Search results

After Hitler double crossed Stalin, the Soviets lost about 20,000,000. Their survival was at stake. The harsh Russian winter contributed to Hitler’s failed campaign into the Soviet Union.

Capitalism, like everything else evolves.

The Soviets also had a deal with Hitler to get the Baltic States if they allowed Hitler to take Poland.

Spending my kids inheritance is my dilemma as well. Very tempted to pull the trigger, but I think that Roadster is just off the charts nuts! Plaid is already punching through the envelope. Love my S90. I will own a Tesla till the day I die. Just which one I am going to get next is a difficult...

I tell people before they test drive my S90 to get ready for a financial loss!

I have a 2016 MS90D with 120K miles on it. I am retired now, but this video makes me want to figure out a budget and trade mine in!

Anybody familiar with Remote Sensing Systems? Their scientists are on board with the idea of CO2 emissions being a cause of our current global warming. But like Dr. Pielke, they are not in the catastrophic camp. They give a good explanation why climate models predict greater warming than what is...

I will tell you what is lame - getting emotional.

Both. More the market. Back in the 1970s during the Arab Oil Embargo, the price of gasoline tripled. The US auto manufacturers were caught flat footed. The smaller more fuel efficient Japanese cars gained a major foothold in the American market because of the sudden jump of gasoline prices...

False analogy.

Oh, that reminds me. I think the free market is adaptive to climate change awareness. I have a V6 ICE that will drop to V4 mode while on the highway. I have an automatic transmission mechanic in the family who was showing me some of the trick engineering that goes into it. ICE vehicles are...

Well, I am no climate scientist Mr. Moderator. I am an estate manager with an interest in Tesla, the environment, and policy issues that affects our lives. I am aware that every government science organization promotes the idea that our greenhouse emissions are causing climate change. I think...

ENSO forecast showing a cooling Tropical Pacific Ocean. Global temperatures should drop as a result.

Yes, we are in a warming cycle - largely due to ENSO favoring strong El Niño’s. But La Ninas are indicating a potential shift to a cooling climate during the next few decades.

That should read, “..so extensive and thick.”

Climate warms and climate cools. In the 1970s, climate scientists were fearful the next ice age was around the corner because the Arctic sea ice was so extensive and think. There was even speculation to sprinkle coal dust on the ice to help melt it. And what was blamed for the multi-decadal cold...

Here is the Danish Meteorological Institute Arctic Temperature data. As you can see, the climate warming is all during the winter. During the summer months, the temperatures always remain near normal. For 2021, a little below normal. http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

Yes, in the winter. The Danish Meteorological Institute shows this with data going back to 1958 feet rsxtqdd dad dad as dad a so xx Dr Roger Pielke Jr. presented his findings about the cost of climate to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the US Senate on July 20, 2021...

Yes, in the winter. The Danish Meteorological Institute shows this with data going back to 1958.

Here is a segment of the NSIDC report back in 2016. “When the westerly wind pattern broke down in November, winds in several areas of Antarctica started to blow from the north. Over a broad area near Wilkes Land, the ice edge was pushed toward the continent. Areas with southward winds were also...

Also take note that as the Arctic ice extent reached a satellite record low in 2012, the Antarctic reached a satellite record high in 2015.

Note how the Antarctic was rising during the past 4 decades, then it had an ice compaction event 2016-2017. The NSIDC reported on this. They said it had nothing to do with global temperatures. The wind pushed the ice back towards the continent. I can dig up the report if you want.

The Arctic is supposedly where most of the earth’s warming is occurring - during the winter when it is least important. If the Arctic warms during the summer, then that would be something to be concerned about. But that isn’t happening. Neither are fires, floods and droughts increasing.

Here is a comprehensive report on the Arctic. Cooler than normal temperatures has kept the ice melt in check in 2021. It does not appear anything catastrophic is going on. The CO2 effect is quite small. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/arctic-sea-ice-melt-minimum-2021-fa/

The earth has done the CO2 experiment a long time ago. You pretend like that never happened because it destroys the idea of runaway positive feedback the alarmists believe.

The ideas of Milton Friedman are not outdated at all. He was spot on while he was living and his free market ideas are valid today. Perhaps those economists (Paul Krugman) who never liked the free market to begin with say things like the free market is not adaptive.

Fuel for aircraft and merchant ships is irrelevant to you as well - so you think.

400 ppm CO2 is actually very little CO2. Apparently, you believe otherwise.

Complete delusional nonsense! Everybody cared for?

Well, I think it is most unfortunate that the free market idea has become ideological. It became ideological when the embrace of Marxism became so prevalent about a century ago. And that embrace is still going on today!

Well, thank you for making my point for me. You just stated that “for record, most companies do deal with waste properly.” Private companies have an incentive to please their customers and shareholders. They will clean up whatever mess they cause to remain a viable business enterprise. If they...

The court is not one person. Decisions are often appealed to higher level courts.

Your very well being is due to the free market. You benefit from the diesel powered trucks bringing products to the store shelves that you purchase. You have necessities like everybody else. The products to sustain your life are produced and transported by fossil fuels. Hell, a Tesla mobile...

Well, that’s the problem. Your mere belief does not make you right.

Well, nothing works on its own. Everything requires maintenance. Our whole experiment with civilization is a trial and error process. Our free market system allows a far greater variety of options for us to select from. If something is harmful, we can correct for it. I get the impression that...

The forecast La Niña pattern this winter should bring some relief to the Pac Northwest. https://www.kxly.com/another-la-nina-winter-likely-in-the-northwest/

When the free market fails, that is when the courts step. That doesn't prove the free market should be destroyed!

That is what a court should decide. And many have already.

We all certainly have a limited radius of free will. We get to choose what restaurant to go to, what food brands to buy in the grocery store, what kind of car to buy (so far), what movie to go see, what field of study to pursue in college, what technical skill to learn. We certainly don’t have...

I agree with you in part. Capitalism does need policing just like the streets do. Deceptive trade practices and fraud do need to be punished. And government is needed to serve the purpose of policing capitalism. However, government policing itself is a whole different problem. And this is why...

Mr Moderator, I think you are getting into the “free will” vs. “determinism” argument. I think it is quite apparent which side you are on.

That has already been done. And was, and still is a dismal failure.

So, let’s just go back to the horse and buggy, and deal with the fecal matter from horses. That seems to be your suggestion.

You are way overthinking things too much. It is called the free market system. It is how we exchange goods and services. If that exchange is harmful in some way, we make adjustments to it and move on.

Is lead the only hazardous material on earth? You seem to think that it is. There are all kinds of toxins out there in the industrial world, and we have ways to deal with hazardous materials of all kinds. I’m sure in the early days of TEL, the engineers and toxicologists back then thought they...

And the best WAY for a corporation to please..

And the best for a corporation to please the shareholders is to please the customers! If the customers are not pleased, how can shareholders be pleased with that? You think a loss of revenue will please the shareholders? You did not think that through too well did you!

Here is the exact quote from the EIA: “By the 1950s, cars were becoming bigger and faster. Gasoline octane increased, and lead was added to improve engine performance. Unleaded gasoline was introduced in the 1970s when health problems from lead became apparent.” That is what I was referring...

The problem with your analysis is that you fail to realize a corporation wants to please their customers. I don’t think I need to explain to you why.