Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "The Hill" channel.

  1. Somehow, I did not enjoy any of those ads.
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  2. Most of a wind turbine is made of metals, all of which can easily be recycled/re-smelted. The blades are made of glass fiber / carbon fiber / balsawood. Like all composite materials, those are harder to recycle. A dizzying array of industrial products are made of composite materials and have been for decades. Traditionally, those materials have been ground down and used as filler in road beds or other places where filler is needed. There is no evidence that wind turbines present a bigger waste problem than any other industrial product.
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  3. There are also upcoming elections in the Palestinian Territories, so both Hamas and Netanyahu have an interest in ramping up the war effort, as there is reason to believe it will help their election chances. The people dying? They're just bit parts.
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  4.  @Bike_Lion  "It's better to focus on building up more baseload nuclear capacity". I think it's best to build up a variety of energy generation methods, not just rely on one.
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  5.  @Dot2TrotsLowCarbLiving  "Without taxpayer subsidies, the wind industry dies." Not true. There are private companies making a lot of money on wind energy without government input. It's becoming a fairly profitable industry.
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  6. I'm pretty confident that countries around the Baltic Sea, with the exception of Russia and possibly Germany, are all quite happy that this pipeline was destroyed, so that would include Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. It could even have been done with some of the technical expertise those countries possess.
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  7. People always find it hard to believe, but: Politicians have friendships across party lines, even if they disagree on almost everything. Who knows, maybe Kamala Harris and Lindsay Graham both love crab cake sandwiches and they spend hours comparing notes on where to get the best one in DC.
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  8. Maybe Trump's recommendations for nominees were better: "She's very special, highly respected, maybe the best. I know the best people. A lot of people are saying that."
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  9. "sagars knittted tie portfolio"... Hahahahahaha :-D
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  10. These days it's not opportune to be Asian. You're not oppressed enough.
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  11. Not only does it make more money, it also saves more money for the electricity consumer.
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  12.  @Bike_Lion  "So this means that the electric companies have to build, maintain, and staff fossil fuel power plants". Yes, but we already have all that installed. The point is not to replace all existent generation capacity, but to grow resilience by diversifying our means of generating electricity: Nuclear, coal, oil, gas, wind, solar, hydro.... This is all part of building energy security.
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  13.  @erikkovacs3097  And is that what nuclear plants actually do? Do they store 20-30 years worth of fuel on site? It's one thing to say 'you could' do something; quite another to observe what people actually do.
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  14.  @bukikkimuzzas254  I don't understand what you're writing.
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  15.  @Bike_Lion  Yes, that sounds like it might be true, but on the upside, there is no 'input', i.e. no fuel goes in to generate energy. In a sense it is similar to hydro power and solar in that respect. And that aspect needs to be part of the calculation, too. Certainly, nuclear is also a good and reliable way to generate energy, but it is so expensive! Really expensive!
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  16. You mean suspicions.
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  17. I give him a 5-10% chance of winning.
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  18. Far from it. There is just no political will in America to do it.
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  19. There's something very satisfying about building demolitions. And they give space for what might be an awesome new building.
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  20.  @33none42  Well, if it was only the Trump brand that is the problem, it might have become a Wynn, or a Sands. I think the problem lies in Atlantic City not being a good place for big casinos. I've been there once. It was pretty low class, if you ask me. Sorry if you're a local.
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  21. She is pushing back on allegations made without evidence. That is the right way to do it. Note Shellenberger using terms like "we see", "correlated", "we think", "would cause deaths". These are all beliefs, not evidence.
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  22. Wasn't there something about Trump stumbling down a ramp and people finding it absolutely hilarious? I think they even had specials on the evening news about it. Invited a panel to discuss.
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  23. Americans seem quite willing to believe just about anything without evidence. It's probably because of the high levels of religiosity over there, where people are brought up to believe all sorts of myths, never asking for evidence.
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  24. The case made by Shellenberger and the documentary producers is based on the BELIEF that the wind power industry is partly responsible for increased deaths of Right Whales. Neither the documentary nor Shellenberger present any evidence that that is the case. In other words, it's an allegation, a hypothesis. Let's investigate, but let's not draw any conclusions until we find evidence. In Europe, offshore wind power is a pretty mature industry, especially in the North Sea (between Great Britain and European mainland), where offshore wind power plants have been in operation since 2002. Multiple investigations since then have shown an increase in marine life, not a decrease. I am not familiar with any data specifically about large whale species, but there haven't been reports of increased deaths. The increase in marine life is mostly due to the foundations of the wind towers, which work as artificial reefs and attract lots of marine life for protection and breeding.
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  25.  @Bike_Lion  "I think nuclear alone is sufficient". Yes, you've already made your view on nuclear energy abundantly clear. It's a panacea, it'll solve all our problems, especially when those new thorium reactors finally get to market. Look, it's fine to be pro-nuclear, but I feel it's becoming almost a religion for some people, though perhaps that does not apply to you. In the end, our disagreement is relatively limited. Perhaps we agree more on bikes (mine has a -cycle after it).
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  26.  @erikkovacs3097  Perhaps where you are this is not an issue, but many countries do not not have all the resources they need: Uranium, coal, oil, gas, etc. For those countries, in one of which I am a citizen, it makes sense to reduce the risk of sudden lack of access to the raw materials through embargoes or sanctions, or to guard against price fluctuations in those same raw materials.
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  27.  @erikkovacs3097  "it's the bulk of the fuel that's impressive". That statement seems irrelevant. Why is it important that fuel bulk is 'impressive'? We're not running out of space to store fuel, leaving aside the fact that some fuel can just be left underground until we need it, and other energy generation methods don't need fuel at all.
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  28.  @erikkovacs3097  Ok, I think there's a massive age gap at play here. You sound like I sounded when I was in high school. Let's stop this conversation. Maybe you can talk to people your own age.
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  29. It's not really news. Anyone who follows China has known about this for over a month. Russia and China are strange bed fellows and they're only sleeping with each other because no one else will.
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  30.  @amenhotepavoskin1307  Well, it's certainly worth paying attention to, but my opinion is that they're only doing this because they both feel pressured, not because they feel strong.
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  31.  @amenhotepavoskin1307  Well, we have lots of trade and economic cooperation with China and that is not going to end anytime soon. I think what's happening now is just a slight stepping back one or two steps. Prosperity is important, but national security trumps all other considerations.
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  32.  @fellowcitizen  Kool-Aid is delicious, isn't it?
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  33.  @amenhotepavoskin1307  No one is to blame. Every country must concern itself with its own security: Russia, China, USA, Ukraine, and every other country.
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  34.  @amenhotepavoskin1307  And what place would that be? I don't think you have any idea where I am.
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  35. If you are on any transportation conveyance and you have the slightest suspicion that someone is a human trafficker, report to Pete Buttigieg immediately! It's better to falsely accuse thousands of innocent people than to let one trafficker go free! Let's all contribute to the moral panic! Report your neighbors and friends to the authorities!
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  36. I've never heard of Byron Donalds before, but he is certainly feisty!
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  37. In the long run, Europe will benefit from this, and I say that as a European who is happy to the that pipeline gone!
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  38. "There's no video in the camera". Interestingly, the word camera has the same Latin root as chamber, so it kind of makes sense.
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  39.  @wheel-man5319  There's no input in generating the electricity, but there is input in manufacturing the turbine, of course. In more traditional electricity/heat generation, there is input in the form of wood, coal, dry cow dung, oil, gas; i.e. things that have to be burned.
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  40. I struggle to think of any war that has been fought over oil, or even any other resource. -The Iraq War? If that was fought over oil, why did the vanquished Iraq end up keeping all the oil and now selling it to develop itself? -The Gulf War? Same as above, and you can add Kuwait. -The South Sudan Independence War? Certainly fought as much over ethnic and religious differences as over oil, though (north) Sudan was not happy to lose the oil fields. The idea that future wars will be fought over water is a myth that people have been perpetuating for decades, especially about the Middle East. It hasn't happened, and the belief that it will happen comes from people who think that geo-politics is akin to your neighbor stealing all the apples off your apple tree.
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  41. She seems to be conflating 'surge' with 'insurgency'. But 'surge' is a kind of wave, or a mass of water moving into a space/area. Most SCUBA divers are familiar with the word 'surge'. In this context, at least, it has nothing to do with 'insurgency' or people trying to take over the country, it just means 'a lot of people coming at the same time'.
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  42. I would only join if Trump named it 'The Ice-Cream Party'
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  43. Some commenters say that these people are fleeing extreme poverty and violence. Not exactly 'extreme poverty'. 40 years ago, they would have been too poor to even attempt the journey. It's only now that these developing countries' economies have grown that they can afford the $5-10,000 it costs to make it to the US border. They have likely borrowed from friends and relatives with the promise of wiring back money when they get rich in America. If it were primarily violence they're escaping, they could just as well flee to Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, countries that are relatively safe. These people are taking the chance for a better life in America and I don't blame them. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. I also don't blame America for tightening border security and reducing illegal immigration. That is America's right.
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  44.  @darrekworkman5595  Tell me, how is the media going to investigate this? Do they have the capability to send expert divers down there? No, they don't. The media will only find out what people with knowledge are willing to tell them.
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  45. I've never heard of Rachel Bovard before, but I like her. She's a good substitute for Saagar Enjeti (while he's on vacation or something). Krystal and Rachel also have a very good screen dynamic together.
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  46. What money? There's money involved? If we're going to follow it, we have to find it first.
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  47. My guess: Harris has a speech writer who tries to hand Harris good speeches, but Harris always says "Don't worry, I'll speak off the cuff. I'm much better at that".
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  48. Michel Shellenberger and his team didn't present any evidence that off-shore wind has anything to do with these whale deaths. They simply suspect that is the case. Let's not forget that a large proportion of Right Whales are killed by ships (37% of documented cases) and fishing gear (11%), with 52% of unknown cause. Those are numbers from before any wind projects started. It's certainly a possibility that wind projects can be responsible, but without any data to even support such a claim, how can we know, or even start to believe, that Shellenberger is right? So please, present some data, thanks.
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  49.  @33none42  Well, if there's good money in it, I'm sure someone will build that.
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  50.  @33none42  Thanks for sharing that interesting story. Seems to me NJ has grown into having a rather distinct culture of its own. People admire it now, and also laugh at it (I'm thinking Jersey Shore, Jon Stewart, Sopranos), but I think most people can see themselves in the NJ culture.
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