The Biden Presidency

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Caroline13 said:
Just heard my favorite radio program and it's a call in program and the question posed was: Will Joe make it thru the 4 yrs...the general consensus was NO, and one woman compared him to where her mother with Alzheimers and she said he's at about an 8, I don't know the degrees. Many said he basically drags his feet across the floor on his short walks. I see no TV as I don't watch it anymore.

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There are 7 stages of Alzheimer's.
 
Delvo said:
Republicans don't mean it, but Biden does... Hook, line, sinker, rod, tackle box, & fisherman.
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I'm not so sure about that. "Bipartisanship" in this context usually means negotiating with the conservative ghouls within the Democratic party, like Manchin et al, and not the Republicans.

The Democratic party is fighting with itself when it comes to trying to pass legislation.
 
Caroline13 said:
Just heard my favorite radio program and it's a call in program and the question posed was: Will Joe make it thru the 4 yrs...the general consensus was NO, and one woman compared him to where her mother with Alzheimers and she said he's at about an 8, I don't know the degrees. Many said he basically drags his feet across the floor on his short walks. I see no TV as I don't watch it anymore.

It's tragic, he's been failing for years and they all knew it.

I believe it's a matter of time and just what the drugs they are giving him does. Then it's President Harris and VP Pelosi (another oldie).:rolleyes:
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Are those the same proxies for observation that you relied on for your inauguration information?

I know you must feel beleaguered here, but really I think you need to address a failing which appears over and over: your willingness to take the opinion of others on things that can be directly observed.

If you announce from the start that you have not seen the things you're commenting about, your comments are not your own no matter how much you are inclined to agree with them, and no matter whether your own observation might agree with them if it occurred.

If I based my opinions of observable events only on the reports of others, I would consider it reasonable to accuse me of laziness at the very least, if not of an intractable unwillingness to engage with reality. That is, if I actually cared about the opinions of others. It's something to think about, anyway.
 
Armitage72 said:
Remember everyone, we've been told multiple times over the last several years that a doctor can only diagnose a subject through direct, first-hand, in-person examination. Observations at a distance or on TV are invalid and diagnostically worthless.
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I think one thing we can all agree on is that opinions about a subjects medical condition coming from callers to a talk show are definitely worthless.

Opinions from doctors who haven’t examined a patient are a step or two above that.
 
Well, just heard a political discussion on a favorite radio show between a congressman from FL and the host, and topic discussed: "who's running the show in D.C." and the congressman said Susan Rice and Valerie Jarrett..remember these gals?
 
Caroline13 said:
Well, just heard a political discussion on a favorite radio show between a congressman from FL and the host, and topic discussed: "who's running the show in D.C." and the congressman said Susan Rice and Valerie Jarrett..remember these gals? more second-hand nonsense from an unspecified person and an unspecified source on an unspecified radio station, which we are expected to trust as no being biased and full of error.
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Post edited to simulate the effect of learning from experience.
 
Caroline13 said:
Well, just heard a political discussion on a favorite radio show between a congressman from FL and the host, and topic discussed: "who's running the show in D.C." and the congressman said Susan Rice and Valerie Jarrett..remember these gals?
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Or, if one were to learn from experience, one might replace the above by "just heard some opinion from an unspecified senator to an unspecified radio host on an unspecified station, which everyone should trust is, for the first time ever, not biased and full of presumption and error." But of course what one might say another never will.
 
acbytesla said:
??? Where did you get that number?

It is my understanding that Trump originally slapped a 30% tariff on solar
panels in 2018. The tariffs on the Imports of the panels decreased to a 25%
tariff in 2019, a 20% tariff in 2020 and were scheduled for a 15% tariff in 2021.
A number of solar products, however, were granted exemptions, one of which
was the bifacial panel that allows for the generation of electricity from both
sides of a solar panel. Although Trump revoked the exemption on bifacial
panels going out the door.
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I just assumed that the high price of panels had to do with him raising the tariffs.

The manufacturers ship them out for $0.25 a watt, but when I go to the stores
I see them for over $1.00 per watt. In some cases I've seen them for $5.00 a watt.

It's a mystery what's driving prices so high.


Chart: Solar Module Price Versus Production
 
Solitaire said:
I just assumed that the high price of panels had to do with him raising the tariffs.



The manufacturers ship them out for $0.25 a watt, but when I go to the stores

I see them for over $1.00 per watt. In some cases I've seen them for $5.00 a watt.



It's a mystery what's driving prices so high.





Chart: Solar Module Price Versus Production
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A few legitimate issues could be shipping. They are heavy weight, bulky dimensions, need to be treated as (very?) fragile, probably have a few hazardous materials, etc. Given they are probably traveling with L-Ion batteries, no air cargo, all ground.
 
Solitaire said:
I just assumed that the high price of panels had to do with him raising the tariffs.

The manufacturers ship them out for $0.25 a watt, but when I go to the stores
I see them for over $1.00 per watt. In some cases I've seen them for $5.00 a watt.

It's a mystery what's driving prices so high.


Chart: Solar Module Price Versus Production
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I wouldn't pay that much. I just helped a buddy install 15Kw on his house. We spent $200 a for each 390 watt panel. Just under $8,000 and another $4,000 for the inverters and another $2,000 on the hardware. I think he gets a $3,600 tax credit.

So that equals out to 53 cents a watt for the panels. 93 cents per Kwh installed. And finally, 69 cents out of pocket all in. But we did it on the cheap and did it ourselves. We debated going for the much better Enphase inverters which would have added another $3,000.
 
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Delphic Oracle said:
A few legitimate issues could be shipping. They are heavy weight, bulky dimensions, need to be treated as (very?) fragile, probably have a few hazardous materials, etc. Given they are probably traveling with L-Ion batteries, no air cargo, all ground.
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Usually they ship them on pallets. 20 to 24 panels in a pallet. And yes, some kind of ground shipping. Do your best not to break up a pallet. If you shop around, you'll find much better prices for a full pallet. And unless you're buying the panels for an off grid installation, batteries may not be needed.
 
Caroline13 said:
Oh when I get a hot seat in D.C. I'll be able to report right from that seat....good to hear from you Bruto as usual.:rolleyes:
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There are thousands of reasonably reliable sources of information between "some blowhard on the radio" and " a hot seat in DC". All easily accessible.
 
Pixel42 said:
There are thousands of reasonably reliable sources of information between "some blowhard on the radio" and " a hot seat in DC". All easily accessible.
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Listen it was a congressman from FL talking to the radio show host. THat's good enough for me to believe. I didn't/don't consider the FL politician a blowhard, you didn't hear him, I did. Wish I could remember his name...

So many here call people they have no idea or clue on, idiots, blowhards blah blah blah...MOST have no clue and then the comments spewed by those outside the U.S.
 
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