I have been looking forward to the intersection between populist appeal and progressive reform!! About time we get our sweet stuff instead of blowing it up in the desert! I am jazzed. Awesome!! Maybe for his next trick Trump will destroy the evil and much hated cartel of telecom companies!
I have a 8 year old twitter account with about 3 tweets. The platform is honestly not for me. It does not facilitate rational engagement. At its very best, it is a notification service.
Yes, but how much are they enabled by non-tuition revenue?
Engineering departments can pull in massive public and private research funding compared to English departments. The overhead rate at my alma matter was ~50%, straight into University coffers, "to keep the lights on." Despite the high salaries of some accomplished professors, our department was pulling in millions annually for the school that went to all sorts of education expenses (building, IT, classrooms, and of course, most of the high-flying salaries). Our department received high dollar alumni gifts that I doubt flood all departments equally.
China's gov't jumped into the field also, creating a kind of solar "space race", which cranked up the rate of R&D. It's a good "fight". (China was later caught under-pricing their solar products to drive out foreign competitors, but that's another story. I took a nasty stock hit due to that.)
Not really, the WTO found US allegations and subsequent tariff action to be illegal. As usual, the US makes noise when others don't follow the WTO but ignored WTO rulings. The US essentially punished the Tier 1 Chinese industry because the Tier 1 industry destroyed the competition, including Tier 2 and tier 3 industries, who were dumping product as a final salvo before bankruptcy. You know like any business would do... Also it didn't work and only strengthened the Chinese industry allowing it to partially consolidate and diversify geographically.
FYI it was a really short race. The US and Germany gave up and if China hasn't already won they have a lead that is insurmountable without massive support (in the multi-hundred billion range)
Airplanes aren't important. North American grids can support 60% wind and solar energy. This is approximately 30% of our total emissions. Can we please solve the easy, economical problems before we listen to you complain about airplane fuel?
It's also a total lie. Just another argument by people who have done nothing but throw shit against the wall and see what sticks. As their lies eventually fall or become too ridiculous in the face of progress, they simply move on to the next one. They can always count on the fact that the vast majority of people are easily duped and willing to follow the leader.
1) Too expensive 2) Kills birds 3) too much land 4) the grid will melt down at 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 5) too intermittent 6) can't happen without storage, 7) useless since it doesn't work at night. 8) too financially risky 9) not enough transmission 10) too "diffuse" for modern energy needs 11) too much energy for production 12) produces toxic waste in production 13) too small to ever matter 14) too ugly (lol) 15) strands important assets 16) no baseload
I know I'm missing a few big ones here... What do these arguments have in common? At worst well they have never really been true (simple claims about complicated systems/problems are necessarily false, generally), At best? they present minor engineering challenges, easily overcome with scale. Pretty much exactly like what happens with the development of any technology ever, and was reliably predicted because such predictions are easy within the uncertainty necessary for an obvious "go / no go" decision. Arguments against renewable energy have been a farce since the advent of these techs and the perceived threats to wealth and power of a small number of entities... and the fools who hitch their wagon to those entities, for less than noble or enlightened reasons.
I have followed this saga now over the last half of my life, much of that professionally. The pace of progress in this industry over the past decade has made it virtually impossible to stay up to date without following it professionally (or passionately). Yet we are all graced with a torrent of opinions that are at best, from fools, at worst, based on a nugget of an argument that may have been true in 2007. Good grief! at least I am right and my expert opinion will eventually prevail. Unfortunately at great delay, waste, and cost. And the US will not see the riches from this transformation, but in fact has lost and will lose economic power and cultural stature.
At least we settled one thing; preaching childish notions of evil and deriding casual grammar mistakes on the internet have about the same level of impact.
Yeah fuck you too buddy! I hope your marginally poor choices are amplified into extremely negative consequences! I'll be there to capitalize on your destitution! After all, its your fucking fault for being such an idoiot! My large capital reserves, better understanding of financial math, and political access give me the ability and the de-facto permission to scam/fleece/rip you off as I please! Gosh this society we're building together is going to be AWESOME.
capitalism baby, where the amount of capital you control and your understanding of financial math determines how much and how many you can legally fleece with duplicitous business practices. Yehaw! Wild West Baby. Fair transactions are for idiots!
My god shut the fuck up already. You will have plenty of options. You can still buy a mechanical thermostat with a bimetallic strip. You can still buy a shitty refrigerator with a shitty mechanical thermostat and a shitty compressor for your shitty beer. The endless and completely unnecessary whining is ridiculous.
While the mighty intellects among us spend their time chiding others' casual writing mistakes on internet forums, those of us with lesser abilities concentrate on style and substance.
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I propose that mental health problems cause people to imagine their data so valuable.
because he is a funny crazy person who is obsessed with nonsense?
I have been looking forward to the intersection between populist appeal and progressive reform!! About time we get our sweet stuff instead of blowing it up in the desert! I am jazzed. Awesome!! Maybe for his next trick Trump will destroy the evil and much hated cartel of telecom companies!
sweet, make it rain
This is not government behavior; it is human behavior.
I have a 8 year old twitter account with about 3 tweets. The platform is honestly not for me. It does not facilitate rational engagement. At its very best, it is a notification service.
Yes, but how much are they enabled by non-tuition revenue? Engineering departments can pull in massive public and private research funding compared to English departments. The overhead rate at my alma matter was ~50%, straight into University coffers, "to keep the lights on." Despite the high salaries of some accomplished professors, our department was pulling in millions annually for the school that went to all sorts of education expenses (building, IT, classrooms, and of course, most of the high-flying salaries). Our department received high dollar alumni gifts that I doubt flood all departments equally.
Great contribution! Two insightful comments on one thread?? Am I on the right website?
Hey, thanks for contributing the only sane response in this thread!
Rofl, yeah its the government's fault that people are fat diabetic pigs because they follow the food pyramid. hilarious
China's gov't jumped into the field also, creating a kind of solar "space race", which cranked up the rate of R&D. It's a good "fight". (China was later caught under-pricing their solar products to drive out foreign competitors, but that's another story. I took a nasty stock hit due to that.)
Not really, the WTO found US allegations and subsequent tariff action to be illegal. As usual, the US makes noise when others don't follow the WTO but ignored WTO rulings. The US essentially punished the Tier 1 Chinese industry because the Tier 1 industry destroyed the competition, including Tier 2 and tier 3 industries, who were dumping product as a final salvo before bankruptcy. You know like any business would do... Also it didn't work and only strengthened the Chinese industry allowing it to partially consolidate and diversify geographically.
FYI it was a really short race. The US and Germany gave up and if China hasn't already won they have a lead that is insurmountable without massive support (in the multi-hundred billion range)
Airplanes aren't important. North American grids can support 60% wind and solar energy. This is approximately 30% of our total emissions. Can we please solve the easy, economical problems before we listen to you complain about airplane fuel?
It's also a total lie. Just another argument by people who have done nothing but throw shit against the wall and see what sticks. As their lies eventually fall or become too ridiculous in the face of progress, they simply move on to the next one. They can always count on the fact that the vast majority of people are easily duped and willing to follow the leader. 1) Too expensive 2) Kills birds 3) too much land 4) the grid will melt down at 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 5) too intermittent 6) can't happen without storage, 7) useless since it doesn't work at night. 8) too financially risky 9) not enough transmission 10) too "diffuse" for modern energy needs 11) too much energy for production 12) produces toxic waste in production 13) too small to ever matter 14) too ugly (lol) 15) strands important assets 16) no baseload
... and the fools who hitch their wagon to those entities, for less than noble or enlightened reasons.
I know I'm missing a few big ones here... What do these arguments have in common? At worst well they have never really been true (simple claims about complicated systems/problems are necessarily false, generally), At best? they present minor engineering challenges, easily overcome with scale. Pretty much exactly like what happens with the development of any technology ever, and was reliably predicted because such predictions are easy within the uncertainty necessary for an obvious "go / no go" decision. Arguments against renewable energy have been a farce since the advent of these techs and the perceived threats to wealth and power of a small number of entities
I have followed this saga now over the last half of my life, much of that professionally. The pace of progress in this industry over the past decade has made it virtually impossible to stay up to date without following it professionally (or passionately). Yet we are all graced with a torrent of opinions that are at best, from fools, at worst, based on a nugget of an argument that may have been true in 2007. Good grief! at least I am right and my expert opinion will eventually prevail. Unfortunately at great delay, waste, and cost. And the US will not see the riches from this transformation, but in fact has lost and will lose economic power and cultural stature.
Do you speculate so boldly in all walks of life?
At least we settled one thing; preaching childish notions of evil and deriding casual grammar mistakes on the internet have about the same level of impact.
It is bringing prices down. People have poor memories.
Right. I forgot the "I can only buy LG" requirement
There is a model of mechanical (gas) range at my big box store that doesn't even take power. Next
Yeah fuck you too buddy! I hope your marginally poor choices are amplified into extremely negative consequences! I'll be there to capitalize on your destitution! After all, its your fucking fault for being such an idoiot! My large capital reserves, better understanding of financial math, and political access give me the ability and the de-facto permission to scam/fleece/rip you off as I please! Gosh this society we're building together is going to be AWESOME.
Don't forget elimination or, for the bleeding hearts among us, prison-like housing arrangements.
capitalism baby, where the amount of capital you control and your understanding of financial math determines how much and how many you can legally fleece with duplicitous business practices. Yehaw! Wild West Baby. Fair transactions are for idiots!
My god shut the fuck up already. You will have plenty of options. You can still buy a mechanical thermostat with a bimetallic strip. You can still buy a shitty refrigerator with a shitty mechanical thermostat and a shitty compressor for your shitty beer. The endless and completely unnecessary whining is ridiculous.
University has a fairly good ROI, elite institutions especially. I'm open to data that suggest otherwise.
While the mighty intellects among us spend their time chiding others' casual writing mistakes on internet forums, those of us with lesser abilities concentrate on style and substance.
No. Tuition is the major cost followed by housing and food. $500 in fees per semester is negligible, unless it must be provided out of pocket.