Apparently smart enough to have 90% of the world's leading software companies.

Pawn Stars is a great show on History

Really? U.S net oil exporter for first time since 1949. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/u-s-was-net-oil-product-exporter-in-2011.html

This argument makes zero sense, you have no idea the chances of life arising, it COULD be 50 orders of magnitudes smaller than the number of planets. We've made some remarkable discoveries about the universe but really the reality is we don't know jack about most of its mysteries despite what anyone will tell you.

Natural Gas is the cleanest fossil fuel bar far with the lowest emissions.

You raise some good points, however I do have to point out that the numbers cited said the household spends $540/year but also wins back ~$400, so you are down to only $140/year.

Gotta love all these smug people who keep chirping how it is a "tax" on the stupid. I guess in that case if the lottery had rolled over and no one had won, making the jackpot in the billions you would be spending a fortune on tickets? If the expected value for a ticket became greater than the cost, it would be stupid not to buy it right?

A computer has no moving parts except the fans and hdd, so its a terrible analogy. And the hdd is the most likely to fail it wouldn't be a horrible idea to replace it if you have an idea things might start to go south. Also so if I an average computer lasts 3 years, an average car will last 126 years?

I do feel bad for people who are genuinely unlucky. But 90% (made up stat but probably in the ballpark I'd guess) of health care costs are preventable. If you're overweight and a smoker and drive 110mph everywhere well you have to take some personal accountability as well (not saying this is necessarily your case).

"Screw" them out of two cents lol. Name one thing you can buy for two cents.

Nuclear is costing a fortune in legacy costs safeguarding the waste, and its only getting worse as more and more is generated. We should invest in deep drilling techniques for geothermal and put $$$$$$$$$$ into fusion research. The problem with saying "oh that was an old design, things are safe now", is that if you amortize the plants over a smaller lifespan, the cost skyrockets to even more than it is now (already the most expensive method of generation, and that doesn't even include legacy/cleanup costs). Guarentee when those "old" plants were originally proposed, the funding was looked at over a 40+ year lifespan. You can't expect to just rebuild the plants every 20 years because better designs have come along.

Exactly, the more different things you have experience with the better off you are. I wish I could completely switch it up at my current job and learn more and be paid for it

Exactly, sounds like someone with a chip on their shoulder because they didn't have the persistence necessary to follow through with a degree.

Oil is not really running out, reserves to production ratio has been constant at around 40 for the past two decades. http://chartsbin.com/view/t3t . Additionally North American unconventional sources (shale, tar), are estimated to be greater than the entire world-wide reserves.

The water needs are actually far less since none of it is wasted. You could say the same about fertilizer needs, if your traditional farms are using synthetic fertilizers. Obviously growing huge trees like this is currently a pipe dream, but for smaller crops like tomatoes, lettuce, etc it may be far more efficient. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tomatotree.JPG