And how much CO2 and other environmental damage would there be from covering vast swaths of land with solar panels? The manufacturing process is filthy, the disposal process even worse, and it results in more human lives lost than nuclear.
Sounds like Nuclear, solar/wind are basically about equal when it comes to CO2 and waste issues. Wind being the lowest of course.
But like Nuclear, when you talk about solar, you really need to compare the right type of solar and right type of nuclear. Most advocates of solar want to see more concentrated solar power plants, not necessarily every roof in America covered with panels. (Although most would argue that every home covered in solar panels is still way better than coal).
Well and even more simple: some things really are just bad. Advocating for blatantly racist ideologies is one of those bad ideas. Banning speech espousing those ideologies should be low hanging fruit.
The trouble, as many point out, is the slippery slope. Germany decided a long time ago that blatant hate speech isn't even on the slope to begin with. It is clearly off the Mountain.
Taking your comment at face value, shouldn't we logically decrease the penalties to decrease crime? Perhaps we should pay people to commit crimes?
No. What evidence I can find says that there is no relationship (Up or Down) between the level of penalty and the rates of a particular crime. Crimes of passion, bar fights, crimes of desperation (like robbery to support a drug habit), etc... the people involved are not weighing the pro's and con's of the penalty at the time.
Now, I bet you could find evidence that the amount of certain white collar crimes, like banking / wall street fraud and abuse, is changed by the size of the penalty.
I live in Australia which has a hybrid UHC/Private system. Basically everyone pays for "medicare" (Which I guess would be called "medicaid" in the US)
If the US went for UHC, it would also be using our Medicare system. Medicare is what we now give elderly people, but could be extended to everyone if politicians would do it. Medicaid is what the government gives to people of any age that are in poverty.
While I agree that to date, all studies do show that GMO food is safe, there is a major difference between selective breeding and inserting genes into plants that would likely never end up in those plants naturally. I think it is valid to be concerned about unintended consequences, especially when just a handful of companies are in control of vast amounts of the world's seed supply.
I'm sorry a 30yr old women that has taken 2-3 years extra off in her career to have kids is not equal to a 30yr old guy that didn't all else being equal. She isn't equally deserving of a raise, promotion etc since she had less contribution to the success.
Unfortunately, what typically happens is 3 years later, when both of them are 33, the woman still isn't at the pay level that the guy was at age 30.
If you change "Republicans" to "conservatives" then there is a lot of proof that ddos tools and other attacks were encouraged in right wing social media and other outlets. http://www.examiner.com/article/right-wing-cyber-attacks-on-healthcare-gov-website-confirmed
What evidence is there for stricter laws deterring more crime?
What little I can find runs opposite to that notion. Specifically, the 3 strikes you get life laws have been shown to have zero effect deterring crime.
Small things, like a garage sale, or local market, aren't very useful if you want to use them to prove the benefits of free markets to, say, a large society as a whole.
"There is no fee, and no tax."
If I built a widget factory and started polluting the market air, would the government stop me? Regulation, law? What if I started strong arming merchants into paying me protection money? Would police show up?
That small market isn't useful when looking at the larger societal picture.
1. From what I've read, you wouldn't have any maintenance worth doing yourself. No air filters, no oil, etc... 2. Well.. 3. Tesla is coming out with an F-series style truck. I doubt the hipsters will go for that one:)
How do you define failing? Like in the same way the Mac is failing, because windows still dominates?
We have a large amount of charging stations in Portland: http://chargeportland.com/info.asp
It is just taking longer in other areas to gain momentum. But I don't think anyone would want to bet against electricity, eventually, being the dominate motor vehicle energy source.
Am I in the minority when it comes to range being an issue? I must just not travel that much. 3-4x a year maybe, and in those cases it wouldn't be a big deal to rent something.
A full size sedan from Enterprise is 28 dollars a day. Pickup trucks are 33 dollars a day if you need one for a weekend project.
I have done the math, but I assume the weekday daily commute gas cost would more than cover the handful of times I need range or hauling.
I *want* an EV. If I had to buy a new car today, I wouldn't buy one. Besides the above average costs, I see longevity being a problem. The car I have now is over 10 years old. I have serious doubts in the longevity of the current EVs, and part replacement costs. As I understand it, the Volt battery pack is $8,000. Nissan Leafs batteries cost $15,000. Nissan has a payment plan deal, which still ends up costing you thousands.
I didn't look up pure EV's, but the Prius has plenty of data now about how long batteries have lasted in real world conditions. Lots of info to google about longevity. A new prius comes with a 8 year warranty on the batteries. I'd assume other EV's are similar.
I'd like an EV also. The only thing holding me back is size and cost. I want to be able to get through snow like I can now with my 4-runner. Instead, I end up most winters pulling Prius's out of snowbanks when it gets icy here (Oregon).
In essence, SUVs and trucks are very power-hungry vehicles. They can be loaded with a ton of stuff, and they can tow huge trailers. Batteries that can deliver so much power would cost a million dollars, and they would occupy too much space - and they would take a significant part of the weight of the vehicle.
I couldn't get the actual prices for each model of Smith commercial truck, but I found a newspaper article talking about one costing 30k more than a typical diesel. It didn't describe the model.. but I have to assume it has a fairly good carrying capacity to be used as a delivery truck for Staples. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704584804575644773552573304 http://www.smithelectric.com/
Where did you get the notion of a million dollars for battery cost?
Basically all the single-button-click group matchmaking, and cross realms created an atmosphere where there was no sense of community anymore. There were no reputations to be worried about. There's way less of the "Multiplayer" in WoW as an MMO now. Yes...there are loads of other players. But they've taken away soooo much of the incentive to actually interact with those other players, that you might as well be playing a single player game with bots now.
That is what most older Everquest 1 players said about WoW when they first tried it. MMO on easy mode. No sacrifice. No shared sense of accomplishment. Grouping was too easy. Fast transit destroyed a sense of a real world. etc etc etc
It is all relative to the starting point. All MMO's gradually gain ways for players to get a quicker and quicker sense of accomplishment. That is the only way they continue to recruit new players. If you join a 5 year old MMO and the only way to get to the top level is to spend 5 years playing it... well you won't even start. That is why all MMO's get easier the older they get.
What I hope, is that a brand new MMO comes out and takes all the training wheels off and starts everyone back at the Everquest level. I'm not sure it would survive in today's world of MMO's, but one can hope. I just learned they are re-doing EQ, so maybe. https://www.everquestnext.com
I myself, as a conservative, when President Obama was elected said that "at least I know he wants to get rid of that damn Patriot Act. I hope he gets a Congress that will back his agenda"
I assume you are old enough to know how laws are passed and repealed. The President cannot repeal a law.
The very gerrymandered districts, the Citizens Unitied rulling causing a flood of conservative money in 2010, and horrible corporate news coverage, gave us House of Representatives filled with extremely conservative Tea Party people. You blame Obama for not being able to work with them?
The US doesn't care, too much, about who is making oil profits. They do care about keeping the world wide oil supply high and stable so that prices stay low.
As soon as other states make renewable energy a priority, the sooner it will begin to take over. Oregon is 10% wind power and climbing. The goal is 25% in 10 more years. Or check out Germany's solar numbers and projected solar use in the next decade.
I agree that more nuclear isn't a bad thing. But renewables can meet a hell of a lot more of our energy needs than most people think. The issue has little to do with the technology, and everything to do with lobbying, greed, and politics overall.
The US big government was bought out by massive corporations decades ago.
Most of the US conservatives that 'hate' government and want to see its power reduced, are also in favor of things that make government ineffective. Money=free speech is popular in conservative circles, but that is the very problem causing the government to be filled by cronies each election cycle.
I don't care how enlightened your government is, if all major corporations in the world turn their attention to your elections.. good luck.
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And how much CO2 and other environmental damage would there be from covering vast swaths of land with solar panels? The manufacturing process is filthy, the disposal process even worse, and it results in more human lives lost than nuclear.
http://www.nei.org/Issues-Policy/Protecting-the-Environment/Life-Cycle-Emissions-Analyses
Sounds like Nuclear, solar/wind are basically about equal when it comes to CO2 and waste issues. Wind being the lowest of course.
But like Nuclear, when you talk about solar, you really need to compare the right type of solar and right type of nuclear. Most advocates of solar want to see more concentrated solar power plants, not necessarily every roof in America covered with panels. (Although most would argue that every home covered in solar panels is still way better than coal).
Don't get where from you have your crazy ideas.
Ideological camps are so strong in the US that you can find a "study" that "proves" pretty much anything you want.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/business/international/bp-beats-forecasts-plans-to-raise-dividend.html?_r=0
Somehow I think BP will come out of this just fine.
Well and even more simple: some things really are just bad. Advocating for blatantly racist ideologies is one of those bad ideas. Banning speech espousing those ideologies should be low hanging fruit.
The trouble, as many point out, is the slippery slope. Germany decided a long time ago that blatant hate speech isn't even on the slope to begin with. It is clearly off the Mountain.
Taking your comment at face value, shouldn't we logically decrease the penalties to decrease crime? Perhaps we should pay people to commit crimes?
No. What evidence I can find says that there is no relationship (Up or Down) between the level of penalty and the rates of a particular crime. Crimes of passion, bar fights, crimes of desperation (like robbery to support a drug habit), etc... the people involved are not weighing the pro's and con's of the penalty at the time.
Now, I bet you could find evidence that the amount of certain white collar crimes, like banking / wall street fraud and abuse, is changed by the size of the penalty.
Studies like this don't conclude that there are no other factors...
This study just revealed one more possible cyclical influence on poverty. It isn't claiming to be the be all end all.
I live in Australia which has a hybrid UHC/Private system. Basically everyone pays for "medicare" (Which I guess would be called "medicaid" in the US)
If the US went for UHC, it would also be using our Medicare system. Medicare is what we now give elderly people, but could be extended to everyone if politicians would do it. Medicaid is what the government gives to people of any age that are in poverty.
While I agree that to date, all studies do show that GMO food is safe, there is a major difference between selective breeding and inserting genes into plants that would likely never end up in those plants naturally. I think it is valid to be concerned about unintended consequences, especially when just a handful of companies are in control of vast amounts of the world's seed supply.
Digital copies are completely different than physical goods.
The peach owner is deprived of peaches when that one bad person steals from the stand. Digital copies of peaches not so much.
The band Radiohead and others have tried a "pay what you want" system and it has worked for them on large scales.
I'm sorry a 30yr old women that has taken 2-3 years extra off in her career to have kids is not equal to a 30yr old guy that didn't all else being equal. She isn't equally deserving of a raise, promotion etc since she had less contribution to the success.
Unfortunately, what typically happens is 3 years later, when both of them are 33, the woman still isn't at the pay level that the guy was at age 30.
If you change "Republicans" to "conservatives" then there is a lot of proof that ddos tools and other attacks were encouraged in right wing social media and other outlets.
http://www.examiner.com/article/right-wing-cyber-attacks-on-healthcare-gov-website-confirmed
What evidence is there for stricter laws deterring more crime?
What little I can find runs opposite to that notion. Specifically, the 3 strikes you get life laws have been shown to have zero effect deterring crime.
Small things, like a garage sale, or local market, aren't very useful if you want to use them to prove the benefits of free markets to, say, a large society as a whole.
"There is no fee, and no tax."
If I built a widget factory and started polluting the market air, would the government stop me? Regulation, law? What if I started strong arming merchants into paying me protection money? Would police show up?
That small market isn't useful when looking at the larger societal picture.
1. From what I've read, you wouldn't have any maintenance worth doing yourself. No air filters, no oil, etc...
2. Well..
3. Tesla is coming out with an F-series style truck. I doubt the hipsters will go for that one:)
"This is the reason Electric is failing"
How do you define failing? Like in the same way the Mac is failing, because windows still dominates?
We have a large amount of charging stations in Portland: http://chargeportland.com/info.asp
It is just taking longer in other areas to gain momentum. But I don't think anyone would want to bet against electricity, eventually, being the dominate motor vehicle energy source.
Cost is my only issue right now.
Am I in the minority when it comes to range being an issue? I must just not travel that much. 3-4x a year maybe, and in those cases it wouldn't be a big deal to rent something.
A full size sedan from Enterprise is 28 dollars a day. Pickup trucks are 33 dollars a day if you need one for a weekend project.
I have done the math, but I assume the weekday daily commute gas cost would more than cover the handful of times I need range or hauling.
I *want* an EV. If I had to buy a new car today, I wouldn't buy one. Besides the above average costs, I see longevity being a problem. The car I have now is over 10 years old. I have serious doubts in the longevity of the current EVs, and part replacement costs. As I understand it, the Volt battery pack is $8,000. Nissan Leafs batteries cost $15,000. Nissan has a payment plan deal, which still ends up costing you thousands.
I didn't look up pure EV's, but the Prius has plenty of data now about how long batteries have lasted in real world conditions. Lots of info to google about longevity. A new prius comes with a 8 year warranty on the batteries. I'd assume other EV's are similar.
I'd like an EV also. The only thing holding me back is size and cost. I want to be able to get through snow like I can now with my 4-runner. Instead, I end up most winters pulling Prius's out of snowbanks when it gets icy here (Oregon).
In essence, SUVs and trucks are very power-hungry vehicles. They can be loaded with a ton of stuff, and they can tow huge trailers. Batteries that can deliver so much power would cost a million dollars, and they would occupy too much space - and they would take a significant part of the weight of the vehicle.
I couldn't get the actual prices for each model of Smith commercial truck, but I found a newspaper article talking about one costing 30k more than a typical diesel. It didn't describe the model.. but I have to assume it has a fairly good carrying capacity to be used as a delivery truck for Staples.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704584804575644773552573304
http://www.smithelectric.com/
Where did you get the notion of a million dollars for battery cost?
Basically all the single-button-click group matchmaking, and cross realms created an atmosphere where there was no sense of community anymore. There were no reputations to be worried about. There's way less of the "Multiplayer" in WoW as an MMO now. Yes...there are loads of other players. But they've taken away soooo much of the incentive to actually interact with those other players, that you might as well be playing a single player game with bots now.
That is what most older Everquest 1 players said about WoW when they first tried it. MMO on easy mode. No sacrifice. No shared sense of accomplishment. Grouping was too easy. Fast transit destroyed a sense of a real world. etc etc etc
It is all relative to the starting point. All MMO's gradually gain ways for players to get a quicker and quicker sense of accomplishment. That is the only way they continue to recruit new players. If you join a 5 year old MMO and the only way to get to the top level is to spend 5 years playing it... well you won't even start. That is why all MMO's get easier the older they get.
What I hope, is that a brand new MMO comes out and takes all the training wheels off and starts everyone back at the Everquest level. I'm not sure it would survive in today's world of MMO's, but one can hope. I just learned they are re-doing EQ, so maybe. https://www.everquestnext.com
Anyone that refers to people as Greenists likely isn't going to be very nuanced when it comes to their beliefs.
I myself, as a conservative, when President Obama was elected said that "at least I know he wants to get rid of that damn Patriot Act. I hope he gets a Congress that will back his agenda"
I assume you are old enough to know how laws are passed and repealed. The President cannot repeal a law.
The very gerrymandered districts, the Citizens Unitied rulling causing a flood of conservative money in 2010, and horrible corporate news coverage, gave us House of Representatives filled with extremely conservative Tea Party people. You blame Obama for not being able to work with them?
The US doesn't care, too much, about who is making oil profits. They do care about keeping the world wide oil supply high and stable so that prices stay low.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Oregon
As soon as other states make renewable energy a priority, the sooner it will begin to take over. Oregon is 10% wind power and climbing. The goal is 25% in 10 more years. Or check out Germany's solar numbers and projected solar use in the next decade.
I agree that more nuclear isn't a bad thing. But renewables can meet a hell of a lot more of our energy needs than most people think. The issue has little to do with the technology, and everything to do with lobbying, greed, and politics overall.
None of the Egyptian kings were buried in the pyramids.
The US big government was bought out by massive corporations decades ago.
Most of the US conservatives that 'hate' government and want to see its power reduced, are also in favor of things that make government ineffective. Money=free speech is popular in conservative circles, but that is the very problem causing the government to be filled by cronies each election cycle.
I don't care how enlightened your government is, if all major corporations in the world turn their attention to your elections.. good luck.