youre free market ignorance accepts the dog eat dog screw anyone to get ahead mentality as normal, in which some or many suffer so the few can prosper obscenely relative to the weakest.
it has this way through out human history. yes some tribes lived that way. but typically not long, particularly once the strongman died. he most successful tribes, and now nations, are those that DO seek a greater equality among their members, allowing all to prosper and benefit, not just the strongest amongst them.
what that mentality misses is that it doesn't have to be that way. every can benefit at the same time. in our a world someone with 100 billion dollars doesn't really live all that much better than someone with only 1 billion. yet that same 99billion excess would raise the comfort and quality of life of several thousand peoples, while that billionaire loses almost nothing in the exchange.
that's why a pure free market, why pure capitalism, is untenable. it does really good as making an economy work, and allocating resources. but it royally screws over the people at the edges. it chews them up and spits them out, creating new edges as it consumes the weakest in the group, constantly shrinking the size of the group it benefits.
that's why its "rough edges" need smoothed out and controlled. the marriage of capitalism and socialism is like an attraction between opposites, as each complements the other, balancing out their inadequacies creating a whole that is stronger than the sum of its parts.
(Your knowledge of WWII history is weak anyway. The Allies would most likely have lost the war without US intervention; conversely, the Allies would most likely still have won the war even if Russia had stayed on the Axis side, again with US intervention.)
Look who's calling the kettle black. That is not even lose to accurate. When the overwhelming number of casualties in the war occurred on the Eastern Front, when the overwhelming majority of men and material were expended on that front, the idea that we would have still won if those resources hadn't been spent fighting each other, but had instead been united against the western powers, is pure and utter stupidity.
Another history noob who fails to comprehend just how massive the Eastern Front really was. Not well equipped? Not well led? Not even close to reality. You're just another product of the poorly taught WWII history.
Here's 12: Denmark Norway Finland Sweden Netherlands Belgium Canada Ireland New Zealand France Germany UK
Of the 13 richest nations with the most productive workforces and well-off populaces, 12 are socialist or have extensive state sponsored welfare programs.
Global average maybe be 400ppm, but local concentration where I work, next to a very active runway, is ~600-700ppm.
Mexico City is famously known for its air pollution due to the fact its a very large city (one of largest in world), and located in a bowl with very little wind. this makes it ideal and popular for studying CO2 variance over the day/week/etc from city life. there's several papers on it. And they've found that early morning rush hour is when CO2 in the city peaks at ~435ppm. It then rises again in the evening but much smoother (not a spike) and lasts into the night before going back down to a low of ~375 around 2am. (makes sense, people are active once they get home, AC's are on, etc)
So I'm willing to bet the volcano anecdote someone told you is more than likely false.
(I don't care how many sock puppets you have, you wont succeed in burying objective fact)
The statement "Businesses have not grown large enough to co-opt government, not by a long shot." is patently, provably, and ridiculously false in these United States of America.
It's saying Up is Down, or Black is White. To say it with a straight face is a master feat of mummery.
To put is simply: it is more than mere BS. it is the purest essence of BS, having been distilled and refined several times to increase its potency to nearly 200 proof.
To say otherwise is a blatant denial of reality, which sadly is the typical gist of your comments. And pointing it out is not trolling or flamebait.
My ICE car has effectively unlimited range as long as I stop to refuel
FTFY.
And you're conflating range and convenience. that's a no-no.
So while it takes several hours for a model S to get 100% charge, it reaches 80% charge (and therefore range) in only 30 minutes at station with a Supercharger station. And I don't know about you, but I need to stretch my legs and rest a bit after driving 180ish miles. so stopping every 3 hours is still roughly in line with typical driving practices, especially if you have the family (and kids!!) along.
The breakeven point for that 12k price difference between you and the GP (assuming for a rate of 10k miles/year and fuel economy of 30mpg) from the cost of gas is between 8 and 14 years (includes the cost of electricity to charge the car).
The average ownership length across all cars is 10.5 years, and creeping up. The average ownership length of new cars is 6 years, and increasing even faster.
Costs of EVs are coming down, rebates and tax credits increasing, range increasing.
The economics of it just keep getting better and better every year. I expect parity within 5 more years, and an EV surge following that.
Only if you only compare upfront costs and costs over the life of the vehicle.
don't have the range of gas cars
Depends on model, but as a blanket statement it's patently false.
apartment dwellers have no way to charge them overnight
Depends on your complex, but as demand increases it's not at all unreasonable to think that charging hookups will become more common in parking areas, particularly of residences like apartment complexes.
normally I dismiss this "internet of things" as silliness. but here is an exception, where our autonomous cars can communicate to the road and the low power high efficiency streetlights can turn on as required (predictively, from knowing our destination) as we travel, and shut off again once we pass by.
as for retrofitting existing sockets with sensors, yes. home depot, lowes, grainger, and other building supplies stores sell them in various capacities (higher ones need more specialized suppliers like Grainger or WESCO).
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No the effective corporate rate is closer to 13%.
50% truly is just something you pulled out of your arse.
youre free market ignorance accepts the dog eat dog screw anyone to get ahead mentality as normal, in which some or many suffer so the few can prosper obscenely relative to the weakest.
it has this way through out human history. yes some tribes lived that way. but typically not long, particularly once the strongman died. he most successful tribes, and now nations, are those that DO seek a greater equality among their members, allowing all to prosper and benefit, not just the strongest amongst them.
what that mentality misses is that it doesn't have to be that way. every can benefit at the same time. in our a world someone with 100 billion dollars doesn't really live all that much better than someone with only 1 billion. yet that same 99billion excess would raise the comfort and quality of life of several thousand peoples, while that billionaire loses almost nothing in the exchange.
that's why a pure free market, why pure capitalism, is untenable.
it does really good as making an economy work, and allocating resources.
but it royally screws over the people at the edges.
it chews them up and spits them out, creating new edges as it consumes the weakest in the group, constantly shrinking the size of the group it benefits.
that's why its "rough edges" need smoothed out and controlled. the marriage of capitalism and socialism is like an attraction between opposites, as each complements the other, balancing out their inadequacies creating a whole that is stronger than the sum of its parts.
(Your knowledge of WWII history is weak anyway. The Allies would most likely have lost the war without US intervention; conversely, the Allies would most likely still have won the war even if Russia had stayed on the Axis side, again with US intervention.)
Look who's calling the kettle black.
That is not even lose to accurate. When the overwhelming number of casualties in the war occurred on the Eastern Front, when the overwhelming majority of men and material were expended on that front, the idea that we would have still won if those resources hadn't been spent fighting each other, but had instead been united against the western powers, is pure and utter stupidity.
Another history noob who fails to comprehend just how massive the Eastern Front really was.
Not well equipped? Not well led? Not even close to reality.
You're just another product of the poorly taught WWII history.
the USSR wasn't socialist.
Hell, it really wasn't even communist.
it was totalitarianism that paid lip service to communism more than anything
and if that is all you got, you've come to this battle of the wits unarmed.
One?
Just one?
That's a pretty low bar.
Here's 12:
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Netherlands
Belgium
Canada
Ireland
New Zealand
France
Germany
UK
Of the 13 richest nations with the most productive workforces and well-off populaces, 12 are socialist or have extensive state sponsored welfare programs.
Im guessing that if they can afford to pay the money back in, they aren't really in danger financially to start with.
You ain't supposed to read the damn thing!
You're just supposed to thump it, while telling others what to do!
Because none of these people ever thought of that before.
Ever.
Thank god they had random guy on the internet to save them from themselves, those silly smart people.
Global average maybe be 400ppm, but local concentration where I work, next to a very active runway, is ~600-700ppm.
Mexico City is famously known for its air pollution due to the fact its a very large city (one of largest in world), and located in a bowl with very little wind. this makes it ideal and popular for studying CO2 variance over the day/week/etc from city life. there's several papers on it. And they've found that early morning rush hour is when CO2 in the city peaks at ~435ppm. It then rises again in the evening but much smoother (not a spike) and lasts into the night before going back down to a low of ~375 around 2am. (makes sense, people are active once they get home, AC's are on, etc)
So I'm willing to bet the volcano anecdote someone told you is more than likely false.
"Windows 3.1 was so complicated that even a Boeing propulsion scientist couldn't figure out how to open a word processor."
All Slashdot submissions should be run through a fallacy checker prior to acceptance.
You're right. It's a mythical accusation with no basis in fact.
Reality calling on the phone for you.
It'd like you to return to it.
none of which are prevented by Voter ID laws.
all 31 of them
(I don't care how many sock puppets you have, you wont succeed in burying objective fact)
The statement "Businesses have not grown large enough to co-opt government, not by a long shot." is patently, provably, and ridiculously false in these United States of America.
It's saying Up is Down, or Black is White.
To say it with a straight face is a master feat of mummery.
To put is simply: it is more than mere BS. it is the purest essence of BS, having been distilled and refined several times to increase its potency to nearly 200 proof.
To say otherwise is a blatant denial of reality, which sadly is the typical gist of your comments.
And pointing it out is not trolling or flamebait.
If it were 4 hours, twice, you might have a point.
But again, the Tesla is 30 minutes every 3 hours.
Is it 5 minutes? No, but it's a lot closer to 5 minutes than it is to 4 hours.
Your fears are unfounded. And parking lots can be wired pretty easily.
"implying plugging it in while you're at work I guess"
Old news for folks used to plugging in block heaters.
They do still have moving parts, and therefore mechanics and lube will still be needed.
My ICE car has effectively unlimited range as long as I stop to refuel
FTFY.
And you're conflating range and convenience. that's a no-no.
So while it takes several hours for a model S to get 100% charge, it reaches 80% charge (and therefore range) in only 30 minutes at station with a Supercharger station. And I don't know about you, but I need to stretch my legs and rest a bit after driving 180ish miles. so stopping every 3 hours is still roughly in line with typical driving practices, especially if you have the family (and kids!!) along.
The breakeven point for that 12k price difference between you and the GP (assuming for a rate of 10k miles/year and fuel economy of 30mpg) from the cost of gas is between 8 and 14 years (includes the cost of electricity to charge the car).
The average ownership length across all cars is 10.5 years, and creeping up.
The average ownership length of new cars is 6 years, and increasing even faster.
Costs of EVs are coming down, rebates and tax credits increasing, range increasing.
The economics of it just keep getting better and better every year.
I expect parity within 5 more years, and an EV surge following that.
**Only if you only compare upfront costs and ignorecosts over the life of the vehicle.
(stupid lack of an edit button)
EVs cost significantly more than gas cars
Only if you only compare upfront costs and costs over the life of the vehicle.
don't have the range of gas cars
Depends on model, but as a blanket statement it's patently false.
apartment dwellers have no way to charge them overnight
Depends on your complex, but as demand increases it's not at all unreasonable to think that charging hookups will become more common in parking areas, particularly of residences like apartment complexes.
theres a flexibility and freedom of movement that renting also grants.
once you have a house, relocating becomes a good deal more difficult.
normally I dismiss this "internet of things" as silliness. but here is an exception, where our autonomous cars can communicate to the road and the low power high efficiency streetlights can turn on as required (predictively, from knowing our destination) as we travel, and shut off again once we pass by.
as for retrofitting existing sockets with sensors, yes. home depot, lowes, grainger, and other building supplies stores sell them in various capacities (higher ones need more specialized suppliers like Grainger or WESCO).