They don't realize that the whole "small government" meme is driven by the super-wealthy
Bullshit. The super-wealthy (like Gates and Buffett) know full well how much they gain from their cronies, and they line up to give money to the Ruling Party.
Back in the days before Microsoft fucked it up, Skype was a reliable, secure communications platform. Dissidents routinely used it in countries ruled by totalitarian regimes.
You're aware that the last ice age hasn't ended yet, right?
That's a matter for debate. If you define the end of an ice age as the point where the ice is at a minimum, then you're right. If you define it as the point where most of Europe and North America aren't buried under a kilometer or two of ice, it ended about 12 thousand years ago.
There is no never-expanding-list of things you can't say.
There's no list of words I can't say, but there sure as hell is a list of words that will get knee-jerking SJW's bitching at you, and it expands all the time.
I'm getting 90 megabits LTE service at the moment from my "ghetto" T-Mobile unlimited data service which costs me $30 less per month than I was paying AT&T on my original grandfathered data plan.
So, how can Verizon win me as a customer? By insulting all of T-Mobile's customers? Yeah, not happening.
If the hydrogen is from a carbon neutral source, which I assume it must or it's a waste of time,
There are other advantages to hydrogen as a transport fuel besides the tree-hugger appeal.
would it not be more efficient to just burn the hydrogen in a traditional jet engine?
Nope. When you burn anything in an internal combustion engine, more than half of the energy from the reaction is lost as exhaust heat. If hydrogen fuel cells can be made with a similar power to weight ratio, then the ability to capture 70% or more of the chemical energy of the 2H2+O2 -> 2H20 reaction beats jet engines all to hell. A fuel cell/electric fan drive train would be far cheaper, require less maintenance, and much lower noise than today's aircraft.
I'm convinced that battery cars will be replaced by fuel-cell cars. Electric drive trains have some compelling advantages, but you get all of that plus range and fast fueling with hydrogen. Toyota's HFC car can refill in three minutes, and delivers over 400 miles of range.
I would say electric cars are more of a status symbol for people who want to pretend they are better than you.
Or people who really like high acceleration and don't need long-range capability. My friends who drive them don't show the attitude you're complaining about.
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They don't realize that the whole "small government" meme is driven by the super-wealthy
Bullshit. The super-wealthy (like Gates and Buffett) know full well how much they gain from their cronies, and they line up to give money to the Ruling Party.
-jcr
Trump's no Republican. Republicans don't give money to the Clintons.
-jcr
Back in the days before Microsoft fucked it up, Skype was a reliable, secure communications platform. Dissidents routinely used it in countries ruled by totalitarian regimes.
-jcr
You're aware that the last ice age hasn't ended yet, right?
That's a matter for debate. If you define the end of an ice age as the point where the ice is at a minimum, then you're right. If you define it as the point where most of Europe and North America aren't buried under a kilometer or two of ice, it ended about 12 thousand years ago.
-jcr
Raising the CO2 level in a greenhouse has major effects on growth rates. Pot growers and other hydroponics operations have been doing this for years.
-jcr
Higher CO2 levels mean more plant growth across the board. Farmland, rainforest, kelp, tundra, savanna grasses, you name it.
-jcr
Corporations don't pay taxes, they only collect them. That 50% you're calling for comes out of the shareholders' pockets.
-jcr
I've always said the environmentalists want us living in caves and scratching for nuts and berries.
Well, what they want is for YOU to be living like a North Korean serf, while they fly around in private jets like Leonardo DiCaprio.
-jcr
Why don't you go freeze in the dark?
-jcr
It's absolutely insane that Norway hasn't put him down like a rabid dog.
-jcr
I'm with you on that. I'm not trusting anything running Android in my house.
-jcr
Ever heard the saying "fish don't know they're wet"?
-jcr
There is no never-expanding-list of things you can't say.
There's no list of words I can't say, but there sure as hell is a list of words that will get knee-jerking SJW's bitching at you, and it expands all the time.
-jcr
I'm getting 90 megabits LTE service at the moment from my "ghetto" T-Mobile unlimited data service which costs me $30 less per month than I was paying AT&T on my original grandfathered data plan.
So, how can Verizon win me as a customer? By insulting all of T-Mobile's customers? Yeah, not happening.
-jcr
These companies have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to increase shareholder value, not to bail out the 4th Reich.
-jcr
Gun grabbers have a tendency to be snotty, since they can't make cogent arguments for disarming crime victims.
-jcr
It has a much poorer energy density by weight and volume than jet fuel.
Volume yes, weight no. There's a reason why hydrogen was used in the first stage of the Saturn V.
-jcr
Electric engines don't have that issue.
Actually, they do. Not the motors so much as the fans, but there's still a tradeoff.
-jcr
If the hydrogen is from a carbon neutral source, which I assume it must or it's a waste of time,
There are other advantages to hydrogen as a transport fuel besides the tree-hugger appeal.
would it not be more efficient to just burn the hydrogen in a traditional jet engine?
Nope. When you burn anything in an internal combustion engine, more than half of the energy from the reaction is lost as exhaust heat. If hydrogen fuel cells can be made with a similar power to weight ratio, then the ability to capture 70% or more of the chemical energy of the 2H2+O2 -> 2H20 reaction beats jet engines all to hell. A fuel cell/electric fan drive train would be far cheaper, require less maintenance, and much lower noise than today's aircraft.
-jcr
That's all you need to do when any ISP plays along with this bullshit.
-jcr
Solid-state lithium batteries have as much power density as fuel cells+storage and can refill just as fast
Can you show me a battery pack for a vehicle that recharges in three minutes?
-jcr
I want to just talk to the car to adjust temperature, ask for ETA to my destination, select a playlist, etc.
-jcr
I'm convinced that battery cars will be replaced by fuel-cell cars. Electric drive trains have some compelling advantages, but you get all of that plus range and fast fueling with hydrogen. Toyota's HFC car can refill in three minutes, and delivers over 400 miles of range.
-jcr
I would say electric cars are more of a status symbol for people who want to pretend they are better than you.
Or people who really like high acceleration and don't need long-range capability. My friends who drive them don't show the attitude you're complaining about.
-jcr
Is anybody really surprised how incompetent a central government is?
Sadly, yes. I encounter boot-licking idiots on a daily basis who tell me that government can solve problems.
-jcr