Disagree. Small integrated reactors would solve all of America's energy problems but delete the energy monopolies that ex-government officials post themselves to run. That's why America, as a nation, refuses to invest in nuclear options except in the case of warships, where we have no other choice for power efficiency ratios.
Wind alone is a classic example of lies feeding lies.
Call the IRS and ask for a complete account of where the money has come into your SSN account. When I did because something was erroneous they cited PRIVACY concerns as why I could not know what someone else submitted into MY account. You don't have to wonder why ID Theft is the number one crime when a criminal potentially harming your character has more rights that you with a federal agency.
We have no low gravity develop or test facilities for research. Robots take too damn long to develop a single research line. Ten people on a Moon/Mars base would develop more in one year than 100 years of robots researching. Business cases that take 5 to 10 years for a single research line. We have no industry developed in space to take advantage of there might be in a space use case.
150 years is only daunting if you do not have adventure in your spirit. I could easily spend 20 years now working as a volunteer consultant to poorer areas of the world in a variety of interests. Let's say the mission to colonize Titan is in progress and they cannot find a ship full of 32-year old doctorates to fill the ship. I'm fairly positive my generation still has plenty of people that would go in an instant no matter what the time involved. Obviously, you would want those people to live as long as possible for the work involved.
There are plenty of radical breakthroughs being theorized and tested all the time. I believe many of them are probably going to be easier to test in space (if you want some measure of safety). I certainly don't wish for fusion bombs to explode near any populace.
It's a crime solar system exploration isn't moon-based at this time and 100% of minerals aren't coming from the asteroid belt instead of polluting third-world countries.
Re-introduce the Glass-Steagall Act, impose a transaction tax (eg 0.01%) on every trade of any kind performed on the stock markets, and re-balance shareholders' interests against equity build using suitable regulatory legislation.
Because taxing people solves everything. The more you tax people the more they want to play fair and not hide their money anywhere. Hell, get some balls and tax the transactions at 50%!
Developed in the 1960s, used on ARPANET in 1969. Initiated in 1970, the ALOHANET, based at the University of Hawaii, was the first large-scale packet radio project.
http://www.tapr.org/pr_intro.html
Interesting analysis. Since the C4 can't destroy something on the scale you feel important maybe you would take on the job of explosion analysis and test how much it will? Here, you hold the C4 while I go push this button.
Which Central and South American death squads might you be indicating actually performed this scenario? If you are going to associate a behavior at least indicate something similar. But, of course, there are none because America has not done what I'm suggesting. Apparently, it's much easier to throw millions of children in jail as pot smokers and turn them into hardened criminals.
"A good assassination team would remove 100% of the cartel operatives in Mexico fairly quickly."
As if the cartels don't have the money and the will to hire effective special ops types to ensure this doesn't happen. These people ship contraband in submarines, for the love of mike. They definitely can (and obviously do) hire professionals to do security.
"It's my experience that most people with which I've discussed this topic deny the effectiveness of this solution because they do not wish it to have viability."
Your Rainbow 6 fantasies notwithstanding, it's not that I don't wish it were simple. But it's not simple. You're dealing with a group of people who have more money that most of the official institutions charged with fighting them. Don't even get me started on will, either. The cartels don't have to worry about court or political considerations.
You're making up a better video game scenario than actual strategy.
Which is where you have no understanding of how today's military successes are developed. Success in motivation in the American military has been found through changes in mindset from killer to protector. In your deranged fantasies people only react for money. You can have all the money in the world, far out-pacing even the USA, and the right motivation will take your activity down.
The problem with you is the same problem with political will. Your morals are based upon personal gain.
No, your idea only increases the violence because you continue to promote a world where you expect reasonable people (Mexicans, Americans, whatever) to simply die for you.
We don't have the political will to do shit in America. The fucking Executive branch is supplying automatic weapons to cartel members in hopes of somehow magically tracking their activities. Seriously.
Your solution is being tried right now and failing.
Obviously, you haven't noticed the people losing property in the current state of affairs to government pariahs using this "war" as an excuse to fatten their bellies.
A good assassination team would remove 100% of the cartel operatives in Mexico fairly quickly. If the Mexican government allowed this then it would happen must faster. The only thing missing is the political will to take care of the situation. It's my experience that most people with which I've discussed this topic deny the effectiveness of this solution because they do not wish it to have viability. Pooh pooh all you like, assassination would be much cheaper than any current solution nominally in effect.
Since most Americans prefer their Mexicans to remain poor and controlled, this will never happen. I'm all for adding 31 stars to Old Glory.
He's just a rich guy. Big deal.
If I was rich, I would probably own two properties, and have stocks in oil, and renewable energies as well.
This would be funny if it wasn't sad.
So, you are implying that it doesn't matter how the money was obtained, just as long as Gore Jr. is rich. Great.
He has a significant financial interest in climate science reaching a particular conclusion.
Do you really believe that Al Gore is motivated by money? Think about that for a moment. What evidence is there for it? I don't even know if he has stocks in renewable energy research companies, or the like, but isn't it plausible that he has invested in said (theoretical?) companies because he has lots of money, and believes that this is a good thing to do?
Can you support your point a little better? It sounds like you are just casting unfounded negative aspirtions.
Clearly you have not followed Gore Jr's life much. His family continues to make millions off of oil stocks given to them as a bribe by Armand Hammer.
Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself.
Clearly your blinders are locked if you do not understand the clear conflict of interest here. I'm sure the slightest bit of investigative journalism could produce much more incentive.
... On the other hand China makes nothing the US can not produce domestically....
Did we forget rare earth elements, essential to the technology we hold so dear and rely upon so completely??
Actually, no one is forgetting anything in the statement. We (America) can out produce China in rare earths. Hell we could be energy independent in six months if the political will was there to use our own resources instead of paying another country to drill/mine for us.
Because liberals realise that the things we take for granted have to be paid for by someone.
It is because those things were handed to you gratis by the government that you take them for granted.
I'd love to see a list of those things! I live in San Diego and I'm betting you cannot list one thing the government has ever given me gratis. My family certainly has given enough blood for this country and state. But their gratis for that has been to keep taxing me more while giving away mortgages to people unable to afford said mortgages based upon a physical characteristics vice responsible track records. Go figure.
I spent $3,000 trying to save a Aussie Shepherd mix we purchased through a Pet's Mart rescue. The process and death scarred my family. I have no doubt the jerks who sold us the puppy knew she had distemper.
Well-bred Aussie Shepherds sell for $1,000 and rarely are ill. The one we bought from a reputable dealer in California screened us first, not the other way around. Our Aussie has had zero health issues in two years of ownership.
Trained Aussie Shepherds working dogs sell for over $5,000 and are well worth it. They have to live with their charges and endure life harsher than normal "pets".
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You're proving that we should power our society by burning stupid people. It's an infinite resource.
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I'm crying on the outside as my moderation points are poofed. BRAVO!
Well when everyone continues to believe that 60 year old technology never needs to be updated, you get what you sow,
Disagree. Small integrated reactors would solve all of America's energy problems but delete the energy monopolies that ex-government officials post themselves to run. That's why America, as a nation, refuses to invest in nuclear options except in the case of warships, where we have no other choice for power efficiency ratios.
Wind alone is a classic example of lies feeding lies.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/2910739/Wind-farms-fail-to-deliver-value-for-money-report-claims.html
http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews11/110407-wind.html
http://tohatchacrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/scottish-wind-farms-fail-to-deliver.html
http://papundits.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/electrical-power-statistics-renewables-fail-to-deliver-january-2011/
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/275673/texas-wind-energy-fails-again-robert-bryce
http://toryaardvark.com/2011/08/17/wind-turbines-how-long-before-the-golden-eagle-is-extinct/
http://toryaardvark.com/2011/08/22/wind-turbines-now-they-are-a-threat-to-national-security/
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/46519
http://papundits.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/renewable-power-fail-as-usual-november-2010/
http://wind-works.org/SmallTurbines/SkystreamDeliversLessThanAdvertisedatFrenchTestSite.html
http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/why-wind-wont-work.pdf
Call the IRS and ask for a complete account of where the money has come into your SSN account. When I did because something was erroneous they cited PRIVACY concerns as why I could not know what someone else submitted into MY account. You don't have to wonder why ID Theft is the number one crime when a criminal potentially harming your character has more rights that you with a federal agency.
We have no low gravity develop or test facilities for research. Robots take too damn long to develop a single research line. Ten people on a Moon/Mars base would develop more in one year than 100 years of robots researching. Business cases that take 5 to 10 years for a single research line. We have no industry developed in space to take advantage of there might be in a space use case.
150 years is only daunting if you do not have adventure in your spirit. I could easily spend 20 years now working as a volunteer consultant to poorer areas of the world in a variety of interests. Let's say the mission to colonize Titan is in progress and they cannot find a ship full of 32-year old doctorates to fill the ship. I'm fairly positive my generation still has plenty of people that would go in an instant no matter what the time involved. Obviously, you would want those people to live as long as possible for the work involved.
There are plenty of radical breakthroughs being theorized and tested all the time. I believe many of them are probably going to be easier to test in space (if you want some measure of safety). I certainly don't wish for fusion bombs to explode near any populace.
It's a crime solar system exploration isn't moon-based at this time and 100% of minerals aren't coming from the asteroid belt instead of polluting third-world countries.
Oh look, the NBA is on strike. Oh Lordy!
Re-introduce the Glass-Steagall Act, impose a transaction tax (eg 0.01%) on every trade of any kind performed on the stock markets, and re-balance shareholders' interests against equity build using suitable regulatory legislation.
Because taxing people solves everything. The more you tax people the more they want to play fair and not hide their money anywhere. Hell, get some balls and tax the transactions at 50%!
Exactly.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Spotted-Owls-New-Nemesis.html?c=y&page=1
Developed in the 1960s, used on ARPANET in 1969. Initiated in 1970, the ALOHANET, based at the University of Hawaii, was the first large-scale packet radio project. http://www.tapr.org/pr_intro.html
Seriously, read a book or two. What? Did World War I and II not happen? Fuck you.
Interesting analysis. Since the C4 can't destroy something on the scale you feel important maybe you would take on the job of explosion analysis and test how much it will? Here, you hold the C4 while I go push this button.
Which Central and South American death squads might you be indicating actually performed this scenario? If you are going to associate a behavior at least indicate something similar. But, of course, there are none because America has not done what I'm suggesting. Apparently, it's much easier to throw millions of children in jail as pot smokers and turn them into hardened criminals.
"A good assassination team would remove 100% of the cartel operatives in Mexico fairly quickly."
As if the cartels don't have the money and the will to hire effective special ops types to ensure this doesn't happen. These people ship contraband in submarines, for the love of mike. They definitely can (and obviously do) hire professionals to do security.
"It's my experience that most people with which I've discussed this topic deny the effectiveness of this solution because they do not wish it to have viability."
Your Rainbow 6 fantasies notwithstanding, it's not that I don't wish it were simple. But it's not simple. You're dealing with a group of people who have more money that most of the official institutions charged with fighting them. Don't even get me started on will, either. The cartels don't have to worry about court or political considerations.
You're making up a better video game scenario than actual strategy.
Which is where you have no understanding of how today's military successes are developed. Success in motivation in the American military has been found through changes in mindset from killer to protector. In your deranged fantasies people only react for money. You can have all the money in the world, far out-pacing even the USA, and the right motivation will take your activity down.
The problem with you is the same problem with political will. Your morals are based upon personal gain.
We don't have the political will to do shit in America. The fucking Executive branch is supplying automatic weapons to cartel members in hopes of somehow magically tracking their activities. Seriously.
Your solution is being tried right now and failing.
http://www.kjct8.com/news/29122939/detail.html
My solution removes the incentive to hide in Mexico and exploit poor peasants because breathing people want to stay that way.
We've tried your solution in small ways and seen failures. Let's try the complete erasure of the cartels for just once.
A good assassination team would remove 100% of the cartel operatives in Mexico fairly quickly. If the Mexican government allowed this then it would happen must faster. The only thing missing is the political will to take care of the situation. It's my experience that most people with which I've discussed this topic deny the effectiveness of this solution because they do not wish it to have viability. Pooh pooh all you like, assassination would be much cheaper than any current solution nominally in effect.
Since most Americans prefer their Mexicans to remain poor and controlled, this will never happen. I'm all for adding 31 stars to Old Glory.
Your assertive doucebaggery certainly doesn't focus any arguments. But keep swinging mate.
He's just a rich guy. Big deal. If I was rich, I would probably own two properties, and have stocks in oil, and renewable energies as well. This would be funny if it wasn't sad.
So, you are implying that it doesn't matter how the money was obtained, just as long as Gore Jr. is rich. Great.
He has a significant financial interest in climate science reaching a particular conclusion.
Do you really believe that Al Gore is motivated by money? Think about that for a moment. What evidence is there for it? I don't even know if he has stocks in renewable energy research companies, or the like, but isn't it plausible that he has invested in said (theoretical?) companies because he has lots of money, and believes that this is a good thing to do?
Can you support your point a little better? It sounds like you are just casting unfounded negative aspirtions.
Clearly you have not followed Gore Jr's life much. His family continues to make millions off of oil stocks given to them as a bribe by Armand Hammer.
Here's Gore sort of being disclosed in 2000:
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=468
Here's Gore being called out for more faux caring:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm
Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/03/al-gore-the-worlds-first-carbon-billionaire/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/6491195/Al-Gore-could-become-worlds-first-carbon-billionaire.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/energy-environment/03gore.html
Clearly your blinders are locked if you do not understand the clear conflict of interest here. I'm sure the slightest bit of investigative journalism could produce much more incentive.
... On the other hand China makes nothing the US can not produce domestically....
Did we forget rare earth elements, essential to the technology we hold so dear and rely upon so completely??
Actually, no one is forgetting anything in the statement. We (America) can out produce China in rare earths. Hell we could be energy independent in six months if the political will was there to use our own resources instead of paying another country to drill/mine for us.
I barely believe any of you exist. Why would I care what you post?
The problem is too many fucking Generals, Admirals, and ex-Senators nephews are allowed to do business with the government. Imagine that.
Because liberals realise that the things we take for granted have to be paid for by someone.
It is because those things were handed to you gratis by the government that you take them for granted.
I'd love to see a list of those things! I live in San Diego and I'm betting you cannot list one thing the government has ever given me gratis. My family certainly has given enough blood for this country and state. But their gratis for that has been to keep taxing me more while giving away mortgages to people unable to afford said mortgages based upon a physical characteristics vice responsible track records. Go figure.
I spent $3,000 trying to save a Aussie Shepherd mix we purchased through a Pet's Mart rescue. The process and death scarred my family. I have no doubt the jerks who sold us the puppy knew she had distemper. Well-bred Aussie Shepherds sell for $1,000 and rarely are ill. The one we bought from a reputable dealer in California screened us first, not the other way around. Our Aussie has had zero health issues in two years of ownership. Trained Aussie Shepherds working dogs sell for over $5,000 and are well worth it. They have to live with their charges and endure life harsher than normal "pets".
Leave OBAMA ALONE!
He only spent 750 million dollars on the election after breaking his promise not to do so. Boo hoo!