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WCDT Strips 3151 to 3155 (8 - 12 February 2016)
Welu:
Didn't that happen recently with Faye's breakup, alcohol relapse and firing? Jeph hasn't spend much time, as of yet, on it in the grand timeline but it's still a huge story effecting event.
comicalArchitect:
--- Quote from: Welu on 10 Feb 2016, 17:51 ---Didn't that happen recently with Faye's breakup, alcohol relapse and firing? Jeph hasn't spend much time, as of yet, on it in the grand timeline but it's still a huge story effecting event.
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I view that as the "final boss" of QC as it used to be. Having (now fully with Dora and Faye's reconciliation) bounced back from that, the bonds between the cast are stronger than ever, ready to take on something NOT under their control, danger from without rather than within.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Feb 2016, 20:26 ---Claire should push to get a tankless water heater installed.
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I looked into a tankless water heater recently. They tend to be unreliable in extreme cold.
Is it cold in here?:
Her mother might object, exclaiming "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a tankless child".
bhtooefr:
On a serious, out-of-comic note, It's worth noting that while tankless can reduce energy usage at the meter... it could actually increase energy usage overall, due to grid impact, for electric tankless. (Gas tankless doesn't really matter in that regard though.)
Essentially, the grid needs more energy storage, to smooth out demand and supply spikes. Tanked hot water heaters are a form of residential thermal energy storage, which means that some time-shifting of electricity usage can be done. If there's sharp loads on the grid, then peaker power plants that are rather inefficient and are fossil fueled have to be brought online to make up for the shortfall in power, whereas consistent loads, or loads that cut themselves in response to high loads elsewhere (or activate themselves in response to low demand), can smooth out the grid and allow more of the capacity to be efficient base load plants.
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