"You mean that thing that requires another device to actually DO something?" no. An independent device that can do it's own set of things AND couple with other devices to do more things. I'm surrounded by clocks. And if EVERYTHING FAILS knowing the time is the least of you problems.
"..build babysitter until someone else breaks it." Your QA/Build process is seriously broken if you don't have one person or one team in charge of the build at all times.
And it assume you can see the future and predict what will be really serious. There are many instances of failure becasue it didn't seem like a big deal at the time.
we could carve out 10K sq mile from the south west and provide all the energy the US needs with solar. Of course, it would mean restructuring the grid. And spending money. From near as I can tell, many people here would rather choke to death pollution then pay more for electricity.
I mean, whats clean air, no foreign dependence and a scalable power solution when we can save a 10 cents a KW.
And before you know who pounds his meat hooks into his keyboard in a ultimately vain attempt to try and seem smart, sole means more then just panels.
They have a long term phase out plan; which is how it's done. There is no solution that you just flip a switch and it's done.
And the are designing coal plants that can be phased out with far, far less waste as they are used less and less. Solar can very well be the solution. The ONLY hurdle is political.
I like how you can't thing about doing more then one thing at a time.
Of course, your whole opinion is based on a false premise.
"If a carbon tax was in play I am sure we would see more new construction cavity walls and other such things." Now I suspect you don't know what a carbon tax does or how it work.
The actual cos of things is larger then just money.
But hey, let the world fucking burn if you save a nickle, right?
"In particular, why spend money subsidizing solar if adding more solar is not going to reduce carbon emissions or other issues with coal? " it does, and frankly you are a dumb ass if you think otherwise. Read The Fuck Up.
"Solar tends to be expensive in relation to other electrical sources. " before or after you add int he cost from illness caused by pollution? Before or after CO2 impacts?
"Also, adding more solar won't cut down on C02 emissions." false. A) there are solar generation technics for 24/7 base load power. B) Even if you use it is still cuts down on the amount of coal. by about 22GW
" Coal power plants in standby mode still chomp though a fair bit of coal, " yes, but it still less then f the spun up to meet the demand that solar eliminated.
". I hope and believe that tomorrow's technology will address these issues. " clearly, that's not true. You haven't even thought through what they do today. You just grouse like someone from the 70s talking about Solar. What the hell is wrong with you?
Fuck you. And fuck everyone else who says workers can't get together to demand a decent work week. You are a selfish and mean SOB to think employers can dictate the market solely on there terms.
Learn some fucking history you knuckle dragging moron.
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You're car has a watch? how stylish. Most cars just have clocks.
"You mean that thing that requires another device to actually DO something?"
no. An independent device that can do it's own set of things AND couple with other devices to do more things.
I'm surrounded by clocks. And if EVERYTHING FAILS knowing the time is the least of you problems.
because of a tan line on your wrist? seriously?
That's both vain and vapid.
"Making telephone calls is one. "
based on what?
they produce a lot of stuff. I mean 1000's of things.
I'm not sure you know what they produce.
c++ is great. I'm sorry you're not very good and never mastered it, but that isn't the languages problem.
what? You can't tell a missing semi colon from the error messages? or a misspelled word? you're not very good, are you?
"..build babysitter until someone else breaks it."
Your QA/Build process is seriously broken if you don't have one person or one team in charge of the build at all times.
And it assume you can see the future and predict what will be really serious.
There are many instances of failure becasue it didn't seem like a big deal at the time.
NO, he was teaching engineering practices, and a good one.
People like you is why software is in such a terrible state as an industry.
And turning off compiler pragmas are why software is such an amateur engineering field.
Because time doesn't impact mass.
You know we can move power over these things called 'wires' right?
Why the FUCK would the panels and furnaces be in the north?
BTW 7% loss up to 4k miles.
we could carve out 10K sq mile from the south west and provide all the energy the US needs with solar.
Of course, it would mean restructuring the grid. And spending money. From near as I can tell, many people here would rather choke to death pollution then pay more for electricity.
I mean, whats clean air, no foreign dependence and a scalable power solution when we can save a 10 cents a KW.
And before you know who pounds his meat hooks into his keyboard in a ultimately vain attempt to try and seem smart, sole means more then just panels.
He's a shill. Read his history.
Way to miss the point, dumb ass.
Solar is part of the solution, allowing people to use less carbon. Why ois that so fucking ard to get both your brain cells around.
Here is some more current data.
http://thinkprogress.org/clima...
Like I said solar is Part of the solution.
They have a long term phase out plan; which is how it's done. There is no solution that you just flip a switch and it's done.
And the are designing coal plants that can be phased out with far, far less waste as they are used less and less.
Solar can very well be the solution. The ONLY hurdle is political.
You're a fucking shit head shill.
Do you realize that the event and Chernobyl are impossible to happen to any reactor in France?
I like how you can't thing about doing more then one thing at a time.
Of course, your whole opinion is based on a false premise.
"If a carbon tax was in play I am sure we would see more new construction cavity walls and other such things."
Now I suspect you don't know what a carbon tax does or how it work.
why would you choose just one option?
The actual cos of things is larger then just money.
But hey, let the world fucking burn if you save a nickle, right?
"In particular, why spend money subsidizing solar if adding more solar is not going to reduce carbon emissions or other issues with coal? "
it does, and frankly you are a dumb ass if you think otherwise.
Read The Fuck Up.
"Solar tends to be expensive in relation to other electrical sources. "
before or after you add int he cost from illness caused by pollution? Before or after CO2 impacts?
"Also, adding more solar won't cut down on C02 emissions."
false.
A) there are solar generation technics for 24/7 base load power.
B) Even if you use it is still cuts down on the amount of coal. by about 22GW
" Coal power plants in standby mode still chomp though a fair bit of coal, "
yes, but it still less then f the spun up to meet the demand that solar eliminated.
". I hope and believe that tomorrow's technology will address these issues. "
clearly, that's not true. You haven't even thought through what they do today. You just grouse like someone from the 70s talking about Solar.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Yes, much like a mobster telling you you cando what they want, or you can die.
Quite a dilema.Isn't it?
no. Certain industry group keeps spouting the myth the economy is in bad shape. Looking at the numbers, are are far from shit these days.
Fuck you. And fuck everyone else who says workers can't get together to demand a decent work week.
You are a selfish and mean SOB to think employers can dictate the market solely on there terms.
Learn some fucking history you knuckle dragging moron.
You don't know that.. Going to space may have been what set it off.
what, you mean all those obese astronauts?