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| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 6:07:46 PM #57 | Butterfiles posted... This is a reminder to not fall for fossil fuel propaganda also https://earther.gizmodo.com/viral-image-claiming-to-show-a-helicopter-de-icing-texa-1846279287 always fascinated by the alternate reality some people live in --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 10:13:04 AM #46 | pogo_rabid posted... They would have to be small busses. At least up here in the northeast, the majority of non-main roads are almost too tight for your standard school busses. At least in my area, putting sidewalks in would be a massive undertaking due to how the roads were laid down. Hundreds of miles of retaining walls and whatnot would have to be built in as our terrain is not level. if it's a low density area, small busses or even minivans work just fine. and yeah your area seems to have a pretty specific set of issues, but what i've said still applies to the vast majority of suburbs and cities in north america. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 10:04:25 AM #40 | pogo_rabid posted... It's not just cities, but the entire country has been designed in a way where public transport is not feasible for the vast majority of people. For example, the nearest bus stop in my town is a almost a 1 mile walk, and the return trip would be all uphill with no sidewalks available. You effectively need cars to get anywhere around here and no amount of city planning will fix this. Even starting fresh with a brand new town, the terrain here doesn't allow for that kind of thing in a reasonable manner. I mean the two things you described can easily fixed. Adding sidewalks and bus stops isn't a very complex thing to do. Transit systems are starting to include services for on-demand transport, think Uber but it's public and costs the same as a public transit ride would. Some communities with low population density where you can't justify running empty buses every 10 minutes already do that and it works well. "no sidewalks available" is one of the most baffling thing i often see in suburbs, and also not difficult to fix. Same for lack of cycling infrastructures. Again, it's not because it's impossible, it's just the lack of political will. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 9:53:45 AM #37 | pogo_rabid posted... With electric cars becoming mainstream on the horizon, reducing our overall energy dependence on large powerplants is not feasible at this point. It is absolutely feasible, electric cars becoming mainstream is just another way the governments have given up on finding real solutions to environmental issues. Instead of reducing car dependancy we're just shifting to a new, still resource intensive technology. You can't fix every human problem with a technological solution, and this is a prime example of that. I'm not saying electric cars aren't important, but they could and should go hand-in-hand with a deep rethinking of how american cities are designed to reduce the need for cars in the first place. I know it's not happening, but all it takes is a bit of political will and more autonomy for large cities and local communities to decide what's best for them. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 9:44:44 AM #30 | ssjevot posted... One of the biggest advantages China will have going forward in energy is not having to deal with the anti-science nuclear hating activists. the western world is lacking in good science communication. it's easy to just blame people for not understanding how modern nuclear power works, but these people live with preconceived (and sometimes justified) ideas that no one bothered to try dismantling. just dismissing these people and their fears as invalid isn't a way to convince them that nuclear power is the way to go in the relatively near future. in any case, i firmly believe that easiest way to avoid power issues is to reduce energy consumption to begin with, but that's probably an even less popular solution somehow --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 9:30:33 AM #26 | harley2280 posted... So rapidly it's almost like wind energy is a reliable and cost effective option that works as long as you take the correct precautions against cold weather. also this, the largest windfarm in Canada operates in an area that sees very strong winds (of course) and a ton of snow and ice. there are ways to de-ice the blades and the rotors while not having to shut down operations --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Texas's response has made me lose faith in wind energy |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 9:26:40 AM #24 | US nuclear power still relies on ancient technology compared to what's being done in France and some other countries. Catching up would take a ton of money, and eventually all those old and poorly maintained reactors will have to be upgraded and/or shutdown, both options being extremely costly. i'm not expecting the federal or state governments being very willing to sink money in this --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | You see dese 10 CEusers has a topic on da front page, who's do you click on 1st? |
| TheGreatEscape 02/16/21 9:13:22 AM #7 | i'm always curious what kind of trainwreck the next sunhawk topic will be --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | People who are uncancelable. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/15/21 1:52:21 PM #9 | vegy --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | I'm officially single on CE again |
| TheGreatEscape 02/15/21 1:39:27 PM #14 | V-E-G-Y- posted... Proposed whatyou know, proposed --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | I'm officially single on CE again |
| TheGreatEscape 02/15/21 12:35:43 PM #6 | what if i proposed to you vegy |
| Topic | What kind of animal is Star Fox, anyway? |
| TheGreatEscape 02/13/21 9:15:07 PM #6 | Intro2Logic posted... Is that a type of coyote or something? it's part of the marsupial family |
| Topic | Are you hyped for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for PC? |
| TheGreatEscape 02/13/21 3:50:17 PM #2 | yes i'm one of the 5 people that played the original and i'm so fucking glad they're remastering it |
| Topic | Games that make u smile |
| TheGreatEscape 02/13/21 11:53:03 AM #7 | mega man |
| Topic | Farming Titanite Slabs in Dark Souls sucks |
| TheGreatEscape 02/13/21 10:30:02 AM #2 | iirc if you have max item discovery the average drop rate should be roughly 1 every 150 darkwraiths. if you got that you're pretty unlucky |
| Topic | Biden Iran has to follow agreement that WE broke, before we work with them. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/09/21 11:56:16 AM #40 | divot1338 posted... That is an excellent point for why no one should ever vote for a Republican again. oh my point is that sanctions don't work anymore; i agree that before the deal was broken it actually worked, with the included potential sanctions. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Biden Iran has to follow agreement that WE broke, before we work with them. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/09/21 10:17:32 AM #21 | divot1338 posted... They stopped until Trump got involved. So it did work. sure but breaking the deal they had before make the current sanctions worthless. Why would Iran trust the US now? Why would they submit to more pressure when they know the other party is not trustworthy? They respected their end of a deal that ultimately meant nothing. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Biden Iran has to follow agreement that WE broke, before we work with them. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/09/21 8:57:17 AM #9 | JuanCarlos1 posted... Hope we do go back. Irans economy has been devastated by this and will only help radicalize ppl when they have less opportunities in life. Hopefully Biden is putting a tough act for the republicans that will whine about this. also the sanctions put on Iran are absolutely not helping to reach the ultimate goal of preventing them from making nuclear weaponry. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | rate purchases |
| TheGreatEscape 02/08/21 5:42:54 PM #7 | Lost_All_Senses posted... I recently got burnt out at 3. But I don't think it was cause the games got worse. they get pretty samey after a bit for sure. all those piss4 remasters are fairly solid though --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Melbourne, Australia seems better than any city in the USA (except NYC) |
| TheGreatEscape 02/08/21 4:32:34 PM #5 | MonkeyBones23 posted... Australia is terrifying though what with all the terrible creatures you're probably more likely to get mugged or shot in the US than bit by a spider in australia --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | I'm making one last topic then I'm giving up. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/07/21 7:08:41 PM #14 | Duncanwii posted... Greg is the last person I want to tag and I can leave. youve done it now leave --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | FANTASIAN: An RPG made by the classic Final Fantasy creators. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/03/21 7:33:48 PM #15 | creativerealms posted... It being a mobile isn't an instant turn off to me as I loved Another Edan, the game that was made by the Chrono Trigger creators. I hope is as good as that game was. so i love another eden as well but it wasn't made by the chrono trigger people, they just got mitsuda to compose a few songs for the game. edit : googled a bit and learned masato kato worked on it, so you're more correct than i thought. my bad. Also Fantasian being stuck on apple arcade is terrible. I personally believe mobile games deserve more recognition, but this just makes it really inaccessible. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What's the story behind your username? |
| TheGreatEscape 02/03/21 7:31:54 PM #23 | it's the name of a song i like a lot --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | CE...What was the best RPG series for the PS1 era? C'mon...GO! |
| TheGreatEscape 02/01/21 4:26:02 PM #12 | Veggeta X posted... LMAO I always forget about BOF4. Mah bad to be fair a lot of people don't like it, but I personally think it's really good. It has a lots of issues due to being rushed but still a personal favourite of mine. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | CE...What was the best RPG series for the PS1 era? C'mon...GO! |
| TheGreatEscape 02/01/21 4:03:42 PM #3 | this is one poll I cannot answer, so many good games. Should've listed Tales of too, Eternia was really good. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Seeing people die so random because of cancer. |
| TheGreatEscape 02/01/21 4:00:35 PM #9 | Frostmourne posted... Eating healthier doesn't really matter. Cancer can strike anyone. there's a ton of things that influence your odds of having to deal with cancer and food is one of them. there's no magic remedy that "protects" you from it, but you can't just claim there's literally nothing to can do. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | I like when FPS don't have magic magazines that auto refill... |
| TheGreatEscape 02/01/21 3:57:58 PM #3 | ApherosyLove posted... I can't think of a single game that didn't do that though. some older rainbow six games did this kind of reloading, don't know about recent ones --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What is the Best Job in the FF series Nomination topic? |
| TheGreatEscape 02/01/21 10:01:54 AM #4 | arithmetician --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What are some games that promote good mental hygiene |
| TheGreatEscape 01/30/21 8:32:18 PM #9 | It'll sound weird, but Tetris does. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Do you want to hear the QAnon Congresswoman get prank called |
| TheGreatEscape 01/30/21 8:17:31 PM #3 | ssj3vegeta2 posted... why did dey cut out da part where she's hella happy to be receiving deir help she knows it's a prank because she'd know who from the klan would actually call her --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | One of my old friends murdered his parents and shot himself last Friday. |
| TheGreatEscape 01/30/21 4:30:34 PM #43 | holy shit trc, that's awful. I don't think i could understand going through something like that. hope you'll get through this --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | FFTA had the second best OST on the GBA behind... |
| TheGreatEscape 01/30/21 12:43:27 PM #4 | it's wild how some composers managed to make some actual decent music with the gba sound chip. i've always been pretty partial to the golden sun ost too --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Favorite Ys game? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/29/21 4:11:00 PM #29 | MarthGoomba posted... 8 > Origin = 7 = Oath > everything else > Napishtim napishtim wasn't THAT bad. it was the first "modern" iteration of the series so it had a lot of jank, but it's still very playable especially compared some of the older more antiquated games. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Favorite Ys game? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/29/21 3:57:36 PM #26 | Smackems posted... 8 followed by Oath in Felghana this --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | what happened to that guy who keeps a ledger with every CEpersons selfie? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/27/21 7:46:17 PM #31 | MrResetti posted... That was the flawlesslee rip off probably could be, the account name is generic so i can't tell. I wasn't around much in 2010-2011 but there's a lot of familiar faces still. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | what happened to that guy who keeps a ledger with every CEpersons selfie? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/27/21 2:28:00 PM #29 | V-E-G-Y- posted... BuryXyourXkids? yeah i dug a little deeper and his bucket is either dead or locked up. The other one I found has 2010 and 2011 pics. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | what happened to that guy who keeps a ledger with every CEpersons selfie? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/27/21 1:54:15 PM #24 | MrResetti posted... Most of us willingly sent photos to buryxyourxkids to be in a photobucket back in like 08 or 09. Unfortunately photobucket took a shit and died so it's hard to pull those pics for lulz bucket is still alive, i don't know if byk ever killed his account on there or not but a quick google search allowed me to find a bucket account with pics from a long time ago. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Biden orders the end of federally run private prisons |
| TheGreatEscape 01/26/21 7:14:44 PM #2 | private prisons is legit one of the most fucked up things the USA ever came up with --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | still remember legacy of kain? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/26/21 3:37:38 PM #8 | TheAwesomeMatt posted... Yea, it's mad that there hasn't been a new game in almost 20 year. there was Nosgoth technically! --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Give me advice |
| TheGreatEscape 01/26/21 3:04:42 PM #188 | boing boing boing that's the sound of you bouncing out of there --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What are your favorite "sagas" in CE's history? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/26/21 9:50:49 AM #85 | Ving_Rhames posted... When I mentioned the brown guy a couple of years ago people acted like I was crazy/made that up! i had to look up my old photobucket to find the pic lmao, don't think many people have that saved up still. it's mostly full of CE crap; browser screenshots of old CSS stuff, Fridge letters screenshots and other shit that probably wasn't that funny in 2006. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What are your favorite "sagas" in CE's history? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/25/21 7:41:48 PM #62 |  --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Give me advice |
| TheGreatEscape 01/25/21 1:47:23 PM #175 | bounce --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | Give me advice |
| TheGreatEscape 01/25/21 10:47:20 AM #164 | FlameTurtle (Kraken) --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | What are your favorite "sagas" in CE's history? |
| TheGreatEscape 01/24/21 3:58:49 PM #33 | Ving_Rhames posted... Tadg and Dakero threads in general. --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
| Topic | $100 but you have to eat one of Crono99's special cheeseburgers |
| TheGreatEscape 01/24/21 2:10:17 PM #15 | he might be a lawyer but he cant clean his fucking oven jesus --- The user formerly known as RogerHuxley |
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