And thank you for playing. Less than 1% of the electricity generated in the US is from oil. Solar and Wind only generate electricity. So well under 1% of all oil is used to generate electrical power. It was less the 2% of all oil in 2004 and has gone down to under 1% of the oil used in the US.
And you just flunked your skeptic and critical thinking test. 1. You assumed you knew the truth. 2. You failed to question the truth. 3. spouted off without doing any research. 4. You trusted without question those that told you that Solar and Wind would reduce our dependence on foreign oil when it is less than 1% of our oil use. 5. I am willing to bet that you are proud of your critical thinking skills and consider yourself an enlightened skeptic yet you showed none of those skills.
BTW Solar and Wind compete more with coal which is a good thing.
Probably because they are often paired together. People seem to forget that thousands of German americans and Italian Americans were also interned but the bar was much lower for Japanese Americans on the west coast and Hawaii. Not every Japanese American was interned. The causes for that are not taught again because of fear that showing the causes some how makes it look like justification. Odds are the mutant registration has far more to do with the Holocaust than the Japanese internment camps IMHO the adding in of the Japanese internment is just a bit of political correctness pandering.
And thankyou for playing 1. I never said we shouldn't reduce our use of oil. 2. Only 3% of all electricity in the US is generated by using oil. Please check for yourself. Just Google US electrical power by source. 3. Solar and wind are used to make electricity. Which is as shown above not really generated with oil. 4. You assume that I am anti solar and or wind. I am not but they do not replace oil. 5. You might try to justify your statement by saying that we could use electric cars... Well yes but again that would reduce our use of oil but where the electricity comes from is the not cause for the reduction in the use of foreign oil. Unless people start building oil fired plants to make the power for cars which would be dumb with all the natural gas we have. 6. You assume that Solar and Wind advocates will not lie to you... If they say that Solar and Wind will reduce our dependence on foreign oil it is a lie. 7. You assumed you knew the truth and were not willing to question it.... And I bet you pride yourself on being a skeptic and critical thinker...
You keep using that word but I do not think you know what it means.
Critical Thinking == "You should try this water it has smaller molecules so it hydrates you faster!". Ummmm No it doesn't smaller molecules and no it will not.
Cynical == most what people post in the comments of slashdot. It is almost and example of critical thinking or higher mental functioning.
Stupid == We need solar and wind to reduce our dependance on foreign oil.
" which were the treatment of Jews in Europe and of the Japanese in the US during WW2" Talk about two vastly different levels.
The treatment of Americans of Japanese descent in the US was shameful. The the treatment of the Jews by Nazi Germany was a Holocaust.
The sad thing is that treatment of Americans of Japanese descent has become so politicised that much of the history about it has been rewritten and many of the triggers are not taught because of fear that people will be accused of trying to justify it.
I said playground. You know where you went outside and had recess and you played four-square "not the app", or tetherball, or tag, or soccer, or catch... You know a playground.
So change it. We do live in a democracy. The fastest way for us to not live in a democracy is to let individuals decide they know best. Snowden could have turned the info over senators on both sides of the isle. I have faith that at least one or two would have taken it up but without the dumping of all the sensitive info into the public.
Really people you have it backwards the cause was no misogyny that is a symptom. If this guy had been gay he would have hated men that did not want to sleep with him. If this person had been a straight woman she would have hated men that would not sleep with her. If this person had been a gay woman she would have hated women that would not sleep with her.
They key here is Narcissist. It is selfishness taken to a pathological level. People like that hate those that do not give them what they want.
We have more than enough class rooms they are just in the wrong places. The actual number of young people has been decreasing since the end of the baby boom. I do agree that more classrooms is better but I really want them to take a pyramid approach to schools. Lots of small elementary schools with no busing. You go to school near where you live. Middle schools are fewer and much larger so you meet more people and have an opportunity to take more diverse classes. High schools are massive and very few with as diversity in classes and students.
It was that way at one of the elementary schools when I was growing up. Most of the schools did not have the "problem" because they had extra class rooms because of end of segregation. They made elementary 1-5, "kindergarten was added a few years latter." Sixth grade was moved to the black elementary school and seventh grade to the black high school.
My elementary school had no AC until I was in 5th grade. It was supposed to but they didn't want to spend the money at the time. The joys of first grade in south florida in a school with no AC and windows facing north south when the wind is east west. The good part was the south side of the building had few windows and a large overhang.
So the president knew about it........ Yeah....... I can see how that makes all the difference....... So the highest elected official knew and approved and that some how invalidates my statement?
" The democratically elected part of the government was largely in the dark about this, making Snowden's actions doubly justified." Really then why hasn't President Obama pardoned him and given him a metal?
Sorry sparky, but President Obama who was democratically elected has done nothing but pressed charges and tried to block his escape.
1. She was using a 1965 Science textbook in 1976 when the school had newer science books IN HER CLASSROOM! 2. She was using the 1965 Science textbook in 1978 as well. 3. She was using the 1965 Science textbook in 1980......
Sorry but blind faith in unions is just as bad as people that say they are all bad. My mother fought to get her to use the new books but was told that she could do what she wanted by the admin and school board. That is the simple truth. The Unions do not do enough to help the good teachers and do too much to help the bad teachers. My sister was a teacher before she just couldn't take it.
Because every contractor has the right to overrule the democratically elected government when they think they are right. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Dude it is not right winger crap. Person experience, my 5th grade teacher refused to use the new science books because she knew the old ones. That was not reason to fire her.
I did not say get ride of the Unions now did I? The Unions should fight for teachers to do their jobs well, that is all I ask. That they not fight getting ride of bad teachers as well as fighting for more pay and more resources for the good ones.
" there is an incredible amount of" Actually the amount is very small when you compare it to the other waste produced making power. The difference is 100% is captured vs just pumped into the air.
" That waste needs to be safely stored for thousands of years"
Tesla does not make a gas car at all. And the Tesla is a LOT more expensive then the Fiat 500e. Not really apples to apples plus the fact that Teslas are now a brand that holds extreme cache with the rich tech crowd. It is sort like a Prius. It does not matter that the Honda Civic Hybrid is a very good hybrid or that the Chevy Volt is a very good plug in hybrid. For some people just owning a Prius makes a statment. THe same is true with the Tesla. Honestly I would like a Tesla but I can could get an Audi RS7 for the same price and.... Or I could get a Nissan Leaf and an VW Passat TDI with a enough left over to buy a Kia Rio.
"and I think unions play a role" In keeping bad teachers employed. Unless the unions are willing to strive for excellence and not job preservation then they will keep being part of the problem.
The problem is looking back I can tell you that I had more bad teachers than good ones. Yes good teachers are valuable but from my personal experience I would say that 60% are not good. Of course that was a few decades ago. I remember my 5th grade teacher using 10 year old science books because she did not want to learn the new ones. Of course that meant we had books that said someday man would walk on the moon in 1976 when we did get a lesson in science. She really did not like science much so she just didn't teach it. And of course the town was very well to do and the school was in the well to do part of the town so you expect us to at least have some good field trips... We went to a park even though Cape Kennedy and Harbour Branch where near by.
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And thank you for playing.
Less than 1% of the electricity generated in the US is from oil. Solar and Wind only generate electricity.
So well under 1% of all oil is used to generate electrical power. It was less the 2% of all oil in 2004 and has gone down to under 1% of the oil used in the US.
http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/...
And you just flunked your skeptic and critical thinking test.
1. You assumed you knew the truth.
2. You failed to question the truth.
3. spouted off without doing any research.
4. You trusted without question those that told you that Solar and Wind would reduce our dependence on foreign oil when it is less than 1% of our oil use.
5. I am willing to bet that you are proud of your critical thinking skills and consider yourself an enlightened skeptic yet you showed none of those skills.
BTW Solar and Wind compete more with coal which is a good thing.
Probably because they are often paired together. People seem to forget that thousands of German americans and Italian Americans were also interned but the bar was much lower for Japanese Americans on the west coast and Hawaii. Not every Japanese American was interned. The causes for that are not taught again because of fear that showing the causes some how makes it look like justification.
Odds are the mutant registration has far more to do with the Holocaust than the Japanese internment camps IMHO the adding in of the Japanese internment is just a bit of political correctness pandering.
And thankyou for playing
1. I never said we shouldn't reduce our use of oil.
2. Only 3% of all electricity in the US is generated by using oil. Please check for yourself. Just Google US electrical power by source.
3. Solar and wind are used to make electricity. Which is as shown above not really generated with oil.
4. You assume that I am anti solar and or wind. I am not but they do not replace oil.
5. You might try to justify your statement by saying that we could use electric cars... Well yes but again that would reduce our use of oil but where the electricity comes from is the not cause for the reduction in the use of foreign oil. Unless people start building oil fired plants to make the power for cars which would be dumb with all the natural gas we have.
6. You assume that Solar and Wind advocates will not lie to you... If they say that Solar and Wind will reduce our dependence on foreign oil it is a lie.
7. You assumed you knew the truth and were not willing to question it.... And I bet you pride yourself on being a skeptic and critical thinker...
You keep using that word but I do not think you know what it means.
Critical Thinking == "You should try this water it has smaller molecules so it hydrates you faster!". Ummmm No it doesn't smaller molecules and no it will not.
Cynical == most what people post in the comments of slashdot. It is almost and example of critical thinking or higher mental functioning.
Stupid == We need solar and wind to reduce our dependance on foreign oil.
" which were the treatment of Jews in Europe and of the Japanese in the US during WW2"
Talk about two vastly different levels.
The treatment of Americans of Japanese descent in the US was shameful.
The the treatment of the Jews by Nazi Germany was a Holocaust.
The sad thing is that treatment of Americans of Japanese descent has become so politicised that much of the history about it has been rewritten and many of the triggers are not taught because of fear that people will be accused of trying to justify it.
Wow
Slashdot you really need add a +1 crazy to the moderation levels.
Someone might actually enjoy reading the nut jobs on Slashdot.
I said playground. You know where you went outside and had recess and you played four-square "not the app", or tetherball, or tag, or soccer, or catch... You know a playground.
That was way too long of a conversation you had. I would have said no, go away.
No one should have deal that kind of harassment from any gender.
So change it. We do live in a democracy.
The fastest way for us to not live in a democracy is to let individuals decide they know best.
Snowden could have turned the info over senators on both sides of the isle. I have faith that at least one or two would have taken it up but without the dumping of all the sensitive info into the public.
Really people you have it backwards the cause was no misogyny that is a symptom.
If this guy had been gay he would have hated men that did not want to sleep with him.
If this person had been a straight woman she would have hated men that would not sleep with her.
If this person had been a gay woman she would have hated women that would not sleep with her.
They key here is Narcissist. It is selfishness taken to a pathological level. People like that hate those that do not give them what they want.
And more evidence that a belief in the theory of evolution is not and indicator of science literacy.
The amount of bad science I see on slashdot is just depressing.
I have a kindle but almost never use it. I tend to read on my nexus7 for books and Nexus 10 for magazines and comics.
Our school board is in an old mall so it still is done.
For a School it is harder to do that? Where do you put the play ground?
We have more than enough class rooms they are just in the wrong places.
The actual number of young people has been decreasing since the end of the baby boom.
I do agree that more classrooms is better but I really want them to take a pyramid approach to schools.
Lots of small elementary schools with no busing. You go to school near where you live.
Middle schools are fewer and much larger so you meet more people and have an opportunity to take more diverse classes.
High schools are massive and very few with as diversity in classes and students.
It was that way at one of the elementary schools when I was growing up. Most of the schools did not have the "problem" because they had extra class rooms because of end of segregation. They made elementary 1-5, "kindergarten was added a few years latter." Sixth grade was moved to the black elementary school and seventh grade to the black high school.
My elementary school had no AC until I was in 5th grade. It was supposed to but they didn't want to spend the money at the time. The joys of first grade in south florida in a school with no AC and windows facing north south when the wind is east west. The good part was the south side of the building had few windows and a large overhang.
So the president knew about it........
Yeah....... I can see how that makes all the difference.......
So the highest elected official knew and approved and that some how invalidates my statement?
Except that no laws where broken.
" The democratically elected part of the government was largely in the dark about this, making Snowden's actions doubly justified."
Really then why hasn't President Obama pardoned him and given him a metal?
Sorry sparky, but President Obama who was democratically elected has done nothing but pressed charges and tried to block his escape.
1. She was using a 1965 Science textbook in 1976 when the school had newer science books IN HER CLASSROOM!
2. She was using the 1965 Science textbook in 1978 as well.
3. She was using the 1965 Science textbook in 1980......
Sorry but blind faith in unions is just as bad as people that say they are all bad.
My mother fought to get her to use the new books but was told that she could do what she wanted by the admin and school board.
That is the simple truth. The Unions do not do enough to help the good teachers and do too much to help the bad teachers. My sister was a teacher before she just couldn't take it.
Because every contractor has the right to overrule the democratically elected government when they think they are right. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Dude it is not right winger crap. Person experience, my 5th grade teacher refused to use the new science books because she knew the old ones. That was not reason to fire her.
I did not say get ride of the Unions now did I? The Unions should fight for teachers to do their jobs well, that is all I ask. That they not fight getting ride of bad teachers as well as fighting for more pay and more resources for the good ones.
" there is an incredible amount of"
Actually the amount is very small when you compare it to the other waste produced making power. The difference is 100% is captured vs just pumped into the air.
" That waste needs to be safely stored for thousands of years"
Not if the fuel is reprocessed.
Tesla does not make a gas car at all. And the Tesla is a LOT more expensive then the Fiat 500e.
Not really apples to apples plus the fact that Teslas are now a brand that holds extreme cache with the rich tech crowd. It is sort like a Prius. It does not matter that the Honda Civic Hybrid is a very good hybrid or that the Chevy Volt is a very good plug in hybrid. For some people just owning a Prius makes a statment. THe same is true with the Tesla.
Honestly I would like a Tesla but I can could get an Audi RS7 for the same price and.... Or I could get a Nissan Leaf and an VW Passat TDI with a enough left over to buy a Kia Rio.
"and I think unions play a role"
In keeping bad teachers employed.
Unless the unions are willing to strive for excellence and not job preservation then they will keep being part of the problem.
The problem is looking back I can tell you that I had more bad teachers than good ones. Yes good teachers are valuable but from my personal experience I would say that 60% are not good. Of course that was a few decades ago. I remember my 5th grade teacher using 10 year old science books because she did not want to learn the new ones. Of course that meant we had books that said someday man would walk on the moon in 1976 when we did get a lesson in science. She really did not like science much so she just didn't teach it. And of course the town was very well to do and the school was in the well to do part of the town so you expect us to at least have some good field trips... We went to a park even though Cape Kennedy and Harbour Branch where near by.