Then there has to be some sort of game theory where the 1% establish what is the maximum benefit to themselves without having to wear blade-proof turtlenecks. Where is that point?
"There are four ways to spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why you really watch out for what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well then, I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it costs, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40 percent of our national income."
Someone should decide the optimal CO2 percentage in the atmosphere, then. It must be maintained somewhere between the level where plants start shutting down and...what? How much is too much?
India, China and other large emitters are going to go ahead with current industry plans (and I don't blame them at all for this decision), so - what? The west has to even further de-industrialize to make up for increases in developing nations? I call that committing economic suicide.
"I don't believe you." "Then you're an idiot."
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And there, folks, is the attitude that The True Believers have towards anyone who questions their religion/hypothesis/politics, despite the fact that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. They definitely don't have the latter, so responses are as above or 'shut up' or 'fuck off' or...
Forensic analysis proved difficult because the bodies may have been left to decompose or be eaten by insects and pigs on the farm. During the early days of the excavations, forensic anthropologists brought in heavy equipment, including two 50-foot (15-meter) flat conveyor belts and soil sifters to find traces of remains. On March 10, 2004, it was revealed that Pickton may have ground up human flesh and mixed it with pork that he sold to the public; the province's health authority later issued a warning. Another claim was made that he fed the bodies directly to his pigs.
"First, drones require little to no flying skills on the part of the operator."
Reminds me of some now-gone professions that used to require skill, talent, knowledge and natural ability. To some extent the new tools encourage shorter term planning, result in a reduced pride of workmanship, enable more feigned competence and allow entry of otherwise unsuitable people into the field.
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Then there has to be some sort of game theory where the 1% establish what is the maximum benefit to themselves without having to wear blade-proof turtlenecks. Where is that point?
Now THAT'S "social engineering" (notice that the new meaning for "social engineering" has popularly replaced the old).
Because she has a uterus and is a Clinton, that's why.
Supposedly it was in a bathroom closet in Colorado or something.
It does seem like a good idea, but I think it would meet with fierce resistance in part from all the government jobs it would eliminate.
"He ordered the State Department to reach out to the FBI to see if..."
What the FUCK is with this language.
I miss him already.
"even domestic trucks of donated fuel were turned back because only authorized vendors selling at elevated prices were allowed in"
Got a link for that?
"There are four ways to spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why you really watch out for what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well then, I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it costs, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40 percent of our national income."
- Milton Friedman
Who needs actual observations and facts when a computer model output or assessment is so much cleaner?
Don't forget the inevitable objections of the NIMBYs and BANANAs.
Reminds me of the term 'Social Engineering' (as well as others) and how it has been redefined to convey something other than its original meaning.
Someone should decide the optimal CO2 percentage in the atmosphere, then. It must be maintained somewhere between the level where plants start shutting down and...what? How much is too much?
India, China and other large emitters are going to go ahead with current industry plans (and I don't blame them at all for this decision), so - what? The west has to even further de-industrialize to make up for increases in developing nations? I call that committing economic suicide.
+1 Bet you don't get modded up, though.
"I don't believe you."
"Then you're an idiot."
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And there, folks, is the attitude that The True Believers have towards anyone who questions their religion/hypothesis/politics, despite the fact that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. They definitely don't have the latter, so responses are as above or 'shut up' or 'fuck off' or...
Funny how 'useful idiot' is now attributed to a different origin by Wikipedia.
It's been clear for many years that a new human-caused, non-falsifiable future environmental apocalypse hypothesis is needed.
Mumble...Nixon investigation...
Why would they give you the exact denotations when all you're going to do is try to find something wrong with it?
"Actually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
We're at 0.04% now. How will vegetation survive? At what percentage of atmospheric CO2 do plants start shutting down?
Energy prices are only up in Japan 30% over the past four years, what's the big deal?
Subsidies running out - fun times ahead.
Ugh:
Forensic analysis proved difficult because the bodies may have been left to decompose or be eaten by insects and pigs on the farm. During the early days of the excavations, forensic anthropologists brought in heavy equipment, including two 50-foot (15-meter) flat conveyor belts and soil sifters to find traces of remains. On March 10, 2004, it was revealed that Pickton may have ground up human flesh and mixed it with pork that he sold to the public; the province's health authority later issued a warning. Another claim was made that he fed the bodies directly to his pigs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"First, drones require little to no flying skills on the part of the operator."
Reminds me of some now-gone professions that used to require skill, talent, knowledge and natural ability. To some extent the new tools encourage shorter term planning, result in a reduced pride of workmanship, enable more feigned competence and allow entry of otherwise unsuitable people into the field.
I don't think they're profitable without subsidies.