Nah, no way solar plants need that much maintenance and labour, two thirds of the cost of power sales? Worst case I'd say 24 years, which is what, a 4% ish return on investment? Not too bad, matches inflation anyway. A more likely case is 5 or 6%. Still not great, but quite acceptable for a utility.
Yeesh. The number of them built doesn't matter, only the costs of construction, and wind is a lot cheaper than nuclear per produced watt, that is after factoring in efficiency etc. A square 18km on a side isn't filled with them, the land underneath is still perfectly useable for a wide variety of uses, especially agriculture. Maintenance on wind is lower than nuclear per produced watt, and the impact on wildlife is hugely overstated. Weather patterns? Really?
I dunno, I mean it's easy to shake a finger at anyone who has ever handed out flyers for their business or run a radio advert, but I've no idea how you are meant to build a business without advertising. Word of mouth can play a part, but it's prone to shilling and character assassination - is advertising that much worse? If you're talking about psychological manipulation to make people buy rubbish they don't need, well you can take two approaches on that - either Bill Hicks is right or people need to take some adult responsibility for their purchasing decisions. Probably a little of both.
A standard size house block of land 50km away from the nearest cbd here costs approximately $300k-400k AUD (about $330k-440k USD) _without_ even a house on it.
You are looking at closer to a million dollars simply for a typical house.
Since you are arguably making significant financial gains from giving up that privacy, it might be debatable as to how much privacy you can retain, I mean ultimately facts are facts and the truth will out.
How's that, if you covered 2% of the uninhabitable portions of the Sahara with photovoltaic cells, it would supply 100% of the world's needs. Of course renewables are up to the challenge. And no I'm not saying that the Sahara should be caked in PV, although a company called DESERTEC are giving it a go.
There's always going to be compromise though, you can't put a book directly on screen, there is usually too much background text. Die hard fans will never be happy no matter what happens.
Sometimes I think the only rules that really need to be reformed in the US are those surrounding lobbyists, campaign contributions, and campaign funding.
Doesn't sound like a very good way to run a legal system. Maybe if there was an uninterested third party to decide potential damages in advance, if only to save our collective blood pressure?
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I'd like to see the email headers myself... the question is not whether you are paranoid, it's whether you are paranoid enough. :p
Western union? Warcraft Gold?
I don't see the zombie virus in there...
7% of US national debt is held by China. Seven percent.
Nah, no way solar plants need that much maintenance and labour, two thirds of the cost of power sales? Worst case I'd say 24 years, which is what, a 4% ish return on investment? Not too bad, matches inflation anyway. A more likely case is 5 or 6%. Still not great, but quite acceptable for a utility.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/surface-area-required-to-power-the-whole-world-with-solar-power-wind.php
Take a look at that. And I'd rather have a blade breaking loose than irradiate the area for tens of kilometers in every direction.
But it's already happening: http://www.desertec.org/
Yeesh. The number of them built doesn't matter, only the costs of construction, and wind is a lot cheaper than nuclear per produced watt, that is after factoring in efficiency etc. A square 18km on a side isn't filled with them, the land underneath is still perfectly useable for a wide variety of uses, especially agriculture. Maintenance on wind is lower than nuclear per produced watt, and the impact on wildlife is hugely overstated. Weather patterns? Really?
I found this pretty interesting:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/surface-area-required-to-power-the-whole-world-with-solar-power-wind.php
I dunno, I mean it's easy to shake a finger at anyone who has ever handed out flyers for their business or run a radio advert, but I've no idea how you are meant to build a business without advertising. Word of mouth can play a part, but it's prone to shilling and character assassination - is advertising that much worse? If you're talking about psychological manipulation to make people buy rubbish they don't need, well you can take two approaches on that - either Bill Hicks is right or people need to take some adult responsibility for their purchasing decisions. Probably a little of both.
A standard size house block of land 50km away from the nearest cbd here costs approximately $300k-400k AUD (about $330k-440k USD) _without_ even a house on it.
You are looking at closer to a million dollars simply for a typical house.
You're in a property bubble.
Indeed, stick to what you're good at Eric.
Yeah but is there any evidence at all that low level EMF radiation is bad for you or anyone?
so that you have to rebuy it from them, every year, forever.
Patents expire after 20 years though?
Since you are arguably making significant financial gains from giving up that privacy, it might be debatable as to how much privacy you can retain, I mean ultimately facts are facts and the truth will out.
And now some sportsperson I never heard of is indelibly marked as an alduterer. Gotta love that Streisand effect.
How's that, if you covered 2% of the uninhabitable portions of the Sahara with photovoltaic cells, it would supply 100% of the world's needs. Of course renewables are up to the challenge. And no I'm not saying that the Sahara should be caked in PV, although a company called DESERTEC are giving it a go.
How could watchmen win in both categories and lose financially?
There's always going to be compromise though, you can't put a book directly on screen, there is usually too much background text. Die hard fans will never be happy no matter what happens.
Sometimes I think the only rules that really need to be reformed in the US are those surrounding lobbyists, campaign contributions, and campaign funding.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
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I love it when technological forensics like this helps to clear matters up.
Doesn't sound like a very good way to run a legal system. Maybe if there was an uninterested third party to decide potential damages in advance, if only to save our collective blood pressure?
Big difference is it takes years of training to be able to use a longbow effectively, whereas anyone could aim and operate a musket effectively.
its not clear it is any better than a conventional solar cell
Working at night is a decent beneift.