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Why Silicon Valley Won't Be the Green Car Detroit
thecarchik writes "NPR boldly pronounced, 'The new automobile of the 21st century is likely to benefit from the culture of Silicon Valley, where people are used to taking a chip, a cell or an idea and working on it until it becomes something big.' We've thought about it for a year, and discussed it with many people. And we don't believe it. Silicon Valley is the wrong place to build an auto industry, for three main reasons."
Come build your car manufacturing plants in Canada, eh? Our workers don't ask for $100 per hour salaries and we got all four seasons* to test your technologies too!
* warning: the summer-to-winter ratio imay not be uniform.
Too many liberals. And I am not even trolling...
Totally. If there is one thing about liberals, they are anti-progress.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Forget Cali, come to Central Oklahoma! Our GM plant closed last year; the facility and knowledgeable manpower are available. Decently low cost of living, decently high wages, right-to-work (not that I'm anti-union). Plenty of inexpensive power (natural gas-fired electrical plants) and good weather. Heck, we even have earthquakes.
Chaos maximizes locally around me.
No, all the celebrities live on the beach. So it's both or neither. Also, they don't exactly live there. It's their vacation home.
Wait? What! The Carolinas? Are you serious?
South Carolina has one of the most exhaustive lists of things to tax other than just income. They literally double dip on things you long since bought and paid for, like vehicles (wheel tax), regardless of running condition. This is in addition to the fuel tax you already pay to support the roads and such. They also have a pet tax. They TAX KITTENS!
Overall, this state was the most tax hungry state I have yet to live in.
http://www.sctax.org/Publications/mov2sc.html