(which as the parent pointed out require a lot of toxic stuff to be used in the manufacturing process compared to the relative simple making of an incandescent bulb.)
This effect is miniscule compared to the toxic stuff released during the generation of the extra electricity required for the incandescent bulb.
Only about 3% of what other countries call "nuclear waste" gets turned into actual waste.
And yet they have not yet paid for its disposal, they don't even know how to dispose of it, they have no idea what it will cost, and they don't know when they will be done.
In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
--- In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
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The most significant challenge at Hanford is stabilizing the 53 million U.S. gallons (204,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks. As of 1998 about a third of these tanks had leaked waste into the soil and groundwater.
Nearby aquifers contain an estimated 270 billion U.S. gallons (1 billion m3) of contaminated groundwater as a result of the leaks. As of 2008, 1 million U.S. gallons (4,000 m3) of highly radioactive waste is traveling through the groundwater toward the Columbia River. This waste is expected to reach the river in 12 to 50 years if cleanup does not proceed on schedule.
HHIN reports concluded that residents who lived downwind from Hanford or who used the Columbia River downstream were exposed to elevated doses of radiation that placed them at increased risk for various cancers and other diseases.
During excavations from 2004 to 2007 a sample of purified plutonium was uncovered inside a safe in a waste trench
The study found that from 2006-2010, between the months of May and October, Vermont Yankee’s discharge exceeded the permitted rise in temperature 58 percent of the time. In June, that number rose to 74 percent. The report also noted that temperature increases near the nuclear plant held at least 22.5 miles downstream in Massachusetts.
In August, TEPCO admitted that up to 400 tons of contaminated water flows into the Pacific Ocean every day
According to TEPCO, some 300 tons of highly contaminated water had leaked from a 1000 ton cylindrical steel storage tank.
In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
Prices for everything else in the world should be set by supply and demand,
The whole concept of supply and demand only works if the suppliers and the demanders can communicate amongst themselves. Otherwise it's captive markets.
Could be a self-selection bias. Higher earners are more likely to visit glassdoor, and may be surprised to learn what the more typical rest & vest cog pulls down.
It's probably just all downright lies. There's no incentive to tell the truth, every incentive to lie. You can tell your boss: "See, look at glassdoor! They are all making more than me."
most employers feel the law is unfair to the employer and may very well intentionally disobey the law in a subtle manner. If they find you shared your salary, then your company might find another reason to fire you and terminate you for that other reason.
This week, the auto parts retailer AutoZone dropped its challenge to a verdict ordering it to pay a record-breaking $185 million in damages to a former employee
employment costs going up would be a huge negative for the shareholders and managers' bonuses.
And paying out a $185 million lawsuit is probably an even more huge negative
Well then I need to go to jail, because every place I have ever worked for they have asked me to sign something agreeing not to discuss my compensation, and I signed it.
You don't need to go to jail, you need a dunce cap. You were a sucker, you signed a contract with illegal unenforceable terms in it. You probably were a sucker in a dozen other ways, too. Employers know full well whether their contracts are legal and enforceable, their lawyers wrote them. You fell into the trap, you didn't notice you were signing an unenforceable contract. You probably agreed to a whole bunch of illegal, immoral, and unethical stuff.
There are lots of considerations that go into salary numbers
This is the lie that they feed you, so you will over-think the problem and come up with the answer that you did. What if you actually could share salary information with your co-workers and you discovered that there is no magic formula, no magic algorithm, all the men make the same thing, and all the women make about half that.
I've given up discussing salary and just joined a union to negotiate for me.
I believe I perform better than other people, so I can't see allowing a union to negotiate for me because they would put me at the same level as everybody else with my years of experience. If I performed average or worse than average at my job, I would consider letting the union negotiate for me.
A union can negotiate better conditions for everyone, not just for you. But you don't care about your fellow co-workers, you don't care that when they do better, you will do better too.
Where do we draw the line between little to no hope and a "fair chance"?
We don't draw that line. That line is drawn by consensus, between the patient's representatives and their doctor. And it's none of anyone else's business.
this part fails miserably. Doctors talk to each other all the time about their patients. It is how they work. They bounce theories off of each other. They trade stories. They refine their diagnoses and adjust medication levels based on consensus. Telling them to keep medical information secret from each other is against the very way that they work.
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Don't forget the low flow toilet you have to flush three times.
you might want to try a laxative
(which as the parent pointed out require a lot of toxic stuff to be used in the manufacturing process compared to the relative simple making of an incandescent bulb.)
This effect is miniscule compared to the toxic stuff released during the generation of the extra electricity required for the incandescent bulb.
I don't know how much a full solution would affect cost.
remember what the nuclear people used to say: "electricity too cheap to meter"
now it's "we don't know what it will actually cost"
Only about 3% of what other countries call "nuclear waste" gets turned into actual waste.
And yet they have not yet paid for its disposal, they don't even know how to dispose of it, they have no idea what it will cost, and they don't know when they will be done.
that we don't treat with the same paranoia.
In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
have minimum impact on environment.
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In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
---
The most significant challenge at Hanford is stabilizing the 53 million U.S. gallons (204,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks. As of 1998 about a third of these tanks had leaked waste into the soil and groundwater.
Nearby aquifers contain an estimated 270 billion U.S. gallons (1 billion m3) of contaminated groundwater as a result of the leaks. As of 2008, 1 million U.S. gallons (4,000 m3) of highly radioactive waste is traveling through the groundwater toward the Columbia River. This waste is expected to reach the river in 12 to 50 years if cleanup does not proceed on schedule.
HHIN reports concluded that residents who lived downwind from Hanford or who used the Columbia River downstream were exposed to elevated doses of radiation that placed them at increased risk for various cancers and other diseases.
During excavations from 2004 to 2007 a sample of purified plutonium was uncovered inside a safe in a waste trench
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If you do not have a lot of pumped-storage hydro around then its a bad idea to have a lot of wind generation.
yeah because battery technology is never going to get any better
has very little waste,
http://vtdigger.org/2012/10/10/study-vermont-yankee-thermal-discharge-into-connecticut-river-exceeds-limits/
The study found that from 2006-2010, between the months of May and October, Vermont Yankee’s discharge exceeded the permitted rise in temperature 58 percent of the time. In June, that number rose to 74 percent. The report also noted that temperature increases near the nuclear plant held at least 22.5 miles downstream in Massachusetts.
In August, TEPCO admitted that up to 400 tons of contaminated water flows into the Pacific Ocean every day
According to TEPCO, some 300 tons of highly contaminated water had leaked from a 1000 ton cylindrical steel storage tank.
In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 trillion becquerel (Bq) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi; it would take 59 years to safely discharge this amount of tritium to the sea.
Then why does France have some of the lowest energy prices in the developed EU and why are they exporting energy to Britain?
because they haven't yet paid for the eventual disposal of the waste
if the plants are properly maintained?
never has happened, isn't happening, never will happen
Prices for everything else in the world should be set by supply and demand,
The whole concept of supply and demand only works if the suppliers and the demanders can communicate amongst themselves. Otherwise it's captive markets.
Could be a self-selection bias. Higher earners are more likely to visit glassdoor, and may be surprised to learn what the more typical rest & vest cog pulls down.
It's probably just all downright lies. There's no incentive to tell the truth, every incentive to lie. You can tell your boss: "See, look at glassdoor! They are all making more than me."
most employers feel the law is unfair to the employer and may very well intentionally disobey the law in a subtle manner.
If they find you shared your salary, then your company might find another reason to fire you and terminate you for that other reason.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/07/23/3683910/autozone-pregnancy-case/
This week, the auto parts retailer AutoZone dropped its challenge to a verdict ordering it to pay a record-breaking $185 million in damages to a former employee
employment costs going up would be a huge negative for the shareholders and managers' bonuses.
And paying out a $185 million lawsuit is probably an even more huge negative
Cases of soda still cost the same amount, but wait, cases of soda only have 20 cans in them now instead of 24.
What orifice do you pull this shit out of?
http://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-Classic-12-Ounce-Cans/dp/B004JXBHQK
http://www.amazon.com/Pepsi-Cola-12-Ounce-Cans-Pack/dp/B004JX9FDM
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/368420/Barqs-Root-Beer-12-Oz-Cans/
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hansen-s-Beverage-Diet-Ginger-Ale-Soda-12-oz-6ct-Pack-of-4/17197594
you must live in some strange weird alternate universe where soda cases have 20 cans, it sure isn't this one
No, I asked for raises several times a year, and was always told lies and delay tactics.
you're still there, proof positive
However they can offer their skills to any employer at any time, or they can start their own company and hire themselves into any desired position.
- you can't offer your skills to companies that are not accepting applications
- you can't hire yourself as an accountant unless you are an accountant. You can't hire yourself as an electrician unless you are an electrician
Well then I need to go to jail, because every place I have ever worked for they have asked me to sign something agreeing not to discuss my compensation, and I signed it.
You don't need to go to jail, you need a dunce cap. You were a sucker, you signed a contract with illegal unenforceable terms in it. You probably were a sucker in a dozen other ways, too. Employers know full well whether their contracts are legal and enforceable, their lawyers wrote them. You fell into the trap, you didn't notice you were signing an unenforceable contract. You probably agreed to a whole bunch of illegal, immoral, and unethical stuff.
these clauses are unenforceable, but apparently you don't know that.
i bet they figured out you were a sucker and screwed you over in about 20 different ways, and you don't even know it.
There are lots of considerations that go into salary numbers
This is the lie that they feed you, so you will over-think the problem and come up with the answer that you did. What if you actually could share salary information with your co-workers and you discovered that there is no magic formula, no magic algorithm, all the men make the same thing, and all the women make about half that.
why not hire a temp contractor for it
dream on, you can't just snap your fingers and make magic consultants appear with the skills you need
even when you find them, they are in high demand and you probably won't be able to get one on your schedule
and every moment he spends in training is flushed down the toilet when the contract is over
short-sighted thinking for those who want to crash their project real hard, real fast
Inflation IS a problem
"The latest inflation rate for the United States is 0.1% through the 12 months ended June 2015 as published by the US government on July 17, 2015."
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/
but because companies are too cheap to give COLA
"PayScale anticipates U.S. wage growth of 0.4 percent year over year in Q3 2015"
http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/
so you are wrong on two counts, inflation is not a problem, and wages are in fact rising faster than inflation
Businesses are stupid. They won't pay you raises even if you ask for them.
Sounds like your boss has you well trained. You won't ever ask for a raise because you won't expect to get it.
I've given up discussing salary and just joined a union to negotiate for me.
I believe I perform better than other people, so I can't see allowing a union to negotiate for me because they would put me at the same level as everybody else with my years of experience. If I performed average or worse than average at my job, I would consider letting the union negotiate for me.
A union can negotiate better conditions for everyone, not just for you. But you don't care about your fellow co-workers, you don't care that when they do better, you will do better too.
Where do we draw the line between little to no hope and a "fair chance"?
We don't draw that line. That line is drawn by consensus, between the patient's representatives and their doctor. And it's none of anyone else's business.
keep the evaluation secret
this part fails miserably. Doctors talk to each other all the time about their patients. It is how they work. They bounce theories off of each other. They trade stories. They refine their diagnoses and adjust medication levels based on consensus. Telling them to keep medical information secret from each other is against the very way that they work.