Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

Will we generate all of our energy from solar? No.

But we need an all of the above approach to solve this problem. In the southern states, this is going to be where it flourishes. In the northern states, maybe it's a neighborhood wind turbine. In the east, you still have Niagara falls. But we need to get off the fossil fuels.

 

[walrus]

Will we generate all of our energy from solar? No.

But we need an all of the above approach to solve this problem. In the southern states, this is going to be where it flourishes. In the northern states, maybe it's a neighborhood wind turbine. In the east, you still have Niagara falls. But we need to get off the fossil fuels.

Wind turbines are dotting the landscape in maine. Wouldn't it be nice if all the systems my electric rates and taxes are subsidizing we could get accurate info about how much electricity these pieces of **** are producing? Until I see real data not made up projections Wind turbines are a scam around me. Now if they stick them out in the Gulf of maine maybe we'd have something

 

[walrus]

Either that, or the shingles ARE the panels.

That technology isn't there yet. Last time I saw the shingles had efficiencies that were pretty low.

In the desert southwest solar is a no brainer. In the north not so much. I still want a system on my shop roof, it would be like a toy I could play with.

 

[LynahFan]

Will we generate all of our energy from solar? No.

But we need an all of the above approach to solve this problem. In the southern states, this is going to be where it flourishes. In the northern states, maybe it's a neighborhood wind turbine. In the east, you still have Niagara falls. But we need to get off the fossil fuels.

Of course. But we should focus our efforts on a solution that only has surmountable political hurdles (nuclear) rather than solar.

 

[WisconsinWildcard]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3794

 

[Kepler]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

Opinion piece on the ramifications of a China meltdown for US markets.

 

[joecct]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

Looks like the Euros can't agree on Greece.

Or, nobody can break the Iron Chancellor.

UPDATE: Greece, like Czechoslovakia, folded under unrelenting German pressure with the rest of Europe lining up behind the Germans.

I think I'd put off travel to Europe next summer.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Looks like the Euros can't agree on Greece.

Or, nobody can break the Iron Chancellor.

UPDATE: Greece, like Czechoslovakia, folded under unrelenting German pressure with the rest of Europe lining up behind the Germans.

I think I'd put off travel to Europe next summer.

It makes me wonder if there are any other undertones behind it. You mentioned Czechoslovakia; I do recall that after the breakup of the USSR, CZ did not follow the same gun control regulations, and found their country to be much safer. I wonder if that was one of the factors that led to the other countries going after them.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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There is a war on cash. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-11/fdics-plan-raid-bank-accounts-during-next-crisis

And you know what the funny thing is? All of those that have heavily bought into bitcoin have taken the bait. Hook, line, and sinker.

 

[joecct]

It makes me wonder if there are any other undertones behind it. You mentioned Czechoslovakia; I do recall that after the breakup of the USSR, CZ did not follow the same gun control regulations, and found their country to be much safer. I wonder if that was one of the factors that led to the other countries going after them.

Need to look at pre WW-II history. See Munich Cobference.

 

[5mn_Major]

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Trucking companies are having a hard time finding drivers - both interstate and local. The unemployment rate for teenagers is 4x an adult with the same level of education right now. It seems like a match made in Elysium.

I'm guessing you've never been rear ended by a teen before. Accidents among kids under 20 is sky high.

It could be Elysium or it could be Styx.

 

[Kepler]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

Not sure whether this is true or some sort of spin, but it's an interesting read.

 

[St. Clown]

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I'm guessing you've never been rear ended by a teen before. Accidents among kids under 20 is sky high.

It could be Elysium or it could be Styx.

No, I have been. Many years ago, I've also been the teen. That said, a teen with a CDL sitting behind the wheel of a big rig is going to be a different driver than I was in my disposable Datsun Sentra or some little girl in her Dodge Neon.

I had a friend who drove a delivery truck for Pepsi back in the day. He was 18 when he started, driving the truck during summer breaks from school. He could do it because all deliveries were in-state. The vehicle is large enough to require a CDL. My second oldest brother drove school bus when he was 18 and taking classes at the local tech school back in 1980. The job required a CDL. The only change to this law is for interstate driving licenses - for interstate commerce. 18yo CDL drivers are out there already, they've just been restricted to a state-by-state limitation.

 

[5mn_Major]

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No, I have been. Many years ago, I've also been the teen. That said, a teen with a CDL sitting behind the wheel of a big rig is going to be a different driver than I was in my disposable Datsun Sentra or some little girl in her Dodge Neon.

I had a friend who drove a delivery truck for Pepsi back in the day. He was 18 when he started, driving the truck during summer breaks from school. He could do it because all deliveries were in-state. The vehicle is large enough to require a CDL. My second oldest brother drove school bus when he was 18 and taking classes at the local tech school back in 1980. The job required a CDL. The only change to this law is for interstate driving licenses - for interstate commerce. 18yo CDL drivers are out there already, they've just been restricted to a state-by-state limitation.

I really don't have a strong opinion on the issue. Its not just a big truck I guess...but an 18 yo may not have the appropriate boundries to know to stop when tired after 12 hours of driving. One could study it and have a better idea...perhaps big rigs stay and smaller delivery trucks go to 18.

 

[Kepler]

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It's possible the teen driver might be able to stay awake longer. If I tried to work at the study schedule I had when I was in college, I would keel over.

But there is no way most kids have the maturity to handle that kind of work. There are of course exceptions -- we've all met somebody who by the time they were 17 had their act together more than most adults. But when we do meet that person, we're blown away, because it is astonishingly rare.

I'd recommend they ask drivers. Trucking is one of those multi-generational blue color careers, and the type of guy who has been in the business for decades is also the father of the next generation of kids coming up. Ask them if they think their kids are ready. My guess is they'll say no after a lengthy, creative, non-repeating string of curse words that would make Dave Chapelle blanche, but maybe not.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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It's possible the teen driver might be able to stay awake longer. If I tried to work at the study schedule I had when I was in college, I would keel over.

But there is no way most kids have the maturity to handle that kind of work. There are of course exceptions -- we've all met somebody who by the time they were 17 had their act together more than most adults. But when we do meet that person, we're blown away, because it is astonishingly rare.

And they're still made out to be bad because of "middle child syndrome".

 

[unofan]

It's possible the teen driver might be able to stay awake longer. If I tried to work at the study schedule I had when I was in college, I would keel over.

But there is no way most kids have the maturity to handle that kind of work. There are of course exceptions -- we've all met somebody who by the time they were 17 had their act together more than most adults. But when we do meet that person, we're blown away, because it is astonishingly rare.

Of course the more obvious solution is to raise wages or cut the workload to attract more and better drivers. But god forbid that happen...

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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Of course the more obvious solution is to raise wages or cut the workload to attract more and better drivers. But god forbid that happen...

That appears to be the NUMBER ONE thing that businesses will not do. I remember the welder shortage that was so huge here in Minnesota and Iowa. They never really raised the wages enough to fix the problem. I read of a number of guys who got the credentials and then found out how much they'd get paid to work in a dirty environment and stare through the helmet at that white light all day and they pretty much said, hell no.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Frayed Ends: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 3.0

That appears to be the NUMBER ONE thing that businesses will not do. I remember the welder shortage that was so huge here in Minnesota and Iowa. They never really raised the wages enough to fix the problem. I read of a number of guys who got the credentials and then found out how much they'd get paid to work in a dirty environment and stare through the helmet at that white light all day and they pretty much said, hell no.

I'd bet many of the high-end welders here on site probably make more than I do.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Of course the more obvious solution is to raise wages or cut the workload to attract more and better drivers. But god forbid that happen...

It's always funny how people want to just throw more money at the problem, yet that just causes inflation and essentially "kicks the can down the road". Perhaps the answer is to deflate.