Re: The "Standards" Game

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: The "Standards" Game
Date	2025-09-18 01:31 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 17/09/2025 19:50, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/17/25 11:21, rbowman wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:14:07 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> In the UK Battersea coal power station on London was used to heat flats,
>>> but of course no power station is allowed inside towns where all the
>>> 'librals' live any more...
>>
>> I've read that 1/3 of the US population lives within 50 miles of a 
>> nuclear
>> plant. That seems reasonable considering you put power plants where the
>> people are. Solar and wind facilities tend to be in someone else's
>> backyard although the Marthas Vineyard crew did their share of whining
>> about the offshore turbines.
>>
> 
>      Depends on how large and handy your backyard is.
>      In the Inner East Bay Hills there is very seldom anything but wind
> so the turbines march across the landscape.  In other parts of the state
> the sun is quite often shining so we have several forms of solar
> energy plants in the South-East portion of the state.  Also as should be
> well-known we have lots of solar panels on home roofs and even on
> apartment buildings in the cities.
No wonder your electricity us so expensive

>      We have batteries in lots of places to store power when the
> State of California turns away from the Sun to let the Pacific and
> Asia share the light.  We also have GeoThemal plants that run
> except for maintenance, not very far away.  I think the nearest
> Nuclear Plant is some distance away maybe halfway to Southern
> Califonia but SoCal has one plant situated on an earthquake fault
> which may not be running presently for that reason.
> 
Ignorance is...
>      bliss
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Re: The "Standards" Game Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-09-14 21:44 +1000
  Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-14 08:44 -0700
    Re: The "Standards" Game Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-14 22:46 +0000
      Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-15 01:02 +0000
        Re: The "Standards" Game c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-14 21:14 -0400
      Re: The "Standards" Game Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-09-15 13:34 +0000
        Re: The "Standards" Game "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-15 20:09 +0200
        Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-15 18:56 +0000
          Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-15 15:50 -0400
            Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-16 03:35 +0000
              Re: The "Standards" Game Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-09-16 21:04 +1000
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-16 18:47 +0000
              Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-16 13:50 -0400
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-16 19:01 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-16 14:36 -0400
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-17 09:54 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-09-22 09:17 +1000
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-22 11:46 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-22 16:05 -0400
                Re: The "Standards" Game Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-23 00:07 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 03:03 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-09-22 18:17 -0600
                Re: The "Standards" Game not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-09-23 08:55 +1000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-23 00:07 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-16 21:52 +0200
                Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-16 16:42 -0400
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-17 01:45 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-17 11:46 +0200
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-17 01:33 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-17 15:14 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-17 18:21 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-17 19:30 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-18 03:47 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-17 21:06 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-18 09:30 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 19:12 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-19 09:47 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-19 18:23 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-19 18:34 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-20 01:34 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 19:30 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-17 11:50 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-18 01:31 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-17 22:36 -0400
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-17 20:56 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 19:55 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 02:17 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 02:41 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-17 20:59 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-18 09:18 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-18 19:48 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-18 15:04 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-18 23:50 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-18 17:15 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-19 04:18 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-21 21:24 +0200
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-19 03:43 +0000
                Re: The "Standards" Game Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-18 22:35 -0700
                Re: The "Standards" Game Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-19 11:01 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-19 11:19 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-19 12:54 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-19 13:04 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-19 17:07 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-19 17:34 +0100
                Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-19 18:06 +0000
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    Re: The "Standards" Game rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-14 19:03 +0000
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