Comments by emo
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Posted on June 27 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
akbearable: do you have a link to a peer-reviewed reference that details how long it will take "alternative energy" to pay off in Fairbanks? Last I checked, Fairbanks is a long way from Juneau so it seems to me that locally available coal or (soon) natural gas is likely to be the most cost effective energy source for the next 50-100 years.
Posted on June 27 at 11:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
what is the cost per kilowatt-hour spread over the lifetime of each of these "alternative energy" projects relative to the cost of comparable "conventional energy" projects that use locally available resources like coal or natural gas? is cost to "members" the top priority of GVEA?
"The grants are considered helpful because alternative energy projects typically cost more to build than conventional energy projects. The projects can ultimately save money because they don’t require fuel."
So am I going to pay more or less for energy derived from alternative sources rather than conventional and diversified sources? The answer here seems to be "yes" and isn't very useful
this seems like an opportunity for in-depth reporting.
Posted on June 24 at 6 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This would never happen in the lower 48. For example, in LA the cops would just beat around the bush for a while before letting him mow away with a warning.
Posted on June 24 at 4:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You read it here first: soon the DA will file a "felony posession with intent to disribute" charge since the perp. was caught with a couple pounds of grass.
Posted on June 9 at 4:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry Skewt, you're missing the point and you probably don't have a lot of accomplishments of your own to merit even a footnote in the News-Miner. From the article (did you read it?):
“This launch was about learning how to do things,” Brown said.
You're comparing a project that Roederer was a part of several years after he got his Ph.D. with a project designed to let undergraduate and high school students gain experience with upper atmosphere research. I doubt that Roederer has the last word on upper-atmosphere studies with balloons.
Posted on June 9 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey skewt: What have you accomplished lately? I think this article is uplifting and I don't see how it inspired your downer comments unless you're jealous or have an ax to grind.
Any project that involves students in significant research experience is all right in my book.
Posted on June 5 at 9:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Enforce the laws on the books instead of creating new laws that will put further pressure on private businesses and law-abiding citizens.
Nearly every time I walk through Golden Heart Plaza, there are people drinking beer or liquor on the benches or near the river. Is it too much to ask the police to arrest the illegal (problem) drinkers *right next the the courthouse*? Why create problems with new laws and taxes for people who aren't causing the problems?
I read in another newspaper somewhere that New York City cleaned up its act in part by active enforcement of existing laws, by cracking down on public nuisance "quality of life" crimes like public drinking, not by creating "alcohol impact zones." I suspect the proposed law changes have more to do with "good ol' boy" politics and putting a certain store out of business.
How will the success of "alcohol impact zones" be measured? How has it been measured in other communities? What are the actual measurable results?
Counting liquor bottles along the road hardly qualifies as investigative reporting.
Posted on June 2 at 10:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Diversify the energy supply (non trivially): burn more coal.
Coal is not an option for one and only one reason: politics.
At the next election, ask yourself: is my elected representative helping or hindering our energy companies from using all non trivial energy resources in order to keep energy prices low?
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Posted on May 28 at 11:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I love living in Fairbanks because it's better than not living anywhere else!
(or: My heart is where my home is.)
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Posted on June 30 at 7:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I <heart> ...
people who complain in the newspaper after an unpleasant day of flying (it happens to the best of us)
tourists (guests with money to spend)
"placard people" (entry-level hard workers)
screaming babies on airplanes (been there, done that)
TSA (who spend ALL DAY EVERY DAY in that place)
and even the occasionally surly Alaska Airlines flight attendant who doesn't put a slice of lime in the (still complementary!) club soda.
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