PurpleDancer
PurpleDancer t1_je36g8m wrote
Reply to Where can I get chocolate cake at 8:26 PM in Dorchester...or anywhere in Greater Boston, I'm depressed and have a CharlieCard I can travel by BostonSubwaySlut
Whole foods is the easiest way to get a quality cake (unlike most grocery store cakes) just about anywhere
Edit: but in your case I'd recommend victorias diner or olive garden
PurpleDancer t1_jddqgkj wrote
Reply to comment by snowswolfxiii in Maine's Energy future by mainething
Thanks
PurpleDancer t1_jdcs27i wrote
Reply to comment by snowswolfxiii in Maine's Energy future by mainething
Thanks. I recognize that this is tricky territory with lots of ifs ands and buts. I'm not really qualified to wade through it and figure out whether any particular method is properly accounting for interests rates, length of power plant service, etc... It requires experts who study this stuff to draw the conclusions. Unfortunately I don't know how to spot who the experts are who have all the knowledge to pull it all together and make sense of it. (For instance the numbers you just cited seem to be about construction costs and not ongoing generation costs)
So I'm using heuristics, like how often I see solar win in the comparisons by various studies, whether I seem to be looking at a source written by the solar/nuclear industry (and promptly discount them because they will be incintivized to use the metric that makes them look best). Another heuristic I use is how much China and India are investing. They are obviously building a massive power system for a developing population, China especially can do darn near whatever it wants without a democratically driven safety bureaucracy. Yet they seem to be investing in solar more than nuclear by a huge margin and that makes sense to me if solar is indeed cheaper over the long haul (though the lack of a rural power grid might be the reason which complicates comparisons to the US which has a complete grid).
PurpleDancer t1_jdcldbp wrote
Reply to comment by snowswolfxiii in Maine's Energy future by mainething
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
PurpleDancer t1_jdakrqb wrote
Reply to comment by GRADIUSIC_CYBER in Maine's Energy future by mainething
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
PurpleDancer t1_jbh0l68 wrote
Reply to comment by richg0404 in [ Removed by Reddit ] by TrueCrimeSmurfPickle
Yep. I mean it's already happening, I know several people who are giving them away, but, the goal is to Decriminalize that.
PurpleDancer t1_jbgbgfl wrote
Reply to [ Removed by Reddit ] by TrueCrimeSmurfPickle
No. You have to know people who grow them and get them that way. Some of us are working to make it so that it's legal to grow them and give them away state wide. As of right now there is no push that I'm aware of to make selling legal.
PurpleDancer t1_j6jz47i wrote
Reply to comment by 0tanod in Maura Healey wants to solve the state’s housing crisis. Here’s step one. by _Hack_The_Planet_
Projects are great. They were considered bad when I was a kid, but now that I know people including family members in them I realize that they are like a golden ticket for the people who manage to get in. Offering long term security that allows people to build a life on.
PurpleDancer t1_j5ygsxz wrote
Reply to comment by -Horatio_Alger_Jr- in Mattress recycling and the personal responsibility argument in climate change by cowboy_dude_6
Do you have trash pickup where you live? That's how this works.
PurpleDancer t1_j5t5t7b wrote
Reply to comment by Xlh883dragster in TIFU My fiance[38m] posting on reddit and getting destroyed made me [28f] realize I’ve been with a psychopath by marriedtoapsychopath
Ok. So it isn't about her being an escort or not, it's about the intended impact?
PurpleDancer t1_j5rmtel wrote
Reply to comment by Xlh883dragster in TIFU My fiance[38m] posting on reddit and getting destroyed made me [28f] realize I’ve been with a psychopath by marriedtoapsychopath
What was the dick move about hiring an escort? If he found a willing partner to do the exact same thing without monetary exchange would it have been less bad?
PurpleDancer t1_j24opl8 wrote
The arboretum would probably be my favorite place. Incredible beauty and paved paths and T accessible. Lack of bathrooms is the only negative
PurpleDancer t1_j1k4mj0 wrote
Tell your kids that in your experience and eggplant is no match for a penis
PurpleDancer t1_j0nd3ut wrote
Reply to Automatic Music by HaHaBlahs
What seems very likely is automated DJs that keep track of the room look for all the signs of engagement reading the crowd that sort of thing
PurpleDancer t1_j0g6d9l wrote
You gotta chill out. Being that nervous is your FU. That was a funny mispronunciation nothing more and if English is your second language there will be plenty more. Just relax, speak a bit, listen more, let people absorb your calmness. If you are all weird and nervous that's the energy they'll absorb from you and it will be awkward.
PurpleDancer t1_j0bzgqb wrote
Reply to comment by tragikcanvas in Concentrations of psychoactive compounds in mushrooms are extremely variable by mightx
It's by design. LSD got such a bad name that they decided to focus on mushrooms as it was more politically palatable. I will say that the fact that mushrooms are a natural substance and you don't need a chemistry degree to manufacture them is a big selling point for me personally.
PurpleDancer t1_iqm7esz wrote
At your age I would just assume the clock has struck a number ending in 5 again.
PurpleDancer t1_je9f2fl wrote
Reply to I live on the south shore and had no idea self service was illegal in Weymouth. by noble_29
The weird thing to me is that the cheapest gas stations are always full service. You would think they would be more expensive.