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DataWeenie t1_j9uvpdb wrote

Yeah, it's pretty wild when you put a Map of Europe against North America. The gulf stream and Mediterranean do a lot.

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_j9v8p7v wrote

Darn Europeans, stealing our fish *and* our warmth.

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OsamaBinFuckin t1_j9wh50k wrote

But who's stealing our jerbs

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_j9wmuqr wrote

Nobody there is a lot of demand for employees in a place that combines the low salaries of Europe with the few vacation days of the US.

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forest_cakes t1_j9w5mwe wrote

Let’s ask the ancestors why they fled yurope

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RockItGuyDC t1_j9wthc3 wrote

What's with this spelling of Europe? If seen it a few times recently

Edit: I've

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critfist t1_j9wz4un wrote

It's a meme spelling. From places like /r/polandball

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RockItGuyDC t1_j9wz9w7 wrote

Sure. But what's the meme? Or do I need to make a post in r/outoftheloop?

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idontessaygood t1_j9xhgi0 wrote

It's a misspelling associated with idiots because it's how it sounds phoenetically. It might come from mocking brexit supporters. There's r/yurop which is a european meme sub.

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RockItGuyDC t1_j9xjdy7 wrote

Ah, well that makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks!

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idontessaygood t1_j9xjxa9 wrote

Haha no problem. By all means ask in outoftheloop as well if you want, might get a better answer.

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ramriot t1_j9wvk9c wrote

No worries, climate change will soon put a stop to that, the northern branch of the Atlantic conveyer has already dropped 50% in volume from its earliest measure.

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DankVectorz t1_j9wccy0 wrote

And in the case of Toronto and surrounding area, the Great Lakes do a lot too. Lake effect is real.

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scorr204 OP t1_j9x3776 wrote

Mainly just for snowfall, they don't make it colder.

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markthe t1_j9yqueo wrote

They sure do make it nice and humid in the summer.

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the-g-off t1_j9ysrqw wrote

Nothing nice about that humidity when it's 30C but feels 42C...

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Akiasakias t1_j9w745y wrote

Solar intensity is so low that far north. Germany has paid 4x as much on solar investments for 1/3 the results as California.

Order of magnitude less efficient.

I'm all for Green tech, but pick the ones that work best where you are!

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Bigfoot25 t1_j9wp9yv wrote

Have you been to west Texas lately? It's all wind turbines as far as the eye can see. In fact if I remember correctly Texas is either the fastest growing or the top renewable electric generator in the USA.

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Clemson_19 t1_j9x24fk wrote

And they try and blame their power outages on it ??

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drygnfyre t1_j9xy2af wrote

Yes, but that's just typical political theater. If they really believed what they said, they wouldn't still be investing in wind and solar in West Texas. But they are.

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timo103 t1_j9yf1cw wrote

Nah just shut down nuclear plants in favor of Russian gas and huge coal mines -.-

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scorr204 OP t1_j9x2xxg wrote

Germans have a history of making bad engineering decisions.

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dew2459 t1_j9yjoms wrote

More making bad political decisions. It was the politicians who decided to shut the nuclear plants to make the extremist anti-nuclear greens happy, not the engineers.

Germans have a generally good reputation for engineering.

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galwegian t1_j9we9pv wrote

And Ireland is on the same latitude as Newfoundland not Boston as we like to think.

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inapewetrust t1_j9xqs52 wrote

I didn't really grasp how far north Europe is till I moved here. Like Florence, Italy is on the same latitude as Buffalo, NY. It was the swing in seasonal daylight hours that tipped me off.

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Ram_Ranch_Manager t1_j9xg5sf wrote

Same thing with the east coast of Asia and the west coast of the US. For example, Vladivostok, Russia is at the same latitude as Coos Bay, Oregon. Vladivostok’s mean temp is 41F/5C while Coos Bay’s mean temp is 62F/16C.

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