It's not really that hard. You just retrofit any existing coal plants for cogeneration to bridge the gap, and then replace all fossil fuel energy with a mix of renewables and energy storage (hydro, compressed air, battery, flywheel, even biofuel and hydrolysis for fuel cells).
And you aim for 120 percent green energy, with opt-in microgrids that make you more resilient to climate change driven 100-year storms.
The problem is that we set up all these tax exemptions, incentives, fleet subsidies, deductions, and other mechanisms to artificially subsidize fossil fuels. Kill every single one of those, including home heat subsidies.
The main problem is capital. Use the recaptured money from the above tax giveaways to pay for those.
Then laugh as your new energy systems cost far far less than the old subsidized fossil fuel infrastructure did when you add up all those subsidies.
Are nuclear fission reactor firms trying to convince the public they're "safe"?
Are nuclear fission reactor firms trying to convince people we should spend 20 times as much as renewable energy to build power plants we don't need, the construction of which will be more destructive than other energy sources?
Or are they proposing we all live next to nuclear fission reactors?
The funny thing is we already have nuclear fusion reactors, they just aren't being developed for the commercial, industrial, or residential power generation needs, only for military use (kind of helps when running certain things we claim we don't have).
Buy your own spy equipment with FaceID and TouchID and always-on always-locating tech with your own money, not with ours.
Besides, why would I want a bigger phone with a camera?
Wake me when you issue the iPhone 9 SE, the iPhone 8 version intended for India and China, with a smaller form and none of the FaceID stuff I don't want.
And forget about that Watch stuff, if I want to wear jewelry, I'll buy it myself.
Once the warehouses of Tulips clear at the temporarily lower prices, Tulip markets will return to astronomic levels, especially once the South Sea boats arrive!
On a related note, I have cancelled all my old email addresses and phones and gone to a different one, and removed all my elderly relatives from my contact lists.
You guys have fun doing the tech support calls. My mom couldn't even use a Mac without needing tech support... most of which was "plug it in, does it say found device, click on Ok, you're done, stop phoning me at 3 am".
Not really, we have this thing called interstate utility sharing. We send energy to them, they send energy to us, helps us all manage loads, makes it cheaper.
The cold hard truth is that all US states could easily meet 100 percent Renewable Energy and cut the hands off of Russia and the Middle East by 2025.
You just have to build and install a mix of modern solar, wind, and biofuels (like the ones the UW invented) to operate at a 120 percent peak load, with 10 percent storage (hydro, compressed air, batteries, modern appliances and cars which moderate usage depending on microgrid signals).
Easy.
Way cheaper than our current energy sources. Much much much cheaper. More reliable (I know that shocks you, but the EPA reports actually admit that, if you read the technical ones).
But fossil fuels want their tax subsidies, tax exemptions, and subsidized foreign shareowner lifestyles.
Admittedly, most facial recognition software has a very high failure rate for non-Caucasian subjects.
Don't believe me? Try seeing if your iPhone X can figure out the difference, or Facebook software. Dress two people with similar facial looks up with the same hairstyle and clothes and: Voila!
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China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia all have numerous scientific papers proving it is cheaper.
But, hey, let's go with your Seven Words Banned concepts while the rest of the world actually does stuff.
It's not really that hard. You just retrofit any existing coal plants for cogeneration to bridge the gap, and then replace all fossil fuel energy with a mix of renewables and energy storage (hydro, compressed air, battery, flywheel, even biofuel and hydrolysis for fuel cells).
And you aim for 120 percent green energy, with opt-in microgrids that make you more resilient to climate change driven 100-year storms.
The problem is that we set up all these tax exemptions, incentives, fleet subsidies, deductions, and other mechanisms to artificially subsidize fossil fuels. Kill every single one of those, including home heat subsidies.
The main problem is capital. Use the recaptured money from the above tax giveaways to pay for those.
Then laugh as your new energy systems cost far far less than the old subsidized fossil fuel infrastructure did when you add up all those subsidies.
Typical 1959 KGB manual of election interference in foreign nations.
given how many men there are compared to women, and how few are able to marry.
oh, wait.
has anyone seen my sarcasm key?
Are nuclear fission reactor firms trying to convince the public they're "safe"?
Are nuclear fission reactor firms trying to convince people we should spend 20 times as much as renewable energy to build power plants we don't need, the construction of which will be more destructive than other energy sources?
Or are they proposing we all live next to nuclear fission reactors?
The funny thing is we already have nuclear fusion reactors, they just aren't being developed for the commercial, industrial, or residential power generation needs, only for military use (kind of helps when running certain things we claim we don't have).
Buy your own spy equipment with FaceID and TouchID and always-on always-locating tech with your own money, not with ours.
Besides, why would I want a bigger phone with a camera?
Wake me when you issue the iPhone 9 SE, the iPhone 8 version intended for India and China, with a smaller form and none of the FaceID stuff I don't want.
And forget about that Watch stuff, if I want to wear jewelry, I'll buy it myself.
Once the warehouses of Tulips clear at the temporarily lower prices, Tulip markets will return to astronomic levels, especially once the South Sea boats arrive!
Your basement probably emits more radon gas than flying does.
No, I'm actually very serious. This is why you need radon detectors and adequate venting.
On the other hand, it's kind of awkward going thru security nowadays.
Google Home is totally fit for the elderly.
On a related note, I have cancelled all my old email addresses and phones and gone to a different one, and removed all my elderly relatives from my contact lists.
You guys have fun doing the tech support calls. My mom couldn't even use a Mac without needing tech support ... most of which was "plug it in, does it say found device, click on Ok, you're done, stop phoning me at 3 am".
Next time don't buy tulips, k?
Everyone loved it and had fun.
Except for people who don't realize they're on the Dark Side.
Not really, we have this thing called interstate utility sharing. We send energy to them, they send energy to us, helps us all manage loads, makes it cheaper.
It's 2017, not 1999.
The cold hard truth is that all US states could easily meet 100 percent Renewable Energy and cut the hands off of Russia and the Middle East by 2025.
You just have to build and install a mix of modern solar, wind, and biofuels (like the ones the UW invented) to operate at a 120 percent peak load, with 10 percent storage (hydro, compressed air, batteries, modern appliances and cars which moderate usage depending on microgrid signals).
Easy.
Way cheaper than our current energy sources. Much much much cheaper. More reliable (I know that shocks you, but the EPA reports actually admit that, if you read the technical ones).
But fossil fuels want their tax subsidies, tax exemptions, and subsidized foreign shareowner lifestyles.
We literally have 40 Gbps ports here on campus.
That's like ... 4000 times faster.
Heck, we even have three 100 Gbps ports, within two blocks of where I am.
Admittedly, most facial recognition software has a very high failure rate for non-Caucasian subjects.
Don't believe me? Try seeing if your iPhone X can figure out the difference, or Facebook software. Dress two people with similar facial looks up with the same hairstyle and clothes and: Voila!
Agreed, should have been Stumbling.
Or Fossils.
You just can't use the words.
Heil Drumph!
I'd estimate about 1/10th of the fake accounts do that right off the bat, and use such shared Likes/Follows to increase their non-bot appearance.
that is exactly what net neutrality stops.
but hey, I've been on the Net since it was ARPA and it was the 80s, so tell me how wrong I am, n00b
Welcome to the new world of Comcast and Verizon being really really really really really slow.
Fines are a line item on the annual report.
Heck, they're actually in the addendum, and most investors don't even read them (but should).
It's ringing a Bell, Canada!
Just use wireless, grandpa.
Saskatchewan has some of the lowest rates, for example.