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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Is there really global warming? is a question that should be asked repeatedly. From what I have read we know entirely too little about the weather to be able to determine there is global warming. If there is global warming why such a mild summer in Phoenix? What about those ice caps - seem

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
What about all those emailsthat were hacked years ago where the scientists were encouraging publishing false climate data? On 2021-07-28 15:42, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:05:22 -0700 2) Is there really global warming? Aren'

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:56:24 -0700 >I wonder is it possible for those who want a more powerful computer >than may be illegal just build it from parts? Is it possible to get >the parts from Newegg? Yes. The video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fc5ZX6Kzk clearl

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:51:01 -0700 >One of the things that scares me, and there are a few when it comes to >China, is most of my pharmaceuticals are made in China. When China >finally becomes extremely hostile towards the US what happens then? > >We need to sta

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Jim via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:48:55 -0700 > Of course if California didn't have this irrational fear >of nuclear power Earthquakes. Tsunamis (near the coast). I was in a 6.9 earthquake in 1994, and it broke the studs in the wall. Do you really want a fission reactor in an area

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:05:22 -0700 >2) Is there really global warming? Aren't we past that kind of question by now? If you don't believe the scientists, then at least read up on the Greenhouse Effect and then notice that on sunny days the interior of your car is

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
greg zegan via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:48:02 + (UTC) > The irony is the United States and the West in general was suppose to > be against tyranny and centrally planned economies and governments. > At least that is what I was told growing up.  U.S.S.R. and Russia > bad.  Americ

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:10:16 -0700 >Jays Two Cents explains it pretty effectively: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fc5ZX6Kzk Thank you Ryan, From that video I learned that the regulation is somewhat bizarre and might not be optimal at addressing the climate

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2021-07-28 Thread Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss
Sounds weird... almost like you may have a reason to own an assault laptop and don't see how capacity limitations apply to you. Getting dangerously cheezy up in here. lol On 7/28/21 10:56 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I wonder is it possible for those who want a more powerful compu

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2021-07-28 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Let me correct you on a few things. 1. Normalization of cat 5 hurricane? Considering our recorded history and that also of the British, the busiest year for hurricanes (and incidentally also the most intense) was 1778. In fact, the number of cat 5 storms hasn’t really increased on average much

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I wonder is it possible for those who want a more powerful computer than may be illegal just build it from parts? Is it possible to get the parts from Newegg? I cannot fathom that a government would limit the power of a computer. Time to push back. On 2021-07-28 10:48, Jim via PLUG-disc

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
One of the things that scares me, and there are a few when it comes to China, is most of my pharmaceuticals are made in China. When China finally becomes extremely hostile towards the US what happens then? We need to start moving manufacturing back to the US. It is a matter of national sec

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2021-07-28 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
People who can afford those expensive, illegal computers will still get them.  Some will have it shipped to a friend or relative out of state who will then ship it to the Peoples Republic of California.  Others close enough to the state line will have it shipped to someplace out of state, drive

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2021-07-28 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Um, it’s not a fascination. It’s hard facts seen by live examples. Besides Bill Gates, who is the largestest farm land owner in the US: China (by way of many holding companies). Who now manufactures most of the electronics seen in everyday life. Again, China. Those are just 2 prime examples. Oh

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
These are the talking points of the left. Eric gave a good reply. Government is instituted to protect us - period. Let the the FREE market decide. If we do have water wars it is because we are not using technology to solve problems. As for CA I think converted ocean water might be the sol

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Nice job Eric!! I'm going to print this out and frame it. This is the side of the debate that is being kept from us. On 2021-07-27 22:53, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: Yes, However, California is also in the midst of a cyclic drought (tree ring studies going back nearly 1k years proves

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Poor California. I was stationed in Orange County CA in 1976 - 1977 it was very nice. It has since been mismanaged. Why is there so may wild fires in CA? What about the recall? Look at San Francisco designer trash cans and poop in the streets. CA has the biggest homeless problem in the U

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2021-07-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Couple of replies/questions: 1) In 1986 I bought a Chevy Sprint. 3 cylinder, 1100CC, 5 speed that got around 50mpg. It was fun to drive and was very zippy. Why was that car a flash in the pan? Was it market forces or some not so natural force that killed the 50mpg car? I tent to think it

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2021-07-28 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
The irony is the United States and the West in general was suppose to be against tyranny and centrally planned economies and governments.  At least that is what I was told growing up.  U.S.S.R. and Russia bad.  America good.  We have now become what the Soviet Union was.  Tyrannical and oppress

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2021-07-28 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
While I don't necessarily agree with the law, I think it may be blown out of proportion. What it's actually restricting is the quiescent current (the amount of power a circuit/device uses when effectively turned off) of a device, not the full-load power, and the allowable amount actually increas

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2021-07-28 Thread Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss
greg zegan via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:16:27 + (UTC) > https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs > Allow me to change the headline of this article to... "Six States Responsible Enough to Limit Computer Power Consumpti

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2021-07-28 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:53:09 -0700 >So, guys, nice little debate we all got snagged into here because of >some state regulations that would prevent nearly 60 million people >from owning technologies that would make their lives more convenient. >Regulations put in pl