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There was one a while back on the same topic.

The dam is not in danger of collapse. The emergency spillway was in danger of collapse due to a failure with the regular spillway.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/01/25/u-s-solar-energy-employs-more-people-than-oil-coal-and-gas-combined-infographic/#4aff6b4c7d27

luckily russia and the usa are going to war w/ the chinese likely making all this not so big worry.

I'm not poo-pooing on the idea of solar as I think it's definitely viable, but those job stats are a little misleading. You have to consider that solar is in the build out stage so there are going to be more jobs in design, manufacturing, and installation. Once panels are installed they will require vey little maintenance so you can expect to see those job numbers drop off.

uhm everything that generates waste that need to be taken care off well after the person who decided to build the plant in the first place dies is a poor choice. and no nation has found a permanent, safe location to store said waste yet. and no one has inclued the total cost of ownership of said waste in the actual price of the power that was produced with a dirty plant. so no one paid the full price for that technology yet but everyone enjoyed all the benefits of it. that's for the people that will come after you. using nuclear power is like a baby who can't clean up it's own shit.

Those are some valid points and generally I agree with you, however they're not related to what I was saying. Maybe try again?

nuclear energy is the future. so tired of you naysayers…

Well just because Fukushima has been a disaster you can't use that as an example of why nuclear energy is a poor choice. Simply put it was a poor design in a bad place. It's like saying gas powered generators are bad because one killed your family when you let it run all night inside the house during a power outage.

And by us, I mean we who make less than $500,000 a year.

It's delightful not falling into that "us" category you describe.

As I expected, the tv persona is gone and the rest of the CPC and government are going to be dealing with a smart and aggressive businessman.

O'leary being an incompetent and unethical businessman has been well documented; him being smart is the tv persona that's a lie.

The NSMBA claims to be a philanthropic organization fueled by an altruistic concern for the environment specifically maintaining trails. As such the NSMBA spent $4,561.74 on trail supplies for 2016.

The NSMBA spent $3,172 on food and beverages for volunteers during trail building and maintenance days. Assuming $10 per person, that is 300 volunteer trail days in 2016.

The DNV funded the NSMBA with $100,000 for trail maintenance on Fromme for those 300 days. That is about $334 per per person per day.Assuming an 8-hour day, that works out to $41.62 per hour per person. . 300 trail days is certainly consistent with $4,561.74 in supplies.

BUT, that is damn expensive trail maintenance expense by the DNV. No wonder there are calls for a forensic audit of the NSMBA. The organization gets over $115,000 a year in public funding after all. Where does it end up? We do not know that because the NSMBA refuses to disclose it's cheque register even with names redacted!

I think the taxpayer and a lot of NSMBA corporate sponsors might want to know where their money is going! I do not think the standards of disclosure by the NSMBA meet the smell test.

I think the taxpayers and the corporate sponsors would be very interested to find that the NSMBA presently has the cash equivalent of about $150,000 sitting in various accounts. Not too many local clubs can make that statement.

Now, it is Little wonder that the NSMBA spent almost $12,000 on legal fees in 2016. Given what can be gleaned from the NSMBA's financial statements as per the above, there are likely a hell-of-a-lot of_ requests of the organization that the directors did not feel qualified to handle without counse_l!!

Rachid, given you have had nothing to do with financial statements since before any of the above, I would say you got of Dodge in the nick of time.

Scrooge McDuck MBA CFA

As an MBA and CFA your ability to rationalize and understand numbers is outstandingly abysmal. It's posts such as this one that clearly show you are in far over your head when trying to understand how these things work; which quite frankly is highly laughable as the information to properly put things together is readily available.

I think this web site and these forums are proof that long term use of marijuana does have negative consequences.

And BTW, I have never touched the stuff.

Smedley Pennyworth Esq

That's a good thing as it would probably interfere with your course of neuroleptics.

You people are psychotic.

Smedley Pennyworth Esq

We have to be in order to deal with the likes of you.