Comment Re:Offset? (Score 1) 93
You forgot to multiply that 75% by the efficiency of the generator...
You forgot to multiply that 75% by the efficiency of the generator...
So, first: explanation of why coal produces more CO2 when burned than oil or gas. The short version is, "because coal has more carbon in it."
Next, comparison of efficiency of different types of fossil power. The charts you want are on pages 13 and 15. The data is pretty noisy because it's by country generating, but coal and oil are roughly the same efficiency if you remove the outlier datapoints.
The rest of my post is inferences drawn from those two metrics. You're welcome to dispute those inferences instead of dismissing my comment as nonsense. Ass.
until the EOL later this year
RTM (1507) is good until 2025, 1607 is good until 2026, 1809 until 2029, but sadly 21H1 is good only until 2027. 21H1 IoT is good through 2032.
other than the OS losing manufacturer support.
This, so much this.
Windows 2000 plus the under-the-covers security improvements since then = much better than anything MS has actually shipped.
To be fair, several versions of Windows added significant under-the-hood security. XP Service Pack 2, Vista's "UAC" prompt (bad/annoying as
Unfortunately most of them brought more and more stuff I don't need and don't want.
Even if it's all coal I bet it's still going to have lower lifetime emissions than running on bunker fuel.
Are you sure about that?
Oil and coal have roughly the same efficiency for power generation, but coal produces more CO2 per ton than oil. That suggests you could put a generator on the ship to charge the batteries (burning bunker fuel) and have "lower lifetime emissions" than charging the ship from a coal power plant. Of course, instead of generating electric power with that bunker fuel, you could use it to turn the propeller shafts directly at even higher efficiency, so...
I haven't done the math, but unless the assumptions above are incorrect I would say you'd lose that bet.
The lower chamber, the US House of Representatives is currently controlled by the GOP. They will not ratify this.
It's true that the House of Representatives will not ratify this treaty. It's also true that the House will not ratify any treaties, because it is not part of the ratification process.
It also will not be able to pass in the Senate due to the narrow majority the Dems hold there. Two defectors from coal producing states like Pennsylvania, Illinois, or West Virginia, or coal consuming states like California or Michigan will result in a failure to ratify.
Again, you show a shocking lack of understanding about the treaty process. 50 + vice presidential tiebreak doesn't get you there, treaties in the US are ratified by a supermajority vote in the senate--you need 67 in favor (though, I suppose, under the right circumstances you could do it with as few as 35 votes in favor, i.e. if you convinced 49 senators to not show up that day you'd still have a quorum and the constitution specifies "two thirds of those present").
How soon before some kid^H^H^H^Hteen orders a bunch of stuff then his parents send it all back demanding a refund?
In most US states, most contracts with minors can be rescinded by their parents.
And it was never submitted for testing, so their claim that it was N95 certified is bunk.
The summary suggests they never claimed it was certified N95. They claimed they used "N95 grade filters" (which was, apparently, true in that the filter material would block 95% of particles). They never claimed the mask itself was "certified" in any way.
I'm sure the droid that wrote the copy was probably using "N95 grade filters" in the exact same way that advertisers use the phrase "military grade encryption" to refer to 56-bit DES--technically true, but meaningless and misleading.
Counterpoint: "you are required to document your criminal conspiracy and maintain those documents for seven years" has obvious 5th amendment problems.
What is your credit card number minus the current year?
What is the square of your credit card PIN?
What is 10 times the security code on the back of your credit card?
Type your name adding 1 letter to each letter, so A becomes B and so on, with Z becoming A.
Type your zip code backwards.
Ners McSee ???
No, they haven't. No Democrat has been "screeching" about "stolen" elections. None.
While "screeching" is certainly hyperbole, how about Hillary Rodham Clinton?
“There was a widespread understanding that this election [in 2016] was not on the level,” Clinton said during an interview for the latest episode of The Atlantic’s politics podcast, The Ticket. “We still don’t know what really happened.”
“There’s just a lot that I think will be revealed. History will discover,” the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nominee continued. “But you don’t win by 3 million votes and have all this other shenanigans and stuff going on and not come away with an idea like, ‘Whoa, something’s not right here.’ That was a deep sense of unease.”
Maybe you think that's not a direct enough claim? How about this one:
"I think it's also critical to understand that, as I've been telling candidates who have come to see me, you can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you,"
Or maybe Jimmy Carter is more your speed?
"There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election, and I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf."
Maybe the 11 Democrats who objected to the electoral vote certification on January 6, 2017?
No, sir. No allegations of stolen elections from Democrats, none at all.
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