LED bulbs are far better – when implemented correctly, they're pretty much indistinguishable from incandescents. But they are also very expensive – about $15 for the Cree bulbs at Home Depot, which are the cheapest ones I've found that have decent online reviews. Hopefully in a couple of years the manufacturing process will mature so that the price will go down without compromising quality.
the price of leds is made up by the extreme long life they have.
What would probably be smart is if some landlords got a clue and voluntarily made properties very energy efficient, and then used that as a selling point when advertising the property for rent. I don't think I've ever seen this done yet, which strikes me as a little bit odd.
. in fact, it's the epitome of the government regulating and controlling everything.
That's not what I call regulation. regulation serves to increase competition and protect the weakest actor on the market (in this case: the consumer, by far). The thing you think that is regulation, is in fact a tool of plutocracy.
So what happens when a nuclear plant runs into financial difficulty? You cut your reactor monitoring staff? Drop to the cheap disaster management plan? Postpone the upgrade of the creaky boilers?
when they run into financial difficulty? or when they want to increase their profits?
for both train and maglev, the limiting factor is air-resistance, so I don't see much room for improvement, unless vacuum or low pressure tunnels are built (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vactrain )
Not that nuclear's anything but a stop-gap, hopefully.
nuclear has been outpriced. it's expensive, while wind and solar are still getting cheaper, on course to be cheaper than coal and petrol (and I'm expecting tidal and wave power to be another cheap alternative).
ince alternative powers sources in large scale are further away than end of century
That's plain wrong. The current rise in market share of alternative electricity sources would put alternatives well over 100% in many european countries in a few decades.
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your elected officials
right. those people are elected.
but you should also be free to NOT join one either.
are u saying you HAVE to be member of one of the unions in your company ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_trap
i have a 15 year old receiver, with LOTS of led's. not a single one of em is broken.
LED bulbs are far better – when implemented correctly, they're pretty much indistinguishable from incandescents. But they are also very expensive – about $15 for the Cree bulbs at Home Depot, which are the cheapest ones I've found that have decent online reviews. Hopefully in a couple of years the manufacturing process will mature so that the price will go down without compromising quality.
the price of leds is made up by the extreme long life they have.
Small, incremental improvements.
there's a good chance to miss global maximum, and be stuck at a local maximum.
(see 'local maximum problem'/hill climbing)
It may even decrease welfare initially, and only later increase it.
. The free market
does NOT exist.
"If you like your wood burning stove, you can keep it. Period"
read TFA the new rule does not dictate you replace your old stove by a new one.
What would probably be smart is if some landlords got a clue and voluntarily made properties very energy efficient, and then used that as a selling point when advertising the property for rent. I don't think I've ever seen this done yet, which strikes me as a little bit odd.
why don't you look around for another home then?
. in fact, it's the epitome of the government regulating and controlling everything.
That's not what I call regulation. regulation serves to increase competition and protect the weakest actor on the market (in this case: the consumer, by far). The thing you think that is regulation, is in fact a tool of plutocracy.
In a truly deregulated market, cable companies would split the markets to maximise profits.
FTFY.
falsified ? it looks like the average temperature has raised : http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-temps.html
and the global sealevel has raised : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trends_in_global_average_absolute_sea_level,_1870-2008_(US_EPA).png
(i am posting links to REAL Data here btw)
Government is the most powerful entity in our mixed society.
I disagree. Look into the funding of elections.
here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYfl45X1wo and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0jhYDcazY are 2 ways falsify the co2 heating effect. go ahead, falsify.
dependency on foreign oil
use wind and solar (and other renewables, like tidal and wave) to avoid this.
So what happens when a nuclear plant runs into financial difficulty? You cut your reactor monitoring staff? Drop to the cheap disaster management plan? Postpone the upgrade of the creaky boilers?
when they run into financial difficulty? or when they want to increase their profits?
OK - 30% of 46 = 13.8; 95% of 9 = 8.55
this comparison does not make sense.
Isn't the U.S. responsible for every evil ever created, past, present and future?
No, but americans keep boasting about their morals and their superiority.
This is a truckload of B***S***.
for both train and maglev, the limiting factor is air-resistance, so I don't see much room for improvement, unless vacuum or low pressure tunnels are built (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vactrain )
Humanity has a long history of cover-ups when big organisations are involved.
FTFY
What about the US officials, who have for the last few decades ordered the meddling in the middle east?
Not that nuclear's anything but a stop-gap, hopefully.
nuclear has been outpriced. it's expensive, while wind and solar are still getting cheaper, on course to be cheaper than coal and petrol (and I'm expecting tidal and wave power to be another cheap alternative).
ince alternative powers sources in large scale are further away than end of century
That's plain wrong. The current rise in market share of alternative electricity sources would put alternatives well over 100% in many european countries in a few decades.