Cost of a PV system was in the "balance of system" since 2012. And the price of a PV system will continue to drop at almost the same level as the tariff - 4.4% per year. So the tariff will be meaningless in half the time.
Also... It's pretty much obvious from the graph on the link above that even with that 30% hike on Chinese solar panels - they will still be cheaper than the ones Made in USA. Aaaand... that India is making China look like USA with their prices - 65 cents per watt.
On top of all that... If anything, this will push China to cut costs further and to export more to non-US customers. Or, to simply have the government of China "eat the difference" for a while. It's not like they can't do subsidies too.
But hey... China doesn't have the benefit of being run by a "stable genius".
Facebook has said less than £1 was spent on Russian adverts designed to disrupt the Brexit vote, downplaying claims that meddling from the Kremlin helped swing last yearâ(TM)s referendum.
The US internet giant responded to an investigation from the Electoral Commission by saying the Internet Research Agency, a shadowy organisation with links to the Russian government, spent just $0.97 (73p) in Britain during the two months of the EU referendum campaign.
However, its claims were instantly disputed by a senior MP.
Damian Collins, the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee, accused Facebook of failing to probe the true extent of Russian meddling.
And surprise-surprise... They are going back to see if they've maybe, perhaps, possibly, missed some - once they are called out about it.
How those numbers keep growing... it's as almost as if Zuckerberg and Co. are lying through their teeth to cover their asses - then rolling over when pressed about it.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US.
A priest is a combination of a teacher, psychiatrist and a direct representative of g-o-d to children, and often to their parents. Not only are they a person of immeasurable authority, however irrational that may be, they are also privy to secrets of family and community the child is living in.
The level of trust and power over the lives of children they are given, and the accompanying responsibility, is incomparable to almost any other - apart for those of a parent, personal physician and a teacher. All persons whose life calling is literally to always have child's best interests in mind. That's the scales on which such crimes are to be measured.
And when such high level of trust is betrayed... the responsibility side of the scales slams down on them.
It's one meter of cleaned air - but it is "raining" from above. It's not being stacked in bricks of air, from the ground up.
You know how rainfall is measured in millimeters per square meter? Well, imagine how much rain would have to fall for 1000 millimeters of it to accumulate on the ground. Now imagine instead of it all falling down, all that rain just kinda hanging in the air.
Basic income doesn't solve "sex trafficking" - where it is sex which is the thing trafficked, not humans. It will exist as long as there are those willing to PAY FOR IT - only the prices will go up. Quality of "service" for customers or life for the sex workers... Not necessarily. Both of those require regulation and control.
As for "trade deals that demand 2nd and 3rd world countries treat their workers equal to first world nations" - I'm guessing you will cover that difference from your pocket? For the entire world. Forever. With robots and replicators? Can my be purple?
You are arguing a metaphor - not that which it describes.
I.e. "environmental pollution, traffic congestion and a shortage of public services, including education and medical care."
Which is something they predict they can still handle at 25 mil, but doubt that they will be able to at 30 mil. And 25 mil is probably just another metaphor for "no bigger than right now" - as according to TFA "Shanghai had a permanent population of 24.15 million at the end of 2015, the official Xinhua news agency said last year."
Take a look at a label on the side of a charger. Disregard completely the fact that they are not drawing the same amount of power when idle and when charging. Now take a look at the label on the side of a PSU needed to run 5 or so GPUs. Multiply by number of rigs and assume constant use.
Mining rigs are closer to water heaters and microwave ovens in power consumption than to "idle chargers". Thickness of the cable needed to run a charger and a mining rig should tell you that all on its own.
I appreciate good journalism. I also understand that 99% of what is out there isn't.
That's because what you call journalism - isn't.
Remember, these are your words:
News" should be paid for by the marketers and governments that are the ones most interested in getting it out there in the public eye. News doesn't usually serve the broader public interest or provide value to the readers. The value proposition is upside down.
I.e. It should be strictly commercial. It should be strictly "on a need to know basis" press releases by the government. It offers no service to public. It offers no value to readers.
The "value proposition is upside down" to you cause your perceptions are upside down from what journalism IS.
If you find that 99% of what you see is shit... there's a good chance that you're looking at the world from inside a cesspit. OR... that you are not really into that thing you're seeing in the first place.
E.g. I for one consider 110% of all "professional" sportsball and sportgames to be utter and complete waste of oxygen. Useless exercise of pointless "skills" by overpaid menial laborers with little to no intellectual abilities. A ditch digger will at least dig a ditch after a while. A ball bouncer just bounces balls. And then retires when that becomes too hard. At around 30 or so. What a bunch of fuckin snowflakes.
Maybe you have similarly skewed views. Mine probably stem from my lack of physical strength and dexterity in my formative years and from disinterest in collectivist parasocial entertainment or statistics for statistics' sake.
This story reminds me how on our high school road trip a friend of mine was only drinking from small glasses, so as not to get drunk. Or was that me? It's all a bit fuzzy.
I am certain I was the one running through the hotel halls shooting a staple gun and wearing a lampshade on my head. Which is something you want to be wearing when shooting staples at walls in a cramped space. Those staples will ricochet all around.
Also, it is not "23 billion visitors", it is "23 billion visits". Unless our streaming porn is popular among extraterrestrial civilizations with populations numbering in the dozens of billions...
That's what the Hollow Earth denizens want you to think.
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Cost of a PV system was in the "balance of system" since 2012.
And the price of a PV system will continue to drop at almost the same level as the tariff - 4.4% per year.
So the tariff will be meaningless in half the time.
Also... It's pretty much obvious from the graph on the link above that even with that 30% hike on Chinese solar panels - they will still be cheaper than the ones Made in USA.
Aaaand... that India is making China look like USA with their prices - 65 cents per watt.
On top of all that... If anything, this will push China to cut costs further and to export more to non-US customers.
Or, to simply have the government of China "eat the difference" for a while. It's not like they can't do subsidies too.
But hey... China doesn't have the benefit of being run by a "stable genius".
From the link posted by the troll above:
Facebook has said less than £1 was spent on Russian adverts designed to disrupt the Brexit vote, downplaying claims that meddling from the Kremlin helped swing last yearâ(TM)s referendum.
The US internet giant responded to an investigation from the Electoral Commission by saying the Internet Research Agency, a shadowy organisation with links to the Russian government, spent just $0.97 (73p) in Britain during the two months of the EU referendum campaign.
However, its claims were instantly disputed by a senior MP.
Damian Collins, the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee, accused Facebook of failing to probe the true extent of Russian meddling.
And surprise-surprise... They are going back to see if they've maybe, perhaps, possibly, missed some - once they are called out about it.
Just like how Facebook's could not have influenced the outcome of the election in November 2016.
But by April of 2017 "disinformation campaign during the election" WAS there but it was "statistically very small".
Then in September it turns out it they sold $150.000 worth of ads to Russians for some "3000 ads" connected to some 470 accounts, aimed at promoting discord on issues such as "gun rights, immigration, LGBT rights and race".
Or was that "80,000 pieces of content [which] may have been viewed by a total of 126 million people", as was revealed by late October 2017.
How those numbers keep growing... it's as almost as if Zuckerberg and Co. are lying through their teeth to cover their asses - then rolling over when pressed about it.
Meanwhile, in the land of Brexit...
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US.
Moral hypocrisy is only a part of it.
A priest is a combination of a teacher, psychiatrist and a direct representative of g-o-d to children, and often to their parents.
Not only are they a person of immeasurable authority, however irrational that may be, they are also privy to secrets of family and community the child is living in.
The level of trust and power over the lives of children they are given, and the accompanying responsibility, is incomparable to almost any other - apart for those of a parent, personal physician and a teacher.
All persons whose life calling is literally to always have child's best interests in mind.
That's the scales on which such crimes are to be measured.
And when such high level of trust is betrayed... the responsibility side of the scales slams down on them.
It's one meter of cleaned air - but it is "raining" from above. It's not being stacked in bricks of air, from the ground up.
You know how rainfall is measured in millimeters per square meter?
Well, imagine how much rain would have to fall for 1000 millimeters of it to accumulate on the ground.
Now imagine instead of it all falling down, all that rain just kinda hanging in the air.
Or is this actually the other side, peak being the cryptocurrency milk.
I presume that a crypto-cheese derivative is also in the works.
Thank heavens Chinese communists never heard of labor unions...
Basic income doesn't solve "sex trafficking" - where it is sex which is the thing trafficked, not humans.
It will exist as long as there are those willing to PAY FOR IT - only the prices will go up.
Quality of "service" for customers or life for the sex workers... Not necessarily. Both of those require regulation and control.
As for "trade deals that demand 2nd and 3rd world countries treat their workers equal to first world nations" - I'm guessing you will cover that difference from your pocket? For the entire world. Forever.
With robots and replicators? Can my be purple?
1905 called - they want their Russian tu quoque deflection whataboutism back.
Bitches don't know bout public domain.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a sapphire Klingon.
You are arguing a metaphor - not that which it describes.
I.e. "environmental pollution, traffic congestion and a shortage of public services, including education and medical care."
Which is something they predict they can still handle at 25 mil, but doubt that they will be able to at 30 mil.
And 25 mil is probably just another metaphor for "no bigger than right now" - as according to TFA "Shanghai had a permanent population of 24.15 million at the end of 2015, the official Xinhua news agency said last year."
Take a look at a label on the side of a charger. Disregard completely the fact that they are not drawing the same amount of power when idle and when charging.
Now take a look at the label on the side of a PSU needed to run 5 or so GPUs. Multiply by number of rigs and assume constant use.
Mining rigs are closer to water heaters and microwave ovens in power consumption than to "idle chargers".
Thickness of the cable needed to run a charger and a mining rig should tell you that all on its own.
A bunch of idiots with too much time on their hands are wasting it by watching some guy do nothing?
I'm shocked! SHOCKED!
Not really. It's actually quite interesting if you're into that kinda thing.
Or this kinda thing.
but it's not too apparent to me.
Well... there's your problem right there.
Here's a starter...
Journalists ASK questions and SEEK answers in pursuit of FACTS and the TRUTH.
I'm guessing there's no need to explain what ads and press releases are.
I appreciate good journalism. I also understand that 99% of what is out there isn't.
That's because what you call journalism - isn't.
Remember, these are your words:
News" should be paid for by the marketers and governments that are the ones most interested in getting it out there in the public eye. News doesn't usually serve the broader public interest or provide value to the readers. The value proposition is upside down.
I.e. It should be strictly commercial.
It should be strictly "on a need to know basis" press releases by the government.
It offers no service to public.
It offers no value to readers.
The "value proposition is upside down" to you cause your perceptions are upside down from what journalism IS.
If you find that 99% of what you see is shit... there's a good chance that you're looking at the world from inside a cesspit.
OR... that you are not really into that thing you're seeing in the first place.
E.g. I for one consider 110% of all "professional" sportsball and sportgames to be utter and complete waste of oxygen.
Useless exercise of pointless "skills" by overpaid menial laborers with little to no intellectual abilities.
A ditch digger will at least dig a ditch after a while. A ball bouncer just bounces balls.
And then retires when that becomes too hard. At around 30 or so.
What a bunch of fuckin snowflakes.
Maybe you have similarly skewed views.
Mine probably stem from my lack of physical strength and dexterity in my formative years and from disinterest in collectivist parasocial entertainment or statistics for statistics' sake.
Twinkies have been thoroughly deconstructed and analyzed.
You are confusing advertisements and press releases with journalism.
This story reminds me how on our high school road trip a friend of mine was only drinking from small glasses, so as not to get drunk.
Or was that me? It's all a bit fuzzy.
I am certain I was the one running through the hotel halls shooting a staple gun and wearing a lampshade on my head.
Which is something you want to be wearing when shooting staples at walls in a cramped space. Those staples will ricochet all around.
That's one way to cure obesity I guess.
Or unemployment and homelessness.
...are a question of "when", not "if". Or even "why".
They already penis-shaped anyway.
Were they given endorphin and ego boosters by being treated like VIP royalty or only cash, merchandise and sexual favors for those reviews?
I'm asking for a friend.
Also, it is not "23 billion visitors", it is "23 billion visits". Unless our streaming porn is popular among extraterrestrial civilizations with populations numbering in the dozens of billions...
That's what the Hollow Earth denizens want you to think.
Porn sites don't offer such things as far as I know. Not sure many ISPs would take them, in case word ever got it.
Sounds like something tissues and paper towels lobby should consider financing.
CIA knows but isn't telling.
They were basically prehistoric carnivorous turkeys.
So what critics are saying by finding themselves in raptures means that the movie is an ass-eating turkey.