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Having been reliably informed that EA had apologised earlier this year to Game (UK) for their deliberate withholding of stock i.e. Mass Effect 3 & Fifa 13, I would not be surprised this was to continue to rebuild relations with retailers who currently rely on used game sales to (in this current economic climate) get by.
EA Ditches Online Passes for Future Games
As others have said, a company doesn't abandon a profit-making strategy without another one planned. It's not just "negative" reactions - people have had negative reactions to online passes since they came into existence. They're announcing that they're discontinuing online passes, hoping to gain some positive publicity, before unveiling their next "anti-used-game" policy.
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Maybe this is EA trying to give themselves a better image? Maybe they have something else "evil" planned?
Huh. Sure. I didn't really give a damn about online passes, since they seemed a fair way to recover profits from used sales (it's not like I have any sympathy for GameStop or Best Buy), but sure.
What remains concerning is their insistence that I buy every EA game on Origin if I want to play the PC (i.e. optimal) version.
Truth, while EA is p.o.s. to consumers often, it's not a satanic thing to capitalize in a fair enough manner on a game they funded and published.
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I understand it was mildly inconvenient to type in that code before you could play online multiplayer and it made it virtually impossible to rent certain only-centric games (aside from the ones with a trial period); but honestly, did it ever prevent anyone here from actually buying a game? Not "I will not buy this game. It has an online pass and on principle I wouldn't buy it," but did anybody actually say:
"Man, I am absolutely want to buy this game. It is worth $60+, but because there's a free online pass I can not buy this game because of the two minutes of work associated with it."
lol. I mean honestly I can not think of a single EA title I didn't buy only because of an online pass. I didn't buy their games because they weren't my cup of tea or because they were rentals at best or simply not worth $60. 'Online pass' was a dirty word that IMHO never actually influenced a purchase, only a perception of the company as a whole. And maybe there's something to that; maybe sales were negatively affected because they were EA titles and because of their reputation partially because they had this goofy online pass. With that said, if you're not judging the product for what it is on it's own, you're an idiot.
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I wonder if in conjunction with the near unanimous disgust people had with the concept in the vocal corner of the internet that regular consumers were just not purchasing the pass when they bought a used copy. If sales of passes individually were very good I don't see EA just abandoning the idea. Unless Microsoft does something stupid like console based DRM for retail games. Or they feel their public image has hit critical mass and they need to start performing triage on some of these programs.
@fiberpay: Because your privately held grocery store works on the very same basics as an international, publicly traded company with several billion dollars of revenue each year. EA, unlike your grocery store, has to run every of these decision trough a board of directors that only cares for very few things, namely: Increased profits and dividends.
And we don't really need to "wait" for them to apply such business practices. We already have a "survival horror" game with shoved in microtransactions and a city management game which had quite a few of it's staple features and scale removed, for the sole purpose of nickle&dimming people when they release them at an later date.
I wouldn't even mind all this, if they at least would try to do it the right way. But so far the only thing they've been doing is adding microtransactions and F2P mechanics to games they still sell at a full price. So excuse me if i can't believe they suddenly found their inner good side and decided to treat their "customers" like best buddies from now on. I'm sticking to the usual rule of thump that applies to most of business and the internet: If something looks to be to good to be true, it's usually not true.
@phished0ne: Those things were awesome. As was the book with journalentries and maps you got with the game... I would totally buy an RPG using outside props like that.
The only time I ever used an online pass, was when I wanted to try out the multiplayer for Mass Effect 3. It was surprisingly fun when I tried it out a few times, but that was it.
In my opinion, it seems like EA has finally responded to all of the backlash it has gotten from gamers over the years, and this is the first step. I personally don't see what's so great about Online Passes, so I won't miss them.
Good job, on doing this, EA.
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I want to be happy about this, but in the back of my mind I have this horrible vision of content within a game being blocked off by pay walls and endings only accessible in DLC.
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Goodbye online-passes. Hello, Micro-transactions out of the ass!
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@mrgtd: Either that or they were noticing it wasn't working the way they thought it would.
@nethlem: I brought that up not to compare my store to EA but to point out to you "mr. business expert" than I most certainly have knowledge of how business's are ran. No where did I say that my store is like EA. You sir need to spend less time acting like you know how to run a business and learn to read. Also, maybe you should brush up on your business skills before your assume my business is not publicly traded. Would you like to purchase some shares?
As I said in my original statement, it's just sad that the industry even looks on good change with a negative light. As I said, but you failed to read again, sure EA could be riding free press but that is just speculation.
Also, why am I not paying for reloads yet?
The catch is a new DRM measure that will be built into next gen consoles. Obviously just a guess, but if they're ending online passes this conveniently near the new consoles, something tells me there will be a layer of DRM there that EA will use to screw over consumers again.
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@bestusernameever: They are most likely just clearing the way for microtransactions. If online passes weren't selling well, that means most people weren't able to access the online portion and were dealing with it better than EA had expected. Why lockout potential microsales from potential customers, when it is a much more above board and profitable business model? I doubt they have a replacement drm in mind. Just clearing the path for their online games to sell you points, guns and other junk.
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kind of a disappointment i was hoping that you will pay for the basic executable for the game with no game-play just so you can register then pay for every single bit of artwork detail and functionality as a individual transaction.
@bestusernameever: They are most likely just clearing the way for microtransactions. If online passes weren't selling well, that means most people weren't able to access the online portion and were dealing with it better than EA had expected. Why lockout potential microsales from potential customers, when it is a much more above board and profitable business model? I doubt they have a replacement drm in mind. Just clearing the path for their online games to sell you points, guns and other junk.
Yep, sounds accurate, sadly.
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Well, I am pretty sure I've never paid for an online pass, and I'm pretty sure I still have unclaimed ones still in game boxes. Not having a LIVE subscription will do that.
For PS3 games I knew I wanted to play online, surprise, I bought them new or received them as gifts. U3 and Dirt 3 come to mind... not sure what else offhand.
The closest thing I've done to what a pass is meant for, is renting Asura's Wrath and buying the ending DLC. I felt totally fine about that.
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I didn't really mind them. After all they don't get ANYTHING from used game sales, at least this way the gain a little.
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We have 5" cans. We need help picking LED bulbs that will work well -- we would prefer warm (2700-3000), a decent CRI, dimmable and no delay. A few of the cans will also be gimbaled for adjustments. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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We have spent some more time looking at this, and it seems like there are two additional relatively new alternatives that maybe we should consider. One is the Philips DimTone BR30 and the other is the LEDnovation EnhanceLite BR30. The LEDnovation seems to have better light quality.
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It was Makeda�s knowledge of philosophy, logic and riddles that prompted her to test Solomon. Some such riddles according to the Targum Sheni, Midrash Mischle, and Midrash Hachefez were propounded to Solomon to test his ability to solve. Makeda asked Solomon �What is it? An enclosure with ten doors; when one is open, nine shut and when nine are open, one is shut.� Solomon answered; �The enclosure is the womb, and the ten doors are the ten orifices of man, namely his eyes, his ears, his nostrils, his mouth, the apertures for discharge of excreta and urine, and the navel. When the child issues from the womb the navel is closed and the other orifices are open.�
Having answered that one correctly she continues, �Seven leave and nine enter; two pour out the draught and only one drinks.� Solomon�s reply was this, �Seven are the days of a woman�s menstruation, nine the months of her pregnancy; her two breasts nourish the child, and one drinks.�
Trying much harder to get him stumped, she resorts to material objects and says, �What when alive does not move, yet when its head is cut off, moves? Solomon of smiled at this for it is very simple and replied, �The timber used to build a ship.�
She was more determined than ever by asking a question related to Solomon�s own Pentateuch. �The dead lived, the grave moved, and the dead prayed. What is it?� He ponders for a while with his back turned. Taking some time, Makeda thought she had him with this one. Turning slowly, Solomon looked Makeda directly in the eyes and retorted, �The dead that lived and prayed was Jonah; the fish, the moving grave.�
One last question for the day was asked by Makeda, �What is the ugliest thing in the world, and what is the most beautiful? What is the most certain, and what is the most uncertain?� Solomon gasped at the thought this young ebony beauty has even encountered such knowledge in such a short lifetime. He answered this time with great admiration and not amusement. �The ugliest thing�. Is the faithful turning unfaithful; the most beautiful is the repentant sinner. The most certain is death; the most uncertain, one�s share in the World to Come.�
On other occasions she still tried to test Solomon by having a cedar tree trunk sawn so that both ends appeared the same. The question was posed to Solomon which end had been the root and which the branches. Solomon had the trunk immersed in water. He answered, �The part which sank was the root, and that which floated on the surface was the end containing the branches.�
Makeda and Solomon made many tours throughout Jerusalem during the several months of her visit. Sightseeing on the countryside, laborers at work and the architectural building of groundwork for the temple.
There are many stories concerning Makeda�s malformed foot of a goat or one that had been bitten. Solomon tried to test her to see if this was true. Sources mention about a piece of wood with silver immersed in water and as Makeda dismounted from her ride she raised her dress to keep it from getting wet and exposed this to be so. It is said that the piece of wood with silver healed her deformed foot. She was overjoyed. Another source says that she had hairy legs and as she stepped from her palanquin into a puddle of water, she raised her dress exposing her legs were so, and because of this Solomon invented a depilatory to remove it for he viewed hair as manly and not for the feminine gender.
The Book of Chronicles chapter 9 and Josephus parallels in accounts of how Makeda was �amazed at the wisdom of Solomon� She was in the greatest admiration imaginable, insomuch that she was not able to contain the surprise she was in, but openly confessed how wonderfully she was affected.�
There is no mistaking that the Queen of Sheba had feelings for Solomon for it is mentioned in Scripture as well as in the Kebra Negast. It is noted with heartfelt sayings of Makeda that affection was a two-way affair. A portion of this rendering in the Kebra Negast recalls her saying to him affectionately, �O how greatly have you pleased me by thy answering, and the sweetness of thy voice, and the beauty of thy going, and the graciousness of thy words. Thy voice maketh the heart to rejoice and gives goodwill to the lips, and strength to the gait. I look upon thee and I see that thy wisdom is inexhaustible, and that it is like a lamp in the darkness, and like a pomegranate in the garden, and like a pearl in the sea, and like the Morning Star among the stars, and like the light of the moon in the mist, and like a glorious dawn and sunrise in the heavens.�
Solomon since Makeda�s arrival was stunned and in love with the black beauty and during those six months of her visit pondered over having her in an intimate way. He questioned himself by the fact that a woman of this magnitude coming from the ends of the earth to visit him, does he let her return without a sexual fulfillment? Would not doing so cast a shadow of doubt on his wisdom? Would letting her remain a virgin be the wise thing to do? Would he or she regret if they did not get the fulfillment of intimate love?
Solomon decided not to approach this situation directly but devised a plan to trick her into a compromising situation. Solomon was honorable and asked her to marry him. She declined. She was a great woman in her own right and would not share the company of the other many wives and concubines of Solomon. She had her own Country to rule.
Solomon was not to be denied. Arabic sources indicate he had to have her sexually and tell us that �Solomon loved women passionately and when Makeda�s visits to him multiplied, he longed for her greatly and entreated her to yield herself to him.� But she would not surrender herself to him saying, �I come as a maiden, a virgin; shall I go back despoiled of my virginity, and suffer disgrace in my kingdom?�
Solomon was not to be denied and said, �I will only take thee to myself in lawful marriage; I am the King, and thou shalt be the Queen. Now
strike a covenant with me that I am only to take thee to wife of thine own free will. Let this condition be between us; when thou shalt come to me by night as I am lying on the cushions of my bed, thou shalt become my wife.� And behold she did strike this covenant with him, determining within herself that she would preserve her virginity from him.
To Solomon, there was no such thing as defeat especially by a 25-year-old black beauty. He would appeal to her emotions by arranging a splendid feast decorated from extravagant tapestries, royal purple, soft bejeweled pillows, scented flowers and incense smoke for romantic thrills.
He personally approached her chambers and invited her to �Follow me now and seat thyself in my splendor in the tent and I will complete thy instruction, for thou has loved wisdom, and she shall dwell with thee until thine end and forever.�
Through all of this, each thought they had come off victorious. The meetings called for further interaction in that Solomon proposed a royal dinner to be given in her behalf before she departs to Ethiopia. Unknowing to her Solomon summoned the cooks and preservers and commanded them to prepare food for all those who were in the palace, for himself and the Queen, dainty and highly seasoned dishes, and he gave them pungent and aromatic and strong-smelling herbs and spices for this purpose, and the cooks did even as he had commanded them.
Makeda approached the dinner with splendor in regal dress, smiling with authority over her self control with a touch of pride. Courtly introductions ensued and the feast was served.
Now when the Queen had eaten of these meats that were filled with spice and pepper and pungent herbs, she craved for cold water, which she drank in abundance by day and late night, but this did not help to quench her thirst. And when the third night had come Solomon secretly gave the order to those in charge in his court not to leave for the Queen of Sheba the smallest amount of water, and swore that whomever gave her any water from any source or show or indicated where some could be found were to be put to death without fail and without trial.
The command was laid upon them that if Makeda ask from what source during the night that she could obtain water it must be directed to him and must say to her, �Thou wilt find no water except by the couch of the king.�
And it came to pass that when the night had come, a great and fiery heat rose up in the heart of the Queen because of the highly spiced food that she had eaten, and she sought for water to drink, but found none, and she was sorely agitated and was smitten with death. She cried out with a loud voice to her servants, but they were unable to find any water to give her to drink. Time proved costly to Makeda as her thirst mount to the point as she began to weaken and stagger as a man in a parched desert at high noon. She began wandering in the corridors of the palace looking for water from anyone who could be found and every person asked said to her, �Verily, by thy kingdom, thou wilt only find water to quench the flame of thy thirst by the bedside of the King.� The Queen went back to her couch sweating from the little water left in her for the peppers had her on fire. The spices were eating her up and her mouth was drying and the herbs seemed to be digging into her tongue. She could not be still and had to have some water for her spirit was beginning to leave her body and she began to swoon and real back and forth to the point of passing out. She had to have water. Without any other thought, she made footsteps swiftly to where she might find something to drink as told by the servants, Solomon�s bedside.
She sneaked in as quietly as she could but King Solomon played possum pretending to be asleep. The water jug was on the opposite side to the Kings bed so that she had to reach across his body to get it. She grabbed the jug and began drinking like all the rivers were going to run dry until she felt her strength come back and life itself return after she had nearly died. After drinking she tried to return the jar back from where she took it only to find that Solomon grabbed her wrist hurriedly, seized and said unto her, �Verily thou hast now become my wife according to the Law of the Kings.�
And she remembered the covenant that existed between him and her. Then she gave herself into his embrace willingly and yielded to his desire, according to that which she had covenanted with him.
As time passed she found herself with fruit of child. She did not know how to handle this situation but went to see Solomon about it and said unto him, �I am going to return to my country and to my kingdom, and what shall I do with thy child if it be that God shall desire to give him life?� And Solomon said to her, �If God does will this thing and thou does bear me a man child, so soon as he has reached man�s estate send him to me, and I will make him king, and thy kingdom shall be his; but if thou does bear a woman child let her stay with you.� And the Queen said to him, if I send you thy son how will thou be certain that he is your son?� And Solomon gave her his ring and said unto her, �Guard carefully this ring, and covenant with me that thou wilt not in the smallest degree break the conditions of the true and righteous covenant that exists between us, and God the Governor of the Universe, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.�
Makeda kissed Solomon and went to her chambers to prepare for departure. After a brief encounter with those who were entrusted with her caravan, she made haste to gather her belongings for the journey back to Ethiopia.
On A Pedestal: A Tribute to women of color
The very thought of giving praise to women of color is something long in coming. I have read this book, all six included within and have a greater understanding of what women of color is all about, for real. From the opening book of poetic expressions you get a feel of the magnitude of what a woman of color is all about especially the poem, "Shoulders". It captures the essence of women of color shared for over 200 years. Women of color in the Bible has been hidden but now revealed such as Moses' Wife and The Queen of Sheba. Much is not said about The Queen of Sheba, but the rendering of her journey to Jerusalem and relationship with Solomon is outstanding. It is a love story, a challenging of wit and wisdom from two people destined for each other with a final question, "Was Eve a woman of color?" It is controversial, but judge for yourself. Strong women of color from a historical perspective will make you proud as you share their experiences. Women of color from prominent backgrounds as well as those from the Hood are praised. How do you deal with stress and troublesome relationships? Are you edified each day? Scriptural admonitions to get your day going are shared that will help you through all walks of life. There are chapters dealing how we can cope with these and come away successfully feeling confident that life can be dealt with no matter how tough the situation. The author gives a blessing and tribute to Oprah Winfrey for her sharing and goodwill to all mankind. A must read for all but especially for women of color.
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With the next presidential election less than five months away, Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) led a rally last week at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., to heighten the sense of urgency for e-voting paper-trail legislation.
Joined by other legislators and representatives from several activist groups including Common Cause, Rock the Vote and Democracy for America, Holt urged passage of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, which he introduced. Despite having attracted more than 140 co-sponsors, the bill remains held up in the House Administration Committee, chaired by Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio).
"I don't doubt that if this [legislation] came out to see the light of day, and members of Congress heard the concern and the outrage [that people have], this legislation would move and it would become law," Holt said, flanked by dozens of supporters holding signs urging ballot verification.
The controversial proposal would create a physical record of votes cast on touch-screen machines, a trail Holt contends is necessary for officials at voting precincts to conduct a meaningful recount of votes.
Officials from companies that make the machines have argued that they are accurate and secure, but some polling locations have experienced problems in recent elections. In San Diego County, Calif., some machines malfunctioned and forced some polls to open late, while early voters were turned away.
Such "glaring errors" are troublesome, Holt said, but "perhaps more troubling are the places where there may have been some irregularities, but nobody is quite sure."
Time is running out for this year, Holt said. "Unless we act very soon, we will not have in place for this fall's election the degree of trust that every voter deserves."
Holt did not identify Ney by name as the reason the bill remains in committee, but Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) did.
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Ney was one of the original sponsors of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which Holt's legislation would amend. In April, he and the three other principal authors of the act, including two Democrats, sent a letter to members of Congress to oppose Holt's bill.
Chellie Pingree, president of Common Cause, also chided Congress for not acting faster.
"When there was an issue of a wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl, they got right on it," she said.
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This book analyzes how the behavior of voters, parties, and the mass media in European Parliament elections affects domestic politics and how, in turn, domestic politics affects those behaviors. The contributors discuss election turnout and party choice, the contract between the European Parliament and national elections, the importance of citizens' attitudes toward European integration, the relationship between political parties' domestic policies and their stances on European integration, and the ways in which the mass media and election campaigns affect electoral outcomes. On the basis of this information, the authors present possible scenarios for future European elections and their relationship to the domestic politics of the EU member-states. The product of superb empirical research, "European Elections and Domestic Politics" is based on a unique combination of data from voter surveys, party manifestos, and mass media reports across all members of the European Union. This book will be essential for anyone interested in the future of the EU.
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Concerns raised by entities that are responsible for maintaining electric reliability spurred EPA to issue a Notice of Data Availability on the Clean Power Plan. Specifically, EPA is seeking additional comment on the interim emissions goals (reductions by 2020) as some stakeholders have said the 2020 goals are not achievable and could threaten electric reliability. NERC – the regulatory authority whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the North American power system – estimates that the 2020 target would cause the retirement of between 108,000 and 134,000 megawatts of existing generating capacity, primarily coal plants. NERC concluded that the 2020 timeline "does not provide enough time to develop sufficient resources to ensure continued reliable operation of the grid by 2020. To attempt to do so would increase the use of controlled load shedding and potential for wide-scale, uncontrolled outages."
Even if the EPA addresses the concerns raised by NERC, state PUCs and reliability coordinators, the rule will likely face Congressional challenges. Despite record spending by the environmental movement, concerns about the economy trumped climate change at the polls, resulting in a Republican takeover of the Senate and increased numbers in the House. With coal-state Democratic support, legislation that prevents EPA from regulating carbon could be on the horizon.
And even if Congress is unsuccessful in derailing Obama's climate agenda, the courts may be the final kill. In a letter to the President, 15 state governors argue that the carbon rule "exceeds the scope the federal law" and some states are pursuing lawsuits to challenge the Clean Power Plan. Perhaps the biggest indictment of the plan comes from former EPA General Counsel Roger Martella who says in an interview that the rule will not survive legal challenges. Recognizing the importance of climate policy, Martella says "the legal precedent of saying for the first time in 40 years without any congressional authorization that one entity can be now held liable beyond the fence line for the independent actions of third parties and vice versa, I think any court's going to have a hard time opening that precedent up long term."
The public comment period for the Clean Power Plan closes December 1, 2014.]]>
The proposal gives states authority and flexibility for implementing the standards. Rather than attempt to set emissions caps for each power plant (an "inside the fence" approach), EPA is attempting a broad approach that could include renewable energy, energy efficiency measures and even a carbon cap-and-trade option. Regional carbon trading programs already exist in the Northeast (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI) and in California. In the proposal, individual states would have latitude in the way emissions reductions are achieved, with a mandate for a national 30% reduction in carbon emissions. States have emissions reduction targets tailored to their individual circumstances. This flexibility recognizes that some states such as Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri are heavily dependent on coal for electricity, while in other states including California and New York, coal accounts for a very small percentage of generation. With the "outside the fence" approach, EPA would approve state implementation plans (SIPs) for reducing carbon emissions. However, this may prove to be legally vulnerable.
EPA proposed rule for existing power plants falls under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Section 111(d) requires states to develop plans for existing sources of noncriteria pollutants (pollutants that are neither hazardous air pollutants nor are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards). The statutory language is broad and the EPA has used 111(d) just a few times so there is limited legal precedent. EPA's regulatory authority for establishing outside the fence approaches for the "best system of emission reduction" or BSER depends on how "system" is defined. Defining the "system" as individual states would allow SIPs that do not require specific power plants (or generating units at a power plant) to achieve emissions reductions.
However, this could be problematic for regional transmission organizations (RTOs) – the entities responsible for maintaining electric reliability over interstate areas. Approximately 60 percent of the electric power delivery in the U.S. is managed by RTOs. RTOs are responsible for balancing electric system loads by optimizing supply and demand bids for wholesale power, ensuring that the electric supply remains reliable given physical transmission constraints. State plans that do not adequately address complex electric reliability issues could preclude implementation. Further, states that belong to regional electricity markets have limited control, so achieving emissions reductions would be difficult without RTO participation.
Great River Energy commissioned an analysis that looked at applying an RTO-administered carbon price in electricity markets to affect dispatch order and give preference to low-carbon sources. The benefit of this approach is that it leverages existing transmission infrastructure and RTO electricity markets to optimize carbon-constrained dispatch.
Regardless of the flexibility provided by the rule, EPA's statutory authority under 111(d) to regulate outside the fence will certainly face political, legal and electricity market challenges. Electric generating industry legal counsel has stated that such outside the fence emissions standards are illegal. Twelve states have brought suit against EPA seeking to block the carbon emission rules for existing power plants. The states filing suit are Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming. The states claim that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibits the EPA from issuing power plant rules under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act when EPA has already promulgated regulations in 2012 under a separate section pertaining to hazardous air pollutants.
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Grid Reliability is among many FERC concerns about EPA carbon proposal]]>
On the legal front, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the coming week challenging EPA's carbon standards. 74 state and business groups across the U.S. argue that the regulations will have severe economic consequences. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has urged the Obama administration to withdraw the rule after an official from the Department of Energy testified during a Congressional hearing that requiring CCS would result in an increase of 70 to 80 percent in the price of electricity from coal plants. In the meantime, the EPA may be having difficulty writing a rule on existing power plants that could withstand legal challenges. EPA seems to be trying to do their homework on this rule, meeting with state officials, environmental groups and utilities. President Obama has directed the EPA to issue a draft rule by June 1st.
It is important to note that despite numerous media reports of reduced coal dependence in the U.S., generation from coal-fired power plants increased in 2013 to 39% due to a four-year high for natural gas prices. Natural gas-fired generation was 27.5% in 2013. While coal's share of electric generation is down from 50% (in 2005), it is projected to have a bigger share than natural gas in 2014, according to projections by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The impact of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) which will be implemented next year will force many older coal units without pollution controls to retire. EIA projects 60 GW of coal-fired power to retire by 2020 as a result of MATS, drawing more criticism for EPA rules that predominately affect coal.
By EPA's own admission in the rule, the emission standards for new generating facilities will have negligible effect on carbon emissions. With natural gas prices low, and the flexibility of natural gas power plants, there are few plans to build new coal units anyway. EPA is pursuing the rule as written to establish their regulatory authority for electric generating units and use of CCS as BSER, with the idea to follow up with a rule on existing sources. Coal-state Congressional representatives (from both parties) see this writing on the wall, and through legislation are attempting to preempt EPA's ability to set such standards. Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) is hosting a lively discussion about the legislation over at OurEnergyPolicy.org. Tau Technical will be monitoring the unfolding developments on EPA's carbon regulations and the political and legal battles that follow, and posting updates with analysis, so stay tuned!]]>
To read more about microgrids, check out Dawn's Scientific American blog post from December 2012.]]>
After all, humans make mistakes and automation isn't as smart as you are. Analysis of Twitter retweets shows that users don't always click on the links they retweet – in fact, almost one in five tweets generates more retweets than clicks. That means whether through automation or because of not taking the time to read, many people will retweet a link without even checking it out first!
Despite the "Retweets ≠ endorsements" disclaimer that many folks put on their Twitter profile, bad retweets DO reflect poorly on you, your company, and your brand. Here's why:
This applies not only to broken links, but also poorly written content, hard to read content, or inappropriate content. I recently clicked a link in a RT that came with a bunch of obnoxious autoplay (and loud) video ads on the sidebar. It irritated me and I didn't bother to read the article. By retweeting, you are saying that this is interesting or worth looking at. If you didn't read it, why should anyone else? Don't sacrifice your reputation on bad content.
A lot of what I retweet results in interactions with the person/account that originated the content or others who find it informative. And engagement is exactly the point of Twitter. If you don't read content you retweet and someone responds to you, then you have that uh-oh moment. Yes, you can go back at that point and read it, but the time delay (or worse, faking that you read it) may cause you to miss an opportunity to engage with customers, new clients, and new connections.
Yes – it happens and too often. Protect yourself and your connections by checking links before retweeting.
There is a difference between passing along an article that may be informative even if you don't particularly agree with all the statements or conclusions, versus retweeting content that is blatantly false and paints your company or industry in a bad light. Particularly damaging are satire videos/posts that people can mistakenly think are real.
I also see a lot of retweets with links that go nowhere – to someone's blog that has a partial version or commentary on a news story, or requires registration to read (which I personally despise). If you do retweet subscription material, make sure you denote that in your retweet. If you don't click on it, how do you know it takes readers to the original news story or that they can even view it?
Do yourself and your followers a favor, and click on links and read before you retweet. Shortcuts are not worth your reputation.
I've written before about using lists and searches for research on Twitter. But they really do help you manage your time, find relevant content, and allow you to be part of conversations with people who you aren't following or aren't following you. Let's start with Twitter lists. If you already understand what Twitter lists are, skip to the next paragraph. Twitter lists are people/organizations/accounts that you want to categorize. Lists help you see tweets from a specific group without having to follow those accounts or scan your timeline. You can have a maximum of 1,000 lists, with 5,000 Twitter accounts per list (this was increased in the spring of 2013). You set up Twitter lists in your Twitter account by going to your profile, clicking on "Lists" and the button "Create list." You can have a list for anything you want: friends, technology, competitors, media contacts, etc. For example, as an energy wonk some of my lists are "Technology & Engineering," "Sustainability" and "Electric Providers." You name your list, give it a description (if you want) and then choose to make it public or private. My friends list is private, which means other people can't view who is on the list, but all my other lists are public. I make my lists public because other people may find them useful and subscribe to one of my lists. You can also create lists through a Twitter app like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck, which is a must-have to keep organized (more on that in a minute…).
You can add people to your lists even if you don't follow them. Using a Twitter interface like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite, you can search on keywords to find people and organizations to add to your list. Having a Twitter app like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck is essential to following your lists. Twitter interfaces that allow you to have columns reflecting each list helps you organize and keep up with the content feed. I hardly ever look at my home feed, as there are just too many tweets coming too fast to keep up with. But I can scroll through a column for one of my Twitter lists and see several hours or an entire days' worth of content in only a few minutes. And, if I am extremely time pressured one day and don't have time for a particular subject (let's say my "Cool Science Tweeters" list), then I don't have to even look through it. One word of caution, though: accounts that you add to a list may get a notification that you have added them (depending on how their notifications are set up), so it is probably unwise to have a "Total Jerks" or other derogatory title for a list.
You can do the same thing with searches, keeping them as a column within Hootsuite or other app, without even having to create an list. You can set up a list based on a keyword, hashtag, or – and here's the beauty of it for companies – your brand! That way you see the conversation happening about your company or industry, which means you can spot potential problems, respond to negativity like a person (not a prerecorded sound bite), and above all else, provide INFORMATION. Many companies and industries feel that they will have to invest a tremendous amount of time to monitor social media. But search columns allow you to keep your pulse on what is being discussed without having to follow an unwieldy number of accounts and spend hours looking through the Twitter feed. Best of all, no one else can see your search columns, so you can make it as specific as you want. Let's say you know of a negative hashtag for your brand or industry – you can set up a search column to look for mentions of that hashtag. That allows you to develop metrics for who is using the hashtag, how often it is being used, and the relative sentiment about your company or brand. The success of your social media strategy and resource investments can then be evaluated against improvements in those metrics.
As an engineer, I'm all about metrics so I started keeping track of my time spent on social media before and after fully utilizing lists and searches. I have reduced the amount of time spent on social media by 64 percent, just by being organized with list and search columns. And in case you are wondering…I usually am tweeting 6 days per week averaging 12 tweets per day (Twitter scheduling apps are your friend). Part of your social media strategy should identify what you monitor for, so do some searches to figure out which hashtags, accounts, and keywords to use for your list and search columns.]]>
Coal companies are increasingly looking to growing overseas markets as U.S. coal use declines. Domestically, coal demand is falling due to low natural gas prices and environmental regulations. The combined effect of commodity competition and compliance costs are causing older coal electric generating units to retire or be replaced with new natural gas-fired capacity. Currently, the largest coal export terminal in the U.S. is at Norfolk, Virgina with most shipped coal headed to Europe. In 2012, U.S. coal exports were double what was exported in 2009. Coal exports from the U.S. to UK alone jumped more than 70 percent in 2012.
Unfortunately, actions to stop coal exports or shutter U.S. coal plants do little to battle climate change. In this regard, the actions of environmental groups seem to ignore that developing countries will continue to use coal, with or without U.S. exports. Even if the U.S. could completely eliminate its dependency on coal and significantly reduce carbon emissions, those reductions are projected to be offset by increases in carbon emissions from developing countries. In countries where the population has access to (mostly) reliable electricity, it can be easy to overlook that 1.2 billion people in the world still lack access to electricity. We are are world of energy haves and energy have-nots, both in terms of resources and access. The energy source that is most available and affordable to developing countries? Coal. While the U.S. has the largest coal deposits of any country, the combined reserves in Russia, China, and Australia eclipse U.S. reserves. China's growing demand for coal alone will drive production and use.
Energy and climate organizations including the International Energy Agency (IEA), World Resources Institute, and a coalition of environmental non-governmental organizations that includes the Clean Air Task Force, The Climate Institute and E3G have pointed to the critical role that carbon capture and storage (CCS) has in mitigating climate change. The problem is that carbon capture for existing power generating stations has been expensive and not even approached the scale needed. Sequestering carbon from exhaust gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels (post-combustion) requires cooling the flue gas, using a solvent to separate the carbon dioxide (CO2) from the other gases in the exhaust (the CO2 only makes up a small percentage of the exhaust gas), and compressing the CO2. The energy required for the process significantly decreases the plant's power generating capacity (called the energy penalty or parasitic load), so in essence you have to burn more fossil fuels to capture carbon, thus producing more carbon emissions.
Pre-combustion technologies and research into new chemical processes to capture carbon are promising for reducing the cost and increasing the efficacy of CCS. Pre-combustion technologies include chemical looping and gasification. In chemical looping, coal is is chemically broken down rather than directly burned and produces a highly concentrated CO2 stream, enabling more economical separation and higher capture rates. In gasification, coal is thermally decomposed (not combusted) into a syngas which primarily contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and CO2. The CO2 is removed to produce a syngas with certain specifications. Carbon capture from gasification is a mature technoology that has been commercially used in chemical plants.
Unfortunately, "clean coal" (which I always thought was a terrible term) has been labeled as a farce, demonstration projects have experienced delays and cancellations, and the shale gas boom have combined to derail investment in CCS. Interestingly, the same groups that lambaste CCS as too expensive and say it should prove itself without government investment are proponents of investing in renewable energy…with the government's help. Okay, what about a carbon tax to level the energy playing field? Resources for the Future Center for Climate and Electricity Policy research indicates that natural gas would be the winner with a moderate tax on carbon, and a 10 percent reduction in U.S. carbon emissions would be partially offset by a 1 to 3 percent increase elsewhere in the world.
The data suggest that the "progress" of reducing the reliance on coal in the U.S. doesn't address the larger issue of a growing world population dependent on fossil fuels. I am reminded of a sobering article on the U.S.'s "cognitive dissonance" courtesy of the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment blog. We are neither absolved of carbon responsibility if we reduce domestic carbon emissions, nor isolated from the effects of climate change if emissions from the rest of the world continue to increase. And that is precisely why the U.S. must invest in commercializing low carbon technologies, including CCS. Until solutions for reducing carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion (not just coal, but oil and gas too) become economical we will continue spinning our wheels on climate change.]]>