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As European I wonder if you really need a/c in Silicon Valley? I've never been there but from weather averages it seems that the climate is comparable with Paris where a/c's are ab…

As I wrote, I live in a large apartment building with a large hoa. I just cannot put panels on the roof myself, the hoa needs to agree. Our plan was to use the maintenance fund to …

> Why buy a car? To get to my job. > Why leave the house? To get to my job. > Why get a job? So I can buy food and I won't starve. > Why rent an apartment? No clue, renting does no…

https://econews.pt/2018/08/07/why-are-electricity-bills-so-h... > If we breakdown prices, we realize that families in Portugal have the second highest tax burden in Europe (12 cent…

You are correct that if you use your energy before it gets on the grid you are fine. But that is quite hard for most people to accomplish, most people are not at home during daytim…

> subsidies were set in stone for 20 years How does that work? A new government can change the law and decide otherwise, well at least that is what they do here.

Are you sure? Does electricity in Portugal cost 10 to 20 cent before tax? Why is it so expensive? We pay 6 cent/kWH before tax in the Netherlands.

Unfortunately, we are one of the worst performing countries on the co2 reductions within Europe. Even coal loving Poland and "poor" countries like Romania outperform us.

> 4¢/kWh (slated for 5¢ early next year). It's sold at a loss, since consumer prices are about 10¢/kWh by night and 20¢/kWh by day Isn't this "selling at a loss" just the differenc…

I live in a large apartment building in the Netherlands, during the last home owners association meeting we discussed installing solar panels. The problem is the huge uncertainty t…

The Hague is now building large residential towers next to the three largest train stations. People who will live there will have no right to get a parking permit.

Probably depends on the country. Here in the Netherlands the difference of quality is really small between public elementary schools. Private schools are practically non-existent.

> yeah, now imaging you have two of them going to two different schools, each 40 minutes walking distance from home, different directions and your office in somewhere else too. I g…

> If the EU didn't exist, Germany would still be staffing its nursing homes with cheap(er) foreign labour, just done under a visa rather than EU freedom of movement. Or worse: the …

How is any of that related to a non-functioning EU?

I think you are mixing up the tax bracket with the total income tax you payed. With 36k you should pay approximately 25%. See https://www.berekenhet.nl/inkomen/belasting-box1-versc…

Yup, and when your kids will go to uni you'll be paying 2.000 euro/year for TU Delft instead of 40.000 for MIT.

That is not a regular salary in the Netherlands, they are just being cheap. My first job paid 40k, in a cheaper city, 10 years ago without a university degree. Tax brackets are pro…

Do you got a source on your quality statement? Many European universities do quite good in the rankings.