When adding traditional PV panels to my house a few years ago, I talked to the designer about PV shingles. He said the problem is that PVs are black and get hot in the sun. Traditional panels are raised a few inches…
> Government is bad and should be restricted from interference and private enterprise should not be regulated and market forces will auto-converge to some nice maximum. That is not how I understand libertarianism. It is…
Evan Sayet has some thoughts on this (many videos on youtube). In a nutshell, Liberals like to talk about things, whereas Conservatives like to do things. So liberals go into fields like journalism, acting, teaching,…
Why aren't the investment property homes being rented out? Seems like an entrepreneur could pitch a service to the overseas owners to rent out the house, do all maintenance and insurance, pay the property tax from the…
I have solar panels on my house. During the summer when they produce more than I use, pretty much all the excess power goes into my neighbor's house. So if the utility says "you pay retail when the meter spins forward,…
I opted to have Amazon gift wrap and ship directly to my sister this year. The surprise was that what she opened was not what I ordered. I'm guessing they have a gift wrap station and once it was wrapped, it looked just…
There was a SF author (Bear or Brin?) who wrote an essay back in the 90's about the future of drug wars. Much of the enforcement back then was on stopping the import of drugs from overseas. But once gene splicing…
Its called "Regulatory Capture" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture>. It does not require intense lobbying or backrooms deals. To one side (dealers), this is very, important. To everyone else it is off…
When adding traditional PV panels to my house a few years ago, I talked to the designer about PV shingles. He said the problem is that PVs are black and get hot in the sun. Traditional panels are raised a few inches…
> Government is bad and should be restricted from interference and private enterprise should not be regulated and market forces will auto-converge to some nice maximum. That is not how I understand libertarianism. It is…
Evan Sayet has some thoughts on this (many videos on youtube). In a nutshell, Liberals like to talk about things, whereas Conservatives like to do things. So liberals go into fields like journalism, acting, teaching,…
Why aren't the investment property homes being rented out? Seems like an entrepreneur could pitch a service to the overseas owners to rent out the house, do all maintenance and insurance, pay the property tax from the…
I have solar panels on my house. During the summer when they produce more than I use, pretty much all the excess power goes into my neighbor's house. So if the utility says "you pay retail when the meter spins forward,…
I opted to have Amazon gift wrap and ship directly to my sister this year. The surprise was that what she opened was not what I ordered. I'm guessing they have a gift wrap station and once it was wrapped, it looked just…
There was a SF author (Bear or Brin?) who wrote an essay back in the 90's about the future of drug wars. Much of the enforcement back then was on stopping the import of drugs from overseas. But once gene splicing…
Its called "Regulatory Capture" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture>. It does not require intense lobbying or backrooms deals. To one side (dealers), this is very, important. To everyone else it is off…