It's called "keeping the masses busy", keep them occupied, make consumers of the people. Makes them not want to revolt because of the corrupted government.

Asides from waking up, you should have mentioned, the cost of backup generators. The sun don't shine everyday, the wind don't blow every day, the load varies every day. Every one needs cheap available power every day.

Here's an interesting concept. Who is Isis? I mean who is the money behind them? I've read all the news about them, but one caliph starts a revolution? Right. One man, as a revolutionary is usually a marter. So there are 2-3 or more, who need money to support them. Who supports them and their idea? Who is standing behind the throne directing the killing? Their platform is "educated" by the standards of dictatorship, lack of freedom of the others, seems English/capitalistic in origin, so an offshoot from the bringers of ww1?

I can call B.S. they have been trying to cut the train crew since they did away with coal, shucks even before that some of the one train on the track outfits only had a brakeman, but they soon went back to a two man crew, just to have a head up for the end of the track. Check out the story of the general, or go back to the accounts of wartime train engineers. But stop blaming unions for you stupidity. Not enough method in your diet.

So in effect they, ms, are the internet judge of porn? The tubes judge of morality? And censor. they didn't guit business, or send themselves to jail for handling the porn. Gee, I thought all communications was needing a court order, to intercept, and determine what is in it. And same with wireless communications. When did it change, and why are we not hearing the otherside of the story. Hate to defend porn, but this is big brother time, and we americans lost another right. Better start opening the gulags.

Wrong, food is recently expensive. No longer are every other peon following a horse or mule. Now some have time for intellectual pursuits. Like Dilbert. Nowadays we use store bought machineries and oil. Way more expensive then feeding the children of the help, and letting them create the machines .

Every year there are fewer drug companies,why. The companies have new owner, merged worldwide and when they merge, they shut down the american operation, re... And move overseas, american drugs meant pure drugs, correct formulation. The companies went to Switzerland. and China. Switzerland, illegal to investigate problems, China deadly to investigate problems. Which is worse?

Right,an example of medical thoughtfulness, is bringing the sick with Ebola to the USA. By a hospital group,known for cutting corners on safety. Attached to a College, never a place like plum island. Secure study facilities. Yes, sounds safe to me.

But cutting a hose leaves a mark, traceable. A paper circuit, a hack, a corrupted code doesn't. Both leave the brakes not working at the "worst/inopportune/correct" time. Get the Jon done, but if the car doesn't burn our mangle enough, there is visable evidence of a crime. Conjecture? Or fact, now provable to the court? But its getting closer.

I would not to see at this conference the new paper circuitry miniaturized yet. Did enjoy the articles on paper capacitors and transistors. Maybe ic circuits next. Closer and closer to one time destroyable circuits.

Personally, I'm interested. But like hacking, their are two colors of hats, just like the the possibilities of a car remotely controlled to hurt/kill someone. And so I still wonder why? And where I live the reason someone steals a car, is to go somewhere. They,the crook left them unharmed, he needed a ride. The next was insurance to get a next better ride.

Now, reverse your theory,is the rule of quote science quote, a better possibility? Or are they wrong at times,also. Like a proposed theory, wrongly stated? Or wrong. Politicians of another culture, politicians divorced from the realities of life? To be in charge? That's wrong also, not better. So what's wrong with politics? Wrong people in power? America has a solution for that. The revolution happens happily every two years. No guns, no bloodshed, just tears for the loser. And I hope the koch bros lose this year...the american people need a win for a change.

Sorry you think so, I thought the data for major population centers, where the churches, and the arts were taught, went back to the 1600's. Some earlier even. But then if you are going off datasets, I thought the MWP was a full three degrees warmer then the 1990's. Which were warmer then now. And there were warmer periods prior to that. So, I'll go back to the SciFi channel and watch sharknado 2 and scream over the destruction of the world.

Just try and use it away from home. Out get used to a technical usage,of part of the product, and then the third world of you cannot do that here, because you live in the wrong neighborhood, or visiting the wrong side of the street. After all, I'm not paying the bill there, am I. But, my service says "mobile". And it's not....

Sorry you are so limited in scope. What this reenforced is secrecy in government. Mann was working on a government grant, with the permissions of his employer, a state college, also a government entity. He produced a product that has been called flawed. The statistics have been reworked, flawed. People, including other scientists, are asking the what and where of his research, he won"t release that research, or the emails related to the research where his basic tenant started to deviate. Or the databases used, or program that says your CO2 is the problem. But your shipping our jobs to 3rd world countries is now " solving" the problem. He he he!.