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At no point in human history has a political decision been made by a relatively few elite to replace cheap, efficient forms of energy like fossil fuels with inferior and more expensive technologies like solar and wind. You cannot run public services on an energy source that is consuming taxes instead of paying them.
— Euan Mearns
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Today is Wednesday, October 11th, the 284th day of 2023. There are 81 days left in the year. It is General Pulaski Memorial Day, National Sausage Pizza Day, and Southern Food Heritage Day.
On This Day
In 1767, surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished their work marking the boundary separating Maryland from Pennsylvania. The Mason-Dixon Line came to be seen as demarcating the North from the South.
In 1811, the Juliana began operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
In 1862, Confederate troops raided Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
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