Yeah, and how many paper pushers etc.., will it put out of work?... While it will create jobs, it will also wipe out existing jobs. Political drones just want it to sound like its creating jobs. Plus even if its adding more jobs overall, then surely its going to end up costing more money in total to keep funding the system?
Obama has for the past couple of months proposed as a infrastructure stimulus as a way to bring us out of recession. This is one part of that. He doesn't need to make permanent jobs, he needs to make jobs that last a few years until we're out of the recession, and then disappear so they don't continue to cost the government money. So, it will start out by creating a bunch of jobs now, while we are fighting a recession. Over time, as the electronic records get implemented, jobs will get phased out and once all is said and done the health industry will require less people than it started with (and hence save money). And, hopefully, once the program ends we will no longer be in a recession and no longer need efforts to fight unemployment.
Most likely your HVAC unit has a heat pump and not just a resistance heater. If so, it pulls heat in from the outside. They usually have a CoP of between 2-3 which means that for every kWh of electricity used it puts between 2-3 kWh of heat in the house. If you use just a resistance heater, though, then you might as well run your computer.
Along the same note, the reason why most people argue against electric cars is basically because they can't go on long trips. Most people travel less than 40 miles a day, which electric cars can currently achieve. But, they need to have a car that can drive across the country for some reason.
I completely agree with parent. Most people don't understand that hydrogen is just another energy storage system (i.e. battery). The disadvantage is that it requires an extra step (fuel cell) while a battery doesn't. The main advantage of hydrogen is the ability to "recharge" in a very short period of time. What we need is an infrastructure to recharge batteries in cars.
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Yeah, and how many paper pushers etc.., will it put out of work? ... While it will create jobs, it will also wipe out existing jobs. Political drones just want it to sound like its creating jobs. Plus even if its adding more jobs overall, then surely its going to end up costing more money in total to keep funding the system?
Obama has for the past couple of months proposed as a infrastructure stimulus as a way to bring us out of recession. This is one part of that. He doesn't need to make permanent jobs, he needs to make jobs that last a few years until we're out of the recession, and then disappear so they don't continue to cost the government money. So, it will start out by creating a bunch of jobs now, while we are fighting a recession. Over time, as the electronic records get implemented, jobs will get phased out and once all is said and done the health industry will require less people than it started with (and hence save money). And, hopefully, once the program ends we will no longer be in a recession and no longer need efforts to fight unemployment.
Most likely your HVAC unit has a heat pump and not just a resistance heater. If so, it pulls heat in from the outside. They usually have a CoP of between 2-3 which means that for every kWh of electricity used it puts between 2-3 kWh of heat in the house. If you use just a resistance heater, though, then you might as well run your computer.
Along the same note, the reason why most people argue against electric cars is basically because they can't go on long trips. Most people travel less than 40 miles a day, which electric cars can currently achieve. But, they need to have a car that can drive across the country for some reason.
I completely agree with parent. Most people don't understand that hydrogen is just another energy storage system (i.e. battery). The disadvantage is that it requires an extra step (fuel cell) while a battery doesn't. The main advantage of hydrogen is the ability to "recharge" in a very short period of time. What we need is an infrastructure to recharge batteries in cars.