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Submission + - US Contemplating taxing "Vehicle Miles Traveled" (thehill.com) 4

dawgs72 writes: This week the Congressional Budget Office released a report that taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance. The proposed tax would be enforced through the use of electronic metering devices installed on all vehicles. The mileage tax is being considered instead of an increase in the gas tax in order to tax hybrids, EVs, and conventional automobiles equally.

Submission + - UN Intervention begins in Lybia (aljazeera.net)

maliamnon writes: US, French, and British forces began enforcing a UN resolution (1973/2011 ) to defend civilians in Lybia today. French aircraft are attacking tanks, while the US and possibly UK are supporting the operation with cruise missiles from sea.

Comment Lack of interesting storyline (Score 1) 418

As I've gotten older I notice myself picking games more for the story than the multiplayer aspect as I once did. I used to love gathering friends around a console to play Goldeneye or any number of popular games, but now I've began to realize most of these blockbuster games have the same basic premise where I know the outcome and the only selling point is "buy this game because everyone else will so you can play online together."

I now pick games on how well the gameplay is used to tell the story. The most recent game I played and I'm now playing through again because of the story is Fallout 3. It seems to me I could play through as several different personas and have a different outcome for the story. The game doesn't require lightning fast reflexes to just survive as the enemies are mostly used to advance the story. It should probably be noted I play most games on the easiest difficulty, unless it's a complete cakewalk, because I want the story to unfold and not get stuck in a spot with 5 bullets, a wrench, and a pack of wolves.

Comment Re:The amount of replies to this story (Score 1) 176

I'm also a former football player. I enjoyed all the perks you mentioned as well.

One thing I didn't enjoy were multiple concussions while playing. I believe in 3 years of starting games I had 5 concussions. That's not even counting the 2 in middle school/youth league. After one particularly bad concussion I forgot what had happened the previous week. If that can happen in the short term to someone who just played 12 years, I can only imagine what happens in the long term to professional athletes.

Comment Re:Natural gas - dependent upon fuel cost? (Score 1) 284

I live in an area that contains both a coal and natural gas power plant. Everyday the coal fired plant burns away, but the natural gas plant is hardly ever producing electricity. Yes the natural gas is cheap, but that's the problem with it. Unless the price of natural gas is above a certain level the plant doesn't run. In recent memory the only time I know of it starting was to "jump-start" the coal plant, and then shut back down.

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