The arsonists are simply setting the fires to not only assuage their own grief over our continued CO2-abuse of Mother Gaia, but to draw attention to the evils of man, and the pollution fomented and created by Big Oil.
Here are several papers from just one scientist that counter the concept of human-induced climate change. And they were published as well. Now how accurate is that "0% of scholarly papers" claim? Especially in light of the fact that Dr. Easterbrook's climate model (which does NOT base itself on CO2) accurately matches the past - AND predicted the current 17 year pause in warming, something none of the IPCC CO2-based models accomplished.
Kansas DOT laws regarding bicycles. I refer you to 8-1590. I assume you always ride as far to the right as practicable? Meaning on or to the right of the white solid lane marker? If so - then 3 feet is about the standard distance you get in a normal lane with a normal width vehicle centered in that lane. It's automatic. Now, if you ride to the left of the lane edge marker, or out in the main road, you're breaking the law, aren't you?
"And they today cause more accidents than most vehicles in the traffic" I hate to pull the "citation needed" thing for this, but if you honestly think this, I don't know what to say. According to the NTSB, accidents that involve at least one non-motorized vehicle account for less than 3% of all accidents reported. Now, sure there are a segment of accidents that are not reported, but a 97 - to - 3 is a stat that makes your "out of the butt" statistic unfounded.
To accurately compare accident rates, you shouldn't look at the percent of involvement, but the percent of accidents per miles traveled. Cars account for around 3 trillion miles per year in the US - how many miles to bikes account for? Then we can look at the involvement and determine which has higher rates of accidents. It's the rate per amount of usage that matters.
Four way stop. Car on one side wanting to turn left, then a bike continuing straight approaches from the other. By law (four way stop), the car has the right of way - it was at the stop sign first.
Now make the bike consider the four way stop a yield. By law (at least in CA), the left turn vehicle (the car) must yield to others - straight-through has the right of way. So the car stops, the bike keeps rolling, the car starts his left hand turn and we have a collision. Who's at fault?
Doesn't seem that expensive to me, considering that Israel is desalinating water at a cost of $0.53 per cubic meter ($0.002 per gallon). That's about 1/10th the cost that I pay here in Port Hueneme, CA (about 30 miles down the coast from Santa Barbara- $0.02 per gallon for water). In fact, desalination seems incredibly cheap. And given the amount of methane that is flared off from all the oil well heads around here (including the big torch at Mussel Shoals), we should be able to supply some of the power for free as well...
Hmmm... 1 atm is ~14.7 PSI. You get 1 atm of pressure for every 33 feet under the surface. So for 390 PSI, we need (390 / 14.7) 26 atmospheres of pressure. Or about (26 * 33) 860 feet of depth. That's easily achievable just off the coast of Santa Barbara.
The future of smartphones is NOT the US, and the US is not even a decently large slice of the pie even in the high end (most mobile phones in China sell for over 3000 RMB - $500). It resides in Asia. Come on over to Shanghai and you'll see what smartphone penetration can be.
Take a look at the per-capita taxes the Federal Government received back then - it was about half of what they receive now (on a constant-dollar basis). Our tax load today is considerably higher at ALL levels of income. And the Federal Government was running much smaller deficits as a percent of GDP as well. Going back to 1966 would mean pretty much everyone gets a tax cut, from 10% to 90%.
"The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office and U.S. Mail, is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The cabinet-level Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the Postal Reorganization Act."
Required by the US Constitution, and a cabinet-level post back in 1792. Spun off as an independent GOVERNMENT agency in 1972.
In the US, all those "oil company tax breaks" are available to ALL manufacturing companies - including Boeing, Ford, Texas Instruments, etc. And they all take them. How are they "subsidies for oil companies"? If anything they are subsidies for manufacturers - which includes solar and wind. They are not exclusive to oil.
On your list, how many of those subsidies are restricted to oil companies only? I know for a fact that at least in China, solar and wind (and magnets and silicon - the bases for windmills and solar cells) get not just 0% interest loans, but direct ownership of solar panel manufacturers. Which itself carries massive benefits within China.
What ARE those subsidies? Are they direct money grants (like solar and wind gets)? Are they tax breaks available to all manufacturers (like usually complained about, within the US)? What ARE the subsidies? That matters quite a bit. I've seen some complain about "big oil" deducting labor costs as if that is a subsidy - whilst ALL businesses in the US get to deduct wages and salaries from their revenue.
Fundamentally volume and mass are different parameters and you cannot convert between them. You can USE them for measurements, but they are totally different in all ways - so no conversion can ever exist.
Fossil fuels are already heavily subsidized through tax-breaks and government investment. Most new oil projects are 50-80% subsidized (when counting tax-breaks as subsidy). That's without counting the cost of "stabilizing" the oil rich regions in the middle east with "peace operations".
I've often heard of these oil company tax breaks, but never actually had anyone point out what they are. Can you perhaps show me what are the oil-company-specific tax breaks you're complaining about? I can point you to solar-specific tax breaks, but not sure about the oil ones...
Interesting - I am curious about this conversion between volume (cubic meters) and mass (metric ton) that you are able to accomplish. Can you shed a little light on that?
Yep, which is why all States with sales taxes actually impose excise taxes on all purchases, those excise taxes being at the same rate as the sales tax, and the excise tax being waived if a sales tax was already paid. Thus there is no treatment of interstate commerce that is different from intrastate commerce - and thus no Federal ability to ban the practice.
I bet if Tesla offered the ability to set up a dealership, you'd find hundreds of businessmen willing to plunk down the cash to start a Tesla dealership... Especially those that already have large, multi-brand dealerships. The cost of adding another brand is greatly reduced by already having the lot, the sales force, the garages, the advertising channels, etc.
The manufacturers probably don't give a rip about Tesla selling direct - heck, they'd probably like the option. Who this impacts is NOT the other manufacturers, but the NADA group - the dealers themselves. They don't want to compete with the manufacturer (who inevitably would eliminate dealer prep and other markups). It's the dealers, not the manufacturers, who are fighting to keep the rule.
Inflation since QE has not been outside historical levels. QE started around late 2008.
A lot of that "consistency" is due to tweaks in the CPI in 1980 and 1990... Adjusting for those calculation tweaks we see that inflation is actually quite high, nearing 9% on the historical record, not the claimed 2%.
I fly business class a fair amount - and when they serve lunch/dinner I get nice, metal forks, butter knives, and serrated steak knives. All served with a smile and an "enjoy your meal sir!"
Why worry about smuggling a knife onto a plane? Just book business/first class, enjoy yourself one last time, and then do your worst with the tools the airline graciously provided for you.
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The arsonists are simply setting the fires to not only assuage their own grief over our continued CO2-abuse of Mother Gaia, but to draw attention to the evils of man, and the pollution fomented and created by Big Oil.
Here are several papers from just one scientist that counter the concept of human-induced climate change. And they were published as well. Now how accurate is that "0% of scholarly papers" claim? Especially in light of the fact that Dr. Easterbrook's climate model (which does NOT base itself on CO2) accurately matches the past - AND predicted the current 17 year pause in warming, something none of the IPCC CO2-based models accomplished.
Kansas DOT laws regarding bicycles. I refer you to 8-1590. I assume you always ride as far to the right as practicable? Meaning on or to the right of the white solid lane marker? If so - then 3 feet is about the standard distance you get in a normal lane with a normal width vehicle centered in that lane. It's automatic. Now, if you ride to the left of the lane edge marker, or out in the main road, you're breaking the law, aren't you?
"And they today cause more accidents than most vehicles in the traffic" I hate to pull the "citation needed" thing for this, but if you honestly think this, I don't know what to say. According to the NTSB, accidents that involve at least one non-motorized vehicle account for less than 3% of all accidents reported. Now, sure there are a segment of accidents that are not reported, but a 97 - to - 3 is a stat that makes your "out of the butt" statistic unfounded.
To accurately compare accident rates, you shouldn't look at the percent of involvement, but the percent of accidents per miles traveled. Cars account for around 3 trillion miles per year in the US - how many miles to bikes account for? Then we can look at the involvement and determine which has higher rates of accidents. It's the rate per amount of usage that matters.
Four way stop. Car on one side wanting to turn left, then a bike continuing straight approaches from the other. By law (four way stop), the car has the right of way - it was at the stop sign first.
Now make the bike consider the four way stop a yield. By law (at least in CA), the left turn vehicle (the car) must yield to others - straight-through has the right of way. So the car stops, the bike keeps rolling, the car starts his left hand turn and we have a collision. Who's at fault?
Doesn't seem that expensive to me, considering that Israel is desalinating water at a cost of $0.53 per cubic meter ($0.002 per gallon). That's about 1/10th the cost that I pay here in Port Hueneme, CA (about 30 miles down the coast from Santa Barbara- $0.02 per gallon for water). In fact, desalination seems incredibly cheap. And given the amount of methane that is flared off from all the oil well heads around here (including the big torch at Mussel Shoals), we should be able to supply some of the power for free as well...
Israel gets 40% of its water from desalination, and will reach 50% next year. It also recycles 80% of its wastewater, highest in the world. They do a very good job of avoiding precisely what you claim is happening.
Hmmm... 1 atm is ~14.7 PSI. You get 1 atm of pressure for every 33 feet under the surface. So for 390 PSI, we need (390 / 14.7) 26 atmospheres of pressure. Or about (26 * 33) 860 feet of depth. That's easily achievable just off the coast of Santa Barbara.
Over a year ago, there were more smartphone subscribers in China than the entire population of the US. And that represents just a 22% market penetration in China. Between China, India, and SE Asia there are over 3.3 BILLION people - and they are rapidly moving into smartphones.
The future of smartphones is NOT the US, and the US is not even a decently large slice of the pie even in the high end (most mobile phones in China sell for over 3000 RMB - $500). It resides in Asia. Come on over to Shanghai and you'll see what smartphone penetration can be.
The should go back to the 1966 rate.
Take a look at the per-capita taxes the Federal Government received back then - it was about half of what they receive now (on a constant-dollar basis). Our tax load today is considerably higher at ALL levels of income. And the Federal Government was running much smaller deficits as a percent of GDP as well. Going back to 1966 would mean pretty much everyone gets a tax cut, from 10% to 90%.
The USPS is, in fact, a Government agency:
"The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office and U.S. Mail, is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The cabinet-level Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the Postal Reorganization Act."
Required by the US Constitution, and a cabinet-level post back in 1792. Spun off as an independent GOVERNMENT agency in 1972.
In the US, all those "oil company tax breaks" are available to ALL manufacturing companies - including Boeing, Ford, Texas Instruments, etc. And they all take them. How are they "subsidies for oil companies"? If anything they are subsidies for manufacturers - which includes solar and wind. They are not exclusive to oil.
On your list, how many of those subsidies are restricted to oil companies only? I know for a fact that at least in China, solar and wind (and magnets and silicon - the bases for windmills and solar cells) get not just 0% interest loans, but direct ownership of solar panel manufacturers. Which itself carries massive benefits within China.
So again, which of those subsidies you outline are available only for oil? Especially in the US - which is the relevant country here, given we're talking about the Koch brothers? I'd suggest that NONE of the subsidies in the US actually exist as oil-industry-only subsidies. And that you'll find them heavily used by other industries as well. But you will find 30% Federal subsidies for solar purchases. And we see that solar is subsidized by the US Federal Government at the rate of nearly $1,212 per $1 for coal, per kW hour generated. Who's getting what subsidies?
What ARE those subsidies? Are they direct money grants (like solar and wind gets)? Are they tax breaks available to all manufacturers (like usually complained about, within the US)? What ARE the subsidies? That matters quite a bit. I've seen some complain about "big oil" deducting labor costs as if that is a subsidy - whilst ALL businesses in the US get to deduct wages and salaries from their revenue.
Fundamentally volume and mass are different parameters and you cannot convert between them. You can USE them for measurements, but they are totally different in all ways - so no conversion can ever exist.
Fossil fuels are already heavily subsidized through tax-breaks and government investment. Most new oil projects are 50-80% subsidized (when counting tax-breaks as subsidy). That's without counting the cost of "stabilizing" the oil rich regions in the middle east with "peace operations".
I've often heard of these oil company tax breaks, but never actually had anyone point out what they are. Can you perhaps show me what are the oil-company-specific tax breaks you're complaining about? I can point you to solar-specific tax breaks, but not sure about the oil ones...
Interesting - I am curious about this conversion between volume (cubic meters) and mass (metric ton) that you are able to accomplish. Can you shed a little light on that?
Put him in a yellow feathered jumper and he could be the dead parrot in the dead parrot sketch...
Well, when you run your server on a Raspberry PI...
Yep, which is why all States with sales taxes actually impose excise taxes on all purchases, those excise taxes being at the same rate as the sales tax, and the excise tax being waived if a sales tax was already paid. Thus there is no treatment of interstate commerce that is different from intrastate commerce - and thus no Federal ability to ban the practice.
I bet if Tesla offered the ability to set up a dealership, you'd find hundreds of businessmen willing to plunk down the cash to start a Tesla dealership... Especially those that already have large, multi-brand dealerships. The cost of adding another brand is greatly reduced by already having the lot, the sales force, the garages, the advertising channels, etc.
The manufacturers probably don't give a rip about Tesla selling direct - heck, they'd probably like the option. Who this impacts is NOT the other manufacturers, but the NADA group - the dealers themselves. They don't want to compete with the manufacturer (who inevitably would eliminate dealer prep and other markups). It's the dealers, not the manufacturers, who are fighting to keep the rule.
Oh, I don't know... Maybe 12 years or so?
Inflation since QE has not been outside historical levels. QE started around late 2008.
A lot of that "consistency" is due to tweaks in the CPI in 1980 and 1990... Adjusting for those calculation tweaks we see that inflation is actually quite high, nearing 9% on the historical record, not the claimed 2%.
I fly business class a fair amount - and when they serve lunch/dinner I get nice, metal forks, butter knives, and serrated steak knives. All served with a smile and an "enjoy your meal sir!"
Why worry about smuggling a knife onto a plane? Just book business/first class, enjoy yourself one last time, and then do your worst with the tools the airline graciously provided for you.
To liars, the truth is an attack...