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I will miss my RED BEAST.
By Michael W.
from Rochester, NY
About Me Casual/ Recreational
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I am a large guy, and need a big bike that is durable, and I am not a high mileage user, so I don't need an expensive bike, just one that is durable and attractive. This is the PERFECT bike for me. I like it so much, I just purchased a smaller AT1 for my partner that is arriving in September (to replace a worn out IRONHORSE.) Sadly, we are both without bikes now, as the AT1 I just bought is not yet here, and both my AT1 29-er and the Ironhorse were just stolen. Unfortunately after just paying for the other AT1, I don't have funds to replace my 29-er. I will absolutely be saving for a replacement soon. Miss my red beast.
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Much better than anticipated!
By Bard of Asher
from Jefferson city TN.
About Me Avid Cyclist
I use this to get to work, and for exercise, recreation. The set up was very easy (I am exp. in bike repair/maintenance) the wheels came true, much to my surprise, brakes, shifting only needed minor adjustments. As a low income person, who has owned much more expensive bikes in the past, I was very skeptical of this price, I really figured the only thing I would keep is the frame, and wheels, I had intended to replace all the components, and I will, but the ones it comes with are fine, and really a casual rider wouldn't need to change a thing. If you are looking for an entry level 29'r, this is a good basic model that can be relatively easily upgraded, up to a point. I have put about 500 miles on it already, and I love it. I don't think I will use it for hard-core MTB, but for everything else, it is just right. The only reason it does not get 5 stars is that it is a entry level bike, and I am picky, however, it could get a 5 star for its price and quality (for the price).
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Cheap and capable
By El MajoH!
from Chihuahua, Mexico
I was looking for a cheap steel 29er and when i was thinking i would not get... i got it!All components are cheap and you can not expect shiftness or great performance on mtb trails, but frame looks like well-made, nice geometry for mtb rides (73.5° seat, 71.5° headset, 445 chainstay, big slooping).If you want a serious bike for mtb, you will need to change chainrings, square taper (too wide 122.5, better 117.5), seatpost (too short and heavy) and stem+handlebar. If you want to conmuting, it comes perfect.Rear wheel has give me some problems on the cog, and i had to lace again using longer spokes. Shifters are not perfect for mtb, but works fine. Tires are not recommended for mtb use, no grip on curves or braking.For a rookie rider or a guy tired from carbon, alloy ultralight and ultratech over the bikes, this can be the perfect one.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
AT1 29er Mountain Bike
By Olde Bike Rider
from just north of Boston
I have two of these now. I love the steel frame and after a few changes it is everything I Want in an all around bike. One is set up more for distance riding the other for dirt trails. I did change a few things but not because I had to. I sold my 800.00 plus bike and had a few extra dollars to buy the parts I changed on it. I didn't need to but wow is this bike good now.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Nice bike at a good price
from No. of Boston
Purchased because of price. Assembled easy and was surprised with the ride. I changed derailleurand shifters for trigger style. Now I really loved the bike. So I decided to buy a better quality 29er. I did and found I now missed my sold Nashbar 29er. I bought another AT-1 the same size and changed out the same parts when putting it together and it also rides great. Now I'm selling my really expensive 29er because I love this bike. Steel is real and ride is better.
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Great for electric bike conversion
By Nick
from Seattle
About Me Commuter
I bought this bike for the purpose of converting it into an electric bike with a rear-wheel hub motor. I specifically wanted a steel 29er frame with rear rack mounts. I had to find an adapter for the upper rack attachment but there are options out there. I ended up getting what is called a monostay adapter and it fits perfectly under the seatpost clamp. It was nice that the fork has a caliper mount for a disc brake upgrade, even though I did have to buy a new front wheel with a rotor attachment on the hub. Overall, the bike works great for my purpose and it's awesome to cruise to work at 20+ mph for under a penny/mile of electricity.
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Not what I expected!
By Rock Crusher
from San Antonio, TX
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It rides a lot better than it looks like it would. The components look cheap but work pretty good. I bought this bike as a spare for friends to ride so they never have the excuse "I don't have a bike" LOL
(3 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
College bike
By Skinewmexico
from Midland, TX
Bought this for my son to take to college, so I didn't have to whine when his Rocky Mountain got stolen. Bike is solid, but extremely heavy. Needs a setback seatpost to fit..........I think anyone correctly. Downside is, the seatpost is 25.4 for some reason, not 27.2. Looks like I'm going to have to find a BMX seatpost somewhere. Bizarre size for an MTB seatpost.
Great value
By Kelly
from Fairbanks Alaska
Frame is stout, wheels are true out of the box. easy assembly. Chain skips I upgraded the cassette, rear derailer and chain, V- brakes as well. Gets me around well, good curb jumper.
(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
Great Bike! Great Company!
By Big Bike for Big Guy
from North Carolina
My Parks and Recreation Department just extended the local bike path to within 300 meters of my house. No more excuses - time to start exercising! The 21" frame/29" wheel combination are made for big guys like me. The components are of reasonable quality and from brand manufacturers. For the price, it was equipped better than anything else on the market. Customer Service was extremely helpful and assembly was fairly easy. One loose screw on the chain guard was my only hiccup.I've owned three Nashbar bikes since the 1990's (which have been passed down to the next generation). Good, quality products. It was time to get some newer technology in my garage and take advantage of our community's new greenway - where else would I go to shop?I couldn't be happier with my purchase!
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Linda SatchwellStaff Writer
County Clerk Kathy Williams has confirmed that her office has counted the signatures and certified the petition for the "Tax Limitation Initiative" that would cap the tax to pay for Plumas District Hospital's new building at $50 per $100,000 of assessed home value.
Williams' certification states the initiative now is qualified to go to election. She sent proof of certification to PDH by fax Friday, March 26, and also by mail.
The next step said Williams, according to elections code, is that the certified results will be presented at the next regular meeting of the PDH board of directors. The directors are scheduled to meet Thursday, April 1.
At the meeting or within 10 days thereafter, said Williams, elections code requires the board either "adopt the ordinance without alteration ... or immediately order an election."
Because there were enough certified signatures on the petition for either a special mail ballot election (which would take place Aug. 31) or the next general election Nov. 2, it will be up to the district to determine which date to use.
With the certification of petitions and reporting to PDH, Williams pointed out her job is done, unless the hospital passes another resolution asking her office to run the election.
The hospital called a special closed session meeting Monday, March 29, at noon. Chief Executive Officer Dick Hathaway reported out of the meeting that, while no action was taken, the hospital is very close to a settlement regarding existing litigation, Alexander et al. v. Plumas Hospital District. Only one minor item remains to be resolved, he said.
In addition, the board will be place an item to its agenda for the April 1 meeting that would allow them to set an election date for the "Tax Limitation Initiative."

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Clayton Kershaw will attempt to follow up his first career no-hitter with another strong outing Tuesday night in Kansas City.
"He's coming off a no-hitter, so what are the odds of him doing that twice in a row?" said Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who has never faced Kershaw.
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• Kershaw has never faced the Royals, nor has Duffy opposed the Dodgers.
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Come on!US will be the rich oil country in the future!I can't imagine the situation of the picture!That's terrible for the environment!
All good news are for the world community and the people of USA. But problem lies whether US administration can check the speculators of crude oil and the mineral exchanges who will start squeezing the benefits of such explorations and start plundering the wealth.
A few observations: Tax on U.S. petroleum is already 33%. The largest source of pollution (after coal-fired electrical generation) is Chinese coal mine fires. We are ten thousand years out of the last ice age, which lasted two million years. In ten thousand (more) years none of this will matter anyway.
"In ten thousand (more) years none of this will matter anyway."
You mean you don't really want to think about it, and you certainly are not prepared to change anything?
Why are you sharing these random and irrelevant observations with us, anyway?
I agree that the subsidies for oil should be either weakened or removed entirely. The true cost of fuel need to be realized. People need a wake up call. The high true cost will act as incentive to innovate with more R&D in alternative sources of energy (i.e Shale gas, Solar...etc). There will most definitely be radical shifts in consumption behaviors (especially with driving), but if that is what it takes to avoid an environmental catastrophe, so be it. We can only hope that new technology can quickly be discovered and made marketable in the coming future. Once again this can ONLY be achieved if the fuel subsidies were removed due to incentives.
Even though Hydrocarbons DO NOT contribute to global warming (there has been no temperature increase in the past 16 years and the whole Climate change dogma is completely concocted)...but the Environmental Neanderthals will still try to use this absurdity to stifle Industrial/economic progress.
Lie or ignorance. The last decade is by far the hottest decade recorded and the pace is picking up. Get some facts before you spurt out invectives about "Neanderthals"
Sorry I upset you but only a few hundred years ago we were much hotter and much colder unrelated to greenhouse gases. There is no physical model for a greenhouse effect so the entire concept is theoretical and largely concocted from falsified observations...if you don't want to be a Neanderthal you need to be a little more critical of your sources.
At least I have sources though, as opposed to pulling wild (and self-contradictory) claims out of thin air without sources as you have so far been doing.
Seeing that you are even denying something as self-evidently established facts as the greenhouse effect, I see it is pointless to even try to argue at the most basic level.
I wish you the best of luck in your reality-detached bubble of absence of even the most fundamental science.
Sorry again, If you read the details of the sources you're going by, you'll find they're all unsupported by any experimental model and can't be demonstrated any where in the universe. Read it critically and maybe you'll see that it's not only not self evident but largely fantasy.
Any carbon trading scheme is merely "just another tax". The history of governments of all colours is that they gather tax in and then spend on vote catching schemes, thus preserving their power. When, for example, the EU and it's non-elected ruling bureaucracy can actually show that money gathered in through selling and trading carbon credits will be used wisely, the I might believe there is some merit in the scheme and not until then.
It was always said that the most frightening sound was the knock on the door at 3am in the communist countries of the old USSR, but this seems to have been replaced by the sound of a letter falling to the floor from any government stating that they will "help you to run things better."
Carbon trading schemes are a classic example of government "helping to run things better" and, as usual, doing so from a starting point of appalling ignorance as they are thought up by people with no direct knowledge of the energy industry and, particularly, the exploration industry.
P.S. Where did MY carbon credits go to? I might well like to trade them for a few quid.
"Where did MY carbon credits go to?"
You burnt them, perhaps?
I wish, I wish. Living on a pension, I find I am usually bloody cold and a few burning credits would be useful.
Then I don't know. But I like the idea of a price on carbon emissions of which the proceeds are distributed on a per capita basis. It would nicely express the idea that we all have an equal right to the use of our atmosphere.
If you are using up less than your share, you'd make a net profit on that.
I wouldn't have a problem with that but, having lived most of my three score and ten I have never seen an example of government intervention actually handling things better than individuals (In general; There are, obviously, some individuals who cannot govern the basics of their own lives properly and need help.) but, usually, most people can make informed decisions and should be allowed to control their own lives rather than having someone else decide "what is good for them".
Yeah, well, in this case it's not only what's good for them, but also what does not hurt others. CO2 emissions have worldwide effects, even if that is not immediately obvious to the emitter.
Yeah, well, in this case it's not only what's good for them, but also what does not hurt others. CO2 emissions have worldwide effects, even if that is not immediately obvious to the emitter.
I still don't see how a tax which does not benefit anyone other than a few, already wealthy, individuals (Politicians with snouts in the trough), can a) save the world and b) be fair to the great bulk of the population who actually end up paying this tax.
You're making the unwarranted assumption that the a price on carbon emissions would benefit only a few, already wealthy, individuals. The revenue is collected by government. That's no different from any other tax.
The (democratically elected) government can then choose to spend the money on whatever is deemed most worthy. I would think it fair that revenues are handed back to the people on a per capita basis, but it could also be used to reduce the deficit or to increase military spending.
If we tax hydrocarbon and environmentally damaging energy, then the rational should be that we also spend the same and equivalent amount collected on renewable sources and on dealing with the environmental impacts of the hydrocarbons. This off-course we know will never happen.
The governments will tax hydro carbons and use the windfall to bankroll whatever else they see fit, and a token amount will be spent on the environment and an even smaller token amount will be spent on renewable energy sources and future technologies.
This is the rational under which American public does not support such tax schemes and why no politician can really get behind these schemes. In Europe, high fuel taxes have been around for almost 40 plus years now, and as such it has become accepted in the conscious of the taxpayer. Combined with good urban public transport networks public bak lash is small.
Imagine a city like Huston, Dallas or LA with little to no public transport (of significant size) and $2.50 cents a litter gas. You will have a mini revolt on your hands. Gas prices can only rise in America if schemes are designed to tax petrol, and use the windfall to directly impact the urban centers where the revenue was raised, in the form of environmental programs, public transport programs and other such schemes. If you abstract the benefit people will have a hard time to accept it.
I guess your point is that central planners can price energy better than markets. When will you ever learn?
Econ101: Unregulated markets take no account of externalities and therefore do not always lead to societally optimal results. In such cases, regulation can improve outcomes.
Such ignorance and still so keen to lecture others.
Coupled with the kind of endless technological innovation that occurs in the US, this is likely to propel the North American continent much further ahead of Europe (and, practically, all other regions in terms of living standards), over which this is clearly a huge advantage. If the US is able to close its growing inequality gap, and limit the possible environmental damage this exploration is claimed to cause (water table contamination being chief amongst them), North Americans are set to become fabulously rich, relatively, and to grow a yawning gap in development and living standards between themselves and long-time Atlantic partners over in Europe - and by definition much of the rest of the planet. It's pretty shocking.
What then will be the effect on the US dollar as the world's reserve currency?
What will become of the US trade deficit - and indeed of US trade, it remains the largest trading sovereign?
What effect will this have on China, itself having advanced from sleeping giant to real player in what was recently a Western lead world?
Can't help thinking that Europeans will likely be the big loosers in the coming century, especially if relations between the EU and Russia remain frosty.
And what will it mean for global climate?
Things may turn out different from what you think. The future isn't a simple linear extrapolation of the past. We must not continue to rely on fossil fuels. Hic sunt dracones.
Damn well said! This is an opportunity that must not be blown in the haste to stuff ones bank account. Increasing fossil fuel use efficiency must continue to develop. Only when everyone can afford to take the time to understand civility can we live secure. The more we promote conspicuous consumption via "marximised" profit the more we divide the populations. To be able to entertain Schadenfreude is not a desirable attribute.
In other words, let's all be poor together. No thanks, Europeans can be poor by themselves. It's your choice.
Indeed. I think that if we assume the price of hydrocarbons will increase as more of the world develops, this may open up opportunities for the US to explore in greater depth greener options such as wind, at better economy. Increasing prices will also certainly curb demand. It will be a race between our extraction and combustion of hydrocarbons, and deterioration of the environment, collapse of ecosystems. Which will depleted first? Appreciate the Latin, thanks.
"It will be a race between our extraction and combustion of hydrocarbons, and deterioration of the environment, collapse of ecosystems. Which will depleted first?"
Ah, but that's the catch - the extraction will win hands down! If we choose to go down that path, in the early stages, the extraction and combustion will fuel the economy, even as the same bonanza sows the seeds of the destruction of those ecosystems we depend upon for food, clean water and air. The climate system has much longer lags than the economic system in its reaction to cheap energy.
Sadly, climate science indicates that if we burn all the hydrocarbons we can get our hands on.the ecosystems will collapse, even if we then switch to non-carbon energy sources. It will simply be too late to prevent that, partly due to positive feedback loops in the climate system. Fossil fuels need to be expensive to force us to develop alternatives. (And if the US has cheap energy while the rest of the world does not, that technology will be developed - and patented - elsewhere.)
The challenge, thus, is to make people see that if we succumb to the temptation of cheap fuels now, we will pay a heavy price later. (And more so our children and our children's children, etc.)
Got another one for you: Ut sementem feceris ita metes. (Credits to Google, I should add.)
By your baseless and corrupt, misunderstanding calculus you would have us all compete for dominance. Would that be nuclear dominance or monetary or military dominance? Clearly there's money to be made selling your nuclear science. Some progress that would be!
What value is that which you teach your children? "Hurry up and learn to manipulate wars to your own benefit son; there's money to be made at it." Is that it?
You have "Wealth" and "Poverty" totally misunderstood.
Whether the President approves the Keystone pipeline or not misses the more complicated problem of approving the pipeline at the local level. All the President can do is approve the pipeline to cross the US border. The numerous permits that must be obtained at a local level represents a far more colossal task.
"The numerous permits that must be obtained at a local level represents a far more colossal task."
What do you base that on? Most of the pipeline is already being built to bring crude oil form North Dakota to the refineries on the gulf coast. Really approval of the Keystone XL would only involve a few dozen miles near the border...
Priced correctly to someone from the UK or Europe means jacked up artificially to account for CO2 emissions that have nothing to do with temperature or global warming. No thanks. CO2 has no correlation with warming as has been proved multiple times without magazines like The Economist caring at all. Just repeating the same false mantra won't make it a reality. While Europe has seen emissions of CO2 rise, America's has fallen because of capitalism. What Europe calls capitalism I call state sponsored socialism that is failing in every way, especially with respect to CO2 emissions and energy cost. Now you want America to import your failed policies. No thanks. When it becomes clear that Global Warming is a joke, The Economist will try to pretend like it never happened. Good luck, you are on record.
The numbers say that we *are* importing European policies, to wit: the Obama administration's constant push for ever more stringent regulation of business from trying to kill coal as a fuel with nano-quantities of mercury in coal-fired emissions to how companies raise money.
This gratuitous kicking of America's producers in the nuts at every opportunity has borne fruit: Our emissions are already at kyoto-approved 2020 levels, because of painfully reduced economic activity. And that is very European, IMHO.
So if EPA hadn't done something about deadly pollutants in coal, America's economy would be thriving?
Speaking of failed policies, Europeans live a couple of years longer than Americans, who have the same life expectancy as poor Cubans.
Socialismofobia can be lethal.
According to the CIA Factbook life expectancy at birth is 79.49 in the US, 79.74 in the EU and 77.87 in Cuba. To be polite, sir, you are talking through your hat.
Perhaps, but the UN has the US at 78.2, between Cuba at 78.3 and Portugal at 78.1.
The UN doesn't give a figure for the EU but nearly all Western European countries score well above the US, as do Canada (80.7) and Australia (81.2).
The upshot is that the US is doing pretty badly given how rich it is, and given the enormous expenditure on health care.
"... CO2 emissions that have nothing to do with temperature or global warming. No thanks. CO2 has no correlation with warming as has been proved multiple times without magazines like The Economist caring at all."
This is simply not true. I recommend *you* take your own advice: "Just repeating the same false mantra won't make it a reality."
Rather simpleetonian response, thank you very much. The levels of mercury in coal effluent are at an ultra-safe level already. No human harm, to the nth degree. I'd say the regulation has done its job already. The decree from our EPA calls for further elimination of extremely miniscule amounts of mercury to an even more miniscule level. The point isn't that mercury is safe and/or I and others of my ilk just don't care. The point is to set it at a level where coal-plant retrofitting to remove the miniscule amount of mercury is cost-prohibitive, and results in closing coal mines and coal-powered power plants. As Obama said early in his first term, he is out to shut down coal-fired power generation, a rough quote: "you can build a new coal power plant, but we'll make sure you don't make any money doing it."
Now to you that may all mean the same thing. Coal bad, switch-grass good. By the way, I have yet to see any science on how much fly ash is generated in burning switch-grass. It is not a concentrated energy fuel such as coal or petroleum, or even wood. It's grass. No one burns wood; if you have a fireplace and use it, you'll know why. "renewable" fuel is big on fly ash, which is why you'll never hear about it being actually used, IMHO.
One of the reasons the economy isn't thriving, a big reason, is now over-regulation, of which the above discussion illustrates one of the worst examples, and the accompanying attitude of the Obama administration.
According to what authority is American life expectancy lower than poor Cuba? That's a howler, IMHO.
Rather simpletonian response, thank you very much. The levels of mercury in coal effluent are at an ultra-safe level already. No human harm, to the nth degree. I'd say the regulation has done its job already. The decree from our EPA calls for further elimination of extremely miniscule amounts of mercury to an even more miniscule level. The point isn't that mercury is safe and/or I and others of my ilk just don't care. The point is to set it at a level where coal-plant retrofitting to remove the miniscule amount of mercury is cost-prohibitive, and results in closing coal mines and coal-powered power plants. As Obama said early in his first term, he is out to shut down coal-fired power generation, a rough quote: "you can build a new coal power plant, but we'll make sure you don't make any money doing it."
Now to you that may all mean the same thing. Coal bad, switch-grass good. By the way, I have yet to see any science on how much fly ash is generated in burning switch-grass. It is not a concentrated energy fuel such as coal or petroleum, or even wood. It's grass. No one burns wood; if you have a fireplace and use it, you'll know why. "renewable" fuel is big on fly ash, which is why you'll never hear about it being actually used, IMHO.
One of the reasons the economy isn't thriving, a big reason, is now over-regulation, of which the above discussion illustrates one of the worst examples, and the accompanying attitude of the Obama administration.
According to what authority is American life expectancy lower than poor Cuba? That's a howler, IMHO.
Energy consumption and climate change have close relationship. But climate change on account of global warming has become a very contentious issue. So far USA and Canada have not taken any serious measures to reduce their energy consumption, though fuel efficient cars are making a good impact. If USA becomes self sufficient in energy, it is unlikely to place any curbs on energy consumption.
During the just concluded US presidential elections global warning and its effects was a non-issue. Other developed countries in the West, except a few, and China, Japan. South Korea. Australia are some other countries who also need to take serious note of the global warming effects but it appears that they too are not very much eager to take any specific steps to counter global warming. This is the reality.
Perhaps, major natural disasters may compel some of these countries to take such steps. India and other developing countries who have not been very careful in the matter of environmental protection have to their bit but without active participation of the developed world nothing much will be achieved.
Australia introduced a price on carbon in July. What are you talking about?
Exploring and producing oil and gas in areas that are susceptible to production failure and environmental pollution, is what happens when government and industry decide that exploration and profits are paramount over the environment. Personally we would rather have less of what cheap energy brings, than no clean water.
Clean water is the lifeblood of all living things and thus its protection is paramount.
Today I just read some pages of Mankiw's microeconomics. It talked about the oil.
To be honest, we have to depend on oil and gas to make the globe revolve. However, just because it is limited resource, there must be problems. Not enough supply will make the price higher. Suppliers turn to make profits by supply less. So maybe countries that do not have oil bonanza will be afraid that the price of the resources would be so high. Well, we do not know what America is going to do.
This is a sellers' market. They have the say. So we can only wait and see.
I am thinking about if we can develop other energies to gradually substitute oil. However, I am not a scientist, and I have no idea.
But I do love the earth, and I want people to cooperate more to benefit not only themselves but also others, people and animals and plants.
How can you love an inanimate object?
What a sad and cynical product of the consumption society you must be to ask such a question, SBG.
I would rate your comment as one of the most ridiculous I have read. The planet earth is the definition of an animate object (Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms.)
Not only is it the source of all earthly life but it is life itself.
If this is the quality is a Stanford Berkeley grad, God save America.
Your line that "it's landowners own the minerals below their turf" may be true in most states, but not in Wyoming. I'm sure there are others as well: ND comes to mind...
With such a natural gas glut, it would be wise not to waste the natural gas on electricity production (nuclear is magnitudes more energy dense and thus efficient), but to use it to displace oil used for transportation, in the form of natural gas powered vehicles. You'll have a much reduced trade deficit as well as much less carbon emissions (nuclear energy has no CO2 emissions and natural gas has lower CO2 emissions than gasoline).
The US has seperated alot of indirect costs of energy from the consumer by raising taxes elsewhere, ie.- income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, etc. YOU ARE CORRECT. IF THE CONSUMER DOESN'T SEE THE INDIRECT COSTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY, ETC. AT THE GAS PUMP OR THE UTILITY BILL THEN ENERGY IS SOLD TO CHEAP AND IS WAISTED. THE US SHOULD RAISE THE TAX ON ENERGY AND LOWER INCOME TAX! BUT THAT WON'T GET ANYONE ELECTED - SO FORGET ABOUT IT.
Do you have any idea how many people skip reading your posting as soon as you go all-capital letters?
Carbon dioxide is not dirty and definitely not a pollutant!
You are quibbling over words. Even given that CO2 is not a "pollutant" in that it is a natural component of air, nevertheless an unnaturally high proportion of CO2 in the air is a problem.
Put a plastic bag over your head and get back to us.
Everything is poison, there is poison in everything. Only the dose makes a thing not a poison.
Try drink 20 liters of water under a hour or so, then tell me what you feel. If you can still talk.
I am confused by the 4th paragraph, particularly this sentence: "By contrast, in Europe, which does have a carbon-trading system but never developed shale gas, emissions have risen over the past three years. Europeans are shuttering nuclear-power plants and backsliding to filthy coal. "
You site the TAX that is the Carbon-Trading system as being ineffective (in efforts to reduce emissions) yet you recommend that Americans pay a bigger TAX in effort to reduce emissions.
Please clarify.
The quoted sentence was only mean to highlight the fact that there are many variables involved. How much higher European emissions be without the tax is difficult to say, but everyone agrees they would be higher.
"Everyone agrees they would be much higher"? but they have already increased, over the last 3 years, according to the article.
"Everyone agrees" ? I don't so & I don't think the author of this article does either by citing/stating that "emissions have risen over the past three years".
The author says that the emissions have risen in Europe because the Europeans have switched from nuclear to coal. That rise has nothing to do with taxes.
If you raise the tax on something, it is more expensive. If something is expensive, it gets used less. No one doubts this.
My question is what will be the impact of this bonanza on the broader markets (especially returns for US indices) over the next couple of decades. Positive, no doubt, but by how much? Will we return to the go-go years of the 80s and 90s? Also, for a more tailored investment strategy to reap the benefits of this bonanza, what companies would be good to invest in? Oil giants like Exxon-Mobil or the actual manufacturers of the fracking equipment? If the latter, anybody got their names/tickers?
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I take it this means it'll play unencrypted blu-rays?
Maybe look at the Readme:
"Only AACS encrypted blurays until mkb 10, no BD+ support (yet)."
Without BD+ it is basically similar to HDDVD. It is definitely impossible to play newer titles with it directly. Maybe you find older ones.
So if you stole the disc from the store it would work in Linux, but if you paid for it, it wouldn't work? I know Linux is about freedom and everything, but thats extreme.Finally it's becoming possible to play your legal Blu-ray movies on Linux.
I assume this is referring to audio codecs?
(eac3, DTS-HD/MA, Dolby TrueHD)
mplayer has played h.264 and vc-1 video for a long time.
Mplayer has got problems to detect TrueHD right, therefore i created this patch. It was sent to the mailing list by somebody else but was rejected. Without it detects TrueHD when it is DTS/AC3 and does not detect TrueHD when it is.
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A blog that is based around user-submitted pet peeves and common annoyances. Based on the parody of "What Grinds My Gears" as seen on Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.
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Nick Catanzarite is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group of Cleveland-based Walter | Haverfield LLP.
Retail tenants, particularly smaller or inexperienced businesses, often complain they are at the mercy of landlords in negotiating the terms and structure of leases. While sometimes even the largest of tenants may lack leverage in settling on lease terms, developing an awareness of the key issues and memorializing the material terms early on can help level the playing field with your landlord.
To begin with, tenants should consider putting the key terms and provisions of the deal into a letter of intent (LOI) when negotiating a new lease. The LOI will confirm the most critical terms and set the framework for negotiating the remainder of lease. In addition, taking the time to work through the primary issues upfront and agreeing to an LOI can help to broaden the areas in which tenants may be able to further negotiate terms, which may otherwise not have been subject to discussion.
Responsibilities for upkeep are set early in the leasing process
The obligations of the landlord and tenant under a retail lease arrangement can vary depending on the circumstances. The most common form of retail lease is a "triple net" or "NNN." Under a triple net lease, the tenant is responsible for maintenance and repair of the leased premises, as well as a proportionate share of the center's real estate taxes, the landlord's insurance premiums and the common area expenses. Under an NNN arrangement, tenants should press hard to ensure that the landlord remains responsible for capital repairs, i.e. structural elements of the building, and things caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the landlord or its agents or representatives.
If the lease arrangement is not an NNN and the tenant has negotiated for the landlord to assume responsibility for specific maintenance obligations--typically the roof and HVAC--the tenant must be certain the lease clearly reflects such obligations. Furthermore, as a precautionary measure, regardless of who is responsible for repairs, the tenant should take necessary steps to inspect the roof and HVAC prior to taking occupancy of the space. Additionally, the tenant should look to include self-help language in the lease in the event the landlord fails to perform its maintenance obligations.
For example, if the lease states that the landlord shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the roof and the roof is continually leaking without any response from the landlord, the tenant would obviously want the ability to fix the roof and offset such costs and expenses from future rent obligations. This would seem to be a logical solution to the leaking issue but, oftentimes, the lease will not contain an explicit self-help right for the tenant without the tenant requesting such language.
Tenants need to protect the ability to help themselves if the need occurs
The same premise would apply for HVAC repairs and maintenance, but sometimes the tenant might be responsible for repairs and maintenance of the HVAC units servicing its leased premises, with the landlord responsible for replacement of any defective units. In such situations, tenants should be aware of the possibility that the landlord will keep repairing dying units and delaying the replacements. This can be very frustrating for the tenant because the units will keep failing, resulting in continuous calls to the landlord or HVAC repairman. Again, self-help provisions could be beneficial in these situations; however, tenants could also request language in the lease to address when an HVAC unit should be replaced. For example, if an inspection performed by an independent party determines that the unit must be replaced, then it could trigger an obligation for the landlord to replace the unit.
The above examples are just a few of the issues that tenants should pay attention to when negotiating their retail lease agreements with the landlords. Most lease arrangements last longer than the average marriage in the U.S., so it is wise to spend the necessary time upfront negotiating the terms and provisions necessary to protect your interests.
Nick Catanzarite is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group of Cleveland-based Walter | Haverfield LLP.
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