Holy Smokes! I think this thread has set a WZ record in a number of categories, not the least of which would be for venom. It rivals the infamous "Guns in National Parks" topic of a few years ago. I was shocked to check in this past weekend after a week's absence, and see this debate still going strong - I fully expected it to have died out quite a while back. Dear God, please don't let it have innumerable lives like the solar toilet subject . . .
Bee's right, though - it should be allowed to run for as long as people see a reason to participate. I'm sure there's a thread-locking line somewhere, but until it reaches that point - well, let's face it: there's just not a lot of Sierra-related material being posted this winter. I do have to admit though, this thread has begun to exhibit a degree of train-wreck fascination - I primarily check in on the topic nowadays to see who's currently getting bloodied up. Sad, I know . . .
While we're on the subject of energy, did'ja know the first new commercial nuclear reactors built domestically in over 30 years will be cranking up here in Georgia relatively soon? Southern Company's Vogtle Power Plant is currently constructing two more reactors and expects them to be operational by 2016. Who needs solar when you've got nuclear (or is it nuke-ya-lur)? Everyone can agree on that, right . . . ?
