You're forgetting that nuclear and coal power stations are being closed down also solar can be installed by residents and businesses.
Electricity demand in the UK is falling at the same time as the percentage of electricity generated by renewables is increasing fast because of fossil fuel power stations closing.
If electric cars continue their rise in popularity then it is highly likely that the trend of no growth or slow growth will change into substantially more demand for electricity.
You are very mistaken, you must have missed the huge drops in costs of renewables and these costs will continue to drop for years to come because large numbers of new factories for renewables are still being buit now, when the investment into those is paid off they will be producing extremely cheap solar panels and wind turbines. And like anon coward says, fossil fuels (and nuclear) are heavily subsidised. Fossil fuel companies always cherry pick the best sources of fuels, they will only get more expensive, particularly oil and gas once the best fracking sites start to dry up (frack wells are only productive for a year or two).
There may well be huge quantities of oil shale/sands but many of these require huge amounts of energy just to get the resources out, processed and shipped etc.
Fully agree, however building your own PC requires you to have some technical skill.
I don't agree, My sister built her 1st PC after I just emailed her a few tips, the important thing is compatibility - which you can simply get someone to check, or ask on yahoo answers etc.
They are the world's worst polluter and only getting worse.
Actually their CO2 output has levelled off and is likely to start falling, no surprise that they are sick to the teeth of the air pollution from burning fossil fuels and have started to do something about it.
Seconded. I've turned off updates because I've lost all trust in Microsoft not to install telemetry to windows 7 or other shenanigans. I'd rather risk a virus (small risk IMO).
And never mind the new and improved "your keyboard presses are our keyboard presses. no really, we need to know what keys you are pressing and you can't opt out of it. and no, we won't tell you how we are using them."
This.
The only thing I want my computer communicating to MS is what updates I need, nothing else. f**k Win10 there's no way in hell I'm installing it.
The reason you're wrong is because most coders are working and wouldn't code for free and most unemployed people don't code and the ones that do are highly unlikely to do more than one or two small projects to prove themselves before wanting pay.
It's much worse, The Commission are an unelected unaccountable bunch of c**t bureaucrats who let the lobbyists write the laws, they continuously bombard the EU parliament with shit to see what sticks. They truly deserve to hang (like the UK tory govt).
Unfortunately EU MEPs are not even sticking to the principles of their parties and super-groups that they belong to let alone representing the voters who put them in to parliament.
3.3 million signatures against TTIP and still the c***s support it. Obama is worse though.
Good question, I can only assume he wants to line his pockets with cash from the companies who will benefit from the changes. Ex-presidents should receive a large stipend/pension but not be allowed to take money from anyone after their presidency.
But apart from the aqueduct, roads, public health, sanitation, peace, public order, education, and healthcare Yes, those are things that nobody would demand in a market situation.
They can demand gold bricks but they won't get them, without government only wealthy people get these things, poor people wouldn't be allowed to drive on private roads, just look at third world countries for a lack of sanitation, clean water, health care etc.
"The new Commission would be a self-governing, continuing body authorized to issue policies and regulations affecting our economy, our manufacturers, our workers, our immigration procedures, as well currency, labor and environmental practices," Hunter wrote. "It is one thing to enhance executive authority with respect to a narrow set of trade policies, it is another to fast-track the creation of a new international structure before a single detail about that structure has been made available to the public."
100% dismantling democracy and directly handing power over to the biggest corporations. 100% treason, it's nothing short of a corporate coup.
Oh and don't even think of trying to re-flash the toilet yourself, that's illegal under both health and safety and DMCA laws and your hair dryer will report you to the police if you try.
Sure, if you ignore the fact that nuclear costs more, still has unsolved fuel storage problems after 50 years and there is only enough uranium reserves currently to supply the worlds electricity for 20 years.
Reprocessing is hideously expensive - the power costs 30c-50c per kWh, ocean extraction ditto. And thorium is decades away from being large scale and could also be very expensive.
Nuclear supporters like to ignore all of these very large downsides.
Solar Thermal or PV? Sure, let's take advantage of it on structures and stuff. Using it on an industrial scale isn't quite practical, though, considering the massive areas required. Large scale thermal installations are also hazardous to birds. Doesn't work all the time, either. Wind? Wind can be unpredictable, and it's supposedly a very big hazard for birds.
Wind is not a big hazard to birds, 1000x bigger hazards are windows and cats.
Solar and wind don't need much space and the are needed keeps shrinking as the technologies improve.
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So why do the Israeli's keep referring to these people as Palestinians if they are actually Israelis?
You're forgetting that nuclear and coal power stations are being closed down also solar can be installed by residents and businesses.
Electricity demand in the UK is falling at the same time as the percentage of electricity generated by renewables is increasing fast because of fossil fuel power stations closing.
If electric cars continue their rise in popularity then it is highly likely that the trend of no growth or slow growth will change into substantially more demand for electricity.
You are very mistaken, you must have missed the huge drops in costs of renewables and these costs will continue to drop for years to come because large numbers of new factories for renewables are still being buit now, when the investment into those is paid off they will be producing extremely cheap solar panels and wind turbines. And like anon coward says, fossil fuels (and nuclear) are heavily subsidised. Fossil fuel companies always cherry pick the best sources of fuels, they will only get more expensive, particularly oil and gas once the best fracking sites start to dry up (frack wells are only productive for a year or two).
There may well be huge quantities of oil shale/sands but many of these require huge amounts of energy just to get the resources out, processed and shipped etc.
Fair enough, personally though I enjoy buying the bits.
I don't agree, My sister built her 1st PC after I just emailed her a few tips, the important thing is compatibility - which you can simply get someone to check, or ask on yahoo answers etc.
This x10, self built computers have a tendency to boot fast due to the lack of garbage installed by the manufacturer.
So glad I have win7 full retail, f**k win10 and it's nasty spy crap.
An hour is a long time? And that's going slow.
I expect BGA have one corner cut off to prevent incorrect installation... Nope, notches instead for i7
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Actually their CO2 output has levelled off and is likely to start falling, no surprise that they are sick to the teeth of the air pollution from burning fossil fuels and have started to do something about it.
Indeed, renewables hasn't failed what-so-ever, installations are growing exponentially whilst the costs of renewables are at the same time plummeting.
Over 50% of new electrical power generation installations are now renewables, pretty fkking bizarre to call that a failure!!!.
For example: Renewables = 84% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in 1st Quarter of 2015
"Coal is worse than gas no matter how you look at it."
Except for fracked gas which has a habit of leaking, and with methane being a far more potent greenhouse gas, natural gas can actually be worse.
Satellite image shows massive gas leaks on this page:
Life around New Mexico's gas wells: how fracking is turning the air foul | Environment | The Guardian
Seconded. I've turned off updates because I've lost all trust in Microsoft not to install telemetry to windows 7 or other shenanigans. I'd rather risk a virus (small risk IMO).
This.
The only thing I want my computer communicating to MS is what updates I need, nothing else. f**k Win10 there's no way in hell I'm installing it.
The reason you're wrong is because most coders are working and wouldn't code for free and most unemployed people don't code and the ones that do are highly unlikely to do more than one or two small projects to prove themselves before wanting pay.
It's much worse, The Commission are an unelected unaccountable bunch of c**t bureaucrats who let the lobbyists write the laws, they continuously bombard the EU parliament with shit to see what sticks. They truly deserve to hang (like the UK tory govt).
Unfortunately EU MEPs are not even sticking to the principles of their parties and super-groups that they belong to let alone representing the voters who put them in to parliament.
3.3 million signatures against TTIP and still the c***s support it. Obama is worse though.
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The only reason UK population is not declining is because of net immigration, I expect the same is true for many EU countries.
Good question, I can only assume he wants to line his pockets with cash from the companies who will benefit from the changes. Ex-presidents should receive a large stipend/pension but not be allowed to take money from anyone after their presidency.
Legally it's more like sedition perhaps, literally it is still treasonous. I don't care much for law, it's an ass.
They can demand gold bricks but they won't get them, without government only wealthy people get these things, poor people wouldn't be allowed to drive on private roads, just look at third world countries for a lack of sanitation, clean water, health care etc.
100% dismantling democracy and directly handing power over to the biggest corporations. 100% treason, it's nothing short of a corporate coup.
Interesting way of looking at it, I wonder how many Hiroshimas I'm personally responsible for.
Oh and don't even think of trying to re-flash the toilet yourself, that's illegal under both health and safety and DMCA laws and your hair dryer will report you to the police if you try.
You forgot to upgrade the cats pacemaker, it got hit by a worm made by cat hating hacker and died.
And the toilet update failed, the toilet is now in an endless reboot-crash loop.
Sure, if you ignore the fact that nuclear costs more, still has unsolved fuel storage problems after 50 years and there is only enough uranium reserves currently to supply the worlds electricity for 20 years.
Reprocessing is hideously expensive - the power costs 30c-50c per kWh, ocean extraction ditto. And thorium is decades away from being large scale and could also be very expensive.
Nuclear supporters like to ignore all of these very large downsides.
Wind is not a big hazard to birds, 1000x bigger hazards are windows and cats.
Solar and wind don't need much space and the are needed keeps shrinking as the technologies improve.
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