I have to agree with that. Cut the taxes FIRST so companies can start generating wealth, then get to trimming down the excess and the waste next session. It's a process; they've been doing it backwards for close to a generation.
Not really sure how you'd get rid of what you are calling "institutionalized bribery". Are you saying you think there should be laws prohibiting advocating a position publically?
Isn't that a bit, I dunno, anti free speech? Popular position in the more totalitarian societies I guess.
> My house is all solar, no grid connection. Reducing the need for storage is the low hanging fruit that many
> people seem to miss.
My house is also 100% off-grid and solar powered; it's not as rare as I think some people think. All lights in the house are LED and are quite bright, and the house itself is built with ICFs (Insulated Concrete Forms) and rather thick (13") walls. I heat everything with radiant heat from a central boiler.
While do I do indeed change my energy consumption to match the day/night cycle, it sounds like I went with a higher amount of storage....I've got a good 5 days of energy in my batteries, which should get me thru just about anything short of a nuclear winter or something.
I concur completely with the poster above that batteries are overpriced and underpowered, but that tech is moving seemingly very slowly. We'll get there.
On the other hand, my solar panels are practically antiques now only 7 years after they were installed. These were all 230W panels; the lowest wattage panel I can see online right now is around 400W. By the time I replace these puppies I'll probably be generating 700W+ per panel, which is pretty remarkable.
Nissan makes the Leaf, and GM makes the Volt. I've heard of folks buying the Leaf and seemed pretty happy with it; I don't know much about the Volt though.
...the FCC is of course correct...legally if not particularly morally. The infrastructure has been built over decades with both public and private funding--it would be interesting to see what the percentage of each is--but assuming it's most likely private the FCC and the telecoms are correct. They built it, they own it.
If this is remotely a good thing? No. Personally I think the Federal government should compensate the various telecoms for the infrastructure as it would be a 'taking" in the public interest and make it all a utility.
Maybe it'll happen, maybe it won't. Taking private property isn't the answer, not without due process, no matter how good or righteous it might make one feel.
The Stone Age tribes lost, the Iron Age tribes won. Can't do anything about it now, and if you knew history you'd know there were thousand/I> of similar massacres over the millennia. You only whine about this one because it is more recent.
Which has nothing to do with the issue at hand anyway, and is just deliberate misdirection.
> and by law completely subject to regulation... IF we choose to exercise it. Our man Mr. Pai chooses
> not to, let whoever do whatever, and thus we are fucked.
And I said as much, basically. The FCC could change the rules, but I would have to side with the telecoms in such a lawsuit (which would inevitable happen). The bulk of that infrastructure is privately built, privately maintained, privately owned. If Verizon wants to block out anything from AT&T they're the owners--it's been a gentleman's agreement for the most part all this time.
To repeat: Personally I think the FCC and the telecos should work out some kind of annual compensation for what is arguably a 'taking' under the Constitution. This type of infrastructure is rather different than that originally envisioned.
Some of it, yes, but the bulk of it was built privately. I agree it's not easy to dig that data up (the carriers are remarkably reluctant to provide that type of information).
Downvoting the truth doesn't change the truth, but I see there's a bit of a popularity contest going on.
I myself was just trying to share that I'd read a decent story with the premise alluded to....not everything is political or a choice between Hitler and Stalin.
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But hey, they can always change their mind later I reckon.
Ferret
...was put things back the way they were in halcyon days of 2015. I can kinda remember buying things on Amazon and using high speed internet then...
Ferret
Um, Snopes is just about the least credible "source" imaginable. Think of it as Breitbart but on crack.....
Ferret
Eventually, it came out that those ads were supporting Black Lives Matter and Hillary.
Good point indeed....
Ferret
I have to agree with that. Cut the taxes FIRST so companies can start generating wealth, then get to trimming down the excess and the waste next session. It's a process; they've been doing it backwards for close to a generation.
Ferret
There won't be because the sea levels won't rise, but sure, I'd be fine with that.
Miserable place. Though I understand the Panhandle region is a bit more civilized.
Ferret
Not really sure how you'd get rid of what you are calling "institutionalized bribery". Are you saying you think there should be laws prohibiting advocating a position publically?
Isn't that a bit, I dunno, anti free speech? Popular position in the more totalitarian societies I guess.
Ferret
Well said sir.
Ferret
> My house is all solar, no grid connection. Reducing the need for storage is the low hanging fruit that many > people seem to miss.
My house is also 100% off-grid and solar powered; it's not as rare as I think some people think. All lights in the house are LED and are quite bright, and the house itself is built with ICFs (Insulated Concrete Forms) and rather thick (13") walls. I heat everything with radiant heat from a central boiler.
While do I do indeed change my energy consumption to match the day/night cycle, it sounds like I went with a higher amount of storage....I've got a good 5 days of energy in my batteries, which should get me thru just about anything short of a nuclear winter or something.
I concur completely with the poster above that batteries are overpriced and underpowered, but that tech is moving seemingly very slowly. We'll get there.
On the other hand, my solar panels are practically antiques now only 7 years after they were installed. These were all 230W panels; the lowest wattage panel I can see online right now is around 400W. By the time I replace these puppies I'll probably be generating 700W+ per panel, which is pretty remarkable.
Ferret
Nothing wrong with Florida that a couple of feet of global warming won't fix.....
Ferret
> We might as well discuss Bigfoot's favourite flavour of ice cream.
I always took Bigfoot as a Rocky Road kind of guy...
Ferret
...it doesn't.
We'll see soon enough.
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Nissan makes the Leaf, and GM makes the Volt. I've heard of folks buying the Leaf and seemed pretty happy with it; I don't know much about the Volt though.
Ferret
Sucks when you run out of other people's money...happens sooner or later.
Ferret
Yeah, it's tough for him to undo all of Obama's prep world for the NK nuclear misery tour. Takes time..
But Trump's definitely a *far* better man for it than that last guy was.
Just stand back, be quiet, and let the adults fix this mess.
Ferret
Pretty sure you don't know how "treason" works...
Ferret
That would at least have been interesting.
Ferret
That's basically just a demonstrable fact.
Ferret
...the FCC is of course correct...legally if not particularly morally. The infrastructure has been built over decades with both public and private funding--it would be interesting to see what the percentage of each is--but assuming it's most likely private the FCC and the telecoms are correct. They built it, they own it.
If this is remotely a good thing? No. Personally I think the Federal government should compensate the various telecoms for the infrastructure as it would be a 'taking" in the public interest and make it all a utility.
Maybe it'll happen, maybe it won't. Taking private property isn't the answer, not without due process, no matter how good or righteous it might make one feel.
Ferret
Looks an excellent step forward
> Norway is more socialist than the US and has a much higher quality of life.
Really? I don't see anybody here moving there.....maybe our crappy internet hasn't gotten the updated news yet?
Ferret
The Stone Age tribes lost, the Iron Age tribes won. Can't do anything about it now, and if you knew history you'd know there were thousand/I> of similar massacres over the millennia. You only whine about this one because it is more recent.
Which has nothing to do with the issue at hand anyway, and is just deliberate misdirection.
Ferret
> and by law completely subject to regulation... IF we choose to exercise it. Our man Mr. Pai chooses > not to, let whoever do whatever, and thus we are fucked.
And I said as much, basically. The FCC could change the rules, but I would have to side with the telecoms in such a lawsuit (which would inevitable happen). The bulk of that infrastructure is privately built, privately maintained, privately owned. If Verizon wants to block out anything from AT&T they're the owners--it's been a gentleman's agreement for the most part all this time.
To repeat: Personally I think the FCC and the telecos should work out some kind of annual compensation for what is arguably a 'taking' under the Constitution. This type of infrastructure is rather different than that originally envisioned.
Ferret
Some of it, yes, but the bulk of it was built privately. I agree it's not easy to dig that data up (the carriers are remarkably reluctant to provide that type of information).
Downvoting the truth doesn't change the truth, but I see there's a bit of a popularity contest going on.
Ferret
I myself was just trying to share that I'd read a decent story with the premise alluded to....not everything is political or a choice between Hitler and Stalin.
Ferret