The US used over 3.6 million gigawatts hours of energy in 2020. If you round down, and assume no increase in the last 4 years, that's over 9800 per day. 30 is a drop in the bucket. We have combined cycle natural gas plants, along with other green options to pick up for dips in production exactly like this.
A better question is how much energy we gain from solar if losing it for a couple hours once a decade or so is such a big deal.
Was the shade in your lens at least 12 I hope?
My sister and I would play together all the time. We were each given toys that went with our assigned genders. She and I both enjoyed playing with all the toys.
"No, [sister's name], you can't play with Bionicles. Those are for boys." - parents
"That's weird." - 6 year old me
"No, Kayday, you can't play with dolls. Those are for girls." - parents
"That's weird." - also me
"No, Kayday, you can't dress up in girl's clothes. That is wrong. It makes God S A D." - parents
"Oh geez, don't want to do that." - me again
"Don't walk like that. Don't talk like that. Don't stand like that. Don't sit like that. Don't cry like that. Don't feel like that." - everyone I knew
"Geez, this sucks. Oh well, better try harder and be a g̸̰̯̰͒̑ó̵͇̺͉̈́͋ó̷̜̓͝d̴̢̡͕̓͗ ̷̨̟̮̌b̸̖͙̅͆ó̴͍̾y̸̧̎̃." - me
"Why are you standing with the girls? Go play with the boys.
Why are you pretending to be a mom when you play house? You're supposed to be the dad.
Why are you growing your hair out? You won't look masculine enough." - everyone
"Gosh, it is exhausting being this man-person. I wonder when I'll figure it out. All the other boys seem to be fine with these boy-rules."
much later, adult me:
"Huh, so that's what being transgender means. Interesting, wish I could do that. Oh well, guess I'll go back to telling queer people they can be saved from hell if they just choose to deny their sinful urges and follow Jesus."
much later, married adult me:
"Oh. OH. Fuck."
"Hey, wife? I'm uh.. trans."
Her: "I love you."
Story is still in progress.
Huh, TIL. I've donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different.
I wake up, all the chores were done the day before. I have nowhere to be. My wife and I make our coffee and sit outside. The weather is cool enough to be comfortable with a blanket. We sit in silence mostly, observing the changing autumn leaves.
We meander, doing nothing of importance all day and go nowhere until we pick up a deep dish pizza from our favorite local restaurant. We take it home and eat it on out couch while our cats watch enviously.
We go to bed, and fall asleep immediately.
donate plasma
pay rent
Am I missing something
What brand/model do you have? I've been looking into purchasing one.
Being raised in a very conservative environment, I wasn't able to even articulate what a transgender person was until I was an adult. Before that, crossdresser was the closest thing in my vocabulary. I always knew I would rather be a woman and preferred feminine things, but after hearing, "boys don't do that," enough times I took a hint. When I learned more about what it means for someone to be transgender, it just clicked. "Oh, I guess I am transgender. Too bad that's a sin™."
Since then it has felt like I've spent most of my life trying to piece the egg shell back together, rather than seeing it crack. I gave up on putting the egg back together though.
It even comes with an adventure module you can run using the set as terrain and minis.
If only there was a word that meant we used the path of least resistance.