Transparent aluminum was invented about a decade ago. The government has been looking in to using it for various things, including replacing the viewports in tanks with it as it's far more efficient for that kind of thing than glass.

It was about time for California to try and tell Oregon to divert one of it's rivers again. They attempt that on a regular basis. It's never going to happen, that water flow is important where it is even if nobody is drinking it.
Nobody is going to let California take their water resources, period. They need to find another solution, like reduce water needs, or build some desalination plants.
Besides, if a kickstarter doesn't reach funding, you don't get any of the money, and even if you did, wasting it on a politician would be really stupid.

There are other methods to store excess power, but I doubt one homes solar panels would make it feasible for the home owner to install.
One of the common methods is to pump water to a higher altitude (up a hill, or into a water tower), so when you need the power, let it run back down to the generator. (The pump is the generator, just running in reverse.)

Warning labels... Funny how those don't have to rely on science or even basic intelligence. For example, there is a bicycle manufacturer that has added the warning to their bikes of "Not to be consumed" all because some F-N moron apparently decided to try and eat one of their bikes, and then sued the company because they didn't tell him not to.
If you want to base whether or not something is safe based on the contents of a warning label, you might as well kill yourself now, you'll be a lot less freaked out.

You do realize don't you, that even the non-gmo stuff Monsanto sells is almost exclusively their own hybrids for which they already have Intellectual Property Rights. No genetic engineering needed for IP.
I have no problems with genetic engineering, though I may have issues with specific uses. Monsanto on the other hand, is just as bad and self serving as any other huge multinational corporation. They all suck.

War has pretty much always been a tradeoff and tech development to kill the other guy while not getting killed myself. That's why they started using armor, and ranged weapons, and landmines, and war elephants, and oh so many other things. This is really just a new twist on an old concept, but at least this time, it's controversial before it's been developed.

That would be great, but until there is nobody left that wants to hurt, dominate, exploit, or kill someone else, then it won't happen.

Oh, wait... NON-AMERICANS... you idiots.

or do you prefer:

Oh, wait... HUMANS... you idiots.
or
Oh, wait... MEN... you idiots.
or
Oh, wait... WOMEN... you idiots.

Try to avoid those blanket statements that insult the vast majority for transgressions done by the few.

Because attempts to undo that damage has to go through the government and lawyers.
It's kind of like asking the guy that just ran over your cat to UN-runover your cat. They really don't want to do that.

What about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the electronic television?
No, wait, RCA employed an entire department to find ways around his patents to screw him, and the most money he got out of that invention was the $80 and a carton of cigarettes he won for stumping the panel on "I've got a secret". Yes, it's apparently true that they gave cigarettes as prizes back in the 50s.

I always figured that result had pretty much been established by the efforts of thousands of college students with their own unfunded studies over more than the last fifty years.
I guess this guy just found a way to get someone else to pay for his pot.

Guys (or Girls, it doesn't matter), this isn't the thread for an Apple Fan vs Hater "discussion".
Besides, to properly list the various activities involved, it would take way more space than anyone else cares to scroll through.
On top of that, the Haters aren't going to become fans no matter how much you disagree, and the Fans aren't going to see past their apple colored glasses and agree with the haters.
Thanks, now please get back to the task at hand of declaring microsoft evil for doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, or whatever flavor of corp bashing is in this week.

I don't know about them but I learned machine language on an HP Tester with 256 bytes (yes, I said bytes) of memory back in 1983.
For those of you that don't get it, 256 bytes of memory is 2048 bits, or 0.25 k.
Yes, we really did write entire programs that would fit into a pair of tweets, or less.

Anyone who passed high school science (or grade school if you're a bit older), or is literate and has access to the internet can figure out how to make bombs.
Sure the more powerful ones are either unstable, or more difficult to make, but often you can make up for a weaker explosive with a greater quantity.
This ain't rocket science, though it did lead to it eventually. :P

Trust us. It's real, but we can't show you.
Yeah, just like the harem of gorgeous women that wait on me hand and foot. I'd love to show you, but you know how shy they can be, so you'll just have to take my word for it...