When lives are at stake you mostly plan for the worst case scenario, unless you are a cynic of course.
The trouble is that doing what you suggest puts millions of lives at risk in itself. The third world already has severe energy-poverty problems without being burdened with more.
What about cost efficiency? How many trillions of dollars would it cost every several years to fit and maintain a big hydro-electric dam with Tesla's batteries?
I suspect it's because people don't want to keep spending $100,000 per year for 50 years to lock dirtbags who will never see the outside again -- or worse, will.
A country's legal system doesn't have to lower itself to the level of the criminals it is punishing.
It happens to be *illegal* to kidnap and forcibly confine people. Since the legal system should not lower itself to the levels of criminals, it must therefore set all prisoners free!
The gender wage gap is a myth. When you control for all the extraneous variables, men and women are paid the same. The reality is that men are paid more because they are willing to take uglier, riskier jobs, move longer distances for them, work longer hours, have more experience and qualifications in occupations with stronger demand, are willing to demand higher salaries, and are less likely to leave their career tracks for family obligations. Sorry to burst your politically correct bubble.
The wage-gap argument doesn't even make sense. Just imagine if a company could get the same productivity out of women and pay them 30% less. It would have an enormous competitive advantage over every other company in its industry and all the companies would quickly be forced to either hire all women themselves or go out of business, not because of any misguided government interference, but purely because of overwhelming free-market forces. The same argument applies for women in the boardroom. If they gave a company a distinct competitive advantage, every company would already be forced by the market to have lots of them.
If you want to stop CO2 increase then you have to tax fossil fuels.
Merely taxing CO2 emissions doesn't accomplish anything other than increasing tax revenues. In order to actually limit emissions, you need to tax it so heavily that your administration will be thrown out in the next election.
The Bechdel test makes some (although not much) sense for a movie
The widespread failure of the test confirms that movies about women are boring box-office losers. You might think that the 51% of the population that is women might be interested in paying to see such movies, but apparently not.
The Bechdel test makes some (although not much) sense for a movie
It confirms that movies about women are boring box-office losers. You'd think that the 51% of the population that is women might be interested in paying for such movies, but apparently not.
An important reason to want a user-replaceable battery is that rechargeable batteries wear out after two or three years. If you can replace it yourself, you can just get a compatible one from Amazon for $15. If not, then you have an expensive "repair".
In January 1983, Commodore offered a $100 rebate in the United States on the purchase of a C64 to anyone trading in another video game console or computer.[27] To take advantage of this rebate, some mail-order dealers and retailers offered a Timex Sinclair 1000 for as little as $10 with purchase of a C64, so the consumer could send the TS1000 to Commodore, collect the rebate, and pocket the difference; Timex Corporation departed the computer market within a year.
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The trouble is that doing what you suggest puts millions of lives at risk in itself. The third world already has severe energy-poverty problems without being burdened with more.
What about cost efficiency? How many trillions of dollars would it cost every several years to fit and maintain a big hydro-electric dam with Tesla's batteries?
So, you're saying that just about everyone sold their positions during the few minutes of the flash crash?
Was her name Jenny?
I suspect it's because people don't want to keep spending $100,000 per year for 50 years to lock dirtbags who will never see the outside again -- or worse, will.
It's also not right to kidnap and forcibly confine people. Therefore, all prisoners must be set free...
Sketch is a very visual system for learning to program.
Before your lake floods the entire continent?
It happens to be *illegal* to kidnap and forcibly confine people. Since the legal system should not lower itself to the levels of criminals, it must therefore set all prisoners free!
Indeed, she does fit the "crazy bitch" stereotype rather well.
The gender wage gap is a myth. When you control for all the extraneous variables, men and women are paid the same. The reality is that men are paid more because they are willing to take uglier, riskier jobs, move longer distances for them, work longer hours, have more experience and qualifications in occupations with stronger demand, are willing to demand higher salaries, and are less likely to leave their career tracks for family obligations. Sorry to burst your politically correct bubble.
http://www.amazon.ca/Why-Earn-More-Warren-Farrell/dp/0814472109/
The wage-gap argument doesn't even make sense. Just imagine if a company could get the same productivity out of women and pay them 30% less. It would have an enormous competitive advantage over every other company in its industry and all the companies would quickly be forced to either hire all women themselves or go out of business, not because of any misguided government interference, but purely because of overwhelming free-market forces. The same argument applies for women in the boardroom. If they gave a company a distinct competitive advantage, every company would already be forced by the market to have lots of them.
So that's every job everywhere, right?
Because installing solar panels doesn't require much in the way of rare intellectual skills?
Math models so sophisticated, in fact, that they entirely failed to predict the current global warming hiatus.
Merely taxing CO2 emissions doesn't accomplish anything other than increasing tax revenues. In order to actually limit emissions, you need to tax it so heavily that your administration will be thrown out in the next election.
Perhaps the IPCC should calculate the risks and outcomes of crying wolf too many times.
If you get overrun by a 1.5mm/year sea level rise, I'm not sure how much sympathy I'd have for you.
Gore isn't a politician any more; he's a wannabe carbon-credit billionaire.
The widespread failure of the test confirms that movies about women are boring box-office losers. You might think that the 51% of the population that is women might be interested in paying to see such movies, but apparently not.
It confirms that movies about women are boring box-office losers. You'd think that the 51% of the population that is women might be interested in paying for such movies, but apparently not.
If the Semantic Web is so wonderful, then why did it fizzle out?
The recommended detonation count is 117.
Already been done.
An important reason to want a user-replaceable battery is that rechargeable batteries wear out after two or three years. If you can replace it yourself, you can just get a compatible one from Amazon for $15. If not, then you have an expensive "repair".
Reminds me of the following passage in the Commodore-64 Wikipedia page:
In January 1983, Commodore offered a $100 rebate in the United States on the purchase of a C64 to anyone trading in another video game console or computer.[27] To take advantage of this rebate, some mail-order dealers and retailers offered a Timex Sinclair 1000 for as little as $10 with purchase of a C64, so the consumer could send the TS1000 to Commodore, collect the rebate, and pocket the difference; Timex Corporation departed the computer market within a year.