MoonlessPrairie t1_j6wf1mg wrote on February 2, 2023 at 10:56 AM

Reply to The Wiki entry for New England says that Worcester is part of Greater Boston. by Essarray

It’s part of Greatest Boston

MoonlessPrairie t1_j3qd02n wrote on January 10, 2023 at 10:05 AM

Reply to Cat for Attleboro Mayor by SirRaygun

In the bag for special interests. Bought and paid for.

MoonlessPrairie t1_j1hjg6k wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:52 AM

Reply to A small thanks by Ashamed_Pollution316

Solid poll

MoonlessPrairie t1_j0x6koh wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:01 AM

Reply to Are suburbs in Massachusetts dying? / Low investment in suburbs by Clollin

Hard to respond to sweeping generalizations of suburbs. In general, most suburbs i drive thru are in good shape fwiw.

MoonlessPrairie t1_ixjtimw wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:43 PM

Reply to Moving to Boston with my son soon and want to take him to his very first game, between the Bruins, the Celtics, and the Sox, which do you feel has the most family-friendly atmosphere? by Indecisive_kangaroo

Day games are better no matter which you choose

MoonlessPrairie t1_ix9wgsu wrote on November 21, 2022 at 9:22 PM

Reply to comment by wittgensteins-boat in Higher energy prices are a call for more renewables and maybe nuclear, not more pipelines by TeacherGuy1980

I don't think those two things are actually correlated. The nuclear plants were extraordinarily expensive to build and operate with Seabrook bankrupting PS of New Hampshire in 1988.

MoonlessPrairie t1_ix380rg wrote on November 20, 2022 at 12:07 PM

Reply to comment by siwmasas in Higher energy prices are a call for more renewables and maybe nuclear, not more pipelines by TeacherGuy1980

I’m glad you’re suggesting your town for a SMR or large scale reactor. New York just shut down nine Mile point in part due to its proximity to New York City.

So, with my crayons, I think this entire argument is about carbon and not about energy.

So rather than obfuscate the issue, I am sure there are folks that would rather have nuclear power plants built vs a natural gas fired plant that has carbon emissions.

Nuclear has always been high-priced. In fact, if you look at some of the issues in Europe, they are caused by EDF having major issues with the reactor design. I think 12 of their 30 nuclear reactors are currently off-line due to critical flaws with the reactor design.

I am not in any way anti-nuclear power. But to assume that nuclear power can be produced cheaply reliably, and without safety concerns would be an assumption that is blind to the nuclear power industries history.