I think the government has a legitimate national security interest in developing a transportation system that does not completely grind to a halt the day someone sets off a few nukes in the major oil-producing areas of the world.
Hybrid and electric technology is what could make the difference between an event like that being a serious problem and it being a complete disaster.
The problem is the government is already unfairly picking winners and already subsidizing fossil fuel vehicles by failing to require that manufacturers and operators of fossil fuel vehicles pay for the pollution they generate in order to internalize the externalities.
Have they done any math to check this? Any thought?
The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel.[1][2] On average, as of April 2014, state and local taxes add 31.5 cents to gasoline and 31.0 cents to diesel, for a total US average fuel tax of 49.9 cents per gallon for gas and 55.4 cents per gallon for diesel.[3]
About a 15% tax on energy for gas powered vehicles. What's the energy tax on all those shiny electric plug ins?
"Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average."
When your Navy is stronger than the British Navy, it's hard to argue that your Navy is for "self-defense".
That depends on who you might be trying to defend yourself from. China and Russia are the primary threats to Japan, across 500 miles of ocean, and they're in a naval arms race with each other, and China is testing Japan.
I found a detailed US report to Congress on the huge ramp up of the Chinese navy from 2000-present.
I don't think it's hard to decide who to bet on here. The US industry that almost entirely went backrupt (except for Ford), or Google, which already has a better autonomous car than any of those bozos.
If those guys had any brains, they'd saddle up with Google as fast as they could.
Again... the idea that corporations can have religion is absurd.
Corporations are groups of people getting together under a charter. Many corporations are based in religion and conscience. Many for profit corporations have elements of religion and conscience. Non profits are generally incorporated as well.
It's funny. Progressives complain that corporations only worship profit, and then when they act on other values, they demand they only worship profit.
But there's been some work that shows CO2 levels have to be below 250 ppm for the Earth to drop into the next glaciation. As long as levels are above that the next glaciation will be indefinitely postponed.
Which would make the release of all the evil CO2 the best thing ever done for human sustainability.
Oh, they needn't worry about that. When the permafrost thaws, all the sequestered CO2 and methane frozen in the ice and soil is going to release in giant poisonous bubbles and asphyxiate them all.
Lovers of Gaia, haters of humans. Always full of glee when Gaia smites the evil human infestation.
Medicine, and particularly the Doctor's part in it, is fundamentally an information technology, which would be getting cheaper, faster, better, and more accurate every year but for the state enforced monopolistic shake down.
Google could replace 80% of doctors with free web app in a year, and a free market in medicine and diagnostics would reduce prices to a tenth of what they're currently.
If that leads to a job, great, but that shouldn't be the point.
6-figure debt makes it the point. A debt that you cannot refinance makes it the point. A debt you can't escape through bankruptcy makes it the point.
Yeah, it's all fine and dandy to talk about education as discovering the wonders of the universe, but few would go into debt 100k for the feel good experience, particularly when it's available to you for free. If you want to discover the universe, a universe of information is available to you on the web. Read it and feel all warm and fuzzy.
But if you want a family and any financial security, that kind of money needs to *produce* an equal or greater amount of benefit that you couldn't get otherwise.
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Step one is decriminalizing getting stoned without approval from the state.
Step two would be decriminalize taking medicine without approval from the state.
A free man doesn't expect his employer to be his mommy too - that's how a serf thinks.
Look around you. Do you see people who *want* to be free men, or *want* to be serfs?
I think the government has a legitimate national security interest in developing a transportation system that does not completely grind to a halt the day someone sets off a few nukes in the major oil-producing areas of the world.
Hybrid and electric technology is what could make the difference between an event like that being a serious problem and it being a complete disaster.
Powered by abundant local reserves of coal! Yay!
The problem is the government is already unfairly picking winners and already subsidizing fossil fuel vehicles
by failing to require that manufacturers and operators of fossil fuel vehicles pay for the pollution they generate in order to internalize the externalities.
Have they done any math to check this? Any thought?
A quick trip to La Wik:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel.[1][2] On average, as of April 2014, state and local taxes add 31.5 cents to gasoline and 31.0 cents to diesel, for a total US average fuel tax of 49.9 cents per gallon for gas and 55.4 cents per gallon for diesel.[3]
About a 15% tax on energy for gas powered vehicles. What's the energy tax on all those shiny electric plug ins?
What, intruding actual scale and proportion into a political argument?
Off with his head!
Thor is a male god.
Thor is an established character, based on the mythical Thor.
Making Thor female is just a publicity stunt.
Female Jesus and Muhammad, coming soon to a comic near you.
But I kid. They wouldn't even dare to draw Muhammad, let alone slap tits on him.
Like all good bureaucrats, they're all about their power, and don't give a shit about the law, because they're above it.
The NSA, the IRS, the EPA, the FDA, the FAA, all just spitting in our faces because they can, they know it, and they want to make sure that we do too.
They are the Tax Ranchers, we are the Tax Cattle.
Say it with me.
"Moo".
This is too hilarious. Explains a lot, though.
"Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average."
So, put high IQ society membership on resume? Probably would turn off some people, but it sounds like Zuckerberg would like it.
And how long did evolution take to make an ant? How long from there to a human?
Nope, not following instructions. I think all of those were based in machine learning.
I guess Google's car is following instructions too, like "drive me to New York", but most would still count that as AI.
It's like solitary confinement.
My own room! Yay!
When your Navy is stronger than the British Navy, it's hard to argue that your Navy is for "self-defense".
That depends on who you might be trying to defend yourself from. China and Russia are the primary threats to Japan, across 500 miles of ocean, and they're in a naval arms race with each other, and China is testing Japan.
I found a detailed US report to Congress on the huge ramp up of the Chinese navy from 2000-present.
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL3...
I don't think it's hard to decide who to bet on here. The US industry that almost entirely went backrupt (except for Ford), or Google, which already has a better autonomous car than any of those bozos.
If those guys had any brains, they'd saddle up with Google as fast as they could.
For those ranting that corporations should have no religious or speech rights, realize that almost all advocacy groups are incorporated.
Again... the idea that corporations can have religion is absurd.
Corporations are groups of people getting together under a charter. Many corporations are based in religion and conscience. Many for profit corporations have elements of religion and conscience. Non profits are generally incorporated as well.
It's funny. Progressives complain that corporations only worship profit, and then when they act on other values, they demand they only worship profit.
**the science is SETTLED!
But there's been some work that shows CO2 levels have to be below 250 ppm for the Earth to drop into the next glaciation. As long as levels are above that the next glaciation will be indefinitely postponed.
Which would make the release of all the evil CO2 the best thing ever done for human sustainability.
Oh, they needn't worry about that. When the permafrost thaws, all the sequestered CO2 and methane frozen in the ice and soil is going to release in giant poisonous bubbles and asphyxiate them all.
Lovers of Gaia, haters of humans. Always full of glee when Gaia smites the evil human infestation.
I just realized that the cops (or anyone) could point my phone at me to open it. Time to turn off that facial password.
This remark is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of knowledge and learning...
Nice of you to preface your remark with an accurate warning label.
Medicine, and particularly the Doctor's part in it, is fundamentally an information technology, which would be getting cheaper, faster, better, and more accurate every year but for the state enforced monopolistic shake down.
Google could replace 80% of doctors with free web app in a year, and a free market in medicine and diagnostics would reduce prices to a tenth of what they're currently.
Ivory Tower Mentality right here:
If that leads to a job, great, but that shouldn't be the point.
6-figure debt makes it the point. A debt that you cannot refinance makes it the point. A debt you can't escape through bankruptcy makes it the point.
Yeah, it's all fine and dandy to talk about education as discovering the wonders of the universe, but few would go into debt 100k for the feel good experience, particularly when it's available to you for free. If you want to discover the universe, a universe of information is available to you on the web. Read it and feel all warm and fuzzy.
But if you want a family and any financial security, that kind of money needs to *produce* an equal or greater amount of benefit that you couldn't get otherwise.
That is their term limit - their lifetimes.
People hate losing data, unless they want the data lost. Oopsie, all gone.