Comments on: Views near Golden Grove http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/block-island/views-near-golden-grove-21/ Thoughts and musings, illustrated Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gingersea http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/block-island/views-near-golden-grove-21/comment-page-1/#comment-254 gingersea Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/?p=677#comment-254 Yes, Block Island Power. Which I hear variously is the most, or the second most, or the third most, but never lower than that, expensive power in the nation. It's oil-fired, and the oil delivery trucks come over (and return, of course) on the ferry. Not the same ferry as passengers and their cars but rather a completely separate privately chartered ferry. So you can understand right there something of why the power is so expensive. Yes, Block Island Power. Which I hear variously is the most, or the second most, or the third most, but never lower than that, expensive power in the nation. It’s oil-fired, and the oil delivery trucks come over (and return, of course) on the ferry. Not the same ferry as passengers and their cars but rather a completely separate privately chartered ferry. So you can understand right there something of why the power is so expensive.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/block-island/views-near-golden-grove-21/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Charlie Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:25:28 +0000 http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/?p=677#comment-253 Clearly, Block Island has its own power company. Is it oil-fired? Natural gas? And how reliable and costly is the service? Clearly, Block Island has its own power company. Is it oil-fired? Natural gas? And how reliable and costly is the service?

]]> By: gingersea http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/block-island/views-near-golden-grove-21/comment-page-1/#comment-252 gingersea Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:04:57 +0000 http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/?p=677#comment-252 Ouch! Somehow I don't think that would do very much to lower the electricity charges from Block Island Power. Ouch!

Somehow I don’t think that would do very much to lower the electricity charges from Block Island Power.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/block-island/views-near-golden-grove-21/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Charlie Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:57:08 +0000 http://www.gskenney.com/ginger/?p=677#comment-251 Dear Ginger: Hey, thanks for providing photographic proof of that oh-so-long ago observation. Yes, from the picture it's obvious that the pond is higher then the ocean. If ever BI starts to run short of electric power the authorities ought to consider placing a hydroelectric plant at this site. Then your sunset photos would include both the plant and the lighthouse. We could call them dam-lighthouse pictures. Just a thought. You take care. Charlie Dear Ginger:

Hey, thanks for providing photographic proof of that oh-so-long ago observation. Yes, from the picture it’s obvious that the pond is higher then the ocean. If ever BI starts to run short of electric power the authorities ought to consider placing a hydroelectric plant at this site. Then your sunset photos would include both the plant and the lighthouse. We could call them dam-lighthouse pictures.

Just a thought.

You take care.

Charlie

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