Cashing In

The driver of the truck from my post earlier this week is making out pretty well. After the incident, his truck looked like this:

The truck that was damaged was a 2004 Silverado. A local dealership has announced that they are giving him a brand new 2022 Silverado as a replacement.

That isn’t all. As is the new trend, there is a GoFundMe page that has collected more than $12,000 towards his supposed medical bills. Since the article claims that he didn’t go to the hospital, I am not sure what bills those are.

Not bad. You lose a truck worth $6,000, but are lucky enough that a video of the incident goes viral, so you get a new $35,000 truck and $12,000 in cash.

Yanking Licenses

The Federal government has rescinded the license extension of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, located near Miami. The stated reason is that global climate change will cause sea levels to rise, and the plant’s environmental impact statement didn’t take that into account.

So instead, we will continue to rely upon coal plants. There is no way that wind and solar can make up for the loss of this plant. That plant produces 12 gigawatt hours of electric power per year.

In comparison, every solar panel in the state of Florida produces 7.5 gigawatt hours each year, combined.