This post is centered around Colorado and Colorado politics.
XCEl Energy
To be very clear, the local boots on the ground are great. They respond quickly to all outages, they are courtesy sharers of the roads, and their equipment and facilities are clean and well kept.
Well, Duh!
But, not to worry. A mileage tracker on your vehicle won’t ever be used by government agencies to infringe on your rights and/or dictate your activity, would it?
Conspiracy
Five Years
They are keeping me busy and I turn down more assignments than I accept. I’m obligated to accept all within a thirty mile radius of my base. Beyond that it is at my discretion and compensation is negotiable.
The work is interesting. How much longer will I do it? My knees may have a vote; climbing stairs is a challenge.
Keensburg, CO + Ev’s
Their charging station gets a fair amount of use. Those EV’s come in from Nebraska on I-75 and need a boost just to make it into Denver. An employee told me just half a charge can take four hours.
I can think of better use of my time than sitting waiting for a battery charge.
Speaking of Conspiracy
Larry Fink, according to some sources, manages Pedo Joe. This strange article pops up.
Maybe smarter minds than mine can make sense of this.
More Green News, Wind Farm section
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Not that this will go anywhere. Three Republicans, representing rural areas where these time bombs are located, are making a statement, nothing more.
As always, YMMV.
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I am blessed in that my electricity provider is a Co-op that buys power from Bonneville ower. About 8 years ago the members of the co-op voted in a small (1/3 acre if I recall) solar farm to dip our collective toe in the water. After looking at the costs associated with running the solar farm every time wind or solar comes up for a vote it is soundly defeated. Very glad I live in a rural farming area where most people have common sense.
Used cars, going to have to watch the video since I will probably be in the market for a car/truck this fall. You are a great font of wisdom in an otherwise confusing market.
EdC
Thank you for the compliment. You live in an area with abundant hydro but high natural gas prices. I've live with cheap natural gas and high electricity costs.
Good set of links/comments. And yes, work until your body 'tells' you different... And it will!
Old NFO
How do you retire? I've been working since I was five and doing chores for Widow Harvesty.
Hang in there, WSF.
LL
Right over left, aye aye.
Those contraptions require a hella-big (and deep) artificial rock in the ground to withstand the wind loads and the dynamic forces of those long blades swinging their arcs.
So, when they tear down the wind "farms" who digs up the foundations?
W.W.W.
As they end their useful life, they get sold to shell companies that go bankrupt. Same thing that happened with many of the mines in the Rockies. Nothing gets cleaned up or restored.
"Knees go out."
I applaud your tenacity and it's pretty much the same here. We don't retire until it's forced (70 years old) and even then we don't stop. Imagine you're a priest and there you are, loafing about some suburban bungalow with a gold chain around your neck and saying "I'm retired."
Huh. I know clergy who've done that and I don't see how it squares with a vocation. OK, famous last words, but still.
LSP
As Jackie Cooper liked to say, "Winners do what losers won't". Not everyone can be a champion. Losing is a choice. I want to go out a winner when my time comes.
WSF, I haven't 'retired', I've just changed what I'm doing for a living... sigh... LOL
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