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Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 22, 2015, 09:35:Creston wrote on Mar 22, 2015, 02:12:You'll find me near the front of the line complaining about the F-35, but the article seems to only mention them in a second hand way. They claim the new launch system is designed to cause less wear and tear on all aircraft and the pilots. Which, if true, seems to be a reasonable design goal for a new aircraft carrier launch system.
1.5 trillion dollars later, and this is the only way they can get that piece of shit F-35 in the air!
Creston wrote on Mar 22, 2015, 02:12:You'll find me near the front of the line complaining about the F-35, but the article seems to only mention them in a second hand way. They claim the new launch system is designed to cause less wear and tear on all aircraft and the pilots. Which, if true, seems to be a reasonable design goal for a new aircraft carrier launch system.
1.5 trillion dollars later, and this is the only way they can get that piece of shit F-35 in the air!
MxxCon wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 19:26:
Mr.Blue, yours is one of very few sites where I have banner ads enabled..and it's proving to be a very bad experience.
You some ad networks that are nonstop chewing my CPU, battery and network connectivity.
http://i.imgur.com/grGKxJE.png
Notice number of requests and data transferred...
Top banner is Quaker Oats, right banner is CarMax, then 4 amazon banners, then another CarMax.
Please do something about this, otherwise I'll have to disable ads again
(While writing and troubleshooting this, my battery dropped by 10%)
Cutter wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 12:57:LittleMe wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 12:49:Cutter wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 11:36:
Good on France.
Oh you're right. Yes, it must be evil because the corporations aren't taking upon themselves to make a better world. I know, let's all go back to living in caves.
The French government making people put plants on the roof is the best thing they have done since their sterling efforts in WWII.DON'T LIKE MY COMMENTS?!? THEN STOP RELEASING GARBAGE.
LittleMe wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 12:49:Cutter wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 11:36:
Good on France. It'd be nice if the governments everywhere started to adopt this sort of thing. I think big oil has had enough subsidies and tax loopholes they don't need, thank you very much. Solar panels and wind pods for everyone!
It sounds nice, yes. The road to hell is paved with... As was noted previously here in comments these laws can and do have negative consequences. Hey I know how bad is the environmental damage caused by coal mining and I also see these rooftops producing a huge amount of urban heating. I agree with goal I just question this socialist method "one size fits all" approach.
Cutter wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 11:36:
Good on France. It'd be nice if the governments everywhere started to adopt this sort of thing. I think big oil has had enough subsidies and tax loopholes they don't need, thank you very much. Solar panels and wind pods for everyone!
WaltC wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 10:19:All I read was a list of facts. I'd like to know what parts of the article qualify as "religion."
I also see that ARS is still rabidly pushing its GW religion...;) Last I saw you could still get the official robes and hoods that are required for their climate-change "meetings"...
WaltC wrote on Mar 21, 2015, 10:19:You know when that happened I wondered why there was so little AC in France. I don't recall ever reading/hearing about your suggested cause. Not saying you're wrong, just a bit surprised that if true the press didn't spin that angle a little more. I had always written off to some social/cultural thing which I was ignorant of...
...all because in its infinite wisdom France had decided to tax home A/C units to the point that only very rich people could afford them...