What are you smoking? Subsidized - do you mean the ethanol crap in the past?
We pay 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline in federal tax, and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel, plus about another 30 cents to the state - to NOT FIX ROADS (or so it seems).
No, if anything the government makes it MORE expensive since the EPA has such crazy regulations that no major refineries have been built in decades and the price is always jumping up when one has to go down for maintenance. AND they want us to use ethanol at least 10% - or 15% if they had their way - which is a proven failure any way you look at it in the US.
If the government were really serious about lowering costs, they would eliminate the ethanol mandates, encourage CNG, LNG, and methanol (made from CNG) for vehicles. Then encourage breeder reactors for everything stationary.
You drive your eco car, I'll drive the safe one - that can quickly accelerate, brake, and turn (to avoid accidents). For example, on a two lane road passing several semi trucks, it is best to get around them as quickly as possible. That may mean getting well into tipple digits - which is OK since it minimizes time in the opposing lane.
I have 275 HP and get 34 MPG highway, but then it "only" weighs 2500 lbs as well so it goes like snot.
And BTW, don't ever tell me what I need - it is what I want that is important. I may not "need" that power ALL the time, but when I do - I have it and you do not.
And what is wrong with that? It is THEIR building - they can do what they want to with it.
Now.. if that jamming signal goes outside - then the FCC can say something.
Personal property rights people!
Exactly. FAIL!
Your tax dollars flushed down the drain yet again.
Get the Govt out of private enterprise - they can't create a balanced budget themselves so why should we trust them to prop up businesses?
These people get rich, the company goes down the tank - and all we get is more public debt!
Ironic since Obama's policies helped caused the spike in gas prices. Flushing more of our money (it is ours - profit comes from our pocket books) down the rat hole of "green energy" is a waste. When the market needs it, and it makes economic sense, it will sell itself.
They should be, only they are proven effective killers, but are somehow protected as "choice".
It is my choice to make, own, and use any weapon I so choose under 2A. Nothing other than a constitutional amendment will change that fact.
2A exists to protect citizens from an over-reaching Govt. Exactly what we are now seeing. They know we are right, but though local propaganda centers (schools), they make sure the Constitution is no longer taught so that (most) citizens don't know their rights.
Welcome to Amerika.
Hydraulic fracturing does not release CO2, burning fuels does. It just helps get about 30% of what is trapped in rock, out of the ground for our use. However they are accurate when they state that “This report confirms that major carbon reductions from power plants wouldn’t be possible without a reliable and affordable supply of domestically produced natural gas," Yes, carbon-based energy sources do release some CO2, although Natural Gas by quite less a margin than Coal or Oil.
Now if you want to write a story on something worthwile, how about one on the worthless DOE and NRC. They should be encouraging the use of Atomic energy with new generation breeder reactors that can use up of the "spent" fuel from old-style light water reactors instead of having it lie around parking lots in rusty containers. And meanwhile also continue research on Fusion reactors.
But no, we have to push minor energy sources such as wind and solar. And then even negative energy sources (actually drains) like Ethanol.
But to be honest, what I really want to know is - why I never see articles on banning soda pop, beer, or champagne? They also release mass amounts of CO2 when consumed.
I know - Science has nothing to do with this - it is all political (AKA who's paying me the most to tear down their opponents).
Sigh...
I resent the term 'white'.
I am not white - most paper is white and I look nothing like the color of paper.
Pink skinned is much more accurate - and what our friends the Andorians call us. I scratch out white and put that on all Govt. forms.;-)
Q: Dead? How exactly do you "kill" a hole in the ground.
A: You can't (short of filling it up). Which is good news for the time when people come to their senses and realize that nuclear waste is MUCH SAFER in a salt cavern than in a fenced in parking lot at a nuclear facility.
Of course the BEST thing we could do with the "waste" is use it for fuel in breeder reactors.Then, after the breeder reactor is finished removing most of the remaining energy - we should store it safely in Yucca Mountain.
If at first you don't secede, try try again!
Seriously - the time has come. I signed it for Oklahoma.
We have a divided nation. This is not about Obama vs. Romney (who I did not vote for BTW), or even Republican vs. Democrat.
Half of the nation wants socialism. Half wants liberty. There can be no middle ground.
The USA was a grand experiment as a republic. It lasted longer than most have. It has now failed. Time to admit that and move on, as two separate nations.
Let the best nation win.
It is no longer a United States. Time for our half the nation to SECEDE.
Your half can become all-out socialists and fail.
We'll prosper with a tiny cheap constitutional (not Republican) Govt.
I never understood the issue about not being able to read the data. Just put a laptop IN the vault with instructions on how to use it to view the data/video/etc. It should be just fine in a vacuum.
Why not ignore it? Unless someone knows how to easily block the increased radiation from the sun...
Let's see - more radiation from the sun (due to more than usual solar flares = global warming). When the flare rate goes down = global cooling.
No ones ever happy about the temperature..:-)
After thinking about this awhile, I think the best approach to actually get the TSA to do something that would actually work, instead of just mask the problem and "make it go away", is for 10,000 or more of us to do the same thing. If anything, the DHS should be thanking the guy, not hassling him. What a backwards system!
Thomas Jefferson was right, this Federalist approach will only seek to divide the country when Liberty is thrown out the window. Time for another revolution, and a much smaller, weaker, federal government. One that respects our rights as citizens, and restores liberty.
Bryan
I upgraded during RC2, and have had no odd problems as of yet. If anything, it is more stable then 1.5 and uses less memory.
I could not give up the spell-check. I had always copied text to word to check and then copied back, but this is so much more convenient!
Fix whatever little bugs there are, and go on, don't revisit the past.
Bryan
I just wonder what Oracle's CPU price index will be for this thing if it makes it out?
Let me see, you have an AMD super single CPU core, not a hyper-threaded or standard one. You need to multiply (PI*GHZ/Watts*Sockets*200000)+(5000/days_until_qua rter_closeout) to get the correct license fee.:-)
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What are you smoking? Subsidized - do you mean the ethanol crap in the past?
We pay 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline in federal tax, and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel, plus about another 30 cents to the state - to NOT FIX ROADS (or so it seems).
No, if anything the government makes it MORE expensive since the EPA has such crazy regulations that no major refineries have been built in decades and the price is always jumping up when one has to go down for maintenance. AND they want us to use ethanol at least 10% - or 15% if they had their way - which is a proven failure any way you look at it in the US.
If the government were really serious about lowering costs, they would eliminate the ethanol mandates, encourage CNG, LNG, and methanol (made from CNG) for vehicles. Then encourage breeder reactors for everything stationary.
Exactly!
You drive your eco car, I'll drive the safe one - that can quickly accelerate, brake, and turn (to avoid accidents). For example, on a two lane road passing several semi trucks, it is best to get around them as quickly as possible. That may mean getting well into tipple digits - which is OK since it minimizes time in the opposing lane.
I have 275 HP and get 34 MPG highway, but then it "only" weighs 2500 lbs as well so it goes like snot.
And BTW, don't ever tell me what I need - it is what I want that is important. I may not "need" that power ALL the time, but when I do - I have it and you do not.
And what is wrong with that? It is THEIR building - they can do what they want to with it. Now.. if that jamming signal goes outside - then the FCC can say something. Personal property rights people!
Exactly. FAIL! Your tax dollars flushed down the drain yet again. Get the Govt out of private enterprise - they can't create a balanced budget themselves so why should we trust them to prop up businesses? These people get rich, the company goes down the tank - and all we get is more public debt!
Ironic since Obama's policies helped caused the spike in gas prices. Flushing more of our money (it is ours - profit comes from our pocket books) down the rat hole of "green energy" is a waste. When the market needs it, and it makes economic sense, it will sell itself.
So... it is Nuclear powered. But then all power, is nuclear.
They should be, only they are proven effective killers, but are somehow protected as "choice". It is my choice to make, own, and use any weapon I so choose under 2A. Nothing other than a constitutional amendment will change that fact. 2A exists to protect citizens from an over-reaching Govt. Exactly what we are now seeing. They know we are right, but though local propaganda centers (schools), they make sure the Constitution is no longer taught so that (most) citizens don't know their rights. Welcome to Amerika.
Hydraulic fracturing does not release CO2, burning fuels does. It just helps get about 30% of what is trapped in rock, out of the ground for our use. However they are accurate when they state that “This report confirms that major carbon reductions from power plants wouldn’t be possible without a reliable and affordable supply of domestically produced natural gas," Yes, carbon-based energy sources do release some CO2, although Natural Gas by quite less a margin than Coal or Oil. Now if you want to write a story on something worthwile, how about one on the worthless DOE and NRC. They should be encouraging the use of Atomic energy with new generation breeder reactors that can use up of the "spent" fuel from old-style light water reactors instead of having it lie around parking lots in rusty containers. And meanwhile also continue research on Fusion reactors. But no, we have to push minor energy sources such as wind and solar. And then even negative energy sources (actually drains) like Ethanol. But to be honest, what I really want to know is - why I never see articles on banning soda pop, beer, or champagne? They also release mass amounts of CO2 when consumed. I know - Science has nothing to do with this - it is all political (AKA who's paying me the most to tear down their opponents). Sigh...
I resent the term 'white'. I am not white - most paper is white and I look nothing like the color of paper. Pink skinned is much more accurate - and what our friends the Andorians call us. I scratch out white and put that on all Govt. forms. ;-)
Q: Dead? How exactly do you "kill" a hole in the ground. A: You can't (short of filling it up). Which is good news for the time when people come to their senses and realize that nuclear waste is MUCH SAFER in a salt cavern than in a fenced in parking lot at a nuclear facility. Of course the BEST thing we could do with the "waste" is use it for fuel in breeder reactors.Then, after the breeder reactor is finished removing most of the remaining energy - we should store it safely in Yucca Mountain.
If at first you don't secede, try try again! Seriously - the time has come. I signed it for Oklahoma. We have a divided nation. This is not about Obama vs. Romney (who I did not vote for BTW), or even Republican vs. Democrat. Half of the nation wants socialism. Half wants liberty. There can be no middle ground. The USA was a grand experiment as a republic. It lasted longer than most have. It has now failed. Time to admit that and move on, as two separate nations. Let the best nation win.
It is no longer a United States. Time for our half the nation to SECEDE. Your half can become all-out socialists and fail. We'll prosper with a tiny cheap constitutional (not Republican) Govt.
I never understood the issue about not being able to read the data. Just put a laptop IN the vault with instructions on how to use it to view the data/video/etc. It should be just fine in a vacuum.
Obviously NOT warm here this winter in Oklahoma, where we had more snow and ice than any since I moved here...
:-)
And snow in LA, Florida, and...
So what if it is getting warmer, that's normal, and not caused by CO2, but rather THE SUN! CO2 levels follow warming and cooling, they don't lead it.
I suggest we reduce CO2 levels by stopping Al Gore and the who wacko bunch from breathing out...
Why not ignore it? Unless someone knows how to easily block the increased radiation from the sun... Let's see - more radiation from the sun (due to more than usual solar flares = global warming). When the flare rate goes down = global cooling. No ones ever happy about the temperature.. :-)
After thinking about this awhile, I think the best approach to actually get the TSA to do something that would actually work, instead of just mask the problem and "make it go away", is for 10,000 or more of us to do the same thing. If anything, the DHS should be thanking the guy, not hassling him. What a backwards system! Thomas Jefferson was right, this Federalist approach will only seek to divide the country when Liberty is thrown out the window. Time for another revolution, and a much smaller, weaker, federal government. One that respects our rights as citizens, and restores liberty. Bryan
I upgraded during RC2, and have had no odd problems as of yet. If anything, it is more stable then 1.5 and uses less memory. I could not give up the spell-check. I had always copied text to word to check and then copied back, but this is so much more convenient! Fix whatever little bugs there are, and go on, don't revisit the past. Bryan
I just wonder what Oracle's CPU price index will be for this thing if it makes it out? Let me see, you have an AMD super single CPU core, not a hyper-threaded or standard one. You need to multiply (PI*GHZ/Watts*Sockets*200000)+(5000/days_until_qua rter_closeout) to get the correct license fee. :-)
First laptop by Sun? I thought they re-sold something like the SPARC LC in the early 90's: http://www.ipsj.or.jp/katsudou/museum/computer/513 0_e.html