Companies are playing both sides of the pond and actually harming the west. It is long past time for our nations to work together and come up with a decent solution. these days, I believe that we should kill corporate taxes, and instead use sale/vat tax, combined with dividend taxes.
Regardless, the west is being played by our own companies, & none of the western nations can do anything, until we all work together.
Not earning enough from the massive penalties (5-10x what Europe fines European companies, when they do go after them) that Europe charges the Internet Giants. The real problem is that we are not taxing the Sales over the internet properly, combined with nations (such as Ireland) that does not charge corporate taxes. To be fair, I would rather that America moves to 0% tax if the company is here (and is doing the bulk of the work here), otherwise a simple 25% tax on them.
It is long past time for the west to worth together and come up with an honest and fair solution to all of this. A VAT or Sales tax is fine on internet sales, but ideally, we make them universal across the west.
Nope. He does not hate China. He is just using them hoping to take attention away from his treason.
HOWEVER, he was doing the right thing with CHina. We will see what happens down the road. I suspect that his deal with China will be a joke and a half, and fix nothing.
I agree with you. This is wrong. I'm hoping that they block this. The west is supposed to work together, not fight each other like this. What Trump/GOP are doing is just plain wrong.
We have issues with sharing data, taxation, laws, patents, etc. This needs to be re-done, and hopefully, without Trump/Pence as American president. We really need leadership, which the west's leadership is currently controlled by Putin.
And we need not only more of these, but need to spread them wisely.
Boston Dynamics and Rethink are 2 great examples of robotics that have failed due to poor marketing.
Baxter would be ideal for separating trash out, as well as taking around electronics. Yet, they botched it. In so many ways, it is the same issue that Laser Disc had.
Totally agree about the shale gas and basically, the economics. However, unless those coal plants were shut down in the last year or so OR were built in the last 5 years, they already are far far too expensive to re-start. And NO COMPANY in America is going to build another coal plant. They all know that they will be hit later on shutting it down or paying massively to clean up.
Hmmm.
Lets see. Great 'Murica has kept coming down in CO2, until this year, but should continue down in spite of Trump.
OTOH, CHina continues to ADD massive amounts of new coal plants, while America continues to replace ours with AE and Nat Gas.
Instead, the preamble of the bill seemingly argues that Montana's emissions are all due to commerce that takes place within the state, and thus "any federal greenhouse gas regulatory program in the form of law or rule violates the 10th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States."
The fact is, that the MAJORITY of CO2 is actually from GDP (i.e. commerce), and not individuals.
However, to claim that it is all due to Commerce is as much of a joke as those that say that normalization should be based on per capita.
The problem with CO2 is that extremists on both sides are trying to control it. And both without any science or logic to back it up.
Old growth matters. Yes. That is best. OTOH, when all you have are pine/spruce and most are dead, then you are better off clearing away the dead trees and RE-PLANTING.
Lumber ppl will come in and use what they can. BUT, there is plenty of material that they can not, but the bio-mass ppl can. These are the ppl making pellets that go into heat stoves or are used at electrical plants. Your past 2 govs allowed SOME lumber work, but none of the bio-mass clearing. Keep in mind that there would still be plenty of others, esp if not done as wiping out the area, but in normal cross patterns.
No. China and India do NOT get to pollute 7 times more than America. Neither have the economy that America has (china is approaching), which it is GDP that is the real producer of CO2. Hpowever, the REAL problem is that ALL nations need to drop our CO2, or at worst, not grow it. India needs to stop their CO2 growth, but thankfully, they are fairly low (though they are 3rd highest emitter).
And no, we need on-demand systems. Nuke is not only viable, but probably the only real choice. This BS about heavily subsidizing AE (just wind and solar) so that it is cheaper than nukes and then declaring nukes too expensive is INSANE. Worse, adding batteries/storage to it, only increases the costs. What is needed for America is to replace OLD nuclear power plants with new nuclear power plants. We also need to add more wind/solar, but we can not add too much. Just look at what is happening to Germany. They are one of the MOST expensive electricity in Europe (as well as one of the major emitters in Europe) while France is one of the cheapest (and cleanest).
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This is why we desperately need a 3 Rd party. Both of the 2 majors do nothing but play with issues and fucking solve nothing.
Companies are playing both sides of the pond and actually harming the west. It is long past time for our nations to work together and come up with a decent solution. these days, I believe that we should kill corporate taxes, and instead use sale/vat tax, combined with dividend taxes. Regardless, the west is being played by our own companies, & none of the western nations can do anything, until we all work together.
7 European drug companies were fine .5 B, in which multiple ppl died from lack of a good drug, while Google was charged 5 B for requiring search/chrome on Android, if mobile phone company wanted to use play store. How many ppl died? None. How many businesses were forced to install play store? None.
here we see that Europe is going after Google for basically charging too little. look, I believe in going after companies for monopolistic actions. To be honest, these companies need to be broken up. But, those fines are still out of line, esp the android one, and even the ads.
Not earning enough from the massive penalties (5-10x what Europe fines European companies, when they do go after them) that Europe charges the Internet Giants.
The real problem is that we are not taxing the Sales over the internet properly, combined with nations (such as Ireland) that does not charge corporate taxes. To be fair, I would rather that America moves to 0% tax if the company is here (and is doing the bulk of the work here), otherwise a simple 25% tax on them.
It is long past time for the west to worth together and come up with an honest and fair solution to all of this. A VAT or Sales tax is fine on internet sales, but ideally, we make them universal across the west.
Nope. He does not hate China. He is just using them hoping to take attention away from his treason.
HOWEVER, he was doing the right thing with CHina. We will see what happens down the road. I suspect that his deal with China will be a joke and a half, and fix nothing.
I agree with you. This is wrong. I'm hoping that they block this. The west is supposed to work together, not fight each other like this. What Trump/GOP are doing is just plain wrong.
We have issues with sharing data, taxation, laws, patents, etc. This needs to be re-done, and hopefully, without Trump/Pence as American president. We really need leadership, which the west's leadership is currently controlled by Putin.
America has NO RIGHT doing this. It was what Russia did within USSR and CHina does. Now, we are becoming no different than other dictatorial nations.
And we need not only more of these, but need to spread them wisely.
Boston Dynamics and Rethink are 2 great examples of robotics that have failed due to poor marketing.
Baxter would be ideal for separating trash out, as well as taking around electronics. Yet, they botched it. In so many ways, it is the same issue that Laser Disc had.
America does not produce this. So, did they go with China or Europe?
Seriously, this is less disruptive than having backdoors in it. Far far better for Europe to buy European 5G.
Run the water through the U adsorbant and then through the one that picks up both. If all the U was picked out first, then vanadium should remain.
nope. Not true.
In fact, we would have a lot more hydro, nuclear, geothermal, wind and nat gas, if it was not for the build out of coal.
Totally agree about the shale gas and basically, the economics. However, unless those coal plants were shut down in the last year or so OR were built in the last 5 years, they already are far far too expensive to re-start. And NO COMPANY in America is going to build another coal plant. They all know that they will be hit later on shutting it down or paying massively to clean up.
sorry, but when our society spews enough to change the climate, then yeah, it is a pollutant.
Hmmm.
Lets see. Great 'Murica has kept coming down in CO2, until this year, but should continue down in spite of Trump.
OTOH, CHina continues to ADD massive amounts of new coal plants, while America continues to replace ours with AE and Nat Gas.
So, nope.
The fact is, that the MAJORITY of CO2 is actually from GDP (i.e. commerce), and not individuals.
However, to claim that it is all due to Commerce is as much of a joke as those that say that normalization should be based on per capita.
The problem with CO2 is that extremists on both sides are trying to control it. And both without any science or logic to back it up.
Oh. Thanx. When did that happen?
Seriously, now that my oldest is 12, he wants his private pilot license. Flight controls with MS SIM, and flightgear go a long way to helping.
Long past 1999. None issue.
So does china and Russia. The question is who will get their first and have prime real estate, as well as the bonafide for being first base.
Old growth matters. Yes. That is best. OTOH, when all you have are pine/spruce and most are dead, then you are better off clearing away the dead trees and RE-PLANTING.
Lumber ppl will come in and use what they can. BUT, there is plenty of material that they can not, but the bio-mass ppl can. These are the ppl making pellets that go into heat stoves or are used at electrical plants. Your past 2 govs allowed SOME lumber work, but none of the bio-mass clearing. Keep in mind that there would still be plenty of others, esp if not done as wiping out the area, but in normal cross patterns.
that was because your gov have been opposed to allowing full clearing/replanting of that area.
really?
If so, thanx. I will avoid them.
No. China and India do NOT get to pollute 7 times more than America. Neither have the economy that America has (china is approaching), which it is GDP that is the real producer of CO2. Hpowever, the REAL problem is that ALL nations need to drop our CO2, or at worst, not grow it. India needs to stop their CO2 growth, but thankfully, they are fairly low (though they are 3rd highest emitter).
And no, we need on-demand systems. Nuke is not only viable, but probably the only real choice. This BS about heavily subsidizing AE (just wind and solar) so that it is cheaper than nukes and then declaring nukes too expensive is INSANE. Worse, adding batteries/storage to it, only increases the costs. What is needed for America is to replace OLD nuclear power plants with new nuclear power plants. We also need to add more wind/solar, but we can not add too much. Just look at what is happening to Germany. They are one of the MOST expensive electricity in Europe (as well as one of the major emitters in Europe) while France is one of the cheapest (and cleanest).
Here. Good write-up on this.