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  1. Re:Think about the coal miners... on World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    >Trump promises

    Any promises from him are worthless.

  2. Re:Cheaper than wind? on World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You can believe all you want, but investments in solar and wind are sky-rocketing.the race between fossil and green is over, and won convincingly by solar and wind

  3. > There is enough evidence, now, to show that global warming is most likely not a real threat

    wrong.

  4. Re:Get this on Millions In US Still Living Life In Internet Slow Lane (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    >Crony Capitalism for ya!

    Where's Trump? He should be twittering about this at least.

    do you follow who he's been appointing? he's the king of the cronies. Plutocracy to the max.

  5. >: If you are not a descendant of one of the twelve tribes, you
    It's funny how it has been genetically proven that those *white* people asserting themselves as jews are actually non-indigenous.

  6. I think you should account for the significant savings in energy and maintenance cost though.

  7. Re: Omar Saddiqui Mateen? on World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    >We've seen what 'multiculturalism' has done to Europe
    what has it done ?

  8. Re:of course it will burn.... IF on Burning All Fossil Fuels Would Scorch Earth, Says Study (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Enlighten me: how exactly does plastic lock up Carbon from the air ?

  9. Re: Good news on New Heating Technology Uses Seawater and Carbon Dioxide (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > thousands of times more than the negligible amount mankind has ever produced
    nice try.
    the yearly production of CO2 by humans is MUCH higher than the yearly CO2 production by volcanoes.
    from first link I found :
    -->volcanoes release a total of about 200M ton of CO2 annually.
    -->global fossil fuel CO2 emissions (2003) = 26B ton CO2

  10. I may sound cynic on Panama Papers: Data Leak Exposes Massive Official Corruption (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But I am not surprised. Time to do some 1789?

  11. the only % of the populace having long lasting advantages of 'free' 'trade' are the 1%-ers.

  12. Re:The kryptonite of slashdot groupthink on Laid-Off Disney IT Workers Decry Offshoring At Trump Rally (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    it's just time to bring back 1789. time to pull out the guillotine at wall street.

  13. Re:Is that really true? on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    or any other compensation (stocks ...)

  14. Re: Ah Belgium Politcs on Belgium's Aging Nuclear Plants Worry Neighbors (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    >Divorcing is expensive
    and in this case would not change a thing. 'wat we zelf doen, doen we beter'(what we do ourselves, we do better) = BS, just look at flanders' government.

  15. Re:Buy two cars? on To Fight Pollution, New Delhi Restricts When Residents Can Drive (thehindu.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, the ones where the only waste is argon, tungsten, steel, and glass? Yeah, instead people buy these environmentally friendly CFL lightbulbs containing mercury to put in the landfill.

    have you been living under a rock ? LED lighting happened.
    furthermore : cfl's are cheaper than incandescents because they LAST LONGER. mercury : don't you guys recycle ?

  16. Re:Could send them to jail on Legal Loophole Offers Volkswagen Criminal Immunity · · Score: 1

    >makes them immune from prosecution.
    they will most certainly try.

  17. Re:Soot from diesel on Reports: Volkswagen Was Warned of Emissions Cheating Years Ago · · Score: 1

    > as if they don't have room for improvement.
    I am suggesting they don't have much room for improvement, unless by improve, you mean : change to electric vehicles.

  18. Re:Its all in the taxes and incentives. on How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero · · Score: 1

    did you count the historical subsidies ? And the damage to the environment and health?

  19. Re:Its all in the taxes and incentives. on How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero · · Score: 2

    > Wind farm owners get taxpayer help with constructi0n?
    FTFY :
    Wind and nuclear, and coal, and oil ... power plant owners get taxpayer help with constructi0n?

  20. Re:Except for one problem... on The Crowdfunded Board Game Renaissance · · Score: 1

    you have to check the game reviewers. dice tower, rahdo runs through, drive through review, and many others.

  21. for more information on The Crowdfunded Board Game Renaissance · · Score: 3, Informative

    check out BoardGameGeek.com, it contains a list of nearly 80,000 games/components/expansions.
    http://www.boardgamegeek.com/b...

  22. Re:Subsidies and innovation helps, but... on Tech's Enduring Great-Man Myth · · Score: 1

    the shoulder of giants

    IMHO everything that is being made now has benefitted from so much shoulders(inventors,libraries,schools,...) that no patents are justified anymore

  23. Re: Fallacy of Climate Control on Why Bill Gates Is Dumping Another $1 Billion Into Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    Temperatures have plummeted

    SOURCE ?

  24. Re:The future of electric could be much brighter i on Tesla Presses Its Case On Fuel Standards · · Score: 2

    search on youtube. tesla demonstrated a battery swap system.

  25. Re:A long time coming... on China's Stock Crash: $3.5 Trillion Wiped Out, $2.6 Trillion Frozen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Capitalism only works when you have free markets

    Free markets don't exist. they need an infinite amount of land, resources, perfect and complete information for all players on this market.