I love the Occupiers spouting this crap in their designer clothing, equipped with all the latest Apple hardware. They are truly suffering. The lines to the Apple store alone, just like the bread lines of times long past. Damn you corporations/Koch brothers/GOP/Illuminati/Haliburton/Evil-org-du-jour!
Like dave420 said, I was responding to your claim that the batteries are not recyclable. They are. The older ones are no waste, and the lithium ion ones are either there already or damn close depending on the blend of chemicals.
Where energy comes from has nothing to do with the ability to recycle the batteries.
Tax reform, basically. It will never happen in our lifetimes. There is zero incentive for politicians to take action on it, and it would take away all the funding for all their special interests. Not to beat on the current President, but if any were to lead such an effort, it would be the guy running on "hope and change". If he won't even touch it, who will?
You don't deserve more of what someone else has just because they have more. That's not the type of country we live in. You're bending over backwards to justify theft.
It's so true. I don't even bother trying a lot of apps because it's just more advertising. They're just hurting themselves. Google's own "news and weather" app is a great example. A good percentage of the sites they link to for news articles are not usable due to invasive ads.
"The nickel-metal hydride batteries found in hybrid vehicles are basically 'zero-landfill' products. Whatever can't be recycled is consumed in the recycling process, leaving no trash behind."
"Lithium-ion batteries now are somewhere between 70 and 100 percent recyclable, depending on the particular chemistry of the batteries. [..] Recycling specialists say that as volume grows, it will become more economically feasible to recover some of the content now wasted."
So the most popular wastes nothing. The newer variety no worse than thirty percent waste down to zero, and will improve as the quantity of "expired" batteries increases. Seems pretty good to me.
No. If he doesn't pick anyone up, he doesn't get paid. Otherwise he could go after the passenger for theft of service. He can't, therefore he's not "on the job".
Exactly right. So the parent stating that Uber's insurance starts when the passenger enters the vehicle makes sense. Parent then states that some private insurance won't cover the driver heading to the pickup location. Seems to me they should. It's the individual transporting themselves to the job, same as when I drive to the office in the morning. Right?
I don't think there are any direct comparisons to make, but it's not far off. An Uber driver responding to a ride request but not carrying passengers is not all that different than an office worker responding to the start of the business day by driving to the office. Both have commerce in mind, but they're both "off the clock" heading to where the job is. Seems to me that insurance should cover that.
The public loves to assign blame, just look at all the anti-police riots we've had lately.
Look, it's possible that the train operator was not responsible. Possible. I don't think it's very likely. If it was a malfunction, in the minute or more before the derailing, he could have radioed in that there was a problem. He didn't. If it was a medical condition, it would have to be something undiagnosed. I expect he would have had a stay in the hospital in that case to determine what the issue was. He was out of the hospital pretty quick from what I can see in the various news articles.
It could be criminal and third party, but again, it's much more likely that the train operator was speeding than conjuring up a terrorist act. If it was terrorism, someone would be claiming credit.
I trust the NTSB and the FBI to eventually figure it out, but if I were into gambling, I know what cause I'd be betting on.
The urge is probably because this looks like a straight-forward case of speeding. The train was traveling too fast and fell off the rails on a curve. If so, this isn't a case where you simply fire the guy and move on. He is responsible for the lives of the passengers.
No one is calling for the investigation to be stopped. Until then, the public is left to opine based on the limited information that's available. The public likes a boogeyman.
Maybe I'm cynical, but I'm not really buying it. NTSB won't be the agency to prosecute him, that's not their role. He could very well cooperate with them but still decline to talk to the authorities that could pursue charges. We've got temporary amnesia, something supposedly hitting the windshield, perhaps a train malfunction. Or.. he may have been speeding and didn't want to own up to it. Which seems more likely? Think horses, not zebras.
If the train was at fault, the train operator wouldn't have refused to talk to the authorities after the crash. Either that, or the union got him the worst lawyer ever.
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I love the Occupiers spouting this crap in their designer clothing, equipped with all the latest Apple hardware. They are truly suffering. The lines to the Apple store alone, just like the bread lines of times long past. Damn you corporations/Koch brothers/GOP/Illuminati/Haliburton/Evil-org-du-jour!
Explain Joe Biden.
I hope you're kidding about Pocahontas.
I'd rather have Biden.
Do I need to channel Warren Buffet and his stupid point about paying less in income tax than his secretary?
The bigger problem is the increasing demand for entitlements. You're not owed something just because someone else has something you want.
Like dave420 said, I was responding to your claim that the batteries are not recyclable. They are. The older ones are no waste, and the lithium ion ones are either there already or damn close depending on the blend of chemicals.
Where energy comes from has nothing to do with the ability to recycle the batteries.
Tax reform, basically. It will never happen in our lifetimes. There is zero incentive for politicians to take action on it, and it would take away all the funding for all their special interests. Not to beat on the current President, but if any were to lead such an effort, it would be the guy running on "hope and change". If he won't even touch it, who will?
You don't deserve more of what someone else has just because they have more. That's not the type of country we live in. You're bending over backwards to justify theft.
It's so true. I don't even bother trying a lot of apps because it's just more advertising. They're just hurting themselves. Google's own "news and weather" app is a great example. A good percentage of the sites they link to for news articles are not usable due to invasive ads.
"The nickel-metal hydride batteries found in hybrid vehicles are basically 'zero-landfill' products. Whatever can't be recycled is consumed in the recycling process, leaving no trash behind."
"Lithium-ion batteries now are somewhere between 70 and 100 percent recyclable, depending on the particular chemistry of the batteries. [..] Recycling specialists say that as volume grows, it will become more economically feasible to recover some of the content now wasted."
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So the most popular wastes nothing. The newer variety no worse than thirty percent waste down to zero, and will improve as the quantity of "expired" batteries increases. Seems pretty good to me.
How much of that was our money to begin with? But I like your thinking.
Does electricity come tax free in Oregon? I bet EV owners are still paying into the tax base, just not directly into the road funds.
Those batteries aren't disposed. They're reprocessed into new batteries.
Tax the shit out of semis and you're going to pay for it when you buy groceries or durable goods or pretty much anything.
Why not just take everyone's money all at once? At least it would be honest.
No, the driver isn't compensated for checking the app. He's not working at that point.
No. If he doesn't pick anyone up, he doesn't get paid. Otherwise he could go after the passenger for theft of service. He can't, therefore he's not "on the job".
No, it'd be "I'm on the way to work" insurance. The driver should be covered under their personal insurance.
Exactly right. So the parent stating that Uber's insurance starts when the passenger enters the vehicle makes sense. Parent then states that some private insurance won't cover the driver heading to the pickup location. Seems to me they should. It's the individual transporting themselves to the job, same as when I drive to the office in the morning. Right?
I don't think there are any direct comparisons to make, but it's not far off. An Uber driver responding to a ride request but not carrying passengers is not all that different than an office worker responding to the start of the business day by driving to the office. Both have commerce in mind, but they're both "off the clock" heading to where the job is. Seems to me that insurance should cover that.
That doesn't make sense. You're not "in business" then. If I get into a crash on my way to work (not Uber), my insurance covers it.
The public loves to assign blame, just look at all the anti-police riots we've had lately.
Look, it's possible that the train operator was not responsible. Possible. I don't think it's very likely. If it was a malfunction, in the minute or more before the derailing, he could have radioed in that there was a problem. He didn't. If it was a medical condition, it would have to be something undiagnosed. I expect he would have had a stay in the hospital in that case to determine what the issue was. He was out of the hospital pretty quick from what I can see in the various news articles.
It could be criminal and third party, but again, it's much more likely that the train operator was speeding than conjuring up a terrorist act. If it was terrorism, someone would be claiming credit.
I trust the NTSB and the FBI to eventually figure it out, but if I were into gambling, I know what cause I'd be betting on.
The urge is probably because this looks like a straight-forward case of speeding. The train was traveling too fast and fell off the rails on a curve. If so, this isn't a case where you simply fire the guy and move on. He is responsible for the lives of the passengers.
No one is calling for the investigation to be stopped. Until then, the public is left to opine based on the limited information that's available. The public likes a boogeyman.
Maybe I'm cynical, but I'm not really buying it. NTSB won't be the agency to prosecute him, that's not their role. He could very well cooperate with them but still decline to talk to the authorities that could pursue charges. We've got temporary amnesia, something supposedly hitting the windshield, perhaps a train malfunction. Or.. he may have been speeding and didn't want to own up to it. Which seems more likely? Think horses, not zebras.
If the train was at fault, the train operator wouldn't have refused to talk to the authorities after the crash. Either that, or the union got him the worst lawyer ever.
Not above ground trains, but they have their own subway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...