Steel and aluminum are of national security importance, and the US is just about out of the business, though fortunately, we get most of ours from Canada.
According to the US Department of Commerce,.pdf, US net steel imports are about 1/3 of US consumption.
In reality, despite all the affirmative action, all the "free" government funded education especially in Europe, all those attempts to put more girls into STEM courses, etc.
I also knew people who you mention (ironically in aerospace engineering and geology)... Those jobs don't have very many opportunities.
Well, I don't know about aerospace engineering demand at the moment, but mining and oil & gas companies need lots geologists, though maybe you need some specialization within geology for employment by them.
My favorite sad example is the man my wife knows who has a degree in aerospace engineering but is a waiter in a restaurant.
Do you realize how often aerospace companies hire then lay off numbers of engineers as the cycle of work ebbs and flows? They're worse than the construction industry in that regard.
Actual unemployment is at levels not seen since the great depression.
On the contrary, employment as a percentage of adults is near an all-time high. When I was a kid, very few women had jobs but they were not counted as unemployed because most of them were not considered part of the work force. Now many if not most women are counted.
All that given - they seem remarkably better at driving, amiability, and showing up on time than regular liveried taxis.
I haven't had that many Lift/Uber rides, but they seemed about the same as the average taxi driver. I have had many more taxi rides over the years, so I have had a few bad experiences, but I've never had a taxi driver as clueless about where they were going as the Lyft/Uber (don't know which one my boss used, but the car had both stickers) driver who couldn't figure out he needed to turn around even while he was staring right at the GPS map showing him where to go. (And they were easy downtown starting and destination locations)
It might take the same amount of time, but it would still be harder to become a commercial pilot than to become an A/C technician (although I have some doubt about your anecdote - airline pilots are regulated by the FAA, not the states, and they require at least 1500 hours of experience for the pilot's license).
And being a refrigeration technician (assuming that's what you meant by "air conditioning technician" is not as unskilled as you try to make it sound.
No. It's nothing like evolution.
In evolution, individuals die and new individuals are born (hatched, whatever) with slightly different characteristics. Some die early, some reproduce a lot, the species lives on with changes, or goes extinct.
In business competition, there is 'survival of the fittest' for individual companies, but there are no species, there is no limit on the lifetime of individual companies, there is no mating, and there are no offspring.
Eliminating currently vacant positions won't necessarily result in fewer vacancies a year later. It will result in fewer actual workers, though. Whether those positions are needed or not is a totally separate question from whether they're staffed right now. Especially since the Trump administration has been purposefully not filling vacancies that would otherwise have been short-lived.
I bet the Military doesn't use the NWS. Neither do most news organizations.
You would lose that bet. Even if they have additional sources of data, and use their own people (more likely, their own computers) making predictions, both the military and most news organizations use NWS data.
Much earlier than that, in the mid-to-early 1800s, the US allowed metric units to be used, and the US customary units were defined in terms of metric units, which was codified in the Mendenhall Order of 1893. So, in that sense, you could say that the US has been on a metric standard for over 100 years.
The reality is that people were day trading way back in the 1920s
I wouldn't call that way back. That's less than 100 years ago, while the NYSE is more than 200 years old, and stocks were being bought & sold hundreds of years before that. And speculators not particularly interested in long-term were around from the beginning. The maximum pace of trading has increased in modern times, but the basic idea that some are investors in it for the long haul and some are speculators in it for a quick profit seems to have always been there.
We can't have that oil in five years, when the prices might be high enough to sell at a profit, if we don't start that drilling today.
So use your money to drill now for oil that might be worth it later, seer, cause the oil companies aren't currently in a hurry to spend their money that way.
Premium efficiency electric motors are 98% to 99% efficient at peak efficiency; there's no adding 9s involved. Trade offs with cost and weight will reduce peak efficiency, and varying speeds and loads will reduce the average.
You'll also lose about 3% or so for the inverter.
When you say gasoline ICE is below 20%, I believe you are referring to tank-to-wheel efficiency, for which all losses, like aerodynamics, tire rolling friction, transmission, etc., are included; actual engine efficiency is significantly higher. You need to include those losses for electric, also, if you're going to make comparisons.
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Then just increase the slavery tax. Problem Solved!
According to the US Department of Commerce, .pdf, US net steel imports are about 1/3 of US consumption.
Sure. He can pay me for the first half of the day. And then pay me for the second half.
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Well, I don't know about aerospace engineering demand at the moment, but mining and oil & gas companies need lots geologists, though maybe you need some specialization within geology for employment by them.
Do you realize how often aerospace companies hire then lay off numbers of engineers as the cycle of work ebbs and flows? They're worse than the construction industry in that regard.
On the contrary, employment as a percentage of adults is near an all-time high. When I was a kid, very few women had jobs but they were not counted as unemployed because most of them were not considered part of the work force. Now many if not most women are counted.
Also, many drivers share the 24 hrs with another driver, each taking 10 hour shifts.
Worse than that, if you get a flat or need a tow, the taxi-driver typically has to pay for it themself.
Yes. At least that's why my wife's step-father sold his medallion.
Some ride prices already are starting to rise in line with taxis. And they're even higher during surge pricing.
I haven't had that many Lift/Uber rides, but they seemed about the same as the average taxi driver. I have had many more taxi rides over the years, so I have had a few bad experiences, but I've never had a taxi driver as clueless about where they were going as the Lyft/Uber (don't know which one my boss used, but the car had both stickers) driver who couldn't figure out he needed to turn around even while he was staring right at the GPS map showing him where to go. (And they were easy downtown starting and destination locations)
That is incorrect.
No, it doesn't really. You can have more snow, and therefore more ice, even while melting ice faster than before.
It was a long time ago, but I once had a roll of drawings delivered by UPS with creases and tire tracks on them. Mostly used FedEx from then on.
No. Most of the jobs requiring licensing are non-union type jobs.
It might take the same amount of time, but it would still be harder to become a commercial pilot than to become an A/C technician (although I have some doubt about your anecdote - airline pilots are regulated by the FAA, not the states, and they require at least 1500 hours of experience for the pilot's license).
And being a refrigeration technician (assuming that's what you meant by "air conditioning technician" is not as unskilled as you try to make it sound.
No. It's nothing like evolution.
In evolution, individuals die and new individuals are born (hatched, whatever) with slightly different characteristics. Some die early, some reproduce a lot, the species lives on with changes, or goes extinct.
In business competition, there is 'survival of the fittest' for individual companies, but there are no species, there is no limit on the lifetime of individual companies, there is no mating, and there are no offspring.
Eliminating currently vacant positions won't necessarily result in fewer vacancies a year later. It will result in fewer actual workers, though. Whether those positions are needed or not is a totally separate question from whether they're staffed right now. Especially since the Trump administration has been purposefully not filling vacancies that would otherwise have been short-lived.
You would lose that bet. Even if they have additional sources of data, and use their own people (more likely, their own computers) making predictions, both the military and most news organizations use NWS data.
Much earlier than that, in the mid-to-early 1800s, the US allowed metric units to be used, and the US customary units were defined in terms of metric units, which was codified in the Mendenhall Order of 1893. So, in that sense, you could say that the US has been on a metric standard for over 100 years.
I wouldn't call that way back. That's less than 100 years ago, while the NYSE is more than 200 years old, and stocks were being bought & sold hundreds of years before that. And speculators not particularly interested in long-term were around from the beginning. The maximum pace of trading has increased in modern times, but the basic idea that some are investors in it for the long haul and some are speculators in it for a quick profit seems to have always been there.
Uh, no, we don't.
So use your money to drill now for oil that might be worth it later, seer, cause the oil companies aren't currently in a hurry to spend their money that way.
Premium efficiency electric motors are 98% to 99% efficient at peak efficiency; there's no adding 9s involved. Trade offs with cost and weight will reduce peak efficiency, and varying speeds and loads will reduce the average.
You'll also lose about 3% or so for the inverter.
When you say gasoline ICE is below 20%, I believe you are referring to tank-to-wheel efficiency, for which all losses, like aerodynamics, tire rolling friction, transmission, etc., are included; actual engine efficiency is significantly higher. You need to include those losses for electric, also, if you're going to make comparisons.