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Comment Re:Dang! Things were just getting fun (Score 4, Interesting) 756

I don't understand why you seem to think having radioactivity released into the atmosphere is preferable to having it stored safely at a power plant.

As for waste, a large coal power plant (under full load) requires about 10,000 tons of coal per day. This doesn't include the energy needed to transport the coal to the plant (via a big ass train).

And that nuclear "waste" that we've got 60,000 metric tons of? Were it legal to actually build breeder reactors, we could use it to generate more power, and be left with hardly any radioactive waste in the end.

Comment Re:Let's remember a few things for this discussion (Score 1) 586

You are asking people to lower their standard of living (giving up personal transport)

Two fallacies, here. First, places with good public transportation are correlated with a higher standard of living, not the other way around, and some of that is direct cause and effect. I don't blame you for not knowing this, because it's likely you're an American, and thus likely that you haven't spent much time (much less lived) in such a place, and you can't love what you don't know.

The second error was that no one said anything about giving up your personal transport -- just using it less. Reducing the problem to absolutes is to create a false dichotomy. There will be no 100% solutions.

Comment Re:Let it die. (Score 1) 554

But lets face it; most starting bands are low on money, do it part time and if you've ever listened to demo's they suck.

The musical instruments and other equipment needed to play live shows cost far more than the equipment needed to record it. And I heard Duane Mahoney's (Eddie Money) demo that he cut for his producer before the producer did, and the finished version was far, far better than the demo. That three minute demo cost him $200 back in 1975 (might have been '74, I don't remember exactly whe it was).

He's a good singer and good musician, but he's no better than a lot of my friends who play here locally who make CDs that are every bit as good as almost anything that has come from the major labels.

The labels aren't there to fuck everyone over, but the fact is they DO fuck almost everyone over, from their artists to their customers.

You say "I think record labels are needed to support the artists", well, how about some logical arguments instead of "I think"?

if you've ever listened to demo's they suck. Well they dont

Your insanely illiterate misuse of the apostrophe begs a link to Bob's quick guide to the apostrophe, you idiots (Bob the Angry Flower)

Comment Re:on the road charging? (Score 1) 586

Well - part of the efficiency is derived from the vehicles low gross weight. Start adding things like a generator, the efficiency goes down. The smaller and lighter a vehicle is, the more even a small amount of weight affects it. So - adding your own generator on a bumper hitch may be alright if you plan on making a trip, and don't expect to find anyplace to recharge. But, for day to day commuting and running around, it would probably suck.

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