The US has benefited greatly from the existence and actions of the EPA. Air pollution standards have saved the lives or improved the health of millions, Water safety standards have done the same. But it is the corrupting of Government to forestall the effect of regulations by profit seeking corporations that is the root of the problem. CAFE standards were set more than 5 years ago. Why is Detroit playing their predictable behavior of doing nothing and when it comes time to implement, they whine and beg for delay or exceptions? Detroit even has free access to the intellectual property to effectively compete against Tesla and yet just wants to continue in its polluting ways.
Battery storage in houses, neighborhoods and at Grid substations will store Solar so that it is perfectly usable when the sun isn't shining.
Windmills in a large enough grid will always provide power. And when connected to Battery Storage, will always provide power when needed.
If modernizing the grid requires higher operating costs (or more correctly, capital recovery costs) then that is the cost of the externalities of using coal or other fossil fuels. e.g. it would be the correct cost to pay for electricity. If anything, if we fully account for the externalities of carbon and tax/price accordingly, then switching to renewables would likely save you money.
Innocent until PROVEN guilty. This person still has free speech rights as he is not (yet) a prisoner or even arrested. Just as Edward Snowden regularly interacts with conferences via telepresence so too should anyone else be extended that right.
If Chicago knows where he is (Slashdot seems to think they know where he lives) then they can issue a warrant and request extradition.
In case you haven't noticed, wind and solar spot rates are a fraction of oil and gas generated electricity and competitive with coal not counting coal's externalities which if fully accounted for would make using coal much more expensive.
To me, what is so interesting about Tesla's home/industrial battery offering (and other storage vendors) is the potential for off grid storage and creating micro-grids of neighbors. The ultimate F-you to the power companies that have refused to modernize their grids, refuse connecting solar panels to the grids and cling to fossil fuels.
The fallacy of a Libertarian believing that a single worker can bargain for their living wage with a UNION of Capitalists. No, the wage that everyone should at least be paid should be enough to live without desperation to feed, clothe and house their family and protect their health and savings.
When I added an AMEX Business card to my ApplePay, it required me to contact AMEX and then be put through the ringer of answering a bunch of obscure questions including responding as to whether I lived at the addresses they proffered. Some from decades ago. It's pretty freaky that a credit card company would know all that about you. There was probably little question that the card I was adding to ApplePay was assigned to me.
Automation of jobs even professional level jobs such as medical or legal is inevitable. The long term prospect is that humans will be superfluous to work. Therefore, our society needs to rethink the purpose of an economy and evolve.
Perhaps ideas like a Universal Basic Income become relevant in a future society devoid of meaningful work.
Perhaps automation makes economic scarcity of essential needs a thing of the past.
Perhaps people become free to seek their own happiness instead of toiling for sustenance.
But that would be monstrously scary to objectivist who might think that society must exploit and privatize everything.
There is a certification process for Electronic Medical Records systems called "Meaningful use". Stage 2 certification requires vendors to be able to exchange information whether or not the doctor or practitioner is a subscriber to that particular system.
Certification is a critical component as to whether an EMR is certified to use for submitting claims to government. Vendors are going to have to get their "stuff" together if they want to remain viable.
So lets see, Apple doesn't do their own R&D. Well, it is true that most hardware developers integrate components from a variety of sources. But maybe just maybe Apple has significant skin in the game.
What about: The Apple S1 single chip architecture haptic subsystem magsafe charging system (stolen from themselves) the UI, the UX, the OS all offer innovative features.
So yes "cunt" is a slang term for Vagina, but as far as I know, only females have them. So, if you referred to a nurse with the term "cunt' then by definition you have defined the nurse as having a specific gender. Coupled with the vulgar and derisive term "cunt", I would classify that as misogyny. So... There IS the misogyny...
Corporations are legally separate entities. They are to pay taxes. Then when they dividend their earnings, the shareholders pay taxes. Yes, the government may incentivize corporations to do all manner of social good through tax breaks but it has gone too far.
The state chose not to pursue over a billion in unpaid taxes. That would put a nice dent in the amount the State owes to schools. The state just gave Boeing NINE BILLION in tax giveaways. It's disgusting. These corporations should pay their taxes.
1) You assume most people on welfare were black 2) You assume that people on welfare always stay on welfare
In the 1960's 1970's, millions of poor blacks actually made it into the middle class when they got access to good paying jobs in places like Detroit, Ohio, etc.
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The US has benefited greatly from the existence and actions of the EPA. Air pollution standards have saved the lives or improved the health of millions, Water safety standards have done the same. But it is the corrupting of Government to forestall the effect of regulations by profit seeking corporations that is the root of the problem. CAFE standards were set more than 5 years ago. Why is Detroit playing their predictable behavior of doing nothing and when it comes time to implement, they whine and beg for delay or exceptions? Detroit even has free access to the intellectual property to effectively compete against Tesla and yet just wants to continue in its polluting ways.
Or give up on fossil fuels for your car. Problem solved.
Battery storage in houses, neighborhoods and at Grid substations will store Solar so that it is perfectly usable when the sun isn't shining.
Windmills in a large enough grid will always provide power. And when connected to Battery Storage, will always provide power when needed.
If modernizing the grid requires higher operating costs (or more correctly, capital recovery costs) then that is the cost of the externalities of using coal or other fossil fuels. e.g. it would be the correct cost to pay for electricity. If anything, if we fully account for the externalities of carbon and tax/price accordingly, then switching to renewables would likely save you money.
Innocent until PROVEN guilty. This person still has free speech rights as he is not (yet) a prisoner or even arrested. Just as Edward Snowden regularly interacts with conferences via telepresence so too should anyone else be extended that right.
If Chicago knows where he is (Slashdot seems to think they know where he lives) then they can issue a warrant and request extradition.
In case you haven't noticed, wind and solar spot rates are a fraction of oil and gas generated electricity and competitive with coal not counting coal's externalities which if fully accounted for would make using coal much more expensive.
To me, what is so interesting about Tesla's home/industrial battery offering (and other storage vendors) is the potential for off grid storage and creating micro-grids of neighbors. The ultimate F-you to the power companies that have refused to modernize their grids, refuse connecting solar panels to the grids and cling to fossil fuels.
http://www.presentationzen.com...
I suppose you think White people are the greatest thing since sliced white bread...
Didn't SCOTUS recently rule that a warrant was required to obtain cellphone metadata? If so, wouldn't that be relevant to this case?
Or you could buy 2 of them and get 4kW. ;-)
The fallacy of a Libertarian believing that a single worker can bargain for their living wage with a UNION of Capitalists. No, the wage that everyone should at least be paid should be enough to live without desperation to feed, clothe and house their family and protect their health and savings.
When I added an AMEX Business card to my ApplePay, it required me to contact AMEX and then be put through the ringer of answering a bunch of obscure questions including responding as to whether I lived at the addresses they proffered. Some from decades ago. It's pretty freaky that a credit card company would know all that about you. There was probably little question that the card I was adding to ApplePay was assigned to me.
It's my understanding that you can't simply just pull a charger handle out once charging has started, It's locked (on the Tesla Model S)
Universal Basic Income would be needed when the machines replace us. Even Lawyers and med techs are going to be replaced by AI's.
Automation of jobs even professional level jobs such as medical or legal is inevitable. The long term prospect is that humans will be superfluous to work. Therefore, our society needs to rethink the purpose of an economy and evolve.
Perhaps ideas like a Universal Basic Income become relevant in a future society devoid of meaningful work.
Perhaps automation makes economic scarcity of essential needs a thing of the past.
Perhaps people become free to seek their own happiness instead of toiling for sustenance.
But that would be monstrously scary to objectivist who might think that society must exploit and privatize everything.
There is a certification process for Electronic Medical Records systems called "Meaningful use". Stage 2 certification requires vendors to be able to exchange information whether or not the doctor or practitioner is a subscriber to that particular system.
Certification is a critical component as to whether an EMR is certified to use for submitting claims to government. Vendors are going to have to get their "stuff" together if they want to remain viable.
http://www.healthit.gov/provid...
So lets see, Apple doesn't do their own R&D. Well, it is true that most hardware developers integrate components from a variety of sources. But maybe just maybe Apple has significant skin in the game.
What about:
The Apple S1 single chip architecture
haptic subsystem
magsafe charging system (stolen from themselves)
the UI, the UX, the OS all offer innovative features.
So yes "cunt" is a slang term for Vagina, but as far as I know, only females have them. So, if you referred to a nurse with the term "cunt' then by definition you have defined the nurse as having a specific gender. Coupled with the vulgar and derisive term "cunt", I would classify that as misogyny. So... There IS the misogyny...
If corporations continue to do this, then the government should erect severe tariffs, exit fees, etc to discourage such behavior.
Corporations are legally separate entities. They are to pay taxes. Then when they dividend their earnings, the shareholders pay taxes. Yes, the government may incentivize corporations to do all manner of social good through tax breaks but it has gone too far.
The state chose not to pursue over a billion in unpaid taxes. That would put a nice dent in the amount the State owes to schools. The state just gave Boeing NINE BILLION in tax giveaways. It's disgusting. These corporations should pay their taxes.
Whatcom County or Tri-cities Washington.
Interesting ASSUMPTIONS you're making. Why do you think that?
If you can't even get an interview then it isn't about smarts is it?
So you taint all poor people because you think someone is lazy?
You have made 2 failures of logic.
1) You assume most people on welfare were black
2) You assume that people on welfare always stay on welfare
In the 1960's 1970's, millions of poor blacks actually made it into the middle class when they got access to good paying jobs in places like Detroit, Ohio, etc.