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  1. Re:Yet another example of rural leaching on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    "Isn't it urban america that pushed for biodiesel." No.

  2. Re:Yet another example of rural leaching on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Not single handily but given the the complexities of our modern economy if there are individual examples of waste that add up to 1% of the deficit that is actually massive deal and a strong indicator the region as a whole is a source of massive waste. If you need a clear cut example of this, there is plenty of public information about how rural states contribute at most 70% of the tax dollars they take out it is easy to see how the a 600 billion dollar deficit would turn into a surplus on a 4 trillion dollar budget.

  3. Re:Normally I'm quite against biofuels on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    illiterate noob. " A ****free market**** ****should**** enable our energy companies to plan for a foreseeable spike in demand for a particular oil product and adjust production plans accordingly.

  4. Re:Yet another example of rural leaching on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You can buy it from elsewhere, cheaper, massively so, after accounting for the rural subsidies the US provides. The US deficit would vaporize and turn into a massive surplus if we dropped the rural communities and only had the urban and suburban areas.

  5. Re:The Plan. on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The whining about subsidies and externalities is one of the best example of our tribalism. Both sides while about the other side's subsidies and ignore their own.

  6. Re:Speed wasn't SR-71's problem. on America's Fastest Spy Plane May Be Back -- And Hypersonic (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was a perfect solution. Just an interesting one. It would also be good for covering mountainous terrain. Thinking of a semi mobile SAM with extended LOS for energy defenses.

  7. Re:Normally I'm quite against biofuels on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Fair enough, but with the sulfur requirements having a definitive date, the ****free market**** ****should**** be able to adjust for this without the strict government requirements.

  8. Yet another example of rural leaching on Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions (npr.org) · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many more of these do we need before we reach a critical acceptance level that rural America is a complete albatross?

  9. Re:Speed wasn't SR-71's problem. on America's Fastest Spy Plane May Be Back -- And Hypersonic (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Speed wasn't SR-71's problem. on America's Fastest Spy Plane May Be Back -- And Hypersonic (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you put them in a satellite or a balloon. Not to say there is not a counter to those options. It is just a very very complicated form of chess, with moves and counter moves.

  11. Re:America isn't actively trying to steal land the on Philippine Lawmakers Worry China Telecom May Be a 'Trojan horse' (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everyone is stealing everything. The US,China,Russia,Germany,UK etc etc etc are all doing their best to get ahold of every bit of information they can from everyone they can. It is childlike naivete to think anyone is not in this game. At BEST you can control WHO gets the information. Choose American made, the American's get your info easily, Choose Russian tech, the Russians AND Americans get your info, Choose Chinese tech the Chinese, Russians, Americans AND everyone including even your pet chicken get your information.

  12. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/409-the-truth-about-abstinence-only-programs

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/rhythm-method/about/pac-20390918

    People who advocate for "abstinence only" "rhythm-method", or whatever re-incarnation of this is, are fucking garbage. Supporters need to be driven from our society like the anti-science pariahs they are.They may as well be anti-vax crusaders. True enemies of civilization.

  13. Re:Can the power grid support it? on Ford is Throwing $11 Billion at Its Electric Car Problem (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    On second read, I have to admit that I misinterpreted what you wrote originally. I apologize. TBH I think others did as well, which is why you got down-modded.

  14. I know it exists. I was disagreeing with the "valid" part.

  15. Re: Industrial systems don't have as much spare ro on Now Meltdown Patches Are Making Industrial Control Systems Lurch (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "as you falsely assumed" No I did not assume that. Re-read k-thanks bye.

  16. Industrial systems don't have as much spare room on Now Meltdown Patches Are Making Industrial Control Systems Lurch (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have never worked on industrial systems, I did work on some large scale defense equipment. One of the design considerations is cost, in order to minimize cost, you match the components spec to the semi-well defined performance need. No need on buying a V12 when a V6 will do...... Now I am not saying you don't build in some buffer, but the MASSIVE performance hit required by these patches could easily blow the given performance buffer out of the water. I could easily see how billions of dollars worth of industrial systems simply will not be able to patched due performance cost of the patches. Additionally given the age/design of the systems there is no way to conveniently upgrade the systems.

  17. "You realize that this is actually a valid technique that has been used for many years, right?"

    No

  18. Yes, which is exactly why it is advised by virtually every efficiency organization that one keep their stratocasters at home unless they know they will need it. Moving objects needlessly creates waste.

  19. Re:Can the power grid support it? on Ford is Throwing $11 Billion at Its Electric Car Problem (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No, no it inst temporary. It is ongoing and changes the ecology permanently to emit more greenhouse gasses.

  20. Re: Blood on your hands on Why Uber Can Find You but 911 Can't (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    No but making laughably illogical statements is.

  21. Re:Blood on your hands on Why Uber Can Find You but 911 Can't (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny
    "So we're supposed to live with shitty 911 service because you are paranoid about the NSA breaking the law? Newsflash dummy, they can already track your phone so all you are doing is costing lives to improve NOTHING."

    I agree 100%. Their statement is we cant do "A" because they declare "If A then B" and their their justification for their declaration is because they think "B" is already true. This is asinine

    Sometimes I wonder how these conservative retards can take a break from smearing their own feces all themselves and manage to actually log in here and type.

  22. Re:Can the power grid support it? on Ford is Throwing $11 Billion at Its Electric Car Problem (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    They have done the math. Stop pretending they haven't. It is not even hard to find. The cost per mile of energy is about 10% to 40% for an electric compared to a ICE engine. On average around 20%

    https://avt.inl.gov/sites/defa...

  23. Re:Can the power grid support it? on Ford is Throwing $11 Billion at Its Electric Car Problem (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Hydro (Dams) actually produces significant greenhouse gasses due to local ecological changes from the non dammed river.

  24. Nope. No they don't which is exactly why billions of $$$ are getting poured into this research path in this way. No worries people who live the sticks generally have a hard time realizing the world changed decades ago and their way of life is no longer the norm.. It is the precise reason rural America is dead, their population cant fathom that the world has moved on and adapt.

  25. The weight of the wheal probably would amount to about 1 mpg per vehicle, or billions of dollars in fuel a year.