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Cincydawg

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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5194 on: September 14, 2021, 08:21:12 AM »
We have a combination of increasing wealth for homeowners, uncertain power supplies in some areas (CA, TX), and more advertising for BUGs.

At some point, many may use their EV as a backup.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5195 on: September 14, 2021, 08:41:04 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 14, 2021, 08:05:35 AM
I think BU generators are a "coming thing", meaning an underdeveloped market that is going to explode.


Demand is definitely outstripping supply.  Even without the global supply chain interruptions from COVID, whole-home generators have been on long lead times for several years now.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5196 on: September 14, 2021, 08:46:34 AM »
GNRC: 438.69 -12.62 (-2.80%) (cnbc.com)

Trading at 55 times earnings, so the stock play has already run.  Might run a lot more.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5197 on: September 14, 2021, 09:33:58 AM »
Just talked with my daughter and she had no problems from the storm

She also told me she has a generator on order scheduled delivery next January

This is a stand alone and runs off natural gas

Im very envious
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5198 on: September 14, 2021, 09:36:34 AM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on September 14, 2021, 09:33:58 AM
Just talked with my daughter and she had no problems from the storm

She also told me she has a generator on order scheduled delivery next January

This is a stand alone and runs off natural gas

Im very envious
Yup, if I lived in an area that was prone to hurricanes/flooding natural disasters on a regular basis, I'd definitely have a whole-home genny plumbed into the natural gas lines.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5199 on: September 14, 2021, 09:49:54 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 14, 2021, 08:46:34 AM
GNRC: 438.69 -12.62 (-2.80%) (cnbc.com)

Trading at 55 times earnings, so the stock play has already run.  Might run a lot more.
Damn. 55?

Don't see that often from someone producing tangible manufactured goods... Usually just software companies and tech vaporware startups :57:
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5200 on: September 15, 2021, 10:34:55 AM »
good reliable electric power here in Iowa - and plenty of wind power

the only things that take power down are tornadoes (small area) and ice storms (larger area)

power hasn't been out for more than a few hours around here for over 15 years

usually the lights just flicker or power out for a few minutes
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5201 on: September 15, 2021, 10:36:10 AM »
Power outages have been "in the news" of course, and that tends to make "us" worry more about such things even if they really are rare events.

55x earnings is not my cup of tea.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5202 on: September 15, 2021, 10:51:08 AM »
not much news of any sort out of Iowa

That's good news
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5203 on: September 16, 2021, 12:55:26 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 15, 2021, 10:34:55 AM
good reliable electric power here in Iowa - and plenty of wind power

the only things that take power down are tornadoes (small area) and ice storms (larger area)

power hasn't been out for more than a few hours around here for over 15 years

usually the lights just flicker or power out for a few minutes
Interesting observation. When I lived in Tallahassee in the early 1980s, which had municipal power, it seemed like the power would go off about every two weeks or so. I knew I was a bit closer to living in a developing country. The power was off much more so than when I lived in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
That said, in 1990 or 91 we lost power for 3-days in Des Moines after an ice storm.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5204 on: September 16, 2021, 08:37:12 AM »
We've lost power here more often than in Cincy, sometimes it's a car hitting a pole.  Usually the outage is 1-2 hours.  We have a BUG to power elevators and emergency lighting.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5205 on: September 16, 2021, 10:10:02 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 15, 2021, 10:34:55 AM
good reliable electric power here in Iowa - and plenty of wind power

the only things that take power down are tornadoes (small area) and ice storms (larger area)

power hasn't been out for more than a few hours around here for over 15 years

usually the lights just flicker or power out for a few minutes
when a major hurricane hits folks can be without power for over 2 weeks

been there it aint fun
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5206 on: September 16, 2021, 10:13:30 AM »
when the power goes out over a wide spread hurricane area its restored on a priority basis

hospitals and police and fire stations

intersections signal lights

restaurants and home depot type businesses

last is home owners
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5207 on: September 16, 2021, 10:17:16 AM »
No natural gas here. We are having a 500 gallon propane tank installed to power the Generac.
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