Mike Murphy-Burton

@oldmanhero
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Recovering gamedev and actor, current programmer and writer. Lives in Newfoundland and Labrador with a wife, a dog, a cat, and a crippling sense of inadequacy.
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Mike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024
GrendelJan 11, 2024

The absolute gall of this question. A required question, mind you.

I will likely not be getting called in for an interview, but it was totally worth it.

#jobsearch #jobhunt #capitalism

Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024

@taco Are you suggesting that in the last year, Quebec's demand has increased by almost 36 TWh? Receipts?

https://www.hydroquebec.com/about/publications-reports/annual-report.html

Hydro-Québec’s Annual Report

For more information on Hydro-Québec’s financial results, refer to the Annual Report.

Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024
@taco You're wrong about that, friend. Overbuilding capacity can absolutely provide base load. You don't even need that high an overbuild factor, according to some studies. The lowest I've seen is 60% overbuild, which is a fuckin rounding error on yet another goddamned hydro megaproject.
Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024

@taco Say it with me:
If you save someone $2000 a year with a program that pays for their heat pump (which the low income program does do outright) and then charge them $1000 a year for a bit to offset the other costs, you just saved them $1000 a year.

All the ad hominem in the world isn't going to make you right on this one.

Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024

@taco Haha except for 50% or even 100% accelerated CCA and a REQUIREMENT that you do your whole house, including any secondary units within it.

You really really need to stop, because I've actually done this research (and participated in both the grant and loan programs) and you clearly haven't.

Mike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024

@taco They're not. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about, bud. Go actually read about the programs. $10k up front, and that's before the most recently announced program.

Or continue showing your entire ignorant ass in public, whichever feels best to you.

Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024
@taco also, folks currently have a LOT of tools to move off of oil onto something much cheaper to run. You can't have it both ways here. If you just want to be grumpy about electrification, at least be honest about it. But switching to heat pumps for our primary heat meant we save, overall, about $2000 a year. And that's on a loan program. Low income folks have access to large grants.
Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024
@taco let's stop damming rivers in an age when solar and wind are cheaper on every metric by almost an order of magnitude. Overbuild 5x and still save 50%.
Show threadMike Murphy-BurtonJan 11, 2024
@taco sticking with oil heat will also get people killed, just further down the road. Let's fix the fuckin grid and use systems that are literally 2-5 times more efficient, and not ask our kids to fuckin swim.
Mike Murphy-BurtonDec 24, 2023
Is there such a thing as an award for Best Character in an Actual Play? And if so, have we all agreed that @hankgreen won this year for his turn as The Fix in Mentopolis?