Horn's rev is built with Vestas' faulty windmills. After all their problems they stopped selling offshore windmills.
Siemens Wind Power is the only producer of offshore parks as far as I know and have not experienced any major problems. Several parks are planned in the UK at Siemens are putting up the so called Greater Gabbard wind farm with arounrd 140 windmills.
Relax dude, stop with the SUV hating.
What you propose is a tax on gas, it would meet all the demands you set.
If you drive an inefficient(fuel wise) vehicle you pay a bigger tax, than if you drive a Prius or a bicycle.
But the real problem here is: How are you going to control the tax? Who's getting all that money? Greenpeace? The windmill companies? Solar power plants? The children? How are you going to control that they will not just be what every other tax is, an excuse for power and cashgrab from the elected officals, and special interest groups.
"And still provides the cheapest power available from any technology with ZERO carbon emissions."
This is only because you offset the use of carbon fuels to the mining of the uranium which is very energy demanding.
All in the name of research baby.
"The internet" as we know it was in part created at CERN, if that does not merit researching high energy particles, I don't know what does.
http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.html
This seems to be the order of the day. No matter how weird a case you have, if it gets turned down in the supreme court, take it to a human rights court instead.
Ok, while your starting point was good you went way overboard here:
"Your generation aren't the ones who've had to die by the thousands in Iraq...many of you, when you *were* our age yourselves, dodged service."
See, those that go to Iraq are not drafted, they have chosen to go into the armed forces of their own free will. Making a comparison with someone "his age" dodging service, and dying from a calculated risk is not very good.
"As Al Gore said, this is a moral issue. Whose side are you on?"
Yeah, thats a politician talking allright. Have you stopped beating your wife mr. Gore?
"freedoms you've been blessed with"
Whatever happened to: "We hold these truths to be self-evident"?
He has not been blessed with anything, its all those other people living in dictatorships that have been robbed.
Its funny you should say that you are a liberal. Liberty is about freedom, freedom to do whatever you choose, as long as it does not hurt anyone else. But I guess its the more modern version of the vote, meaning that "you have whatever freedoms we choose to give you".
Gee, so just being stripped from wealth and power is going to make everything ok?
I oppose the death penalty as much as the next guy, but please!
This man is a tyrant and a brutal murderer.
Thats also assuming that said wind turbines produces electricity at that rate, and that no loss occurs.
Wind and solar power is great and all, but if its not economically viable, then its just not ready for the big market yet.
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A good book does not last more than 2½hours? That certainly depends! If you are such a fast reader, I will recommend Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, albeit that some parts might bore you to tears, the whole of the book is excellent:)
"Yeah, but Iran and North Korea are run in the wrong way"
Yes, they are Dictatorships. Rather a weapon in the hands of many people in a democratic nation, than in the hands of a single, or group of madmen blinded by their own views of the world.
"Microsoft spends money to develop Vista. In a free market, Microsoft could then sell Vista at a market-set price, generally close to the marginal cost of production."
The market is a homogenous market, meaning that individual consumers have certain preferences towards certain products. In this case they favor Microsofts, because the dont like the other ones (Apple, Linux etc.). If Microsoft were making SOOO much money as is generally assumed it could be no problem for a competitor to arise and make a better and cheaper product.
Sweden is hopefully coming down from the top.
Members of the parliament in Sweden have lately uttered that they find censorship OK, if minorities are involed in a hatefull way. YAP YAP YAP.
Look at it the other way around.
Why would you be better off if there was a person telling you to pay, rather than a machine?
If its so glorious then why dont we ditch all out ATMs and bring back more bank-clerks?
Exactly, its a process, I am well-aware that the laid-off people wont find new jobs the day after being laid-off. But less and less low-tech jobs means that people will get a higher incentive to get educated, and incentives matter!
While it was true it cost someone his job, it also effectively lowered the price of the subcontractors operations, which in turn, will make it cheaper for you.
When will people understand that in the long run better technology is a win-win, no matter how you look at it. Yes widespread RFID will cost alot of people their jobs at supermarkets when people can just go through the exit and the price is deducted automatically from the account. These people, althought sad and with no job at first, will find other jobs and society will be better off in general.
Please be aware the amount of oil it takes to process the uranium ore from the rocks. This is a huge amount! On top of that, uranium is just like oil, there is only so much of it.
Wave energy is a good idea, but some research should be put into how this affects the seas. Granted there is a lot of energy in there, but taking some out would probably have some effect?
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Horn's rev is built with Vestas' faulty windmills. After all their problems they stopped selling offshore windmills.
Siemens Wind Power is the only producer of offshore parks as far as I know and have not experienced any major problems. Several parks are planned in the UK at Siemens are putting up the so called Greater Gabbard wind farm with arounrd 140 windmills.
Relax dude, stop with the SUV hating. What you propose is a tax on gas, it would meet all the demands you set. If you drive an inefficient(fuel wise) vehicle you pay a bigger tax, than if you drive a Prius or a bicycle. But the real problem here is: How are you going to control the tax? Who's getting all that money? Greenpeace? The windmill companies? Solar power plants? The children? How are you going to control that they will not just be what every other tax is, an excuse for power and cashgrab from the elected officals, and special interest groups.
"And still provides the cheapest power available from any technology with ZERO carbon emissions." This is only because you offset the use of carbon fuels to the mining of the uranium which is very energy demanding.
All in the name of research baby. "The internet" as we know it was in part created at CERN, if that does not merit researching high energy particles, I don't know what does. http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.html
"Who would have ever thought there was such a place as Robot Hell? And that it would be in New Jersey?"
This seems to be the order of the day. No matter how weird a case you have, if it gets turned down in the supreme court, take it to a human rights court instead.
Ok, while your starting point was good you went way overboard here: "Your generation aren't the ones who've had to die by the thousands in Iraq...many of you, when you *were* our age yourselves, dodged service." See, those that go to Iraq are not drafted, they have chosen to go into the armed forces of their own free will. Making a comparison with someone "his age" dodging service, and dying from a calculated risk is not very good.
"As Al Gore said, this is a moral issue. Whose side are you on?" Yeah, thats a politician talking allright. Have you stopped beating your wife mr. Gore?
"freedoms you've been blessed with" Whatever happened to: "We hold these truths to be self-evident"? He has not been blessed with anything, its all those other people living in dictatorships that have been robbed. Its funny you should say that you are a liberal. Liberty is about freedom, freedom to do whatever you choose, as long as it does not hurt anyone else. But I guess its the more modern version of the vote, meaning that "you have whatever freedoms we choose to give you".
Gee, so just being stripped from wealth and power is going to make everything ok? I oppose the death penalty as much as the next guy, but please! This man is a tyrant and a brutal murderer.
Thats also assuming that said wind turbines produces electricity at that rate, and that no loss occurs. Wind and solar power is great and all, but if its not economically viable, then its just not ready for the big market yet.
A good book does not last more than 2½hours? That certainly depends! :)
If you are such a fast reader, I will recommend Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, albeit that some parts might bore you to tears, the whole of the book is excellent
"Yeah, but Iran and North Korea are run in the wrong way" Yes, they are Dictatorships. Rather a weapon in the hands of many people in a democratic nation, than in the hands of a single, or group of madmen blinded by their own views of the world.
Perhaps but their private property is none of AOL's business, having something to hide or not. :)
For all we know, Jimmy Hoffa could be buried there
I hereby call Goodwin's law:
http://members.tripod.com/~goodwin_2/law.html
You forgot to quote Michael Moore on this. Obvious plagarism from his book: Stupid White Men.
"Microsoft spends money to develop Vista. In a free market, Microsoft could then sell Vista at a market-set price, generally close to the marginal cost of production."
The market is a homogenous market, meaning that individual consumers have certain preferences towards certain products. In this case they favor Microsofts, because the dont like the other ones (Apple, Linux etc.). If Microsoft were making SOOO much money as is generally assumed it could be no problem for a competitor to arise and make a better and cheaper product.
Sweden is hopefully coming down from the top. Members of the parliament in Sweden have lately uttered that they find censorship OK, if minorities are involed in a hatefull way. YAP YAP YAP.
Something that cost 4 billion tax-dollars has something to do with politic s, you can be darn sure of that.
Look at it the other way around. Why would you be better off if there was a person telling you to pay, rather than a machine? If its so glorious then why dont we ditch all out ATMs and bring back more bank-clerks? Exactly, its a process, I am well-aware that the laid-off people wont find new jobs the day after being laid-off. But less and less low-tech jobs means that people will get a higher incentive to get educated, and incentives matter!
While it was true it cost someone his job, it also effectively lowered the price of the subcontractors operations, which in turn, will make it cheaper for you. When will people understand that in the long run better technology is a win-win, no matter how you look at it. Yes widespread RFID will cost alot of people their jobs at supermarkets when people can just go through the exit and the price is deducted automatically from the account. These people, althought sad and with no job at first, will find other jobs and society will be better off in general.
World of Warcraft was only a 2004 game in the USA!
Europe and Asia got the fun in 2005.
Are you hereby saying that everyone using a Mac are disabled, if you only knew :)
What about water?
Drop the shreds in water and it would quickly turn to pulp ?
Please be aware the amount of oil it takes to process the uranium ore from the rocks. This is a huge amount! On top of that, uranium is just like oil, there is only so much of it. Wave energy is a good idea, but some research should be put into how this affects the seas. Granted there is a lot of energy in there, but taking some out would probably have some effect?