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> free market You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Fossil fuel companies receive subsidies as well, what's your point?

I said Tesla was perhaps "a" solution, not "the" solution. What alternative solutions do you propose?

Even still, you're assuming the government has the ability to address climate change if given the chance. But, there would need to be global consensus and enforcement or government…

If the government were mandating people behave a certain way, that would be an entirely different discussion. We're talking about a service that people can choose to use or not use…

They quite literally are being judged by a jury of their peers... that is kind of my whole point.

I struggle to see how anything you described could be categorized as "Orwellian"... Why are we concerned about "problem users" being left with no options? Just act like a normal hu…

I did read the actual legislation.

1. Sign lease for apartment in VT. 2. Lease deposit + new computer products = "qualified remote worker expenses". 3. Receive grant funds. 4. Resell computer products and never move…

Some jobs generate less value for businesses than the arbitrary amount you deem to be a "livable wage." That's economics.

Because economics

> I can think of one.... not being used at all! You seem to be missing my entire point. There is nothing bad about consuming clean, renewable energy.

You assume that a substantial portion of bitcoins are being mined in populated areas where the energy would otherwise be used for what you deem "better" purposes. How do you reach …

If there's nothing inherently bad about energy consumption, why do you think it is an "issue" for 0.5% of the world's consumption to be used for mining bitcoin? What if 100% of bit…

Not sure why this is relevant unless you think 100% of bitcoin mining takes place in the US.

There's nothing inherently bad about energy consumption. The raw amount of energy consumed is a useless metric without determining how much of this energy is derived from clean/ren…

You can't wait for retail investors to be slaughtered?

> It's well-known that deflationary currencies do not work. This is laughable. Your definition of "work" includes a presumption that we all want the government to control and manip…

For cryptocurrency fans, it is quite obvious that such a system would not be desirable or beneficial at all. The entire purpose of cryptocurrency is to remove governmental control …

Inflation hurts the poor far more than the rich. Rich people invest their money rather than simply holding cash and losing value through inflation. Poor people have no choice but t…

Not saying I disagree, because I think the bar association is a cartel and everyone should be "allowed" to practice law. However, the reason the CA bar is "notoriously hard" is pre…

If I had a bitcoin for every time I facepalmed while I read this...

Of course Bitcoin's value is a function of its popularity - it is a network. Networks become more valuable (and more useful) the more popular they are.