"We won't curb our fossil fuel use any way... there's no viable alternative"
That is a completely full of ridiculousness statement.
There is no viable alternative, By what measure, that there is already 80,000 stations selling hydrogen on every street corner for $1.22 a gallon? That you dont already have your home covered in solar?
Fools make such statements. Solar is a highly viable alternative to home energy, Even as far north as Copper harbor, MI there are off the grid homes and even state buildings that have a 5KW solar install that works even on cloudy days (that is easy to do BTW) As for cars, electric storage is coming about, and if you paid for it you could have one built that will go 300 miles on a single charge. bio-diesel, switchgrass, there are a ton of other sources of fuel for use in an Internal Combustion engine if you MUST stick with that old outdated technology.
Will it do 0-60 in 2.4 seconds and take up 3 lanes of traffic and carry 80 people? No, the canyonero gigantor truck people will have to suffer. Will it make a small 4 seater? yes it will. Even a small 4 seater 4X4 truck if you really need one because you live miles away from roads. The technology is there already, it's just most amercians are too stupid to understand it. They think they NEED 300HP and to carry 7 passengers + 40 cu FT of cargo all the time.
You dont. Just like you dont need to have 60 light bulbs in your home burning with 120Watts of light in each of them. Be realistic and suddenly alternatives start popping up everywhere.
Hell you can run a internal Combustion engine off of WOOD! Google it for some education.
Will it require americans to stop being idiots and actually learn things about daily life? yes. And if that is what you are talking about, people being required to have a solid basic education about most everything like they did in the 1800's, then that is a good thing.
none of the caravans crossing the United states, waited for AAA to change their wagon wheel.
"It makes such a leap that if it wasn't for beer, civilized society would of never been created, but the impossibility of knowing that is really never mentioned. "
Agreed, it's preposterous.
Everyone knows that civilized society came about when Whiskey and Gin was invented. And yes I count a good brandy in there as well.
Oh you can get a whole house that suppresses house generated noise as well, they are larger and have replaceable elements. It's what I have. I see a 80db drop in noise between circuits with it. (Yes I used a scope)
They are so effective they also destroy X10 powerline traffic. which is a benefit as I'll never be tempted to use that junk again.
I dont care what any of this hype says, if your TV is gonna get hacked then why are we not seeing all the BluRay players from all these same companies that are running Linux and the interactive services getting hacked?
Every single BLuRay player sold runs linux and most have ethernet on them for interactive services on the disc or built into the player. Panasonic has one that has hulu, netflix, and an app store + video skype. These are not getting hacked.
And I WISH they would get hacked, cracked, and smacked. I want to blow out the useless OS and install XBMC.
"don't want to be labelled as troublemaking parents."
This is the problem. I was taught to go out of my way to be recognized as a troublemaker. someone who does not just sit there quietly not making waves. I was taught to splash the water hard and make as big of waves as I can when I see injustice.
Never ever let your child be punished for being right.
"A 100 watt incandescent light bulb should cost $60 and and this LED light should cost $1, that the only way you are going to get stupid poor people (i.e. the 99%) to save the planet."
Yet its the 1% that are bitching the most about it. I know multi billionaires that went out and bought 50 cases of old tech incandescent bulbs. Not the brightest people on the planet.
"LED's reduce their light output over time, " OVERDRIVEN LED's lose their light output over time. If you are well withing their limits they do not lose any output until the last 5-10% of their lifetime, then they fall off really fast.
'Surge suppressors can help, if they are parallel to the circuit the bulb is on."
Why? just add a whole house surge suppressor, in fact if your home was built in the past 10 years, the electrician that wired your house was a moron for not putting one on the house, or your house was an economy model where they were cutting corners. They are only $125.00 retail and take 30 seconds to install while they are wiring the panel.
I worked at a LED lighting company. ALL THE CHIPS are coming from China. From a $195 Cree 40 watt designer bulb to the happy fun $12.95 super pappy LED bulb. they are made in the same 6 factories in China.
we would batch test and chuck about 40% no matter the manufacturer. that is what makes the expensive ones, the states side batch burn in testing.
Why are you buying CFL's if you are not happy with them. buy the new bulb replacement. Halogen.
Everyone is flinging lies that you can only buy LED or CFL. That is a bold lie. the new bulb replacement is a halogen. it's a small bulb in a traditional big bulb. they cost about 2X ($1.29) and use 1/2 the power for the same light.
buy those, they work in dimmers, but they are a white light not a yellow "warm"
It is the fault of the Administrators FIRST. And that is where I laid the blame. Like I said, Fire all the idiot administrators that put the gym teacher in the job they dont belong.
All cuts need to start at the Superintendant level first, and start rolling down hill.
"Yet, Gmail still didn't win Hotmail or Yahoo which to date are the two largest email providers on planet." Yet, Yahoo and Hotmail still didn't win AOL users which to date still has a huge number of users.
Yes, they do. It makes most tech people weep, but I meet someone in business weekly that has a @AOL address.
In michigan during the 80's I proved a chemistry teacher wrong in the 6th grade. He Flunked me on the test for being "combative" and "not respecting authority". I took it home to my dad and my oldest brother, who worked as a chemist looked at the problem and my answer and said, " you are correct, the teacher is an idiot" and went with my dad to a conference with the teacher asking the principal to be there.
By me saying " no you are wrong", and then saying "NO WAY! THAT"S UNFAIR" I was being combative. my dad ripped into the principal and the teacher for 1 hour. My grade got changed to an A before they left.
A lot of teachers are not teaching but regurgitating what is in the book, and the book was wrong. the teacher was outed as not doing his job and by dad found out he actually was an english major and had only 1 class in chemistry.
Any monkey can regurgitate a book. IT's time we get real teachers in there and fire all the administration that makes retard decisions to have the Phys Ed teacher, to hold the algebra classes because he knows how to use a calculator.
"Imagine in a world where: the cable company polices stolen TV shows and movies.."
They already do that. they don't give a crap about your $2000.00 TV, but that crap Sitcom episode from 10 years ago? They want you anal raped in prison over that.
They already track things that are easily replicated for free, they just choose to tell the consumer to go fuck themselves over everything that does not benefit them directly.
Nope. we wasted a lot of cash of CRM/ERP It's a waste of money in a small/medium sized business. as for multi megabyte PPT files, that is not a problem with 100bt. It never has been unless the Network engineer needs to be fired.
Heck we even do HD videoconferencing over 100bt. if you think you need 1000bt in a general office, you need to hire better networking guys, they seem to not be able to do their job right.
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People have been building electric cars for decades. The internet is FULL of open source electric car projects.
Did anyone even try google before asking?
https://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=build+an+electric+car&oq=build+an+electric+car&aq=f&aqi=g4g-v6&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=igoogle.3..0l4j0i15l6.66739.69666.0.69806.21.21.0.3.3.0.188.1920.5j13.18.0.
It's the best idea to have open source everything. Building your own car, electric or gas is a wonderful thing and where real innovation comes from.
Someones back yard shed or garage is the best place to come up with better ideas.
IT is in reach of the common man, IF he has the education.
Fortunately the education is free on the internet.
1KW solar install is less than $2500.00
Electric cars can be built for less than $5000.00
etc...
But he chose not to.
O.M.G. you are a genius!
PRAY FOR MORE OIL! God will provide my brothers!
"We won't curb our fossil fuel use any way... there's no viable alternative"
That is a completely full of ridiculousness statement.
There is no viable alternative, By what measure, that there is already 80,000 stations selling hydrogen on every street corner for $1.22 a gallon? That you dont already have your home covered in solar?
Fools make such statements. Solar is a highly viable alternative to home energy, Even as far north as Copper harbor, MI there are off the grid homes and even state buildings that have a 5KW solar install that works even on cloudy days (that is easy to do BTW) As for cars, electric storage is coming about, and if you paid for it you could have one built that will go 300 miles on a single charge. bio-diesel, switchgrass, there are a ton of other sources of fuel for use in an Internal Combustion engine if you MUST stick with that old outdated technology.
Will it do 0-60 in 2.4 seconds and take up 3 lanes of traffic and carry 80 people? No, the canyonero gigantor truck people will have to suffer. Will it make a small 4 seater? yes it will. Even a small 4 seater 4X4 truck if you really need one because you live miles away from roads. The technology is there already, it's just most amercians are too stupid to understand it. They think they NEED 300HP and to carry 7 passengers + 40 cu FT of cargo all the time.
You dont. Just like you dont need to have 60 light bulbs in your home burning with 120Watts of light in each of them. Be realistic and suddenly alternatives start popping up everywhere.
Hell you can run a internal Combustion engine off of WOOD! Google it for some education.
Will it require americans to stop being idiots and actually learn things about daily life? yes. And if that is what you are talking about, people being required to have a solid basic education about most everything like they did in the 1800's, then that is a good thing.
none of the caravans crossing the United states, waited for AAA to change their wagon wheel.
"It makes such a leap that if it wasn't for beer, civilized society would of never been created, but the impossibility of knowing that is really never mentioned. "
Agreed, it's preposterous.
Everyone knows that civilized society came about when Whiskey and Gin was invented. And yes I count a good brandy in there as well.
You need to set up a bottling system on your car. If it's making CO2, you can make a tidy profit bottling it with a compressor and selling it.
But it makes beer so much more enjoyable... I'd rather have fizzy beer than the planet. And most men would agree.
Oh you can get a whole house that suppresses house generated noise as well, they are larger and have replaceable elements. It's what I have. I see a 80db drop in noise between circuits with it. (Yes I used a scope)
They are so effective they also destroy X10 powerline traffic. which is a benefit as I'll never be tempted to use that junk again.
I dont care what any of this hype says, if your TV is gonna get hacked then why are we not seeing all the BluRay players from all these same companies that are running Linux and the interactive services getting hacked?
Every single BLuRay player sold runs linux and most have ethernet on them for interactive services on the disc or built into the player. Panasonic has one that has hulu, netflix, and an app store + video skype. These are not getting hacked.
And I WISH they would get hacked, cracked, and smacked. I want to blow out the useless OS and install XBMC.
"don't want to be labelled as troublemaking parents."
This is the problem. I was taught to go out of my way to be recognized as a troublemaker. someone who does not just sit there quietly not making waves. I was taught to splash the water hard and make as big of waves as I can when I see injustice.
Never ever let your child be punished for being right.
"A 100 watt incandescent light bulb should cost $60 and and this LED light should cost $1, that the only way you are going to get stupid poor people (i.e. the 99%) to save the planet."
Yet its the 1% that are bitching the most about it. I know multi billionaires that went out and bought 50 cases of old tech incandescent bulbs. Not the brightest people on the planet.
"LED's reduce their light output over time, "
OVERDRIVEN LED's lose their light output over time. If you are well withing their limits they do not lose any output until the last 5-10% of their lifetime, then they fall off really fast.
Have a whole house surge suppressor installed. Problem solved. a 2006 house should have been built with one in the panel.
'Surge suppressors can help, if they are parallel to the circuit the bulb is on."
Why? just add a whole house surge suppressor, in fact if your home was built in the past 10 years, the electrician that wired your house was a moron for not putting one on the house, or your house was an economy model where they were cutting corners. They are only $125.00 retail and take 30 seconds to install while they are wiring the panel.
I worked at a LED lighting company. ALL THE CHIPS are coming from China. From a $195 Cree 40 watt designer bulb to the happy fun $12.95 super pappy LED bulb. they are made in the same 6 factories in China.
we would batch test and chuck about 40% no matter the manufacturer. that is what makes the expensive ones, the states side batch burn in testing.
Why are you buying CFL's if you are not happy with them. buy the new bulb replacement. Halogen.
Everyone is flinging lies that you can only buy LED or CFL. That is a bold lie. the new bulb replacement is a halogen. it's a small bulb in a traditional big bulb. they cost about 2X ($1.29) and use 1/2 the power for the same light.
buy those, they work in dimmers, but they are a white light not a yellow "warm"
I have all LED in my home, and they all claim 10+ years. I have yet to find ANY LED bulb to last more than 3 years.
20 years? does it come with a 20 year warranty with a 100% cost free replacement? Bet its not.
It is the fault of the Administrators FIRST. And that is where I laid the blame. Like I said, Fire all the idiot administrators that put the gym teacher in the job they dont belong.
All cuts need to start at the Superintendant level first, and start rolling down hill.
"Yet, Gmail still didn't win Hotmail or Yahoo which to date are the two largest email providers on planet."
Yet, Yahoo and Hotmail still didn't win AOL users which to date still has a huge number of users.
Yes, they do. It makes most tech people weep, but I meet someone in business weekly that has a @AOL address.
Nobody is using skydrive. Microsoft has to offer than t much to even attract people.
Dropbox is still eating microsoft lunch on their skydrive.
In michigan during the 80's I proved a chemistry teacher wrong in the 6th grade. He Flunked me on the test for being "combative" and "not respecting authority". I took it home to my dad and my oldest brother, who worked as a chemist looked at the problem and my answer and said, " you are correct, the teacher is an idiot" and went with my dad to a conference with the teacher asking the principal to be there.
By me saying " no you are wrong", and then saying "NO WAY! THAT"S UNFAIR" I was being combative. my dad ripped into the principal and the teacher for 1 hour. My grade got changed to an A before they left.
A lot of teachers are not teaching but regurgitating what is in the book, and the book was wrong. the teacher was outed as not doing his job and by dad found out he actually was an english major and had only 1 class in chemistry.
Any monkey can regurgitate a book. IT's time we get real teachers in there and fire all the administration that makes retard decisions to have the Phys Ed teacher, to hold the algebra classes because he knows how to use a calculator.
"Imagine in a world where: the cable company polices stolen TV shows and movies.."
They already do that. they don't give a crap about your $2000.00 TV, but that crap Sitcom episode from 10 years ago? They want you anal raped in prison over that.
They already track things that are easily replicated for free, they just choose to tell the consumer to go fuck themselves over everything that does not benefit them directly.
Nope. we wasted a lot of cash of CRM/ERP It's a waste of money in a small/medium sized business. as for multi megabyte PPT files, that is not a problem with 100bt. It never has been unless the Network engineer needs to be fired.
Heck we even do HD videoconferencing over 100bt. if you think you need 1000bt in a general office, you need to hire better networking guys, they seem to not be able to do their job right.
"Urban America with its more efficient energy usage and lower distances traveled - basically won the war."
Until the power goes out. then I own you with my farm and it's source of food you dont have.
rural america will always rule urban america. You cant raise cows in central park.