...despite the chiding from my builder that most houses didn't have fireplaces.

I just held two mass cardboard burns the other day and will probably do a third tomorrow. Carboard burns pretty hot so I have to be careful not to "overheat" the flue, but that's easy to manage.

If you can't burn your cardboard you might have a friend who would like the free burnables. Barring that I know most cities have some form or cardboard recycling, free and not free.

Ferret

Uses like school bases and transit buses are an excellent use for electric vehicles. Helps get the industry jump started, allows the companies bidding to refine their product, and increases the overall market share. The restrictions of battery life is somewhat overcome by simply plugging it in for the bulk of the day between runs and/or overnight.

It's a good step....Ilike it.

Ferret

...the US has done its part, more than it was signed up for illegally.

I suggest a focus on new tech and improvements in efficiencies myself.

Ferret

> If you live in large parts of Florida you can't buy hurricane insurance anymore. Nobody will sell it to > you. This is after decades and decades of it being sold.

Um....if you're going to make a wild assertion you need to back it up. Because none of these sites...admittedly I didn't search to destruction..didn't show any issues:

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blo...
https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc...
https://www.news4jax.com/weath...

Again not saying you're wrong, but some credible cites would help with your assertion a bit.

Ferret

Heh....well, I'm taking you off my Christmas card list for sure....

Ferret

I like some of Andrew's tech proposals, and I like some of Warrens' ideas about breaking up some of the big tech companies

Ferret

....that's a low ball estimate too....they always end up going higher, seems like.

Ferret

> they are willing to pay extra and compromise

I'll definitely try it eventually, but if it costs more it'll be a one time thing. If it's plant based it should be significantly cheaper or it won't make it in my shopping cart.

Ferret

Great Odin yes, let's move on.

Ferret

^^^^^^^^^^^^^(this)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ferret

You do know it's called a test for a reason, right?

Ferret

Looks pretty good to me, actually.

Ferret

Look, no government should provide subsides IMO, no matter what. They distort the market and just rebound in not necessarily good ways.

Having said that, the whole issue is more "meta" than that. Amazon bailed because in large part because of the extremely poor treatment they'd been getting, the attacks on their business practices (right or wrong), and the way the whole environment had just been "soured". It's not at all hard to believe that they just looked at the increasingly unfriendly environment around the whole thing and decided to just bail for friendlier territory.

Bad for New York. Good for another state...and hopefully said state does not offer subsides and the like.

Ferret

Well, I think that timeline is unlikely but sure, it's possible. Particularly if we (ever) get fusion practical.

Ferret

Turning what is otherwise waste into something *useful* is definitely a plus.

Ferret