And high insurance costs are largely the result of unconstrained lawsuits, made possible in part because having a lawyer as a legislator is not forbidden as a conflict of interest.
Chinese labor costs are far below US or Germany. Even including shipping costs, with the same margins as China a US or German producer could not be competitive.
An equivalent to the Interstate system would have been built without federal involvement, it would just have taken an additional decade. Train track mileage has fallen under the weight of its own economic infeasibility; you make it sound as if the US Army Corps of Engineers were pulling up the tracks.
also the Credit Default Swap, which was a financial instrument created to keep Exxon from going bankrupt after the Valdez spill
Oh, say like the future scarcity of silicon from manufacturing solar panels
I didn't think it was possible for an adult on slashdot to be that ignorant. The earth's crust is 28% silicon. If the entire surface of ALL the planets were covered with solar cells made from materials on earth, we wouldn't find earth's silicon "scarce".
A 2 TB hard drive costs $100 and will store 3000 CDs uncompressed. If you're archiving, you don't want to lose the ability to have good quality as your playback equipment changes.
Modern (last 20 years) audio ADCs are of the delta-sigma type that effectively sample at a multiple (8 or higher) of the output sample rate. Filtering is applied in the digital domain using FIR filters with very sharp corners and no phase distortion. An analog filter of similar quality is quite simply impossible.
16 bits only provide a 98 dB dynamic range. If the system is set up not to clip at 120 dBA, a 10 dBA signal will disappear entirely in a 16 bit signal path.
Modern cars have fuel pumps in the gas tank. Vapor lock, if it did occur, would be quickly overcome by the fuel pump displacing the vapor with liquid.
Vapor lock occurred in old cars because the mechanical fuel pump was located on the engine block. Hot gas in the fuel pump vaporized, and the pump, designed to transfer liquid, was useless in pumping vapor.
Diesels (generally) do not compress a fuel-air mixture. They compress air and inject fuel near TDC. One of the reasons that gasoline is a bad fuel choice for a Diesel engine is that gasoline is an inferior lubricant, and Diesel engines are manufactured to rely on the lubrication qualities of the fuel.
Water will evaporate even when frozen. It's really not very useful to try to name an evaporation point, better considerations are partial vapor pressure and evaporation rate, both versus temperature (and other factors).
Damage to roads is not a linear function of weight, weight per wheel or weight per unit area. It increases rapidly with additional loading, and at some point it actually starts breaking the pavement.
This time of year, many minor roads in New Hampshire have signs like "No vehicles over 6 tons". Thin pavement over thawing mud is easily chewed to rubble by a heavily loaded truck, and no fuel tax will pay for that.
The car enthusiast magazines of the time described the development process of the Olds Diesel.
___1 Take gasoline engine, modify it for fuel injection and feed it Diesel fuel.
___2 Run engine until it broke.
___3 Replace broken part with a beefier one.
___4 Go to step 2 unless engine didn't break.
This turned out to be an inadequate development process.
Different economies apply to locomotives. They must be extremely durable and weight is not an issue. The electric motor acts as a transmission, not an alternate source of power.
So if a new diesel engine won't start, I have to find the right tank and pee into it.
Isn't modern technology wonderful?
Honest, officer, I wasn't exposing myself, I was just starting my car!
You fail reading comprehension. He said he had a hybrid, and those turn the IC engine off and on fairly frequently, rarely running even as much as a mile on battery alone. Deep cycling of some types of batteries does mean short life, and the manufacturers aren't stupid enough to allow that.
Unless an automatic transmission is on a vehicle presumed to be tough, or is part of a "towing package", towing heavy loads with an automatic transmission is an effective method of shortening its life. Lots of torque converter slip under heavy load means lots of heat.
Dust accumulates on CPU heatsinks. It doesn't take long (about a year in my case) for enough accumulation that the CPU starts throttling under a modest load.
Temperature monitor utilities are freely available. When the CPU temperature hits 65 C for no obvious reason, it's time to clean out the dust or you'll soon need a new computer.
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A poster above pointed out that Bosch is losing money at a startling rate. Not making too small a profit, just losing money by the bagfull.
And high insurance costs are largely the result of unconstrained lawsuits, made possible in part because having a lawyer as a legislator is not forbidden as a conflict of interest.
Chinese labor costs are far below US or Germany. Even including shipping costs, with the same margins as China a US or German producer could not be competitive.
What planet are you from?
In a typical year I pay $2000 for heating and $2 for air conditioning. Please explain how global warming is something I will pay for.
I didn't think it was possible for an adult on slashdot to be that ignorant. The earth's crust is 28% silicon. If the entire surface of ALL the planets were covered with solar cells made from materials on earth, we wouldn't find earth's silicon "scarce".
A 2 TB hard drive costs $100 and will store 3000 CDs uncompressed. If you're archiving, you don't want to lose the ability to have good quality as your playback equipment changes.
Modern (last 20 years) audio ADCs are of the delta-sigma type that effectively sample at a multiple (8 or higher) of the output sample rate. Filtering is applied in the digital domain using FIR filters with very sharp corners and no phase distortion. An analog filter of similar quality is quite simply impossible.
16 bits only provide a 98 dB dynamic range. If the system is set up not to clip at 120 dBA, a 10 dBA signal will disappear entirely in a 16 bit signal path.
The example being stupidity, narcissism, and vindictiveness. If you're after a GOOD example, it isn't Obama.
Good luck trying to tell Obama he can't take his popemobile where he damn well pleases. He don't need no stinkin' license.
Modern cars have fuel pumps in the gas tank. Vapor lock, if it did occur, would be quickly overcome by the fuel pump displacing the vapor with liquid.
Vapor lock occurred in old cars because the mechanical fuel pump was located on the engine block. Hot gas in the fuel pump vaporized, and the pump, designed to transfer liquid, was useless in pumping vapor.
Morale would skyrocket.
Diesels (generally) do not compress a fuel-air mixture. They compress air and inject fuel near TDC. One of the reasons that gasoline is a bad fuel choice for a Diesel engine is that gasoline is an inferior lubricant, and Diesel engines are manufactured to rely on the lubrication qualities of the fuel.
Water will evaporate even when frozen. It's really not very useful to try to name an evaporation point, better considerations are partial vapor pressure and evaporation rate, both versus temperature (and other factors).
Quebec can join with Louisiana and become its own country.
Damage to roads is not a linear function of weight, weight per wheel or weight per unit area. It increases rapidly with additional loading, and at some point it actually starts breaking the pavement.
This time of year, many minor roads in New Hampshire have signs like "No vehicles over 6 tons". Thin pavement over thawing mud is easily chewed to rubble by a heavily loaded truck, and no fuel tax will pay for that.
The car enthusiast magazines of the time described the development process of the Olds Diesel.
___1 Take gasoline engine, modify it for fuel injection and feed it Diesel fuel.
___2 Run engine until it broke.
___3 Replace broken part with a beefier one.
___4 Go to step 2 unless engine didn't break.
This turned out to be an inadequate development process.
Different economies apply to locomotives. They must be extremely durable and weight is not an issue. The electric motor acts as a transmission, not an alternate source of power.
That's why you should have your cat spayed.
So if a new diesel engine won't start, I have to find the right tank and pee into it.
Isn't modern technology wonderful?
Honest, officer, I wasn't exposing myself, I was just starting my car!
You fail reading comprehension. He said he had a hybrid, and those turn the IC engine off and on fairly frequently, rarely running even as much as a mile on battery alone. Deep cycling of some types of batteries does mean short life, and the manufacturers aren't stupid enough to allow that.
It's a seabird, isn't it?
Unless an automatic transmission is on a vehicle presumed to be tough, or is part of a "towing package", towing heavy loads with an automatic transmission is an effective method of shortening its life. Lots of torque converter slip under heavy load means lots of heat.
Dust accumulates on CPU heatsinks. It doesn't take long (about a year in my case) for enough accumulation that the CPU starts throttling under a modest load.
Temperature monitor utilities are freely available. When the CPU temperature hits 65 C for no obvious reason, it's time to clean out the dust or you'll soon need a new computer.