Your post makes no sense, I didn't make up those numbers, they're averages quoted from a site. I subtracted out the petrol for the yearly amount for a fair comparison and I was quoting there with the word petrol implicitly included.
No-one pays more than 150? clearly they do, they pay more than that on average for an average household.
I didn't calculate the worth, it is right there in the chart. And I didn't say there shouldn't be a grid fee but it should be reasonable and that fee is not at all reasonable, the grid does not cost considerably more than the production of the electricity long term.
So far as I know, unhelpful genetic mutations greatly outnumber helpful mutations, it stands to reason that when you randomly change something, most of the time a random change won't be beneficial.
Options are, do nothing and allow all random genetic mutations, that I think would be hellish. Another option might in the future be to halt all genetic mutations, that would be a boring stagnation. Or we could actively choose and even create deliberate mutations (genetic engineering ourselves), a dangerous path to take. Or we could selectively allow mutations.
Where do you think lactose tolerance came from? Oh right, random genetic mutations and last time I checked lactose tolerance is not a disability. That's why your statement is dumb.
WTF dude, you keep putting words into my mouth that I definitely didn't say and then you respond to those words, it's like you're having some weird conversation with a person that doesn't exist. I never said Lactose intolerance is a disability. I said genetic mutations cause disabilities, I did not say all genetic mutations cause disabilities. Most genetic mutations are completely harmless and go by unnoticed, many genes are 'inactive'.
Survival of the fittest simply means those that are able to survive do. These days everybody is able to survive.
Yes, and many species have been able to be more fit for survival because of random mutations. So basically the opposite of your entire claim.
No, not the opposite of my claim, exactly the same thing, part of the same system, the same mechanisms in action, FML. Survival of the fittest is what causes positive mutations to survive whilst negative mutations don't survive.
How do you think genetically derived disabilities come about then, explain that to me if it's not derived from random genetic mutations.
Then where is it from?
I said nothing about "genetic purity" you said that, not me. Survival of the fittest simply means those that are able to survive do. These days everybody is able to survive.
You're the one who said something about renewables being 9% of *energy* usage - it's certainly not 9% of electricity usage, renewables accounts for well over double that.
UK: "Despite a recent rise in wholesale prices, which were blamed for one small energy supplier going bust last month, the average household energy bill was down 4.6% in 2016, to £1,237."
Germany: "Germans respond by saving energy Monthly energy costs, which include heating, electricity and petrol, amounted to almost 280 euros in 2014 for an average German 3-person household, according to the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). Petrol had the biggest share, followed by heating. Costs for power amounted to 85 euros." - â2088 per year household energy. (£1,853 - ~ 50% more)
Not Darwin's evolution though, more or less everyone survives now. If I understand correctly if we do nothing we'll end up with a situation where everybody has multiple serious disabilities.
"In 2016, renewables made up about 8.9% total UK energy consumption."
And what about electricity generation? Disingenuous statement there.
"Official figures published on Thursday show low carbon power, which has been supported by the government to meet climate change targets, accounted for 50% of electricity generation in the UK in the third quarter, up from 45.3% the year before"
We have a choice here and I chose to buy 100% renewable generated electricity, it cost less than half of what the Germans are paying.
Rubbish, we have a high percentage renewables here in the UK and our electricity costs very close to half of that. Wind is cheap. Solar is getting cheap.
German is doing a remarkable job of making renewables look bad, their public pay insane amounts whilst electricity gets offered for free or less to factories when they're all closed for Christmas.
Which has nothing much to do with the actual cost of renewables, German residential consumers pay:
For the electricity (under 1/5th of the total) Grid Fee (excessively high) VAT (value added tax, VALUE?!??!) Concession fee (WTF?) Renewables Surcharge (excessively high) Electricity tax (would you like some tax to go with you're taxed tax) CHP surcharge (they're just making shit up now) Other Surcharges (Yes, more surcharges, plural)
So they're basically going to mutilate the UI, hide the menus and replace that with meaningless icons and hard to find settings that take more clicks to get to. What the hell is it with these fucking morons, they're everywhere fucking up UIs, changing them from meaningful words that name the actions they fulfill to stupidly laid out icons in fucking weird places and layouts where you can't discern where one section begins and another ends. Because progress, because some fucking idiots think everything has to look new all the time, can we create a fucking virus to wipe out these fucking brainless sheeple, the planet is overpopulated anyhow./rant over... for now.
Not in the UK, the retailer is usually the one who foots the bill. I don't feel sorry for the retailer, my card was defrauded and it was astonishing how many shops and restaurants would allow someone to just read off my cc number without any proof of ID and purchase hundreds worth of goods and meals, no pin, no signature nothing. What the fuck is the point of chip and pin when this can happen?
Except you're wrong because you haven't been billed, no bill, no debt, they might decide to let you have the meal for free for example if you kick up a fuss because your soup had a dead rat in it and cockroaches were scuttling about.
But an ambulance can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars without insurance
So glad I live in the UK, ambulances are free for everyone and anyone, no one has to think about cost when calling an ambulance for themselves or for complete strangers.
I was unconscious, came around concussed with (very) temporary memory loss when a couple of people called an ambulance for me, would I also have had to pay for an ambulance in the US if I didn't have insurance?
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It's bollocks, german electricity is not expensive at all they just pay crazy 80% taxes and overheads and they apparently like that!
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5.6xct per kwh, how is that expensive, shut up fool.
Your post makes no sense, I didn't make up those numbers, they're averages quoted from a site. I subtracted out the petrol for the yearly amount for a fair comparison and I was quoting there with the word petrol implicitly included.
No-one pays more than 150? clearly they do, they pay more than that on average for an average household.
I didn't calculate the worth, it is right there in the chart. And I didn't say there shouldn't be a grid fee but it should be reasonable and that fee is not at all reasonable, the grid does not cost considerably more than the production of the electricity long term.
We have some stark choices ahead.
So far as I know, unhelpful genetic mutations greatly outnumber helpful mutations, it stands to reason that when you randomly change something, most of the time a random change won't be beneficial.
Options are, do nothing and allow all random genetic mutations, that I think would be hellish. Another option might in the future be to halt all genetic mutations, that would be a boring stagnation. Or we could actively choose and even create deliberate mutations (genetic engineering ourselves), a dangerous path to take. Or we could selectively allow mutations.
Very hard to know what the best path is.
So, what % of energy is transferred and what % is lost?
WTF dude, you keep putting words into my mouth that I definitely didn't say and then you respond to those words, it's like you're having some weird conversation with a person that doesn't exist.
I never said Lactose intolerance is a disability. I said genetic mutations cause disabilities, I did not say all genetic mutations cause disabilities. Most genetic mutations are completely harmless and go by unnoticed, many genes are 'inactive'.
No, not the opposite of my claim, exactly the same thing, part of the same system, the same mechanisms in action, FML. Survival of the fittest is what causes positive mutations to survive whilst negative mutations don't survive.
How do you think genetically derived disabilities come about then, explain that to me if it's not derived from random genetic mutations.
Then where is it from?
I said nothing about "genetic purity" you said that, not me. Survival of the fittest simply means those that are able to survive do. These days everybody is able to survive.
Without survival of the fittest, random mutations will survive.
Random mutations = disabilities.
You're the one who said something about renewables being 9% of *energy* usage - it's certainly not 9% of electricity usage, renewables accounts for well over double that.
UK:
"Despite a recent rise in wholesale prices, which were blamed for one small energy supplier going bust last month, the average household energy bill was down 4.6% in 2016, to £1,237."
Germany:
"Germans respond by saving energy
Monthly energy costs, which include heating, electricity and petrol, amounted to almost 280 euros in 2014 for an average German 3-person household, according to the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). Petrol had the biggest share, followed by heating. Costs for power amounted to 85 euros."
- â2088 per year household energy. (£1,853 - ~ 50% more)
Not Darwin's evolution though, more or less everyone survives now. If I understand correctly if we do nothing we'll end up with a situation where everybody has multiple serious disabilities.
https://www.lp.org/issues/taxe...
Rubbish, we have a high percentage renewables here in the UK and our electricity costs very close to half of that. Wind is cheap. Solar is getting cheap.
And what happens if we don't implement eugenics in some form? In the long run.
If your a libertarian you'll hate this:
composition-average-german-household-power-price-2006-2017.png (PNG Image, 1132 x 800 pixels)
If you're left wing you'll hate that too.
If you're right wing you'll hate all of the renewables stuff.
German is doing a remarkable job of making renewables look bad, their public pay insane amounts whilst electricity gets offered for free or less to factories when they're all closed for Christmas.
Which has nothing much to do with the actual cost of renewables, German residential consumers pay:
For the electricity (under 1/5th of the total)
Grid Fee (excessively high)
VAT (value added tax, VALUE?!??!)
Concession fee (WTF?)
Renewables Surcharge (excessively high)
Electricity tax (would you like some tax to go with you're taxed tax)
CHP surcharge (they're just making shit up now)
Other Surcharges (Yes, more surcharges, plural)
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What German households pay for power | Clean Energy Wire
Summary, they are paying 29.16ct per kWh for 5.63ct worth of electricity.
Are we going to have another bitcoin story every time the fucking price changes now?
So they're basically going to mutilate the UI, hide the menus and replace that with meaningless icons and hard to find settings that take more clicks to get to. What the hell is it with these fucking morons, they're everywhere fucking up UIs, changing them from meaningful words that name the actions they fulfill to stupidly laid out icons in fucking weird places and layouts where you can't discern where one section begins and another ends. Because progress, because some fucking idiots think everything has to look new all the time, can we create a fucking virus to wipe out these fucking brainless sheeple, the planet is overpopulated anyhow. /rant over... for now.
Not in the UK, the retailer is usually the one who foots the bill. I don't feel sorry for the retailer, my card was defrauded and it was astonishing how many shops and restaurants would allow someone to just read off my cc number without any proof of ID and purchase hundreds worth of goods and meals, no pin, no signature nothing. What the fuck is the point of chip and pin when this can happen?
Except you're wrong because you haven't been billed, no bill, no debt, they might decide to let you have the meal for free for example if you kick up a fuss because your soup had a dead rat in it and cockroaches were scuttling about.
So glad I live in the UK, ambulances are free for everyone and anyone, no one has to think about cost when calling an ambulance for themselves or for complete strangers.
I was unconscious, came around concussed with (very) temporary memory loss when a couple of people called an ambulance for me, would I also have had to pay for an ambulance in the US if I didn't have insurance?
'Over-capacity' for hydro does not make one iota of sense, why would you burn coal when you can have relatively free energy from the dam.
"amounted to a whopping 45.6 terawatt hours"
They could have burnt that much less coal.
When Bitcoin crashes properly it'll lose 90 to 100%+ of it's value.