Solar has also been "just around the corner" the last 30 years. It still needs to drop the price by almost 10x before it's economical as a partial alternative - and that's not even getting into storage. "Nest" and smart use needs to be here first, then partial micro solar deployment, then electric cars - that trifecta of electrical production, management, and storage is where the economics will finally start working.
You hit the nail on the head - we don't trust the people involved. To take it a step forward, we are fairly certain based on past experiences that the people involved are NOT working in our best interest.
Comfort and Convenience are huge psychological issues that are an equally huge blind spot to environmentalists. Doing more with less increases stress - that's something that most people avoid. If you want to reduce resources used then the change has to improve comfort and convenience... or reduce the number of people. Simple math.
The grid can't handle micro-generation. So... who is going to pay for upgrading the grid? And guarantee electricity during peak need but lowest production?
A far more economical solution is a more intelligent home that uses all of it's produced electricity. Run the AC more when the sun shines, charge the electric car, etc. Eventually the grid gets rebuilt to handle 2 way with far more local rebalancing, but that's a decade or three away.
Everyone loses it once in a while. Most viral type posts lack the context that make the situation understandable - so people jump to conclusions that they prefer.
Polite is not the same as Nice. Polite is a lie. Nice is results. Polite is a smile while twisting a knife in someone's back. Nice is taking that knife so that someone else doesn't have to. People often confuse the two because they don't take the effort to think.
It's just as easy to lie with a video as it is verbally. Remember that video of the police officer pepper spraying a protester in their car? It had purposely been cut so that it didn't show the preceding altercation that justified the officer's actions.
A couple years ago I sat in on a trial of an officer who was tried and convicted despite all evidence to the contrary, simply because of people blaming police for everything. That anger and frustration is completely misplaced - if people want change then they need to research politicians and make better voting choices.
I'd take a safe, 2 tandem seat, 45 mph max, 50 mile range, decent looking, GREAT environmental controls, under $10k car. That's all I need 95% of the time. The other 5% I'll use gas. Right now the best economic car I can find is a Honda Fit.
There is no silver bullet, but calling psychology a delusion only shows ignorance of the science.
"Soft Sciences" are really just those with many variables. Training and experience deal with those rather than hard formulas that can be computed through software.
Is that person nervous or relaxed? That comprises hundreds of variables. Are they defensive to questions? What about their return trip (while they are thinking they won't return)? etc etc etc
Security is also layered. First is basic software profiling based on information about the person and flight. Second is physical screening. Third is behavioral screening. The list goes on.
I'm a frequent traveler and see the TSA has 90% theatre. That won't change because the voters only want a warm fuzzy feeling, the politicians only care about votes and kickbacks, any sensible TSA executive gets fired, airlines are constantly trying to eliminate security for cost savings, and screeners are minimum wage employees (untrained, inexperienced). There's simply no driver to improve the situation.
The problem here isn't the science, it's the pork.
Behavioral science is half of a police officer's job. Problem is (besides pork barrel mismanagement) is that minimum wage TSA don't have the training, experience, or often the intelligence to use it effectively. Many airports that do this effectively will simply hire a good local police department to accomplish it.
As for bashing the TSA, every time they try to do something reasonable (like ok nail clippers) they get fired by the politicians. So track the problem down to the source - dishonest politicians and the apathetic and ignorant public that votes them in.
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They tried that with "1m h1b nurses" and it failed miserably. IT gets outsourced because of its extremely low social standing in north america.
Upper management jobs are being offshored now. Sales and marketing aren't - they require knowing the nuances of the local population.
Solar has also been "just around the corner" the last 30 years. It still needs to drop the price by almost 10x before it's economical as a partial alternative - and that's not even getting into storage. "Nest" and smart use needs to be here first, then partial micro solar deployment, then electric cars - that trifecta of electrical production, management, and storage is where the economics will finally start working.
Depends how it's implemented. My locality has a 2 year mandatory emissions check for $20 that has reduced these types of pollution by over 1/3.
Uh... yea, they can shoot stuff out of the sky there. Only the criminals are armed in those places.
Ya'll watch too much TV. If you want to see what a police officer does then ask to do a full shift ride-along. It's rather eye opening.
The negative focus on officers is 99.9% wrong. If you want laws changed then vote for different politicians.
You hit the nail on the head - we don't trust the people involved. To take it a step forward, we are fairly certain based on past experiences that the people involved are NOT working in our best interest.
Never take what is offered. If there are no good choices then write one in.
Does Sanders have any chance to become president? Bush and Clinton... been there, done that, both long term disasters.
Libraries already do this. How about supporting the vanishing middle class?
That's what CA gets for demonizing police. Here, people cheer when a cop pulls over someone being an idiot in public.
Comfort and Convenience are huge psychological issues that are an equally huge blind spot to environmentalists. Doing more with less increases stress - that's something that most people avoid. If you want to reduce resources used then the change has to improve comfort and convenience... or reduce the number of people. Simple math.
Same reason for all DOJ cases - Marketing and Politics.
Futures and Shorts may stabilize markets in the short term but they are an incredible drain on long term investments.
The grid can't handle micro-generation. So... who is going to pay for upgrading the grid? And guarantee electricity during peak need but lowest production?
A far more economical solution is a more intelligent home that uses all of it's produced electricity. Run the AC more when the sun shines, charge the electric car, etc. Eventually the grid gets rebuilt to handle 2 way with far more local rebalancing, but that's a decade or three away.
Everyone loses it once in a while. Most viral type posts lack the context that make the situation understandable - so people jump to conclusions that they prefer.
Polite is not the same as Nice. Polite is a lie. Nice is results. Polite is a smile while twisting a knife in someone's back. Nice is taking that knife so that someone else doesn't have to. People often confuse the two because they don't take the effort to think.
50% of CA water goes to environmentalism (salmon, etc), 40% to farms (watering the desert), and 10% to city (gotta have fancy lawns).
Putting everything on the table is a lot less expensive than some pork barrel pipeline. Or some fantasy silver bullet "science will save us!".
What about false positives? My car's traction control tries to murder me a couple times each winter. It works great in rain but not snow.
Nope.
3/4 of STEM workers flee the field due to substandard pay and working conditions compared to other jobs they can get.
Petroleum engineers were scarce at one time, but a 20% pay raise brought a 200% productivity rate from local talent. Problem solved and everyone wins.
It's just as easy to lie with a video as it is verbally. Remember that video of the police officer pepper spraying a protester in their car? It had purposely been cut so that it didn't show the preceding altercation that justified the officer's actions.
A couple years ago I sat in on a trial of an officer who was tried and convicted despite all evidence to the contrary, simply because of people blaming police for everything. That anger and frustration is completely misplaced - if people want change then they need to research politicians and make better voting choices.
I'd take a safe, 2 tandem seat, 45 mph max, 50 mile range, decent looking, GREAT environmental controls, under $10k car.
That's all I need 95% of the time. The other 5% I'll use gas. Right now the best economic car I can find is a Honda Fit.
There is no silver bullet, but calling psychology a delusion only shows ignorance of the science.
"Soft Sciences" are really just those with many variables. Training and experience deal with those rather than hard formulas that can be computed through software.
Is that person nervous or relaxed? That comprises hundreds of variables. Are they defensive to questions? What about their return trip (while they are thinking they won't return)? etc etc etc
Security is also layered. First is basic software profiling based on information about the person and flight. Second is physical screening. Third is behavioral screening. The list goes on.
I'm a frequent traveler and see the TSA has 90% theatre. That won't change because the voters only want a warm fuzzy feeling, the politicians only care about votes and kickbacks, any sensible TSA executive gets fired, airlines are constantly trying to eliminate security for cost savings, and screeners are minimum wage employees (untrained, inexperienced). There's simply no driver to improve the situation.
The problem here isn't the science, it's the pork.
Behavioral science is half of a police officer's job. Problem is (besides pork barrel mismanagement) is that minimum wage TSA don't have the training, experience, or often the intelligence to use it effectively. Many airports that do this effectively will simply hire a good local police department to accomplish it.
As for bashing the TSA, every time they try to do something reasonable (like ok nail clippers) they get fired by the politicians. So track the problem down to the source - dishonest politicians and the apathetic and ignorant public that votes them in.
It's ironic that ISIL is anti west capitalism, yet it's the corporate misinfotainment industry that gives them so much power.
There is no freedom when the contract is de-facto mandatory for employment.
Neither major party supports the country. Vote for a 3rd option.