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Comment Re:I'm not sure the point... (Score 1) 132

I write code in the editor of my choice, then I open chrome and look at my results. Any issues are addressed with the already pretty nice built in tools.

This could be interesting... In chrome break points move when you modify the code... It make console.log() debugging hard...
Yes let's face it we all debug with printf :)

Comment Re: Not even close. (Score 2) 695

U do realize that most r&d in this arena originated in america. Right? And that america continues to outspend both Europe and China on it?

[Citation needed], CNN certainly says otherwise: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/...
Also what political commitments have you been making? I haven't heard any, that are even remotely as impressive as the Europeans.

Comment Re:Good idea beyond the "renewable" fad (Score 1) 332

Ocean no, shoreline yes.

Typically they are placed on shallow water far from the coast... There is plenty of this space to go around :)
Let's take one problem at the time... Besides wind energy can't be the only solution... I was just reading how Denmark sells a lot of surplus electricity abroad for cheap when wind is high and energy demand is low...

Comment Re:I don't know what they are doing to burn coal n (Score 1) 332

I WANT your electricity bill... Mine is like $1000 a quarter.

How do you manage to get that? Electric heating? A/C?
Have you considered energy saving light bulbs? Do the math it pays of...
And do the same for electrical appliances like fridge, washing machine, and things that is always on or used often.

Comment Re:I don't know what they are doing to burn coal n (Score 1) 332

Electricity Bill. $107/mo (2012). I suspect most people who have things like refrigerators, ovens, electric lights might object to seeing their electric bills go up 300 bucks a month.

When I lived in Denmark (studio) my electric bill was 200 USD per year or so... Of course I had proper insulation, no electric heating (remote heat by water), and my appliances weren't shitty old and of decent quality and energy friendly. Here in the US, my expensive studio has an old shitty fridge... Old stove and old dish washer... None of it with any energy labeling...

I don't bother looking up the stats, but I suspect the problem is shitty old appliances, electric heating, A/C and poor isolation.

Comment Re:I don't know what they are doing to burn coal n (Score 1) 332

As someone who has lived in Denmark for 20+ years I don't remember energy prices ever being something anybody cared about... With all the different kinds of taxes and fees mixed in, nobody even knew what they were paying for...
Btw, I suspect price is higher because energy delivery was suddenly privatized... So you could choose who to buy your energy from, though connection fee is the same... Essentially nobody cares... and different pricing schemes are all a waste of time... Because you're literally buying the exact same product from all vendors...

Comment Re:Not even close. (Score 1) 695

For starters, China, russia, India, and South Africa continue to build out massive new coal plants. They have NO intention of shutting these down for the next 50-70 years.

How about you just get your own house in order first... EU have set high goals for reducing emissions, this will prompt research and make renewable energy sources cheaper... If the US followed along, then then price will eventually drop to a point where the third world can play along.

Comment Re:I don't know what they are doing to burn coal n (Score 4, Interesting) 332

Denmark pays a whopping 41 cents per kilowatt hour.....3.5 times the avg cost in the U.S.

Do you even care about the size of your electricity bill... Mine is mainly an annoyance, it's like 10-15 USD / month.

Also note, very few people in Denmark uses electric heating as you can get hot water from centralized production into your home (not clean only for use in radiators). My parents gets their heating from a power plant 20km away.
Also buildings have strict isolation requirements, and incandescent bulbs have been banned through out EU (presumably you can still get them, but not through regular retail; I'm not sure).

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