If we let Mainers own their own power company, then our energy bills could be sky high! /s

People in the area could use more job opportunities

I agree with you entirely. Well said

I feel like the impacts of fish farming is kind of overblown to be honest. Especially in this case, the facility is comprised of indoor tanks and is treating the discharged wastewater so nutrient loading that could degrade water quality won't be an issue.

I think dams have a much bigger impact on our marine ecosystem than fish farms.

I would suggest water but they squandered all that

Cmp has a new CEO and from what I can see, he sends out "we'll get to ya when we can get ya" emails while continuing to up our rate

As long as you are not clearcutting any trees to do this. Go for it. But solar arrays take up a HUGE footprint to generate decent amounts of power, that only works in sunlight. All the fuddyduddies need to get off the nuclear is bad soapbox, and embrace it. Zero carbon electricity, limited long term waste, effluent (water used in the primary system) does not hold high radioactivity forever like fuel rods and actual mechanical system components do…. So the footprint needed for short term storage is negligible. And remember there are 4-9 nuclear reactors at any given time from Kittery to the mass line along the coast. Soon to be 6-11…..

I did doordash in a Scion TC (sporty front wheel drive coupe) all of one winter delivering to snowed in people with un-plowed driveways and I never got close to getting stuck thanks to proper snow tires.

Thanks! It was a crazy day. Was traveling up to Van Buren, and it got down to -25! It got so bad, that the road to Presque Isle was closed. So we had to take another route to I-95. At some points, over half the road was covered in 5ft high snowdrifts.

Cool shot, I like the sky gradient. The telephone poles give a good sense of the scale too

My thoughts exactly.

April snow for sure!

Chiming in for Castine. Off the beaten track, so no traffic and MMA gives a flavor to the town you won’t find anywhere else. Park your car and walk to Forts, the Lighthouse, the Wilson Museum, gorgeous old homes and gardens on the town commons, the beach at the backshore, hike in Witherle Woods, take a bioluminescent kayak tour-there’s even a great walking tour app! From Castine its a day trip to Acadia, Belfast, Camden and Rockland. And its on the Blue Hill peninsula so easy trip to Deer Isle and Stonington, lots of breweries, best bakery in the State, ‘nuf said…

Absolutely. I'd side with you in that dichotomy.

That’s sounds insane. Insanely fun! Lol I’m glad I’m looking for garnets. most people I know just keep it as a cool memory and don’t try to sell flakes so if anything you’re guaranteeing that they make awesome memories and giving them the chance at feeling like a adventurer

TMI - All you had to say was via your phone.

While I think it could be great for the Millinocket economy, it would be bad for the resource. More vehicles, paved roads, and increased visitation to Baxter could be detrimental. While I wish everyone could experience the Maine wilderness, I think the National Park status would attract too many people and lead to more development to accommodate them.

Baxter already limits access to Katahdin. The park doesn’t advertise and prioritizes wilderness over recreation. Imagine next door to the park a big paved road with caravans of huge RVs and an upscale restaurant/hotel in the middle of the woods. While there’s nothing wrong with those things it wouldn’t be the North Maine Woods anymore.

I recently visited Death Valley NP and it’s an amazing place. However, in the middle of this extreme environment there’s a resort and golf course. It just seemed like a testament to human arrogance. “Hottest, driest place on earth, let’s build a golf course cause we can!”

Apparently, this NP is not likely to happen so I can rest easy. Maybe a national forest could be a good alternative. Many national forests still allow logging and hunting but could prevent further development. It would still be handing control to Washington and I’m not sure that would be a good move.

I have a free ancient government Android Schok phone and YouTube has recently uploaded some old school movies. I get 4G LTE and my calls frequently drop. I own a lavender iPhone 12, but I can't afford the $55 monthly payment and I don't know how to download all the texts from my slimy landlord's niece who was his POA when he was in Otisville prison for dealing cocaine and I am at the end of my rope over here in Leeds, does that answer your fucking question?

Covering the interstate with solar panels doesn't really seem feasible, and I doubt there's going to be enough people in support of cutting down more trees to put in solar. At the moment solar makes the most sense for people putting it on their roof, assuming they have good location / roof angle and the $$$ to install.

Maybe we could generate clean electricity elsewhere where it's more practical and just bring the power in with new transmission lines /s

Don't underestimate how much some people hate change: Displeasure with solar projects at Interstate 95 interchanges prompts Augusta officials to seek additional regulations

nuclear just has bad messaging imo.

I mean, we literally are driving tanker trucks all over New England to fill people's fuel oil tanks. I think people are just afraid of the unknown / outside entities / change. So instead we'll just keep spending a shit ton on heating and electricity.

The numbers seem to show that solar is cheaper per kwh

Edit: ok downvotes, do you think I'm just making this up?

This wikipedia page captures numerous methods of measuring it and you can see the variety of results. There's only one study where solar is considered more expensive than nuclear (ipcc 2014 which was before solar panel prices dropped like a stone) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

Levelized cost of energy seems to be the common metric https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-nuclearpower/nuclear-energy-too-slow-too-expensive-to-save-climate-report-idUSKBN1W909J

Considering how many cars end up in the median on a snowy day, putting panels in the median would lead to expensive replacement cost and higher insurance premiums as a state.

It might be when the government threatened to turn lake region into a nuclear waste dump that turned us off from “clean” nuclear energy.

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/26/world/maine-saying-no-to-us-nuclear-waste-plan.html

I came to say Damariscotta! I lived there for a few years and then I moved to portland and I miss it!

Pretty sure that person was responding to the person asking why they don't do that in the southwest.