My grandparents (immigrants from Europe) started US life as potato farmers in American Falls, Idaho... I'm all too familiar with the growing patterns - and harvesting - of potatoes! Plenty of relatives who still do it...
But this is a great example - idiot feel-good-anti-GM folks who attack EXACTLY the wrong crop, to try to make a point. They're so upset about the "corruption of science" and how it's "destroying our food system" that they show their scientific AND farming ignorance and destroy potatoes. Ignorance all around, and then they wonder why much of the populace who could actually care, simply ignore their rantings. Might as well go out and start a campaign to ban dihydrogen monoxide since it kills hundreds of thousands every year...
And give up the higher contractor wage. That's the deal you make: permanent employee who earns less per hour, but gets a long-term stake in the company, or contractor who makes bigger bucks but nothing in the way of ownership.
That may be the issue - you cannot "schedule" your wind turbine output like you can a hydro or nuclear plant. Storage is a big issue (although I do have a pending patent for a special type of magnetically suspended flywheel that could help with that). Even when distributed over a fairly large geographic area you end up with times when output is nil, or it's simply way too high for use, and storage methods (such as pumped water during summer) aren't really available.
I use my main laptop as my work platform. It's a widescreen, and I actually kind of like it. I use Visual studio, and get pretty much all the tools and views I want spread out. I use a second monitor - an old Dell 4:3 turned 90 degrees - as my documentation/manual screen. For reading I do prefer the portrait Dell, but for the development environment, I prefer the widescreen.
This country's all about form over function, even when the form gives false impressions as to the function.
See: Wings/tail fins/fender holes on cars
Hey now! The vestigial wings on my 1963 Mercury Comet Custom look sharp, and the hole and scoop on the hood are the only way I can close the hood over the 4 barrel Edebrock carb and hi-rise intake manifold! Now, if you mean silly things like a 3 foot high wing and lots of scoops and stickers on a stock Honda Civic (complete with multiple "Type R", "VTEC", and "Powered by Honda" stickers), I'd agree... But sometimes, wings/tailfins and hood scoops and such are actually functional as well as just plain good looking!
As a fellow tech-guy-in-Asia, I too like to work outside in the sun. Either on my balcony, overlooking the park (in Shanghai), or at my lotus pond in Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Working outdoors always seems less like work...
I do... I got a screaming deal on a "display" unit - HP G71, loaded, sitting on the shelf at Office Depot. Walked out-the-door (including a free laptop sleeve and tax) for just under $400 - cheaper than I've ever seen at HP even before factoring in tax and shipping. Sometimes you get the best deals in a store, where the laptop becomes the "loss leader" to get you in to buy all the other things they want to sell you.
Let's see... I fly back home to Shanghai in 10 days. It was $550 for one way with American Airlines, exit row. Decent enough for 12 hours on a plane. Emirates is around $13,000 for first class for the same flight. Yeah, that's a GREAT comparison!
You don't get it - you, and I, are not wanted. The Earth would be so much better off if we all just died. Since murder is still technically illegal, the next best thing is to make modern life so miserable you wish you were dead and take action yourself.
But won't you damage some precious ecosystem or culture if you install large solar plants in Morocco? It seems to be the problems we encounter in the US all the time...
Take a look at that graph - there are plenty of times when wind output is zero. And those windmills are spread over a large, geographic area that has some of the most consistent winds in the Pacific Northwest (I'm a life-long Washington State resident, born and raised here). If you cannot maintain a decent base-load in the Columbia River gorge, you're not going to do it pretty much anywhere.
Actually hydroelectric plants are quite green, in many times they improve the landscape.
How can a non-renewable energy source be green? Oh, that's right - the people in Switzerland are still somewhat rational, unlike most of the powers-that-be here in the US...
See the evidence behind Hauser's Law - the empirical data shows that there can be brief periods above and below 19.5%, but it tends to be 19.5% and sticks to that long-term (3+ year periods) as businesses and individuals react to economic and tax conditions. Trying to claim Hauser's Law fails because a single year falls out of the data window of typical is a misapplication of the law.
It worked for the iPhone 4 antenna problem... Deny, deny, deny until you have enough bumpers to give a free one to everyone, and the problem goes away...
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lol, you're right. But you get the point right?
My grandparents (immigrants from Europe) started US life as potato farmers in American Falls, Idaho... I'm all too familiar with the growing patterns - and harvesting - of potatoes! Plenty of relatives who still do it...
But this is a great example - idiot feel-good-anti-GM folks who attack EXACTLY the wrong crop, to try to make a point. They're so upset about the "corruption of science" and how it's "destroying our food system" that they show their scientific AND farming ignorance and destroy potatoes. Ignorance all around, and then they wonder why much of the populace who could actually care, simply ignore their rantings. Might as well go out and start a campaign to ban dihydrogen monoxide since it kills hundreds of thousands every year...
You find me those potato seeds, OK?
Which is going to help mountains in Belgium...
Well, they're more like hills - you need to go down to Switzerland or SE France to find real mountains...
You're more than welcome to buy a dozen acres, plant, and harvest your own food, you know...
The people from Detroit would come and steal all the copper leading into the place...
Don't trust it until Netcraft confirms it...
:( I already lost mine during the last universe collapse and new big bang...
Netcraft hasn't confirmed it...
And give up the higher contractor wage. That's the deal you make: permanent employee who earns less per hour, but gets a long-term stake in the company, or contractor who makes bigger bucks but nothing in the way of ownership.
I guess they now have a model to sue Germany as well, for religious prosecution...
That may be the issue - you cannot "schedule" your wind turbine output like you can a hydro or nuclear plant. Storage is a big issue (although I do have a pending patent for a special type of magnetically suspended flywheel that could help with that). Even when distributed over a fairly large geographic area you end up with times when output is nil, or it's simply way too high for use, and storage methods (such as pumped water during summer) aren't really available.
I use my main laptop as my work platform. It's a widescreen, and I actually kind of like it. I use Visual studio, and get pretty much all the tools and views I want spread out. I use a second monitor - an old Dell 4:3 turned 90 degrees - as my documentation/manual screen. For reading I do prefer the portrait Dell, but for the development environment, I prefer the widescreen.
Need to make a widescreen laptop where you can turn the screen 90 degrees - best of both worlds!
Uh. Yes. Do you live in the USA? ;)
This country's all about form over function, even when the form gives false impressions as to the function.
See: Wings/tail fins/fender holes on cars
Hey now! The vestigial wings on my 1963 Mercury Comet Custom look sharp, and the hole and scoop on the hood are the only way I can close the hood over the 4 barrel Edebrock carb and hi-rise intake manifold! Now, if you mean silly things like a 3 foot high wing and lots of scoops and stickers on a stock Honda Civic (complete with multiple "Type R", "VTEC", and "Powered by Honda" stickers), I'd agree... But sometimes, wings/tailfins and hood scoops and such are actually functional as well as just plain good looking!
As a fellow tech-guy-in-Asia, I too like to work outside in the sun. Either on my balcony, overlooking the park (in Shanghai), or at my lotus pond in Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Working outdoors always seems less like work...
I do... I got a screaming deal on a "display" unit - HP G71, loaded, sitting on the shelf at Office Depot. Walked out-the-door (including a free laptop sleeve and tax) for just under $400 - cheaper than I've ever seen at HP even before factoring in tax and shipping. Sometimes you get the best deals in a store, where the laptop becomes the "loss leader" to get you in to buy all the other things they want to sell you.
Let's see... I fly back home to Shanghai in 10 days. It was $550 for one way with American Airlines, exit row. Decent enough for 12 hours on a plane. Emirates is around $13,000 for first class for the same flight. Yeah, that's a GREAT comparison!
Actually, the US is bigger than the Sahara desert. The desert is around 9.1 million square kilometers, the US is around 9.9 million square kilometers.
You don't get it - you, and I, are not wanted. The Earth would be so much better off if we all just died. Since murder is still technically illegal, the next best thing is to make modern life so miserable you wish you were dead and take action yourself.
They actually considered it, but the problem was he kept inventing new connectors every few years...
But won't you damage some precious ecosystem or culture if you install large solar plants in Morocco? It seems to be the problems we encounter in the US all the time...
Take a look at that graph - there are plenty of times when wind output is zero. And those windmills are spread over a large, geographic area that has some of the most consistent winds in the Pacific Northwest (I'm a life-long Washington State resident, born and raised here). If you cannot maintain a decent base-load in the Columbia River gorge, you're not going to do it pretty much anywhere.
Actually hydroelectric plants are quite green, in many times they improve the landscape.
How can a non-renewable energy source be green? Oh, that's right - the people in Switzerland are still somewhat rational, unlike most of the powers-that-be here in the US...
See the evidence behind Hauser's Law - the empirical data shows that there can be brief periods above and below 19.5%, but it tends to be 19.5% and sticks to that long-term (3+ year periods) as businesses and individuals react to economic and tax conditions. Trying to claim Hauser's Law fails because a single year falls out of the data window of typical is a misapplication of the law.
It worked for the iPhone 4 antenna problem... Deny, deny, deny until you have enough bumpers to give a free one to everyone, and the problem goes away...