All the money has ended up in the hands of an ever increasingly wealth group of people. I wonder what effect this has on the economy in the long run, but I am guessing this will lead to an eventual collapse of the financial system, or a short period with an insane inflation rate.
I own a house. I pay a mortgage *HALF* of the renting price of a comparable house. In 11 years, the house is *MINE*, for the rest of my life. If I did not invest in a house 10 years ago, I would be paying about 50% more in rent now, for a small apartment, for the rest of my life.
eating and cooling systems are already at very nearly their theoretical limits, though most residential buildings are under-insulated
You know that's an incredible understatement, do you? It is possible to reduce heating and cooling by 90% for nearly all buildings. example : http://www.antarcticstation.org/
t's also worth noting that currently only about 14% of energy consumption in the US is in the form of electricity (4,000TWh/yr out of 28,000TWh/yr), so if we're serious about eliminating fossil fuel dependency not only do we need to replace current generating capacity, we also need to increase production 7-fold
We can do a lot by just being more efficient. Did you know that 75% of the energy being 'used' in an internal combustion engine is wasted?
what system? the earth ? Then you assume the energy is being used outside the planet earth ? Let's not forget that the laws of thermodynamics dictate energy is never destroyed, only transformed into other forms of energy.
from wikipedia : science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. predictions ? hardly. explanations ? you've got to be kidding.
As an European, I like to hear the opinion of Americans on the the difference between the 'Washington'-government and the 'state'-governments... so... what's the difference ?
Do you know how much it did cost to develop nuclear power? or getting the tech for extracting oil ? And who paid for that ? That amount of money totally dwarfs the amount of money invested into green energy.
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All the money has ended up in the hands of an ever increasingly wealth group of people. I wonder what effect this has on the economy in the long run, but I am guessing this will lead to an eventual collapse of the financial system, or a short period with an insane inflation rate.
I own a house. I pay a mortgage *HALF* of the renting price of a comparable house. In 11 years, the house is *MINE*, for the rest of my life. If I did not invest in a house 10 years ago, I would be paying about 50% more in rent now, for a small apartment, for the rest of my life.
eating and cooling systems are already at very nearly their theoretical limits, though most residential buildings are under-insulated
You know that's an incredible understatement, do you? It is possible to reduce heating and cooling by 90% for nearly all buildings. example : http://www.antarcticstation.org/
where does this weather system start ? at the ground ? above the trees ? 2m above the ground ? Are houses included ?
Whoosh.
t's also worth noting that currently only about 14% of energy consumption in the US is in the form of electricity (4,000TWh/yr out of 28,000TWh/yr), so if we're serious about eliminating fossil fuel dependency not only do we need to replace current generating capacity, we also need to increase production 7-fold
We can do a lot by just being more efficient. Did you know that 75% of the energy being 'used' in an internal combustion engine is wasted?
energy extraction
extract from what ? and where does this energy go ? it does not magically disappear. first law of thermodynamics
Yes, stop changing the amount of CO2 in the air please.
You're sucking energy out of the system
what system? the earth ? Then you assume the energy is being used outside the planet earth ? Let's not forget that the laws of thermodynamics dictate energy is never destroyed, only transformed into other forms of energy.
as well as the removal of these giant structures littered across the country side.
and replant billions of trees ?
from wikipedia : science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. predictions ? hardly. explanations ? you've got to be kidding.
So that makes it fake-Nobel in pseudo-science.
Don't forget the fake financial psuedo-products.
As an European, I like to hear the opinion of Americans on the the difference between the 'Washington'-government and the 'state'-governments ... so ... what's the difference ?
the EU's stick is bigger, GNP-wise.
deny entrance to all EU citizens?
this agreement has the same effect on me - I will never travel to the US.
Is it still the nineteenth century ????
1920*1080 should be standard by now.
1:CO2 induces the greenhouse effect, TEST THIS YOURSELF.
-->here is the wikipedia article on the greenhouse effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
-->and here are the youtube links showing HOW to do an experiment showing CO2 induces the greenhouse effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0jhYDcazY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYfl45X1wo
2:Humans emit a LOT of CO2 (oil or coal + O2 + ... = energy + CO2 + soot + ...
1+2 = AGW.
the equivalent of this :
The 49-person letter was organized by Leighton Steward, chairman of Plants Need CO2, a non-profit with ties to the coal industry
would be this :
A letter like this is the equivalent of a toddler stamping its foot because the cookie industry says cookies are very tasty
I'm not sure what part of this data is falsifiable
Data is not falsifiable, it is either correct or it isn't: it is scientific theory that's falsifiable.
The internal combustion engine is one of the most efficient things going
they get 20-25% of the chemical energy in the petrol to the wheels. PATHETIC.
Do you know how much it did cost to develop nuclear power? or getting the tech for extracting oil ? And who paid for that ? That amount of money totally dwarfs the amount of money invested into green energy.
check the DOD budget.
Quit trying to stop new plants and technology,
no need to do that: they are stopping themselves, by being prohibitively expensive. solar and wind are rapidly gaining economic feasibility.
you believe in fairy tales do you ? Economic theory makes a few impossible to achieve assumptions.