What "huge percentage"? I thought it was single-digits Hydro is 6.5%. But its a higher percentage in parts of the country that have invested in it (like the Pacfic Northwest). In my mind, 6.5% is pretty significant - certainly more than solar or wind.
What I'd like to see: More nuclear power, more wind farms, more hydroelectric especially in the oceans (generate power from the tides), solar cells on more rooftops, vehicles that use electricity in some form - could be compressed air - instead of gasoline, less use of coal, less use of natural gas, plus more efficiency (LED lights, better insulation, automated ways to turn stuff off when you aren't using it, more efficient power adapters for electronics, etc.).
_unless_ it's wind or solar (or Nuclear if you want to be scientific rather than emotional), no. Some huge percentage of the electric power used in the USA is from hydroelectric power plants (especially in the west).
I assume you live right next to a coal powered electric plant, then.
When the coal is being burned all in one place, it makes it easier to attach scrubbers to the plant to reduce emissions -- or we could just switch away from coal altogether. There are many other ways to generate electricity. Plus, we can also make more efficient use of the electricity we have by doing things like replacing inefficient appliances with more efficient ones, changing personal habbits, switching to CF or even better LED lighting.
If we are going to really solve our problems, we have to address pollution from vehicles. There is no way around that.
There are lots of places where electricity comes from hydroelectric dams. Solar is becoming more practical all the time. So is wind. I just saw an ad for nuclear power. None of these contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
Patents expire after 15 years. They're also a matter of public record. So I really don't see how any single company can suppress a given technology on a permanent basis. IBM tried it with relational databases. It didn't work so well for them when Oracle finally brought the idea to market.
Rather than driving such a large vehicle, you should try not driving like such a jackass and maybe you'd avoid an accident rather than having to survive one.
Every one of Google's businesses are cases of doing someone else's idea better. Cant wait to see what is coming, but for the moment, I cant see the fault in Ballmer's logic. I'm not saying his comments aren't correct about Google, but the whole pot/kettle thing made me almost fall out of my chair laughing. "Oh, Google is in a whole bunch of unprofitable businesses - wah!"
Why does everyone keep saying it was a naked picture. It wasn't - it was just a picture of him appearing on Fox News (Hannity and Colmes). If you bothered to watch the apology video, he basically said that he was embarassed to have appeared on Hannity and Colmes and that was why he sent the takedown notices - he basically didn't want to be reminded that he was on the show.
I have no idea WHY he appeared on Hannity and Colmes, but if I had appeared on it, I guess I'd be embarrassed too.
The iPhone can probably do most everything you want. Its a phone, email, decent camera, replaces the iPod, etc. I'd take the iPhone and leave everything else.
I'd go with just the clothes on my back, an iPhone, and that's it.
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What I'd like to see: More nuclear power, more wind farms, more hydroelectric especially in the oceans (generate power from the tides), solar cells on more rooftops, vehicles that use electricity in some form - could be compressed air - instead of gasoline, less use of coal, less use of natural gas, plus more efficiency (LED lights, better insulation, automated ways to turn stuff off when you aren't using it, more efficient power adapters for electronics, etc.).
If only people would get off their high horses and realize that most diseases can be solved using XML.
I assume you live right next to a coal powered electric plant, then.
When the coal is being burned all in one place, it makes it easier to attach scrubbers to the plant to reduce emissions -- or we could just switch away from coal altogether. There are many other ways to generate electricity. Plus, we can also make more efficient use of the electricity we have by doing things like replacing inefficient appliances with more efficient ones, changing personal habbits, switching to CF or even better LED lighting.
If we are going to really solve our problems, we have to address pollution from vehicles. There is no way around that.
There are lots of places where electricity comes from hydroelectric dams. Solar is becoming more practical all the time. So is wind. I just saw an ad for nuclear power. None of these contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
GM is so fucking incompetent that their whole company is a joke.
Rather than driving such a large vehicle, you should try not driving like such a jackass and maybe you'd avoid an accident rather than having to survive one.
Man has never walked on the moon.
Man will never walk on the moon.
Don't believe the lies from NA$A.
I had some white space in my code that I think IBM stole from me. How much can I get?
Google actually meant "Don't be evil - to our profits."
As a result of this article, I went to his website and read some of his "articles". He is a fool.
Greenpeace is widely known to be liars.
If criminals are mostly stupid, why do most crimes go unsolved?
Most people who get caught make a bad mistake. Otherwise police couldn't catch them.
The police have a hard job trying to solve most crimes.
Why does everyone keep saying it was a naked picture. It wasn't - it was just a picture of him appearing on Fox News (Hannity and Colmes). If you bothered to watch the apology video, he basically said that he was embarassed to have appeared on Hannity and Colmes and that was why he sent the takedown notices - he basically didn't want to be reminded that he was on the show.
I have no idea WHY he appeared on Hannity and Colmes, but if I had appeared on it, I guess I'd be embarrassed too.
What if you want to stream HD video from your computer to a wireless set top box (like a next gen AppleTV)?
It is a lot lower in the hard sciences and also a lot lower among those who publish more.
The iPhone can probably do most everything you want. Its a phone, email, decent camera, replaces the iPod, etc. I'd take the iPhone and leave everything else.
I'd go with just the clothes on my back, an iPhone, and that's it.
You need therapy to get over your Apple envy issues before you stab someone in the head and steal their MacBook.
It is pretty obvious you haven't worked on consumer electronics of any kind. A $50 item on a bill of materials is very high.