Comments on: The Great Depression http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/11/21/the-great-depression/ Inanity Reigns Supreme: The voice of Shalampax Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Birdinhand http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/11/21/the-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 Birdinhand Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:21:54 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=989#comment-1328 <a href="#comment-1327" rel="nofollow">@David</a>: That would be a plausible explanation for depression elsewhere, but not in Shalampax. We don't make any attempt save electricity here. We harvest our electricity from lightning strikes that hit our building. Because we don't incur any fuel costs to generate electricity, we don't meter electricity distribution here. There is simply a small flat rate for every one that finances the repair, maintenance and replacement of the equipment. Because of the frequency of lightning strikes here, our biggest problem is making sure that we don't overload the large capacitors and batteries that store our electricity. Consequently, people are encouraged to waste, not save electricity. In fact, a growing problem is that as we buy new appliances, they tend to be more energy efficient than the ones they replace. Because our population is not and, for space reasons, cannot grow, we may have to start cutting back on the amount of electricity we harvest from lightning. @David: That would be a plausible explanation for depression elsewhere, but not in Shalampax. We don’t make any attempt save electricity here. We harvest our electricity from lightning strikes that hit our building. Because we don’t incur any fuel costs to generate electricity, we don’t meter electricity distribution here. There is simply a small flat rate for every one that finances the repair, maintenance and replacement of the equipment.

Because of the frequency of lightning strikes here, our biggest problem is making sure that we don’t overload the large capacitors and batteries that store our electricity. Consequently, people are encouraged to waste, not save electricity. In fact, a growing problem is that as we buy new appliances, they tend to be more energy efficient than the ones they replace. Because our population is not and, for space reasons, cannot grow, we may have to start cutting back on the amount of electricity we harvest from lightning.

]]> By: David http://www.shalampax.com/blog/2009/11/21/the-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 David Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:42:01 +0000 http://www.shalampax.com/blog/?p=989#comment-1327 Maybe people have been installing lower wattage bulbs to save electicity and the dimmer light has given them a case of the SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder. Although putting bright lights in the bars to counteract SAD would probably leave them even more depressed by the view around the room. Maybe people have been installing lower wattage bulbs to save electicity and the dimmer light has given them a case of the SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Although putting bright lights in the bars to counteract SAD would probably leave them even more depressed by the view around the room.

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