For the most part, Amazon is much like a shopping mall chain - most of what they sell is FBA (Fulfilled By Amazon) for 3rd parties, and they take a warehouse/processing/shipping commission on it. Just like the mall owner gets rent (and often a piece of revenue in many places around the world).
Amazon is dominant in e-commerce - but e-commerce is less than 10% of the entire retail market, so they need to increase by at least a factor of 20 to drive everyone else out of business.
Candace Owens was banned from Twitter for simply retweeting what racist NY Times editor/writer Sarah Jeong posted, but changing all racial references from white to black. And Candace Owens is black. Why was she banned? She's a conservative. And that's not allowed.
The problem is that anyone to the political right of Bernie Sanders is often labeled as a Nazi. We have sitting Congresspeople wanting to impeach a President that they readily admit has not broken any laws, let alone high crimes and misdemeanors, because they believe he is a Nazi. So I guess you kick at least half the US population into the retard bin...
The reason are:
- taxes
- guaranteed feed in tariffs for renewables
Italy pays a higher tax rate on electricity that Germany or Denmark, yet their power is lower. Perhaps they do not subsidize renewables as heavily?
hey are building redundant power systems, one renewable one "dirty",
That is complete nonsense.
The dirty ones we already have, that is a no brainer...
Then why is Germany build new coal power stations? I guess they don't need the backup for renewables? Sure - maybe they are replacing "old/dirty" plants - but why use new "less dirty" coal plants, if renewables can do it?
Correction: believed costs are externalized. Real costs are almost always accounted for - no one likes to lose money. And renewables still need alternate sources of backup power - that's why the cost of electricity in Denmark and Germany is so high - they are building redundant power systems, one renewable one "dirty", but they cannot forgo the latter. Only the former is optional.
So the refrain we hear about renewables being cost effective really isn't true, then? They are more expensive to deploy as well as being more expensive to run?
We already are AT the EU levels! Luxembourg - firmly in the heart of the EU - emits more CO2 per capita than the US. So we're in the EU range - near the top, but in the range.
So if my family of two each adds 1 liter of cyanide to the water supply, and my neighbor's family of 8 each adds 0.7 liters of cyanide to the water supply, I'm the bad guy?
I see this claim quite a bit, but I always wonder about it... If these nations are committed to "clean energy", then why replace the coal plant with a slight better coal plant? Why not go all-in on renewables, and just replace a shuttering coal plan with wind, solar, or hydro? Why the half-step? Is it because you cannot build a reliable grid with enough capacity via renewables only?
If you are concerned about per capita, go after the UAE. Or Saudi Arabia. Or Luxembourg. They all emit more CO2 per capita than the US. Why don't you rail against them? Oh - because it's the total emissions that matter? Then China is the proper target...
China emits twice the CO2 as the US. I'm not sure how that translates into the US being worse. Supposedly, the climate doesn't care about how much CO2 each person emits individually, it's the entire total that matters. And right now - that is China. Unless you want to create CO2 rations for everyone? How about wealth rations? Food rations? Time rations?
Not that I know of... Especially when you compare them against what you can get from Dell, HP, and even Lenovo for under $500. A $600 Chromebook seems like a really big stretch...
I heard that Elon Musk talked to one of the lead researchers on the Crown of Thorns starfish and he's got his crack team of engineers designing a mini-sub to catch the starfish and bring them out to another place. Any day now they'll ship the sub to Australia and the problem will be solved!
Oh, and those totals don't include the 1 million plus held in "re-education camps" within China. No, that's not prison - that's just a protective space for you to learn how to think right.
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The fact they are amazingly ubiquitous, especially when compared to Tesla charging stations.
Don't get your panties in a twist, Francis...
For the most part, Amazon is much like a shopping mall chain - most of what they sell is FBA (Fulfilled By Amazon) for 3rd parties, and they take a warehouse/processing/shipping commission on it. Just like the mall owner gets rent (and often a piece of revenue in many places around the world).
Amazon is dominant in e-commerce - but e-commerce is less than 10% of the entire retail market, so they need to increase by at least a factor of 20 to drive everyone else out of business.
I guess we are not longer innocent until proven guilty?
Candace Owens was banned from Twitter for simply retweeting what racist NY Times editor/writer Sarah Jeong posted, but changing all racial references from white to black. And Candace Owens is black. Why was she banned? She's a conservative. And that's not allowed.
Nazis sent homosexuals to the concentration camps and made them wear pink triangles.
The problem is that anyone to the political right of Bernie Sanders is often labeled as a Nazi. We have sitting Congresspeople wanting to impeach a President that they readily admit has not broken any laws, let alone high crimes and misdemeanors, because they believe he is a Nazi. So I guess you kick at least half the US population into the retard bin...
Hey, our emissions are dropping - how about yours? And some of our States are bad; some are good. Much like in the EU.
The reason are: - taxes - guaranteed feed in tariffs for renewables
Italy pays a higher tax rate on electricity that Germany or Denmark, yet their power is lower. Perhaps they do not subsidize renewables as heavily?
hey are building redundant power systems, one renewable one "dirty", That is complete nonsense. The dirty ones we already have, that is a no brainer ...
Then why is Germany build new coal power stations? I guess they don't need the backup for renewables? Sure - maybe they are replacing "old/dirty" plants - but why use new "less dirty" coal plants, if renewables can do it?
No, it isn't. It is more populous, but it is just slightly smaller than the USA, which itself trails Canada and Russia.
Correction: believed costs are externalized. Real costs are almost always accounted for - no one likes to lose money. And renewables still need alternate sources of backup power - that's why the cost of electricity in Denmark and Germany is so high - they are building redundant power systems, one renewable one "dirty", but they cannot forgo the latter. Only the former is optional.
Not according to CaffienatedBacon! I'm much worse, because my "per capita" emission is worse... I'm sure he'll be along to correct me soon enough...
So the refrain we hear about renewables being cost effective really isn't true, then? They are more expensive to deploy as well as being more expensive to run?
We already are AT the EU levels! Luxembourg - firmly in the heart of the EU - emits more CO2 per capita than the US. So we're in the EU range - near the top, but in the range.
China managed to double coal imports from 2016 to 2017...
So if my family of two each adds 1 liter of cyanide to the water supply, and my neighbor's family of 8 each adds 0.7 liters of cyanide to the water supply, I'm the bad guy?
I see this claim quite a bit, but I always wonder about it... If these nations are committed to "clean energy", then why replace the coal plant with a slight better coal plant? Why not go all-in on renewables, and just replace a shuttering coal plan with wind, solar, or hydro? Why the half-step? Is it because you cannot build a reliable grid with enough capacity via renewables only?
I've lived in China (6 years in Shanghai, another two in Southern China - mainly Guangzhou) and the US. I know which one has the cleaner air...
If you are concerned about per capita, go after the UAE. Or Saudi Arabia. Or Luxembourg. They all emit more CO2 per capita than the US. Why don't you rail against them? Oh - because it's the total emissions that matter? Then China is the proper target...
China emits twice the CO2 as the US. I'm not sure how that translates into the US being worse. Supposedly, the climate doesn't care about how much CO2 each person emits individually, it's the entire total that matters. And right now - that is China. Unless you want to create CO2 rations for everyone? How about wealth rations? Food rations? Time rations?
Not that I know of... Especially when you compare them against what you can get from Dell, HP, and even Lenovo for under $500. A $600 Chromebook seems like a really big stretch...
I heard that Elon Musk talked to one of the lead researchers on the Crown of Thorns starfish and he's got his crack team of engineers designing a mini-sub to catch the starfish and bring them out to another place. Any day now they'll ship the sub to Australia and the problem will be solved!
Oh, and those totals don't include the 1 million plus held in "re-education camps" within China. No, that's not prison - that's just a protective space for you to learn how to think right.
Beruit ended up with English wiring and French plumbing. They need all the help they can get!