While I agree with most of your premise...the one crack in its foundation is that coding isn't required for non IT jobs. Many many many engineering and scientific jobs are going to need passable coding skills to be competent.
Even within the IT world, the 'tester' is fast becoming their own flavor of a programmer. It's no longer viable to manually plod through an application as a human. You need repeatable testing 'scripts' that exercise that application. That's programming as well.
the Volt is definitely a step in the direction but it's only got 35 mi or so on electric only. The 200 threshold of the Bolt and Tesla 3 and possibly the 2018 Leaf will be a massive turning point in buying habits.
specified ranges are what I call SoCal ranges - no AC, no heat, no traffic. I'm not sure I'd really trust a 100 mi range for a real world 75 commute in the heat of the south or the frigid cold of winter - after a 3-4 years of degradation. Swapping out the battery that often negates the significant savings of vehicle electricification
I wonder what even a small solar panel on the roof might do to help out.
the funny thing is those 'liberals' are all about people paying their fair share. They're the ones saying we should RAISE the federal income tax to pay for our actual expenses.
And of course this would mean the GOP is in favor of double taxation
A 60w incandescent bulb costs $17/year to operate at 6 hours/day @ $0.12/ Kwh (your electric rate).
A 60w led bulb costs $2.15/year to operate at 6 hours/day @ $0.12/ Kwh (your electric rate).
That's a $15/year savings when purchasing a $0.50 LED bulb (10pack) from Lowes/Costco.
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$15/12 = $1.20~ savings per month. You'd pay for it's savings in a month even if you only used the bulb 3 hours a day.
Companies provide a wealth of benefits that cost them money. Health Insurance, life insurance, etc.
Attracting and keeping quality employees requires paying out up front. Especially in the IT world, but even basic govt contracting...if you're providing an EV charge ability...that will attract employees.
I think that's a relatively recent development. I have a Nexus 5 that's still IPS. I suspect the switch over, if it hasn't mostly happened, will switch pretty quickly once it starts so within a year or 2
people won't 'fully' charge at work, but range anxiety ensures they will be charging at work.
I have a 75 mile round trip and would LOVE an electric vehicle. Beyond the current production teslas, nothing has enough range to reliably handle that commute...given battery degradaton, AC or heater usage, even 100 mi range likely isn't enough
People will want to be topping up while at work.
An interesting caveat, I have garage parking at work. People might opt for outdoor parking so they could deploy their own solar panel. Not sure how much it would help, but every little bit likely does.
the only way to save power was to turn the brightness on her laptop down
one positive thing about the cell phone era is this fact is really front and center with any phone over a couple years old. Not sure people would really notice their laptop battery life from screen usage given the amount of charge it can hold.
A cell phone on the other hand shows that quite quickly
Add 'soak a t-shirt and wear it'. I'm a northern born type. anything above 70 degrees and I'm miserable. We spent a family reunion a few years ago at a cottage with no AC while it was 90+ degrees. Upon coming home, since we'd acclimated to very hot, I upped our AC temp setting from 70 to 74. Haven't noticed it a bit. (and we're living in DC area of VA so massive humidity).
It's amazing how much extra temp you can handle when your t-shirt is wet:)
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While I agree with most of your premise...the one crack in its foundation is that coding isn't required for non IT jobs. Many many many engineering and scientific jobs are going to need passable coding skills to be competent.
Even within the IT world, the 'tester' is fast becoming their own flavor of a programmer. It's no longer viable to manually plod through an application as a human. You need repeatable testing 'scripts' that exercise that application. That's programming as well.
Win10 was free for a large portion of the install base...
the sad part is you think that's a 'good' deal.
the Volt is definitely a step in the direction but it's only got 35 mi or so on electric only. The 200 threshold of the Bolt and Tesla 3 and possibly the 2018 Leaf will be a massive turning point in buying habits.
You are correct, I had remembered the Bolt after I posted. Still just 2 choices currently.
Again, projection TV onto a wall....is a 1% market share.
It's not a contrived one at all. Kitchen lights? on easily 3 hours a day. Main floor bathroom in a family of 4? going to be on fairly close.
It gets dark by 8pm in most places (yearly average). Unless you've got iron shins, your lights are on quite a bit.
if he gets to decry 'socialism' with an extreme example of Venezuela....using 'Socialist Democracies' of Scandinavia is perfectly legitimate
Scandinavia and Europe would like a word with you....
lol., fair. I blame phone keyboard!
Venezuela isn't socialist it's totalitarian.
specified ranges are what I call SoCal ranges - no AC, no heat, no traffic. I'm not sure I'd really trust a 100 mi range for a real world 75 commute in the heat of the south or the frigid cold of winter - after a 3-4 years of degradation. Swapping out the battery that often negates the significant savings of vehicle electricification
I wonder what even a small solar panel on the roof might do to help out.
the funny thing is those 'liberals' are all about people paying their fair share. They're the ones saying we should RAISE the federal income tax to pay for our actual expenses.
And of course this would mean the GOP is in favor of double taxation
You have to leave your lights on a lot in order to pay for them in only a month!
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A 60w incandescent bulb costs $17/year to operate at 6 hours/day @ $0.12/ Kwh (your electric rate).
A 60w led bulb costs $2.15/year to operate at 6 hours/day @ $0.12/ Kwh (your electric rate).
That's a $15/year savings when purchasing a $0.50 LED bulb (10pack) from Lowes/Costco.
BR> $15/12 = $1.20~ savings per month. You'd pay for it's savings in a month even if you only used the bulb 3 hours a day.
and also in market driven economics, another store will offer 'first in line' paid for charging at a subsidized rate
I suspect most future EV owners will happily pay for a charge
Companies provide a wealth of benefits that cost them money. Health Insurance, life insurance, etc.
Attracting and keeping quality employees requires paying out up front. Especially in the IT world, but even basic govt contracting...if you're providing an EV charge ability...that will attract employees.
I think that's a relatively recent development. I have a Nexus 5 that's still IPS. I suspect the switch over, if it hasn't mostly happened, will switch pretty quickly once it starts so within a year or 2
people won't 'fully' charge at work, but range anxiety ensures they will be charging at work.
I have a 75 mile round trip and would LOVE an electric vehicle. Beyond the current production teslas, nothing has enough range to reliably handle that commute...given battery degradaton, AC or heater usage, even 100 mi range likely isn't enough
People will want to be topping up while at work.
An interesting caveat, I have garage parking at work. People might opt for outdoor parking so they could deploy their own solar panel. Not sure how much it would help, but every little bit likely does.
CRT is king of an obscure sub 1% of market share.
Good luck with that.
the only way to save power was to turn the brightness on her laptop down
one positive thing about the cell phone era is this fact is really front and center with any phone over a couple years old. Not sure people would really notice their laptop battery life from screen usage given the amount of charge it can hold.
A cell phone on the other hand shows that quite quickly
Never fear, the GOP is going to rescue you by making sure corporations pay no taxes!
Your welcome!
Add 'soak a t-shirt and wear it'. I'm a northern born type. anything above 70 degrees and I'm miserable. We spent a family reunion a few years ago at a cottage with no AC while it was 90+ degrees. Upon coming home, since we'd acclimated to very hot, I upped our AC temp setting from 70 to 74. Haven't noticed it a bit. (and we're living in DC area of VA so massive humidity).
:)
It's amazing how much extra temp you can handle when your t-shirt is wet
Burning the methane changes the emissions to CO2. Less impactful greenhouse wise but far longer lasting. It's at best a stopgap measure.
density can refer to many things. like the density of fresh water...which an Iceberg certainly is in a salty sea...