> but unfortunatly, oil companies are still very powerfull.. so it will not happen untill every drop of oil has been sold
I don't really see any evidence of that.
When it's cheaper to provide something else, then that's what will happen. There will always be petroleum usage due to its incorporation into various antibiotics, medicines, etc., but generally speaking it'll become a niche product for a very small and specific set of uses.
...but do they do, scan all your devices and fine you? It's one thing to make manufacturers *in* California to do this; I don't see how you can stop other manufacturers from motoring along as they are whether or not it's a good idea. I don't know how you make this happen short of using force.
Paper ballots with verifiable safe storage for recounting if needed is the only good way to do this. NOTHING electronic is trustworthy here....think the new "Battlestar Galactica", no networks or Wifi or any such.
Can't really stand ebooks personally....give me dead tree version anytime. Bwaahahahahahaha!
I'd like to see some numbers on your assertion that they're "cheaper to produce than real books"...don't really see that on a per book basis. There are some pretty cheap readers and if you read a lot I can easily see going that route be less costly, ultimately....although there are those licensing rules and stuff you agreed to when you "bought" it.
Plus with any electronic copy you have all "they" have to do is press a button and *poof*.you don't have that book anymore. Don't care for that myself. At least with a real book they've got to go all Fahrenheit 451 on it first.
Facebook of course privately owned and can do whatever silly thing it wants, but it's fighting the tide of history here and will not will in the end.
Banning information in any sort is basically censorship, and that never ends up well. Add to that they are trying to engage in prior restraint and I predict a swift decision in the favor of the 3D gun makers once it gets to the Supreme Court.
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> And after that, methyl clathrate from the sea floor.
That was a plot element in the relaunch of the Dallas TV show I think....
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> Americans coal use for electricity is the highest in the world, higher even than China's.
Not according to the actual data:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
About 1 billion short tons (us) vs. 3.45 billion short tons (China).
Ferret
> but unfortunatly, oil companies are still very powerfull.. so it will not happen untill every drop of oil has been sold
I don't really see any evidence of that.
When it's cheaper to provide something else, then that's what will happen. There will always be petroleum usage due to its incorporation into various antibiotics, medicines, etc., but generally speaking it'll become a niche product for a very small and specific set of uses.
Ferret
Indeed.
...but do they do, scan all your devices and fine you? It's one thing to make manufacturers *in* California to do this; I don't see how you can stop other manufacturers from motoring along as they are whether or not it's a good idea. I don't know how you make this happen short of using force.
Ferret
> Well done is the only way steak should be eaten, and that requires A-1 to be on top of it.
Indeed sir! Indeed!
Ferret
This was *literally* Obama's idea which FEMA had been working on for a couple of years.
I would be a buck or two they would have said totally different if the idea had come to fruition prior to the 2016 election.
Ferret
Well said sir.
Ferret
Paper ballots with verifiable safe storage for recounting if needed is the only good way to do this. NOTHING electronic is trustworthy here....think the new "Battlestar Galactica", no networks or Wifi or any such.
Ferret
I just finished "Amerika" by Paul Lally, an alternate history WW2 book. It was rather better than I thought it would be.
Next up are the final "trilogy" (it's really four books) of the Thomas Covenant series by Stephen Donaldson.
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Concur; I also have several spider plants and a couple of ficus I rescued from an office building being renovated; they're awesome.
Ferret
How does "no" sound? Does "no" work for you?
NO.
Ferret
Well, THOSE will show up on every site under the sun in about 10 seconds....
Ferret
Can't really stand ebooks personally....give me dead tree version anytime. Bwaahahahahahaha!
I'd like to see some numbers on your assertion that they're "cheaper to produce than real books"...don't really see that on a per book basis. There are some pretty cheap readers and if you read a lot I can easily see going that route be less costly, ultimately....although there are those licensing rules and stuff you agreed to when you "bought" it.
Plus with any electronic copy you have all "they" have to do is press a button and *poof*.you don't have that book anymore. Don't care for that myself. At least with a real book they've got to go all Fahrenheit 451 on it first.
Ferret
I'm curious, were the City Council members who voted for this Democrats or Republicans?
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.though I think the examples cites (Kindle books vs. real books) is a bit shaky.
Ferret
Odin bless capitalism!
Ferret
....but that's how capitalism works together with those who own the capital (i.e., the shareholders).
If you don't like that ratio, change it at the next board meeting.
Ferret
Go ahead, make it and distribute it...I'm fine with that.
Ferret
Um...where was the reference to Trump there, friend?
Ferret
I think the phrase is, "Life...finds a way."
Ferret
Facebook of course privately owned and can do whatever silly thing it wants, but it's fighting the tide of history here and will not will in the end.
Banning information in any sort is basically censorship, and that never ends up well. Add to that they are trying to engage in prior restraint and I predict a swift decision in the favor of the 3D gun makers once it gets to the Supreme Court.
Ferret
I'm on a WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) and it is definitely slightly slower when it's hot.
Ferret
It would be very good for them to get off of anything they have to pay to bring in, that's for sure.
Ferret
> Seriously? You citation is a scandal rag like the Huffington Post?!?!?!?!?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
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