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p6one6 t1_jda8i2g wrote

Reply to comment by GRADIUSIC_CYBER in Maine's Energy future by mainething

Nuclear power in Maine is unlikely for the next decade or two due to an older generation that fears radioactive waste. While the storage can take minimal space and secure, there's a desire for other sources that might create more pollution and hazard waste that will eventually need to be taken care of. But the pollution is not expected to be an issue far beyond our time. The other side of it is the generation(supply) industry is deregulated in Maine which makes nuclear susceptible to risk when natural gas prices go low and take away the demand for the more stable nuclear supply. Nuclear is a source you want to keep running constantly and Maine's setup does not promote that.

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who-really-cares t1_jda08df wrote

Reply to comment by aconsent in Maine's Energy future by mainething

We’ll 300 miles, that’s 1.58 million feet. Assuming 3 panels across the median, we’ll assume 4ft wide. That’s 1.18 million panels.

Let’s say 350w/ panel. That’s 413 mega watts of peak power.

In Maine we get about 1.5mwh of power/ year/ kw installed. So 620mwh total production. Let’s say production can get 17c/kwh, which might be stretching it, that’s 105 million dollars / year in production.

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Snoo_4108 t1_jd9woah wrote

Reply to [m28] realizing I have no real life friends (Saco Biddeford, let’s grab a drink/bong rip and chat) by ghguyrur7

I like to go a little up river in Byron and plant fake gold bits in the water for the suckers to pan out a 1/4 mile down stream. Usually we go early morning and try to salt the river bed nice and good. Then we sit back and watch the idiots through our binoculars as they sweat and work for the fake gold we carelessly tossed in earlier that morning. It’s just north on route 17

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AbsurdPinata t1_jd9wlof wrote

Reply to comment by wrektafyr in [m28] realizing I have no real life friends (Saco Biddeford, let’s grab a drink/bong rip and chat) by ghguyrur7

The soon-to-be wife and I checked it out last weekend. It's a great setting for board games, DnD, etc. They only have beverages by the can right now, but I think they're hoping to expand their lineup as time goes on. Definitely a cool spot, you'll love it.

I was thinking Lucky Pigeon, just because it's familiar, but happy to pivot to the Pint & Pawn if there's interest in a bigger meetup.

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