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Old 2013-02-23, 20:33   Link #279
Dr. Casey
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Tennessee
Age: 36
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Originally Posted by Vexx View Post
I'll just note that I'm what my people call a "progressive engineer". A lot of these technologies have excellent long term merit in a mixed deployment. However, an engineer understands that proponents of these advanced technologies often wave their arms about without having the *slightest idea* of what the limitations and obstacles are.

That's when I spend a lot of time face-palming when a great idea is easily undercut by someone very enthusiastic but clueless about the details.
Are you referring to me or Kaijo? I understand that it can be annoying for the clueless to have overly strong opinions on things, but I don't think I need a thorough understanding of energy sources to say 'solar power is cool and has potential.'
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