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ParticipantDefine “fault.” A ‘pooter driving in a way that humans don’t understand or interact with poorly is also “fault.” Regardless of whether the Scroogle dweebs admit it or not.
ParticipantHaving a cumpootah drive might be better on the highway — I don’t see it in the city, yet, until it can interact with humans and their vehicles appropriately.
ParticipantAny system implemented in the US would almost certainly retain private doctors and hospitals, even if gov’t would be the benefits admin. Zero people are proposing an expansion of the VA system to cover all Americans.
We’d probably end up with something like Medicare for all legal residents + Medigap private insurance. If virtually everyone has it, then most doctors will have to accept it or lose business.
You’d end up with basic coverage portable between jobs and states, with highly predictable costs. Great for worker mobility, which is generally good for an economy. Maybe not so good for bad employers who use insurance as their only way to retain workers, but so what?
ParticipantIndividual stocks do not the market make — there’s still money to be made if you buy/sell the right stocks at the right time 🙂
ParticipantWhat’s wrong with national insurance? It’s unlikely to be MORE costly than the bizarre hybrid system we have now. What’s wrong with restoring former levels of funding to state schools, to make costs in line with 1980s or early 90s levels?
Even if taxes go up, you’d have 1990s level taxes with more return for tax money. I don’t see the big deal about Sanders. He’d be a moderate in another time. The main mistake he’s made is positioning himself as a “Socialist.”
ParticipantWouldn’t SDV’s be able to talk to each other and negotiate yielding and such? Though that doesn’t really work with cyclists or pedestrians.
ParticipantJust dumped ROL after making about 12% on it.
ParticipantLet’s hope markets follow same pattern this year as last. Rise towards summer, than a big tank later in the year.
ParticipantCycling is actually harder on incandescent bulbs. The filament stretches and shrinks due to heating/cooling as the bulb is cycled. Can you say metal fatigue?
ParticipantIsn’t that what the Scroogle buses are for? So they don’t have to strain their weedle tootsie footsies?
ParticipantOr they can walk faster than most of those modes of conveyence. SFMUNI is a nice model train set 🙂
ParticipantWhat about leakage of nuclear plant?
What about loss of land due to leakage of nuclear (3 miles island)?Not a problem if you don’t hire idiots to design and operate the plant. And modern designs are a lot safer than 1960s designs in operation in the US.
Burning coal also puts radwaste into the environment you know.
ParticipantWhat would those long term cost be? I think most reasonable people would agree human contribute to increase of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Pollution from extraction, leakage, and burning.
Loss of land area due to greenhouse effect. Same goes for food production capacity, etc.
ParticipantLong-term environmental costs are not factored into the cost of fossil-fool power.
We also should be building more nuclear power generation capacity. Just bought some Electricite de France (~13% div yield, babeh!) and AREVA ADR’s 🙂
Both of which are involved in nuclear power construction in China. We’re too chickenshit to do the same on our shores, sadly. Americans are really a bunch of fearful weaklings when it comes down to it.
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