A lot of repair shops I've been frequently lately have said that sales are slow and they are down 30 - 40%. Is there anyone else who is experiencing this or is it just bad here?
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A lot of repair shops I've been frequently lately have said that sales are slow and they are down 30 - 40%. Is there anyone else who is experiencing this or is it just bad here?
"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage." Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Its slow here in men right now....Auto correctIt's slow in MN right now.
Last edited by mnrecycler; 09-21-2014 at 07:15 PM.
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I run a computer shop in Wyoming. Things have slowed down on the sales side, and have picked up a little on the repair side. To me, that means that people aren't wanting to spend much.
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Originally Posted by mnrecycler
Try women...
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It is hard to comment without waxing political, but... If you want to discourage behavior, make it more expensive. our economic health requires cheap energy, the cheaper the energy, the healthier our economy. Fortunately, we were presented with a very clear energy policy and we were told absolutely plainly what the plan was going to be. We were fortunate an educated electorate weighed the plans of the candidates and chose the plan where energy prices would necessarily skyrocket. Hopefully the plan hasn't reached the end as I am hoping for even more skyrocketing prices. "The plan" has worked fabulously to discourage economi activity. We can only hope for a very cold winter as last winter we were only one electrical plant away from the east coast being blacked out.... and we have closed more coal plants. I am sure "the plan" has replaced the power supplied by the coal plants with solar and wind energy. The northeast is lucky it is coldest at night when the energy harvest from solar is at its' highest.
The really nice thing is everyone here has had experience using garbage others throw out. We are already living by our wits and making ends meet any way we can.
Last edited by t00nces2; 09-21-2014 at 05:31 PM.
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they have not closed any coal burners in my corner of the world,,,,in fact we have built 2 new ones and added units on 6 existing coal burners in the ohio kentucky and west virginia area ...
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Well, maybe not yet, but there is sure documentation of expected closures and problems...
Last winter, bitterly cold weather placed massive stress on the US electrical system ― and the system almost broke. On January 7 in the midst of the polar vortex, PJM Interconnection, the Regional Transmission Organization serving the heart of America from New Jersey to Illinois, experienced a new all-time peak winter load of almost 142,000 megawatts. America's power grid at the limit: The road to electrical blackouts | The Daily Caller
America’s Power Grid at the Limit: The Road to Electrical Blackouts... America’s Power Grid at the Limit: The Road to Electrical Blackouts | Watts Up With That?
Polar Vortex summer version prelude to brutal winter and potential major energy issues ICECAP
Flurry of Coal Power Plant Shutdowns Expected by 2016 Flurry of Coal Power Plant Shutdowns Expected by 2016 | Climate Central
More than 34 gigawatts (GW) of electrical generating capacity are now set to retire because of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Rule (colloquially called Utility MACT)[1] and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)[2] regulations. Most of these retirements will come from coal-fired power plants, shuttering over 10 percent of the U.S.’s coal-fired generating capacity.
Power Plant Closures - IER
http://instituteforenergyresearch.or...own-update.pdf
Victories | Beyond Coal
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i work in power plants,,,,,i do not claim to know everything about them.....i do know that back in the day clinto passed a bunch of regulations for clean air,,,they were all epa governed,,,,i worked for almost 10 years straight on scr scrubber and new smoke stack upgrades,,,,they finished up right before the deadline in 2010.......
any plant that didnt conform should have been closed in 2010,,,,,all of the ones in my district conformed......
there are 2 power houses around here that really need closed, they are falling apart and have not been maintained for many years....they are very dangerouse....i hate getting called into them..........
thats all i know,,,,,i wouldnt worry about them shutting down some plants,,,,im sure any they shut down will be replaced,,,,more than likely they will be replaced before the old ones are shut down
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Fair enough. This is not the hill I die on. Snow in Florida is infrequent and I have kero heaters.
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