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From: Matthew Russotto on 20 Apr 2010 23:44 In article <gl4317-C82827.21001319042010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org>, Glen Labah <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >But the real best solution would be to dump the hot water into downtown >New York City. There's dozens of buildings with heat plants there that >boil water. A bit of extra heat from the outside world would do them >some good. Trying to moving low-grade heat 40 miles probably isn't going to work. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Tony Harding on 23 Apr 2010 05:38 On 04/05/10 23:50, Grumpy AuContraire wrote: > gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> In article <hpbj1e$m32$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Stewart" >> <gortamus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Left wing socialist alert! >>> >>> And to keep it on topic.....what type of Honda do you own? >> >> >> Nah, we socialists only drive Volvo 240s and read >> misc.transport.rail.americas. >> (To which I am still trying to figure out why this thread is posted). >> > > > > What??? > > No Prius or Smaht Kahs??? FEH! Light weight/small carbon footprint bicycles only! :)
From: Tony Harding on 23 Apr 2010 05:40 On 04/06/10 02:27, gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: > In article<68-dnfYeC5TuMyfWnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Grumpy > AuContraire<GrumpyOne(a)GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote: > >> gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>> In article<hpbj1e$m32$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Stewart" >>> <gortamus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Left wing socialist alert! >>>> >>>> And to keep it on topic.....what type of Honda do you own? >>> >>> >>> Nah, we socialists only drive Volvo 240s and read > misc.transport.rail.americas. >>> (To which I am still trying to figure out why this thread is posted). >>> >> >> What??? >> >> No Prius or Smaht Kahs??? > > > Ha! Those are only driven by wanna-be socialists. Too much computer > technology, and made by corporations. The most advanced technology > allowed near the homes of true socialists are the products of the Soviet > Diesel Computer Cooperative. HUH? Did the SDCC survive the collapse of the USSR in 1991 (or thereabouts)? Did the really have diesel powered computers? That could be cool!
From: Tony Harding on 23 Apr 2010 05:41 On 04/07/10 22:35, Stewart wrote: > <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:gl4317-0504102327440001(a)69-30-9-110.pxd.easystreet.com... >> In article<68-dnfYeC5TuMyfWnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Grumpy >> AuContraire<GrumpyOne(a)GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote: >> >>> gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>>> In article<hpbj1e$m32$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Stewart" >>>> <gortamus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Left wing socialist alert! >>>>> >>>>> And to keep it on topic.....what type of Honda do you own? >>>> >>>> >>>> Nah, we socialists only drive Volvo 240s and read >> misc.transport.rail.americas. >>>> (To which I am still trying to figure out why this thread is >>>> posted). >>>> >>> >>> What??? >>> >>> No Prius or Smaht Kahs??? >> >> >> Ha! Those are only driven by wanna-be socialists. Too much computer >> technology, and made by corporations. The most advanced technology >> allowed near the homes of true socialists are the products of the >> Soviet >> Diesel Computer Cooperative. >> >> -- >> -Glennl >> Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam, and most e-mail >> sent to this address are simply lost in the vast mess. > > I like the all electrics to reduce "carbon footprint". plug 'em in to > an outlet fed by coal burning power generation...... True, but it *is* subject to change. <I hope> :)
From: Tony Harding on 23 Apr 2010 05:50
On 04/09/10 07:35, Bob Willard wrote: > Grumpy AuContraire wrote: >> dgk wrote: >>> Right, but the question is how to best deliver people where they want >>> to go with the least harmful impact on the environment. Is that a bad >>> goal? >> >> Nope, not a bad goal at all but... Any big advance in technology will >> come from innovation from the private sector, not guv'ment mandate. It >> always has and always will. Guv'ment is nothing but a giant >> interference entity. > > It is OK to be grumpy, Grumpy, but the above is a half-truth. While > most of the big advances in technology do, as you say, come from the > private sector, many of those biggies were the result, direct or > indirect, of gov't funding. Networking and semiconductors and > computers come to mind. And, since this is a car-focused NG, let > me add that many of the advances under the hood are based on > computers or semiconductors; technologies that were, in turn, > greatly pushed by gov't funding. > > Now it is my turn to be grumpy, by opining that -- at least in > the US -- the private non-pharma sector is so intently focused > on short-term ROI, that it is incapable of adequately funding > the long-term R&D needed to achieve those great leaps forward. > And that is why gov't funding, to the private sector and to > universities, can lead to real technological progress. > > Admittedly, it is easy to find examples of gov't funding that > is wasteful and weird. But, in the large-cap end of the > private sector, spending that is wasteful and/or political is > also pretty common. Gov't folks do not have exclusive rights > to insanity or inanity. > > {Caveat: in the first few and in the last few years of my > four-decade career in computer engineering, my paycheck was > dependent upon gov't contracts. Yes, *that* gov't.} Cool! And good post! |