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Comment Talking about the weather (Score 1) 130

The thing to understand ...

There's nothing to understand. Just two fellows comparing their local climate. It's essentially meaningless.

That's the thinking of people who point out that the weather outside their doors is unusually cool despite global warming.

There's no way to know that's what the poster meant without asking him yourself.

When you consider six tenths of a degree increase across the roughly 10^18 kg of the troposphere, that is as vast, almost unthinkable amount of energy increase.

Yes, the Earth receives a lot of solar radiation. It's almost like we don't need to drill for oil and gas quite so much if we could just put some turbines and panel up. But that makes the wrong people rich, so that's bad from someone's point of view. Changing the political power in controlling energy in a few central places is pretty dangerous. Imagine if everyone had some solar panels and could sell a little bit of excess electricity or skip buying electricity from the grid on most days. Someone rich and powerful would cease being quite so rich.

P.S. my subject line got cut off because I kept revising it to fit then forgot to finish it (my idea was never going to fit)

Comment Well, I have the democracy I deserve (Score 2) 130

The Bill passed today. More debt, fewer services, tax breaks for the wrong people.

I bet you dollars to donuts that the American people will just accept it and simply grumble when they have to shell out more for everything, and be annoyed that grandma is not getting medical care in her retirement home anymore. Even things that directly affect people seems to have no effect on their politics or voting behavior.

Comment I live (Score 0) 130

That's normal where I live. Yesterday I was complaining how cold it was in Capitola by the beach (lat 36 deg N). It was below 64 F / 18 C in the middle of the afternoon on the last day of June. The shops in that town must make a fortune selling hoodies and blankets to unprepared tourists.

I sure am glad we are sharing our anecdotes and getting some productive discussion going.

Comment Re:a substitute for class consciousness (Score 1) 52

The amount of money people spend on lotteries and scratchers isn't enough to lift them out of the hole they are in. And they aren't necessarily going without food over it, especially in Norway. They are buying imaginary control and influence over their own lives, because they cannot afford actual control.

Comment Re:How is ADA doing nowadays? (Score 1) 66

When that actually happens, and I think it will. I'll buy my Mom some spray paint to graffiti any places that don't have handicap accessible ramps or bathrooms.
Maybe vandalism isn't very nice, but if changing the deal on the ADA is allowed then why not renegotiate everything else?
I say, toss the social contract out the window if it doesn't work for you anymore.

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