"Real money is the result of productive activity, where the word 'productive' really means that something is being produced that others are voluntarily willing to trade for in a way that is sustainable for both, the producer and the consumer."
And the value of the work that humans do now has been reduced due to automation and robots, yet costs of living remain high (for the most part). Former blue collar workers were able to transition to "white collar" work (much of it of dubious value to begin with, and many jobs existed simply due to interdepartmental rivalries and empire-building activities of executives) decades ago, but now there's nowhere left to go as human knowledge, experience and skills are being built into software/hardware. Yes, there are/will be some jobs building and maintaining automated systems, but nowhere near the amount of jobs eliminated. It's not going to be pretty, the middle class will be much more than decimated and I foresee many ditches being dug and then refilled the next day...
Exactly. It's extremely misleading to quote nameplate capacity and then do victory laps, but it's done all the time with wind and solar (for obvious reasons).
The taxpayer-funded professional climate change worriers have engaged social psychologists, sociologists and psychiatrists (unlimited OPM, don't you know) before and will continue to do so. You see, if you don't unquestioningly accept all their projections of doom and disaster and you disagree with whatever absurdly costly "solutions" they propose you must be crazy, comrade.
Now mods, I command you to make my comment disappear.
Why make bad science even worse by adjusting the actual data?
Because this is a political issue, and there are hundreds of billions of dollars, careers, emotional investments, self-flattering moral superiority positioning and reputations at stake.
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"Real money is the result of productive activity, where the word 'productive' really means that something is being produced that others are voluntarily willing to trade for in a way that is sustainable for both, the producer and the consumer."
And the value of the work that humans do now has been reduced due to automation and robots, yet costs of living remain high (for the most part). Former blue collar workers were able to transition to "white collar" work (much of it of dubious value to begin with, and many jobs existed simply due to interdepartmental rivalries and empire-building activities of executives) decades ago, but now there's nowhere left to go as human knowledge, experience and skills are being built into software/hardware. Yes, there are/will be some jobs building and maintaining automated systems, but nowhere near the amount of jobs eliminated. It's not going to be pretty, the middle class will be much more than decimated and I foresee many ditches being dug and then refilled the next day...
LOL, mod up!
"Unless you are ready to erect gulags to enslave people you can't make them live their lives to fund your unlimited socialist dreams."
That's what robots are for!
"I'm just wondering how the hell they plan to enforce it."
I don't think enforcement is the goal, comrade. The goal is to start you thinking along the lines of self-censorship.
I have to wonder about how many laptop screens were designed to have additional weight hanging from their sides.
You're right. It's just local government and federal government-level chemists that are paid more than private sector.
Am I reading this right? That private sector chemists are paid less than government sector chemists?
they will and can get wrong if they don't know exactly how it looks from all angles
This is why drafting and technical drawings used to be important.
Look up kafkatrapping.
90% of "outrage" is virtue signalling and peer pressure.
I agree that "drones" must be kept out of flight paths, but what kind of damage can a five pound RC helicopter do to a multi-ton flying fire truck?
Scale is off.
...All we need to do is end the subsidies...
Heretic! Blasphemer! Burn the witch!
Hey I thought OPM stood for Other People's Money.
Exactly. It's extremely misleading to quote nameplate capacity and then do victory laps, but it's done all the time with wind and solar (for obvious reasons).
Excellent comment.
The taxpayer-funded professional climate change worriers have engaged social psychologists, sociologists and psychiatrists (unlimited OPM, don't you know) before and will continue to do so. You see, if you don't unquestioningly accept all their projections of doom and disaster and you disagree with whatever absurdly costly "solutions" they propose you must be crazy, comrade.
Now mods, I command you to make my comment disappear.
Great post, and the fact that you felt the need to add those words after, 'sincerely' tells us all we need to know about the True Believers.
"But like CO2 emissions, it's best not to take the chance..."
You were doing well up till there.
I'd like to buy your rock, Lisa.
3D printing is great stuff all by itself. No need to associate it with the Climate Change scam.
Didn't do too well in math?
"This guy is simply a sociopathic asshole who is just being provocative to get page views."
That's about all the jobs that are left, after outsourcing/offshoring, automation, various financial implosions, jobless "recoveries", etc.
Is any news not written by PR/marketing/advertising agencies these days?
Why make bad science even worse by adjusting the actual data?
Because this is a political issue, and there are hundreds of billions of dollars, careers, emotional investments, self-flattering moral superiority positioning and reputations at stake.