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Comment Re: Do this to me, and I'll sue. (Score 1) 107

Yeah, I'm nearly 100% certain I'm not going to do it unless I'm violently attacked, then I'll tell the other party I'm executing a citizen's arrest so they're also resisting arrest in addition to the assault. Almost any other situation is too fraught.

I used to be a security guard so I already know how to do it. You tell the person that you're executing a citizen's arrest, and why. Then in theory you can use necessary force, but in practical terms you'd better only use it if necessary for self-defense.

Comment Re:A good test (Score 1) 142

Exactly. "Base Load" is a fallacy. Nuclear suffers the exact same problem as wind and solar. In fact, the industry has a term for it - it's called "non-dispatchable". [...] Wind and solar are obvious why,

Uh, no. Wind is highly dispatchable because it's so cheap you can overbuild and then turn off turbines you don't need. You can do this with modern turbines by pitching the blades. Solar is also highly dispatchable because not drawing power from a solar panel doesn't harm it, so again, you can reduce output any time you want.

It's true that solar has the issue that it only works while the sun shines, so it's only suitable for loads which you're going to operate while the sun shines. But Europe could be using that to run air conditioning to keep tens of thousands of people from dying, so that's quite apt.

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