That would depend on the interpretation of the 8th Amendment. To be prohibited, must a punishment be both cruel and unusual? Or is either enough to trigger a prohibition? The punishment would certainly be unusual, but I wouldn't call it cruel when compared to other punishments already allowed.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. [emphasis added]
Quite simply, you're wrong. In addition, hard labor is not cruel (unless you're a liberal), nor is it unusual.
Polluting the water running by your house violates the property rights of people living downstream. Handling sewage properly prevents that rights violation. Forcing a solar installation protects nobody's rights.
You make a few good points and then destroy your credibility with paranoid ravings.
Photocell manufacturers in the U.S. are publicly owned corporations, the rest of them are foreign. Most of the companies that make arrays are small to moderate sized, and almost all of the installation companies are small. There are a few publicly owned construction companies like Meritage, and very many small companies that are little more than contractors.
The proposed law forcing new construction to have solar power is the result of leftist fools who think their whims should be law; that society should fit their Procrustean bed. That the citizenry of California lets them have their way shows that the whole state is insane.
It's relevant because someone paid to do mathematics is presumed to have the time, inclination, motivation, and ability to advance the field. An amateur is presumed to only be able to work on problems in his scant spare time, with a mind trained to handle problems in another field. This implies either that the amateur is a truly superior intellect or that the professionals are slackers.
Not correct, of course, but it's similar to rooting for the underdog.
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The lobbyists are more than half the problem.
The sentence is ambiguous. Are the handlers female, or are there beings of some sort that handle females?
P. T. Barnum was correct.
Colder winter. Must be due to global warming.
We're "so far ahead in the first place" because we're better.
You want to sequester some carbon? Stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
That would depend on the interpretation of the 8th Amendment. To be prohibited, must a punishment be both cruel and unusual? Or is either enough to trigger a prohibition? The punishment would certainly be unusual, but I wouldn't call it cruel when compared to other punishments already allowed.
If a telephone company proposed a solution, do you think any Public Utilities Commission would allow the rate increase needed to pay for it?
Quite simply, you're wrong. In addition, hard labor is not cruel (unless you're a liberal), nor is it unusual.
You misspelled "mental" as "medical".
Jealousy is really ugly.
You have no clue what rights are. You cannot violate your own rights; dying of old age is something you do to yourself.
C. Northcote Parkinson noted that the less consequence and value an issue has, the more people will voice their opinion, at length.
You'd make yourself look less silly if you tried checking your spelling.
You're assuming there would be no sale of water across the new national border.
Oh yes, California Courts, as arbitrary and capricious as the federal 9th circuit, but sillier.
Anarchy is lawlessness. Some laws protect freedom, such as laws prohibiting slavery.
My town has enough trouble finding volunteers to count paper ballets now. You want to make it more complicated, more labor intensive.
Invalid comparison. The $30k is an upfront cost, and needs to have interest and maintenance and insurance added to make the comparison valid.
About 3/4 of California's population lives in extended expensive urban areas. Forced solar will only make it worse.
Polluting the water running by your house violates the property rights of people living downstream. Handling sewage properly prevents that rights violation. Forcing a solar installation protects nobody's rights.
You make a few good points and then destroy your credibility with paranoid ravings.
Photocell manufacturers in the U.S. are publicly owned corporations, the rest of them are foreign. Most of the companies that make arrays are small to moderate sized, and almost all of the installation companies are small. There are a few publicly owned construction companies like Meritage, and very many small companies that are little more than contractors.
The proposed law forcing new construction to have solar power is the result of leftist fools who think their whims should be law; that society should fit their Procrustean bed. That the citizenry of California lets them have their way shows that the whole state is insane.
It's relevant because someone paid to do mathematics is presumed to have the time, inclination, motivation, and ability to advance the field. An amateur is presumed to only be able to work on problems in his scant spare time, with a mind trained to handle problems in another field. This implies either that the amateur is a truly superior intellect or that the professionals are slackers.
Not correct, of course, but it's similar to rooting for the underdog.
It's time to shed your red diapers.
Thus fiber, which is single-ended, can't be used for high speed communications?
Ah yes, the advantages of glass bottles. https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/write_light/11965346/677967/677967_original.jpg