So they are sucking up all the renewable power in order to deliver trainloads of coal to the coal plants that are being built to replace the shut down nuclear plants.
The US is ridiculously heterogeneous. States like Alabama have third world education systems, while states in the Northeast are as good as any in the world.
So what? China is growing faster. They should, they have what 4x the US population and they still have most of their people living in shitholes.
The US is far more developed, with a FAR higher per capita income and they STILL manage to have a good manufacturing output growth rate. Higher growth than pretty much anywhere except China and Korea. Even better it's high value stuff like heavy machinery, not sneakers and other low value crap.
The idea that US doesn't manufacture is bullshit. Furthermore what they manufacture is much higher value, far higher technical content and much harder to compete with than what comes out of places like China.
So which would you rather be making? High value stuff like airliners with a good markup or cheap mass market Wal-Mart goods that will get moved to another country as soon as your people start making half-way decent wages because the markups are too low to pay to automate their manufacture.
Guess what country is loosing manufacturing jobs the fastest. Ans: China.
Japan found out the limits of a mercantile economy decades ago.
The idea that the US doesn't make much any more is total bullshit.
Boeing, for example runs the world's largest manufacturing facility in Everett WA.
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai-Kia, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru and VW all have U.S. manufacturing facilities. Many of these facilities export to the Far East and Europe.
Nor is manufacturing limited to production of machinery. The US is a massive agricultural and food production powerhouse. It's mining and energy output is huge, and even with it's internal consumption of petroleum products it also manages to be a net exporter of refined petroleum products.
Then there is the semi-conductor, heavy machinery etc industries. Intel and Caterpillar anyone?
While China surpassed the United States in 2012, the US is still 2nd in the world, and greater than Germany, Korea, Italy, Brazil, India, Japan and Russia combined.
Everything you say about the denialist attacks on AGW is reasonably accurate. The '17 year' crowd is made up of folks that don't have the background to evaluate data, or are just liars.
However I don't think you have to understand the data that supports the theory if you find sound data that contradicts the theory. You only have to understand the theory and have good contradictory data.
As far as Spencer etc, they may be paid shills, BUT that's not a valid argument against their work. Ad hominem is a logical fallacy. Publications need to be evaluated on their scientific merit, period.
Well, I disagree with that. Science is normatively inductive, and that often makes it possible for a relatively small amount of data to disprove a hypothesis that has a large amount of data backing it.
Skepticism of AGW theories is very healthy. However denial based on ideology is not.
Unfortunately we have more of the latter than the former.
The difference is that phone services are much more severely constrained by the physics associated with radio bandwidth.
There is no doubt that many readers here would be harmed by a 300 GB bandwidth limit. There have been times when I've moved multiple terabytes per month between my home office and workplace. Cloud services such as CrashPlan can potentially push traffic above such limits as well.
The time has come to regulate these services, or remove all restraints preventing competition. The current state of quasi-monopolies is unacceptable.
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So they are sucking up all the renewable power in order to deliver trainloads of coal to the coal plants that are being built to replace the shut down nuclear plants.
Makes sense to me.
The US is ridiculously heterogeneous. States like Alabama have third world education systems, while states in the Northeast are as good as any in the world.
http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/n...
Top US universities also dominate world rankings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Combine the results of the good states with top universities and an economy that is good at allocating capital and you get a lot of innovation.
The shame is the human waste. Imagine if the rest of the country had secondary schools like those in the northeast.
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Healthcare from the 19th century
Board from Oliver Twist.
Oh you wanted AAA?
Here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/Duracell...
The US trade deficit is about 500 billion, out of 17 trillion, and most of that is oil which is currently being replaced by US sources.
Sure, maybe there will be a shortage of sneakers and similar crap for a while.
That is not something that will stop you from being a superpower.
Oh poop. The US trade deficit last year was about 500 billion. Sounds like a lot, right?
Nope. That's 1% of the US GDP.
ONE PERCENT.
And most of that is foreign oil, something that is rapidly being replaced by domestic oil.
Here's a website that lists USA made batteries.
http://www.batterystuff.com/ma...
DONE.
My phone number is unlisted, you insensitive clod.
So the password I was using had 113 bits of entropy. Does anyone know the likelihood this can be cracked?
Or is it pretty safe given that most people will have easier to break passwords?
Really? I only had to supply my old password.
So what? China is growing faster. They should, they have what 4x the US population and they still have most of their people living in shitholes.
The US is far more developed, with a FAR higher per capita income and they STILL manage to have a good manufacturing output growth rate. Higher growth than pretty much anywhere except China and Korea. Even better it's high value stuff like heavy machinery, not sneakers and other low value crap.
The idea that US doesn't manufacture is bullshit. Furthermore what they manufacture is much higher value, far higher technical content and much harder to compete with than what comes out of places like China.
So which would you rather be making? High value stuff like airliners with a good markup or cheap mass market Wal-Mart goods that will get moved to another country as soon as your people start making half-way decent wages because the markups are too low to pay to automate their manufacture.
Guess what country is loosing manufacturing jobs the fastest. Ans: China.
Japan found out the limits of a mercantile economy decades ago.
The big 3 all run auto plants in the US. Some US made cars like the Ford Explorer have just as much US content as anyone's.
Some 13 other car companies also build cars in the US, with up to 80% US manufactured content, like the Hondas you noted.
As far as Harley goes, surely that is not comparable in volume to a major car company.
The idea that the US doesn't make much any more is total bullshit.
Boeing, for example runs the world's largest manufacturing facility in Everett WA.
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai-Kia, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru and VW all have U.S. manufacturing facilities. Many of these facilities export to the Far East and Europe.
Nor is manufacturing limited to production of machinery. The US is a massive agricultural and food production powerhouse. It's mining and energy output is huge, and even with it's internal consumption of petroleum products it also manages to be a net exporter of refined petroleum products.
Then there is the semi-conductor, heavy machinery etc industries. Intel and Caterpillar anyone?
While China surpassed the United States in 2012, the US is still 2nd in the world, and greater than Germany, Korea, Italy, Brazil, India, Japan and Russia combined.
That's silly. The US has more or less the same size manufacturing economy as China.
http://www.shopfloor.org/2011/...
Not really. The US is not particularly dependent on foreign trade. Sure there would be some dislocations but it would likely remain a superpower.
If the decision is made by a competent individual I'm fine with it.
However I think that there is a lot of evidence that people addicted to pain killers aren't necessarily capable of making such decisions any more.
Everything you say about the denialist attacks on AGW is reasonably accurate. The '17 year' crowd is made up of folks that don't have the background to evaluate data, or are just liars.
However I don't think you have to understand the data that supports the theory if you find sound data that contradicts the theory. You only have to understand the theory and have good contradictory data.
As far as Spencer etc, they may be paid shills, BUT that's not a valid argument against their work. Ad hominem is a logical fallacy. Publications need to be evaluated on their scientific merit, period.
Live sports is tough to find on other sources. Otherwise I would cut the cord in a heartbeat.
Well, I disagree with that. Science is normatively inductive, and that often makes it possible for a relatively small amount of data to disprove a hypothesis that has a large amount of data backing it.
Skepticism of AGW theories is very healthy. However denial based on ideology is not.
Unfortunately we have more of the latter than the former.
I would try to avoid states that pass laws like this. Clearly this is a Federal matter.
Steve Jobs was obviously a narcissist. Fortunately not all billionaires are that problematic.
This stuff breaks down when exposed to acidic water.
So it certainly won't be very durable outside anywhere on the east coast of the US thanks to the acid rain.
And indoors, well just watch out for the Pepsi Syndrome!
The difference is that phone services are much more severely constrained by the physics associated with radio bandwidth.
There is no doubt that many readers here would be harmed by a 300 GB bandwidth limit. There have been times when I've moved multiple terabytes per month between my home office and workplace. Cloud services such as CrashPlan can potentially push traffic above such limits as well.
The time has come to regulate these services, or remove all restraints preventing competition. The current state of quasi-monopolies is unacceptable.
Vinyl is rubbish for playback quality.