Your statement is what scares me about this world. You're saying that all the money is the government's it's just a matter of if they choose to take it. In one situation the oil companies keep the money they earned. In the other, government distorts the market and chooses winners. They are completely different.

Because you don't know the difference between a tax credit and a subsidy. Oil companies receive tax credits that reduce the taxes they pay. They still pay taxes, just less. Solar receives subsidies. Companies receive cash dollars from the government for solar projects. That's why I oppose solar subsidies and not oil tax credits.

I agree. A poster below commented that we end solar subsidies and focus subsidies on batteries. That has so many applications that don't include frying birds or blanketing beautiful federally protected lands.

The best part is you didn't even notice this obvious dry joke. Might I recommend "Being There", the book?

Wow, I have no idea what your opinion is on renewable energy and man-made global warming is but I completely agree with you. We're throwing so much energy into the ether because we have no reliable storage. Solar subsidies are evil. They distort market equilibrium and hurt the poor. DARPA and NASA can receive 100% of the solar subsidies and practically create a new Manhattan project for batteries. The below commenter also mentioned smart appliances. I agree. What if our appliances had these new super batteries, like Google's servers, and we never needed a big government subsidised corruption-fest that is financed on the poor?

That's great news!. Only six times the cost in land use and amount of units per megawatt to equal more efficient forms of power.

Geese, I just wish we weren't hosing the poor to afford this inefficient use if energy. Unless the plan is to have the poor subsidize the rich all along? Like electric car subsidies on half a million dollar cars?

Globally, solar can never equal more than 50%. Due to global warming, the sun is only available, on average, half the day. Gas, nuclear, and coal are obviously never fifty percent since the three complement each other. Anyway, no point to this point. Downvote me like you always do so I can spend the mid points promoting things I agree with.

If you have an article that proves net ice loss I'd like to see it. Everything I read says one thing or the other, largest ice surface area of record or Antarctic land ice loss. To me they seem to be equaling each out but if you have a credible link to a net loss of ice I'd love to read it.

Proving it exists or researching adaptability are not the purview of NASA.

I bet if they stopped spending money on political research such as climate change they'd have a couple more pennies in their pocket.

Good point, both could increase exponentially. But using the worst case scenario by the IPCC it's 4c until 2100. Measure 4c compressed to the daily variability. You can see what a slap in the wrist even the worst case scenarios by a very pro anthropogenic global climate change rackets are.

Just as a quick jab, maybe I want poor Canadians to be paid by rich beachfront property owning Miamians? Just something to think about.

Inflation: It would cost more today to retard economic growth and combat climate change than it will in 2025. That's if you agree that the warming hiatus will end, and that humans have an substantial effect on the Earth's climate.

This is exactly how you sustain the development of renewable energy. Using it to lower the cost of oil drilling might come with innovations in renewable energy.

I don't know anyone against renewable energy. The problems I have with it are the government favoring it over a neutral policy and mandates forcing me to use it when it's not yet the least costly.

You completely circumvented my post. The OP quote is contrary to your post. They supposedly want communicative technology in Cuba. He did them a favor and provided it. Anything can be illegal technology. Is a Playboy magazine illegal technology? It uses airbrushed techniques and Photoshop? You can't complain that the United States enforces an embargo on the internet then declare some things as illegal technology.

Go ahead and bring laptops and cell phones into to the United States. Actually, get hired by Russia to bring cell phones and laptops into the United States. The worst that would happen is you'd be called an outsourcer. Sorry, importing phones and computers does not constitute subversion in the United States, that's just marketing and capitalism. You'd have to be a hardcore hypocrite to blame the United States for your lack of internet and then arrest Americans when they provide internet.

If I'm reading this /. article right he did nothing wrong. The Cuban Totlitarian Dictatorship supposedly wants internet and access to information. Its America who is to blme for their lack of access. But he was jailed for bringing information? I think I have to sit down for a moment. I don' know who to believe anymore.

Lord. I'll connect the dots. Bill Clinton had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky with a Cuban cigar. He smokes Cuban Cigars. He's mega rich. This joke wasn't even partisan.