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March 07, 2018

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Thoughts on Solar for the Home

Recently my wife and I received an estimate for having solar panels installed on our house. The sales documents made what appeared to be a compelling case for solar. With such a big purchase is seemed like a good use of time to see if I could reproduce the numbers in the estimate and prove to myself that I understood them. So I did a little thinking and ran some numbers and my surprising conclusion is that contrary to the sales information it would not make sense for us to get solar. And I'll go a little farther: I don't think it makes sense for most people. Just to be clear we live in a fairly sunny place and our roof surface area was projected to cover 80% of our electric needs. All things being equal we should be a good candidate for solar. Let me walk you through the numbers that the salesperson generated to show us why solar makes sense. Then I'll walk you through what I think he missed. I'm going to use my actual numbers because it's what I'm most us

Audience

I do know how this will all sound, really I do, but I feel like someone else knowing about it will be somewhat of a relief. So the thing is, since I was an early teen I've been aware of and hear the "studio audience". Yes, the studio audience that interacted live with a performance at early TV recordings. The studio audience that was later replicated with "laugh tracks". That studio audience. I'm not saying I'm imagining or hallucinating a studio audience. I'm saying that I hear *the* studio audience. I have my own reasons for knowing this is real. But in any case just like a sighted person wouldn't care if a blind person denied the existence of sight, I know the studio audience is real and I hear them all the time. I don't know why no one else can hear them. I don't think I'm special, quite boring really. Maybe it's some sort of error in the universe, maybe it's an experiment. I used to be quite interested in figurin

A "God"-anken Experiment

Once there was a Christian who was a normal human in most respects. Normal intelligence, health, strength, etc. We'll call him Clark. Clark prays one day for additional physical strength so he can do more good for the glory of God. God grants this prayer request and Clark continues with his life now with slightly greater physical strength. Now the net good of the world is slightly greater. More good is being achieved. Perhaps it is only barely noticeable, but the world is a slightly better place. Clark can now carry slightly more groceries in each armful at the food bank. He can dig ditches for longer for some orphanage. You get the idea. Humbly Clark asks God again for more abilities to do good for His glory. This time God grants him additional intelligence. Now Clark can organize his day more efficiently and have more time to help the poor. He is able to cure some heretofore incurable disease, etc. The world is a slightly better place. Clark continues to pray. And each time God r

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