average person.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk!

Pirate Festival

The success of National Parks is a blessing and a curse, unfortunately. We should be happy people are appreciating these natural spaces, but beyond a certain threshold, it becomes a hug of death.

We used to go there too. I loved it there and we would spend hours. I would get the worst sun burns. My mom would slather Noxema all over me and I would have fever dreams. So it was always the best day with the worst night 😂

National Parks are great, but everything doesn't need to be one. National Monuments, Preserves, & Wildlife Refuges are just as effective as protecting a space. The National Park moniker is now often leveraged in a way to drive tourism more than anything, which can be good and bad depending on the area. Lately though, it feels like a lot of these designations are watering down the name brand (Indiana Dunes and Gateway, for example) just for the sake of driving tourism money. I think the Katahdin region is certainly worthy of the Park label, but not sure if that's what's best for the region.

Absolutely click-bait article, and old .. but my thoughts have always been conflicted.

As someone with a family camp on Millinocket Lake and who spends weeks up north in and around KW&W and BSP .. I would very much like to continue to enjoy my time up there in almost complete solitude. Just me, the brook trout, and every type of blood sucking insect there is.

On the other hand .. I would love to see the local economy up there get a boost. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but the KW&W monument has been a good thing for the town - but it's definitely not enough to replace what Great Northern left behind. But I also don't think a Yogi Bear National Park is the answer.

Reliance on solar power in Maine? This is a real Reddit moment.

Bar Harbor. May be a super rich town now but it’s still nice. Grew up in Belfast and I hate it there.

Nope

There’s no metals or flouride in modern day vaccines. It’s a dead cell of the virus suspended in oxygen molecules so that it can enter your system easily and give your body the ability to develop antibodies against the virus without actually getting sick. At worst you would want to worry a tiny bit if you’re allergic to egg shells, but even then….

Yeah. Let’s talk about how great the Chinese power grid is in their rural areas. 😂

My first thought lmao. Loved that video back in the day

Yea but go out and vote on this because I think we’d all enjoy getting a little less fucked than we are now.

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Cool, I'll DM to coordinate, but I'm mostly free this weekend.

South Korea does this and the solar panels in the middle provide shade for bicycles to ride underneath too. Not saying we'd do that on 95 here but be an added bonus " most bikable state" yayyy

I know there's an up front cost to these investments. The answer to " why does it have to come out of our pockets" is because to advance our society it has to come from somewhere at some point in time and that point is time is now and hopefully the where is us.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/south-korean-20-mile-solar-bike-highway-generates-electricity