For the grid there are reserve requirements (i.e. demand + 10%) in case a generator goes down and they need to pick up the slack.

Batteries are being integrated, but its slow. the ISOs/RTOs need to figure out how to incorporate them into their market systems (and how to pay people, etc.)

Accurate metering of the energy being put back into the grid, Accurate metering of the actual consumption from the grid, etc.. None of this is "trivial"

There actually exist things like this here in Mass. There is a glacial pool that was dug in a mountain near the Connecticut River. During the night, they pump water into the basin and during the day, they let the water flow through turbines.

My Data = My Property. I grant a 3rd party limited use of ONLY the data that I supply them. They cannot in anyway, shape, or form share this data with any other party (without a court order). Any violations of this are a $ 100,000 (US) fine given directly to the person who had their data shared.

Yup. They use stuff like Azomite and Elomite (Rock Dusts) as soil amendments.

I used it for the 1st time last year and my garden's yeilds were amazing (I harvested double the plum tomatoes from the less plants - 132lbs in 2014/15 plants vs. 66lbs in 2013/18 plants

From what I've read, The Alfalfa crops are about 1B gallons of water being moved to China.

This chart http://www.rollingalpha.com/wp... shows what crops are the thirstiest...

From: http://www.rollingalpha.com/20...

No, they plant there because of the temps. NOT the soil. Its "fertile" because of Monsanto chemicals.

We do. Find a nice local CSA, Support them. Ours is now doing produce year round thanks to hoop and green houses .

That's a fallacy.

The 2 "crops" that are taking the water:

• Alfalfa - going to China to feed THEIR livestock.
• Bottled Water - Nestle's is buying municipal water at residential rates and selling it back at 100s of times the original cost.

Shut those 2 things down and water problem solved.

The original reason was because they used that status to help people (i.e. supply food/help for the poor and elderly). It was from a time before things like social security/etc. and many elderly lived in extreme poverty. Many social functions (that churches received the exemption for) are now handled by many other social services.

They no longer need the exemptions as it now just allows them to buy up land/property

Are they going to use it on chickens to make elephant sized chickens (One breast would feed a school ?!?!)

And as a certifiable.. I mean certified tester, I'm the person who should be testing shit (and lets face it - Too much of the code out there IS shit)

Let the coders code, Find a person who understands HOW to test and let them test.

Also. If you're going to code using a language like JAVA, Write a freaking JUnit test and pass in Min, Max, Max and a mid range value to your methods/objects. Make 100% certain that it handles the data and errors that inevitably WILL happen. Then you have a quick way to REGRESSION TEST when you do a new release...

Isn't a running joke that they've invented/done everything already ?

If you can't, based on the available facts (the design, requirements, etc.) , determine how long it will take to implement a project then you need to find someone who can. And you have to understand that there ARE external factors you can't control and if they change, the estimates change.

And management needs to know that your estimates are based on specific things (the requirements not changing). Any changes to requirements, etc. will impact schedule

If your company puts the budgets into stone, that's a different issue.

I'm QUITE amused that only 1 (now 2) of these comments have an actual registered user associated with the posts..

They don't care about morale. If you don't have any work options, And keep producing ? Their attitude is screw your morale.