The GOP is a yuuuuge pack of pussies who can't decide whether to be grabbed by Trump now that he's going to be president or be a bunch of whiny little bitches when an orange self-promoting hatemonger with no moral center took over their party. But it's okay, because he's a star. Here, have some TicTacs
So 1.3M or so fewer voters disliked Clinton. That's all we can say for sure, everything else is speculation.
I do admit I'm shocked it's that large a difference in the popular vote and that the skew with the electoral college is what it is with that large a difference in the popular vote. I'm definitely with the subject line - popcorn time.
Votes are still being counted and Clinton's lead is now a bit above 2 million, FOUR times the 1/2 million that Gore had over Dubya in 2000. The current tally which I don't expect to change by much more is Trump 62, 310,486 vs Clinton 64,394,094. Add in the 6+ million who voted third party and you have an above average turnout for a presidential election
Actually, America's interests would be served by doing a recount of some portion of the ballots to verify accuracy. Quite apart from who won, it's valuable to check, check, and check again to verify if there is an error or tampering.
How is it possible that this is not done as a matter of course?
You should be thanking Panasonic as Tesla are just their salesmen, even their GigaFactory is paid for with Panasonic cash.
basically SolarCity make stickers and have a bunch of contractors to fit them on the roof, maybe the contractors should just skip the "innovative" middle men and buy them direct, you know, cut out the inefficiencies and all that..
I guess you've been buying your cars from Magna Steyr or Karmann Mobil?
"If Trump's business empire is only worth $2 billion, instead of the $4 billion that he claims, then he's an even worse businessman than we thought" I thought he was claiming $10 billion and it was Forbes that figured it was $4 billion max
I don't live there, but it sounds like a good thing.
By many measures, Canada and Russia are the biggest "winners" from global warming. They benefit from warmer temps, longer growing seasons, more land in the cultivation zone, etc. So it is a bit ironic that Canada is making commitments to reduce CO2, while America (a big net loser) is backsliding.
A lot of Russia is trapped, frozen methane and an increasing amount of it is thawing and venting. Not a good thing if it increases. Canada has been seeing more & larger forest fires and coupled with the die-off of trees from infestation, wildfires are going to get worse over time.
Indeed. As a whole, ICEs are lighter. But the difference isn't anywhere near what a "battery pack vs. gas tank" comparison would suggest, because neither a battery pack nor a gas tank are an entire drivetrain. And EVs are advancing a lot faster than ICEs.
Don't get me wrong. If I hit the lottery any time soon, I'm going to spoil the friends & family - and then I'm buying a Rimac Concept One.
But I feel that some of the expectations about EVs have been overblown and I'm concerned that disappointment will kill interest, especially if the economy hits a rough patch. Folks may move more towards hybrids but not BEVs.
If people can't buy them, a LOT of companies are going to be in trouble.
Most of those other companies have lower-cost cars or CPOs below $35k; Tesla doesn't. Perhaps a lot of the early-stage reservation holders may opt to lease to ride out a downturn but many more will defer - or cancel and want their money back, which has already been spent.
Musk's vision is so bold that some on Wall Street remain unable to fully comprehend it or, in the least, grasp how it's a catalyst for Tesla shares in the short term. "Whatever the synergies are down the road, it's negative for current holders," said Efraim Levy, analyst at CFRA Research.
Maybe Musk just doesn't give a shit about short term "investors" that jump around from stock to stock, but rather is more concerned with the long-term sustainability of his company? By owning solar panel production and having the ability to integrate the panels with the cars, it not only frees up reliance on external factors (the need for places to install charging stations for electric cars to remain viable, as well as reliance on many forms of energy) but also reduces the need for them to build out their own charging/battery swap infrastructure, which saves money. It should be obvious to anyone looking at SpaceX and Tesla that Musk is playing the long game.
The long game still needs to pay off somewhat in the short term. The company has run up quite a bit of red ink and nothing they do is cheap. Another big downturn would bite them very, very hard and many of the people who reserved a Model 3 wouldn't be able to buy the cars.
except I'm not a "Clinton supporter" - she & Bill can burn in hell for all I care. But better her than Trump. Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils; especially when you don't believe in running away. Unlike you, my roots are here, going back centuries and I'm not leaving.
But let's not distract from what's behind your own mask - I'm not forgetting you tried to lie about what comments I'd made.
> Yeah, that part after the therefore is an addition of yours
Are you really that retarded? If something can't be created nor destroyed then BY DEFINITION it has existed for infinity.
It is like looking at circle and asking where the beginning or end is. There isn't one.
> while conveniently leaving out that the conservation of energy applies to closed / isolated systems.
The universe is a closed system.
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You have no idea what you're "defining". We don't know how our universe came to be or where the "energy" came from. We don't even know what "energy is; it's a concept And calling it "God" , whatever it is, is primitive thinking
There's little to be gained by tolerating the intolerant - which is what you are, in spades. But you're not from here so there's no need for your royal smugness to remain among the ignorant riffraff so toddle off back to whatever land of collapsed castles you hail from
Then go back to Europe and find someone to vote for there
Thanks for illustrating another point: your intolerance and bigotry towards any immigrant who doesn't vote Democratic; that's also typical for Hillary and her basket of deplorables.
I've tried tolerance for a long time. Look where that's gotten us.
"your intolerance and bigotry towards any immigrant who doesn't vote Democratic"
If that's all you gleaned, you haven't understood a damn thing. But we both know that was never your intent. Instead it was to long down your superior nose at the ignorant upstart plebes who don't have your erudite appreciation of political theory. Thanks but we have plenty of those here & no use for another. You'll have to take some other American's job - or preferably not. Hey, I hear Farage is quitting. You can Amexit & run for his seat; you do believe yourself qualified.
As for your Magna Carta ref, try reading some American history. The Founding Fathers took a lot more from the Iroquois Confederacy as inspiration for the country they were trying to establish than from the Old World. Getting the states to buy in meant some ugly compromises which is partly how we got to where we are today.
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The GOP is a yuuuuge pack of pussies who can't decide whether to be grabbed by Trump now that he's going to be president or be a bunch of whiny little bitches when an orange self-promoting hatemonger with no moral center took over their party.
But it's okay, because he's a star. Here, have some TicTacs
if they hadn't stuck with NiMH for so long.
Hope they've put aside some money to defend against a lawsuit from Apple
From known facts:
So 1.3M or so fewer voters disliked Clinton. That's all we can say for sure, everything else is speculation.
I do admit I'm shocked it's that large a difference in the popular vote and that the skew with the electoral college is what it is with that large a difference in the popular vote. I'm definitely with the subject line - popcorn time.
Votes are still being counted and Clinton's lead is now a bit above 2 million, FOUR times the 1/2 million that Gore had over Dubya in 2000.
The current tally which I don't expect to change by much more is Trump 62, 310,486 vs Clinton 64,394,094.
Add in the 6+ million who voted third party and you have an above average turnout for a presidential election
Verify that half of Trump's supporters are the 'absolute dregs of society.'
They voted for him.
"Given how unpopular Trump is with half the nation"
Trouble is Clinton is equally unpopular, perhaps even more so than Trump
Actually, America's interests would be served by doing a recount of some portion of the ballots to verify accuracy. Quite apart from who won, it's valuable to check, check, and check again to verify if there is an error or tampering.
How is it possible that this is not done as a matter of course?
Because, America
*slow clap*
Good news is they're found together; just have to go through the trouble of separating them from all that sand
"Thankfully there is also a place to get educated: It is called School and University. You might want to try it sometime"
Please tell me which ones gave you passing grades so I know where not to apply.
"As a mystic I'm quite well aware were the Universe and Energy come from"
thanks, Doctor Strange but I'll pass on your "school" of "thought"
You should be thanking Panasonic as Tesla are just their salesmen, even their GigaFactory is paid for with Panasonic cash.
basically SolarCity make stickers and have a bunch of contractors to fit them on the roof, maybe the contractors should just skip the "innovative" middle men and buy them direct, you know, cut out the inefficiencies and all that..
I guess you've been buying your cars from Magna Steyr or Karmann Mobil?
> Solar eliminates the pollution, of course
Except for the pollution from mining the rare earth metals, and the whole solar manufacturing process.
What "rare earth" metals would that be? Solar cells are silicon
"If Trump's business empire is only worth $2 billion, instead of the $4 billion that he claims, then he's an even worse businessman than we thought"
I thought he was claiming $10 billion and it was Forbes that figured it was $4 billion max
"They simply reject the parts of science that are inconvenient to them"
I keep hoping some of them will find gravity inconvenient.
I don't live there, but it sounds like a good thing.
By many measures, Canada and Russia are the biggest "winners" from global warming. They benefit from warmer temps, longer growing seasons, more land in the cultivation zone, etc. So it is a bit ironic that Canada is making commitments to reduce CO2, while America (a big net loser) is backsliding.
A lot of Russia is trapped, frozen methane and an increasing amount of it is thawing and venting. Not a good thing if it increases. Canada has been seeing more & larger forest fires and coupled with the die-off of trees from infestation, wildfires are going to get worse over time.
Indeed. As a whole, ICEs are lighter. But the difference isn't anywhere near what a "battery pack vs. gas tank" comparison would suggest, because neither a battery pack nor a gas tank are an entire drivetrain. And EVs are advancing a lot faster than ICEs.
Don't get me wrong.
If I hit the lottery any time soon, I'm going to spoil the friends & family - and then I'm buying a Rimac Concept One.
But I feel that some of the expectations about EVs have been overblown and I'm concerned that disappointment will kill interest, especially if the economy hits a rough patch. Folks may move more towards hybrids but not BEVs.
The Model 3's are $35k cars.
The average new car today is $33k.
If people can't buy them, a LOT of companies are going to be in trouble.
Most of those other companies have lower-cost cars or CPOs below $35k; Tesla doesn't.
Perhaps a lot of the early-stage reservation holders may opt to lease to ride out a downturn but many more will defer - or cancel and want their money back, which has already been spent.
Musk's vision is so bold that some on Wall Street remain unable to fully comprehend it or, in the least, grasp how it's a catalyst for Tesla shares in the short term. "Whatever the synergies are down the road, it's negative for current holders," said Efraim Levy, analyst at CFRA Research.
Maybe Musk just doesn't give a shit about short term "investors" that jump around from stock to stock, but rather is more concerned with the long-term sustainability of his company? By owning solar panel production and having the ability to integrate the panels with the cars, it not only frees up reliance on external factors (the need for places to install charging stations for electric cars to remain viable, as well as reliance on many forms of energy) but also reduces the need for them to build out their own charging/battery swap infrastructure, which saves money. It should be obvious to anyone looking at SpaceX and Tesla that Musk is playing the long game.
The long game still needs to pay off somewhat in the short term. The company has run up quite a bit of red ink and nothing they do is cheap.
Another big downturn would bite them very, very hard and many of the people who reserved a Model 3 wouldn't be able to buy the cars.
His network of companies are looking suspiciously like a pyramid scheme. Next he will announce a "Deep Learning AI Cloud" project.
Tesla Vision & Autopilot Fleet Learning fit that bill already
Wonder what they thought when they found out God's transgender
except I'm not a "Clinton supporter" - she & Bill can burn in hell for all I care. But better her than Trump.
Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils; especially when you don't believe in running away.
Unlike you, my roots are here, going back centuries and I'm not leaving.
But let's not distract from what's behind your own mask - I'm not forgetting you tried to lie about what comments I'd made.
> Yeah, that part after the therefore is an addition of yours
Are you really that retarded? If something can't be created nor destroyed then BY DEFINITION it has existed for infinity.
It is like looking at circle and asking where the beginning or end is. There isn't one.
> while conveniently leaving out that the conservation of energy applies to closed / isolated systems.
The universe is a closed system.
--
You have no idea what you're "defining". We don't know how our universe came to be or where the "energy" came from.
We don't even know what "energy is; it's a concept
And calling it "God" , whatever it is, is primitive thinking
There's little to be gained by tolerating the intolerant - which is what you are, in spades.
But you're not from here so there's no need for your royal smugness to remain among the ignorant riffraff so toddle off back to whatever land of collapsed castles you hail from
Thanks for illustrating another point: your intolerance and bigotry towards any immigrant who doesn't vote Democratic; that's also typical for Hillary and her basket of deplorables.
I've tried tolerance for a long time. Look where that's gotten us.
"your intolerance and bigotry towards any immigrant who doesn't vote Democratic"
If that's all you gleaned, you haven't understood a damn thing. But we both know that was never your intent.
Instead it was to long down your superior nose at the ignorant upstart plebes who don't have your erudite appreciation of political theory.
Thanks but we have plenty of those here & no use for another. You'll have to take some other American's job - or preferably not.
Hey, I hear Farage is quitting. You can Amexit & run for his seat; you do believe yourself qualified.
As for your Magna Carta ref, try reading some American history. The Founding Fathers took a lot more from the Iroquois Confederacy as inspiration for the country they were trying to establish than from the Old World. Getting the states to buy in meant some ugly compromises which is partly how we got to where we are today.