A dusting of snow may not have an impact, but heavy snow does. This is Maine... lol

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

A location might help.

But if you're in the Brunswick area, a guy named Tom, on Stanwood I think.

I agree that private companies aren't doing too great, but is surrendering power infrastructure and authority to the government really a huge upgrade?

Doesn't that also open up the door to volatility around elections or political turmoil? I agree by surrendering it to Maine gov instead of Fed gov that it's a little less sketch, but at the same time, is Maine really that much more stable than the rest of the country?

They were on drugs. Probably still are.

Must be why they taped a Knox County Sherrifs deputy to a flag pole a few years ago.

I think the majority of Locals would love to see out of towners Go somewhere else, but the cat is out of the bag. It's a beautiful place and people will continue to come whether they like it or not.

Gonna need to ask you to post those number, chief.

A combination is key, I think. Renewables have the obvious pro of being renewable, but there's no denying their own climate and eco risks, let alone the fact that they aren't very efficient at generating said power.

While Nuclear is long lasting, powerful, and extremely efficient; the cons are obvious.

It's too bad we weren't able to create a couple of sub-orbital nuclear power plants. If we had a way to transfer the energy to earth, moving nuclear power off-planet could be a huge win. If something goes wrong, just kick that baby out to the cosmos and drop another quadrillion on a new one. Obviously nothing could go wrong.

Sure - but the point of putting them in the middle of the road and saying that's how Maine should do it doesn't seem to be applicable to me.

Putting power related infrastructure in the middle of a rural road seems like a poor location.

I'm all for solar power, in general, but putting a bunch of panels where cars can hit them seems dumb.

And this was back before Covid, so pre-2020

Rain washes dust and said dust would have little impact on the efficacy of solar panels en masse in application.

Last I heard, the locals were complaining about the influx of people from away. How are things now?

The people will drive you crazy though. Some are kind but the loudest right wingers run the city and county. At best the area has been economically depressed for a century.

You’re probably right. I used to know them as $175k homes where people were wondering why they were such bargains. They could have gotten some renos since then.

Couple I saw were nice move in ready 3 bedroom 2 bath homes. Nothing fancy but not rundown.

They’ve also been neglected for years, if not decades. Tons of work to fix them up.

People in the area don’t want change, but they want help only on their own terms.

You should join the mages' college in winterhold, if you've got the aptitude.

Yep, had to reactivate my account about a year ago because there were enough businesses and other groups that only ever posted updates on hours or programs on Facebook.

I know they dont like trash lol ...

What’s a kingfish and where is jonesport…? 🤔

https://moac.org/

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Looks like you are about to drive into the Nothing.