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>Hahaha! You have to be joking? Which modern, high quality of life, non capitalist countries are less harmful to the environment? >You have no scruples at all do you? "No insight into" then you go on avoiding the point and just falsely suggesting that I said something I didn't say (treating all historical North American societies as one, which is ridiculous), what a deeply dishonest thing to write, shame on you. What…
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Nobody is saying the government made your phone. The point is that those private companies depended on a business environment stabilized by the government, workers educated by the government, research funded by the government, business opportunities created or protected by the government (e.g. patents), etc. I realize there’s a lot of libertarian propaganda in certain circles but it’s not like the last century’s guid…
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. In communist Russia the government provided stability, research funded by the government, etc and could barely feed their population. Capitalism is why we have super computers in our pocket.
Thing is, those capitalists wouldn't have markets to exploit or tools to do so if not for over 50 years of government inducing the demand ("Silicon Valley" literally started because US Navy colocated a bunch of aviation projects, and later it pulled electronics industry there)
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My wife got a contract with our provider, we pay normal prices during the day but get 100% free power from 8 PM to I think 5 or 6 AM. Can't really complain.
shit I would invest in a power wall and time shift my power usage to the night.
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shit I would invest in a power wall and time shift my power usage to the night.
Interesting idea! I read caminante's comment about usage caps in context and I'd check before purchasing a powerwall but even if caps were in place with our deal; the powerwall could be nice as a sort of home UPS.
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The 1998 ice storm was something that had not happened before. Montreal was in particularly bad shape because numerous towers for something like 2 of the 3 transmission lines going into the city collapsed under the weight of the ice (please forgive my foggy memory for the exact numbers and details). My family in eastern Ontario was without power for 8 days in 1998, and another friend was without power for 17 days. On…
Wow!That is very interesting, it's amazing that a pole can even survive almost 100 years of frost/defrost like that and still hold any lines. I guess considering the incredible distances involved here in Canada, keeping track of the poles and actually inspecting them is a huge challenge though. I wouldn't have thought broadband added any significant weight on the poles though! And you are right, that storm was pretty…
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Reducing end user prices is the claimed outcome explicitly made by conservative groups. Much like the claim that "reducing taxes" will reduce prices.
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Reducing end user prices is the claimed outcome explicitly made by conservative groups. Much like the claim that "reducing taxes" will reduce prices.
Yeah, those are called "lies".