Comments by "Matthew Loutner" (@Matthew_Loutner) on "CNBC" channel.

  1.  @DIYglenn  So now you are saying that you have no sense of humor?
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  2. You could do offshore wind turbines and cover your flats on the roof and all sides with solar panels.
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  3. We need to put solar panels on every roof to charge the cars and keep them off of the grid.
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  4. ​ @okklidokkli Accusing people of "making excuses" when they are trying to explain their culture is not appropriate.
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  5.  @Chaos666Theory  Most of America is nowhere as you describe. Only a handful of major cities fit that description and it is only in their downtown areas during rush hour. Driving in the rest of America is very calm, relaxing, and peaceful. We love 💗 just taking the car out on a long drive through the country on a quiet Sunday afternoon. The United States is the second largest country geographically. There is plenty of room for all of the cars to spread out. What bankrupts a city is not for debate by amateurs. Cities have all kinds of expenses, problems, and issues that they have to deal with. It would be problematic to claim that is caused by cars when you can find cities around the world, such as Hong Kong, that look just as "dystopian."
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  6.  @dennisaskeland7603  Not a problem. You drive 5 miles to a mall and shop for 2 hours. Then drive 10 miles to the grocery store and buy groceries. Stop at the pharmacy. Then drive 4 miles to a restaurant and eat. Then 8 miles back home. If you live on a farm, it may be 30 miles or more to go into town. But an electric can easily do that. The average commute to work is 22 miles. That is 44 miles both ways. Shopping is less than going to work. We normally would not shop on a work day. So there is a substitution process. You have trips to the laundromat and doctor and other places. But same thing.
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  7.  @dennisaskeland7603  A mall is a superstore . . . The houses and businesses in the U.S. are all built where it is best to build them on an economic basis. That is how we have always done it and want it. When a business builds in the most economical location, they have the best chance of succeeding and not going bankrupt. We want them to succeed. And if the business is built in the most economical location, they can offer the lowest prices on their wares. Houses are built in subdivisions by building companies and they build them where they are able to buy cheap land, but close enough to amenities and jobs that people will want to buy the house. That keeps the builder from going bankrupt and it also make the home sale price as low as possible. After the subdivision is built and people start moving into the new houses, followup businesses will start putting new businesses in between your new house and your job and fill in all of that empty space. Having families living in the new houses makes it economical to put new businesses out that way. These companies do market studies called "feasibility studies" before building to determine where the business has the best chance of success. Using this method makes it easy for consumers to get to the stores they need to go to because a market planning engineer has thought it all out in advance. We do not have much government planning. Market engineers do most of the planning. I personally am against putting cities on the plains because we grow wheat on the plains. I am against putting cities on any farmland. I would like to see all cities put in the deserts or mountains. But they always do everything the most economical way and economics rules everything here. At or near a mall, you are likely to find KFC, White Castle, Burger King, Arby's, McDonald's, Olive Garden, Denny's and Steak and Shake all within walking distance of each other. But Americans will drive from one parking lot to the next. You figure out that one.
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  8. You can buy those in the store. They do not have to be built-in.
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  9. It is not "people" who have been pushing for it. It is civil engineers and Europeans pushing normal Americans. 😅
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  10. @stanleyhape8427  Not sure what you are talking about. American malls are built with steel, concrete, and glass. It does not deteriorate. The interior wood lasts forever, if it does not get constantly saturated from a water leak.
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  11. @albertawheat6832  Do you know how far a car can travel in 15 minutes? Up to 15 miles. Everything surrounding you from all directions is 15 minutes from you.
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  12. @ScottCleve33  No it is not "far from true." That was a very stupid thing for you to say. And then you pointed out standard maintenance items that building owners commonly have to do. Obviously, a leaking roof has to be repaired. How does a repaired roof or crack bring down a whole building???
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  13. @albertawheat6832  I have lived on a farm. It was 7 miles outside of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. You could drive to downtown in 15 minutes. The whole Marion County is only 15 miles wide. Try thinking through before you make stupid replies.
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  14. @ScottCleve33  No. I would say that certain parts of malls deteriorate, and the required maintenance to keep them up is minimal. A shingle roof is warranted for 20 years. Replacing the roof every 20 years is not a lot.
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  15. @albertawheat6832  But we are not even talking about farmers . . . are we? There are a million and a half people living in Marion County who are not farmers. They have no trouble getting everything they need in 15 minutes. Why is that math difficult for you? You are the troll who tried to prove your point by giving an example of extremism.
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  16. @albertawheat6832  Apparently, living in the real world is hard for you. And you get kind of nasty when someone points out the truth and the facts.
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  17. @albertawheat6832  When you supposedly, "call them as you see them," your sight is tinted by the hate in your heart, and that makes you respond in a nasty way to a perfectly normal comment. And it is "on them" when you spew your hate onto someone. I know what a 15-minute city is, and you would have trouble finding one in the United States. Most Americans do not like them.
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  18. @ScottCleve33  I did not want to waste time looking up the warranty on a flat roof. You are mistaken that older buildings require more maintenance. If the maintenance is kept up properly, it is about the same year to year. If people have moved out of the area and no longer using the shops that is a whole different issue. That is an abandoned building. But in most places the population is growing and more shopping is needed -- not less. Those desirable locations can afford to do their maintenance.
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  19. @ScottCleve33  What are you talking about "people aren't interested in indoor malls" ?? What "people" are you speaking for? Southern California where it never rains? Of course people are interested in indoor malls. Who wants to walk outside in the rain and snow when they move from store to store? Are you in America? Do you know an American indoor mall? An American indoor mall is anchored by big box specialty stores. You may have Target, Sears, J.C. Penney's and Toys 'r US situated in a triangle or a square. Then you have hallways connecting those big box anchor stores. The little shops line those hallways. That means you can go shopping for school supplies at Target, And then eat lunch in the mall food court. Then buy some shoes at Payless. Then buy a pair of jeans at Dockers. Then buy a jacket at Banana Republic. Then go to Sears and pick up a rake. Then go to Penney's and buy some dishes and a bedspread for your bed. Then go to Bed and Bath and pick up a shower curtain. The go to a steakhouse or cafeteria and have dinner. Then go watch a movie. And you can do the whole day without getting rained on. Do not tell me that people do not want to do that.
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  20. You might prefer an assisted living complex. My grandmother was in one. They are quiet, and they have a community cafeteria, with card tables and recreation. They also run a small bus to the restaurants and malls.
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  21. @Beldan4  I think Medicaid pays part of the bill or something.
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  22. @Beldan4  I can short term memory loss. If there is something that I need to remember, I set an alarm on my phone to remind me.
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  23. @Beldan4  I am not defending anything. I am just tossing out some possible suggestions. I do not know enough about the situation to be defending anyone. Have a nice day.
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  24. It is no "white flag" and you are a liar. It is smart to use factories inside your own country and not be fully dependent upon some factory on the other side of the world. What if a war broke out, or an asteroid hit Shenzen?
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  25. ​@ILIVEAGOODLIFE Yes. Amazing that a country that is only 4% is the world's number two manufacturer. 🤷‍♀️
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  26. @fernandopaterno3710  Well it may surprise you to learn that 1 million Chinese college students are currently enrolled in American universities because American universities are known to be the best in the world.
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  27. @rkgsd  So? I do not know if your stats are right. But the United States is a whole nation made up of immigrants from around the world. Over 25 major ethnic groups are represented in the United States population. We are very proud of our foreign food, foreign culture, and foreign citizens. They all come here for a reason. They do not come here by accident.
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  28. @rkgsd  15% of the American population is foreign born.
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  29. It is orange and violet.
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  30.  @PeterHitchens-d6x  My dad couldn't figure it out. He just said, "Women! You cannot live with them. You cannot live without them!"
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  31.  @seanedghill5025  So the richest country in the world with the largest GDP in the world, having one of highest standards of living, the largest military in the world, who live in the largest houses with all conveniences, such as central heating and air-conditioning and 2-car attached garages with a car and a truck in the garage are "like a third world country"? ************** The facts are . . that the Americans created your whole life: Every minute of every day of your life an American invention is giving YOU a better life. So let us look at some American inventions that YOU could not live without: Lightbulbs Aluminum foil Frozen Food Canned Food Can Openers Microwave Dinners Peanut Butter Breakfast cereals French Fries Fluoridated water that prevents cavities Durable Vehicle tires Electric starters for cars Generators to charge car batteries Airplanes The Modern Jet Engine Electric well pumps that bring water to your house Electric power generating stations The whole electrical grid Every fan or blower in your heating system Your air conditioner Your refrigerator Your microwave oven Automatic Clothes washing machine Radios Television Satellite telecommunications GPS Fiber optic cables Lasers Sound and music recording Industrial computers Desktop computers Laptop computers Cell phones Smart phones Smart watches Videos The internet Anything with a transistor or microchip The factory assembly line Cotton Gin Various Farming Equipment Metal-hulled Ships Petroleum refining into gas and diesel Petroleum refining into plastics Polyester and Nylon Nuclear power Solar panels for green energy transition and . . . Soft Drinks (Have a Coke. 🧋) Then there are business models invented by Americans: McDonald’s Burger King Kentucky Fried Chicken Starbucks Circle K Tesla Walmart.…. It was ALL invented in America. And if you live in a constitutional republic, the Americans invented your entire political system. An American farm yields up to 30,000 pounds of potatoes per acre. The fact is that Americans are so ingenious that the United States patent office has over 3 million American patents on file. The Americans are the smartest, most creative, most industrious people in the world who created the entire modern world. Without the United States of America YOU would be living in a cave, stone building, or wood hut with a thatched roof, carrying your water from a stream in a bucket with half of your teeth missing and cooking and heating over a campfire using wood that YOU PERSONALLY went out and gathered from a forest. And you would be using the bathroom outdoors and washing your clothes in a stream. Your connection to the outside world would be extremely limited and depending on your specific situation, you may not even know what is happening beyond your own village -- let alone around the world. 🌎 My advice is that before you "laugh" at any American, first try going without American invented lightbulbs 💡 for 24 hours and learn how American 🇺🇸 ingenuity has helped YOU see 👀 in the dark.
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  32. I think it is because the "head of design" is some boring old guy. Look at him. No hair. Old style boring glasses. Overly pale pastel shirt that you can barely tell has some yellow in it. Blaise dull pale jacket with no color at all to it. Then look at the room. Dull textile wallpaper in a boring green color. And THIS GUY is deciding our car colors?? No wonder you cannot find a decent colored car on a lot anywhere. 🚘
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  33. America has 6.2% Hydro Power.
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  34.  @sydfrissell  You failed to thank me for buying you the new car . . .
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  35. The United States is not "struggling to go electric." That is a misnomer.
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  36.  @thorpower1015  The "progressive" socialists do not get American mindset. So I did not try to explain it.
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  37. ICE busses frequently break down due to cold weather.
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  38. You people have a very, very major glaring error in this video: You said that home buyers are paying the traditional 20% down-payment. That is WRONG. An owner-occupied home down-payment through the FHA is 5% or 3.5% down payment. A $400,000 home down-payment is $14k to $20k. How can you people be experts and make such an obvious mistake?
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  39. Go Norway! Every time a Norwegian buys an electric vehicle, the price of gasoline drops in America. 🇺🇲✝️
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  40. ​@JungleJetAviation06 Well you need a house because the payment never goes up and your rent will go up every year forever. When you turn 65, you may not be able to pay that exorbitant rent anymore. If you opt not to buy a house, you need to put equivalent money into a retirement account every month.
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  41. ​​ @user-gz4ve8mw9l Not really. You just file bankruptcy and keep everything. We do not buy flats. We buy houses. We RENT flats. And you have no idea what you are talking about on the school loans. Under 26, your parents can apply for you.
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  42. ​​​​ @user-gz4ve8mw9l Medical bills can be restructured with affordable payments. And they can block creditors from taking anything. They cannot put your parents' bills on your credit rating. And they cannot make you pay them. Once you move out of your parents' house and have a place of your own, you can apply for student loans and grants yourself based upon your income. But you would need your own address to do that.
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  43.  @user-gz4ve8mw9l  You are telling me that I'd best hope I do not have medical problems??? Dude. I became disabled at age 15. I am now 66. I have never had medical insurance until my Medicare kicked in at age 65 and I do not use it. (And I do not buy the supplemental part.) I will give you a couple of tips: 1. If you go to the emergency room, they have to treat you. They cannot turn you away. 2. There is a classification known as "medically indigent." It means that you cannot afford to pay. If you go to the hospital business office and file medically indigent, the hospital will write off your bill and absorb the loss. 3. You can file bankruptcy for any remaining amount from hospital vendors and restructure the payments to be affordable.
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  44.  @user-gz4ve8mw9l  If you do not like how we do things here, just leave. We are not going to change. I do not believe you are American anyway. No American would call an apartment a flat and you would know that we do not buy apartments here.
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  45.  @ElyonDominus  What are you talking about? I am the CONSERVATIVE NORMAL TRADITIONAL CAPITALIST. You are the socialist/communist who does not like traditional America and is working hard to make America over into your own communist image. I love America AS IT IS. You do not like it as it is -- you leave.
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  46. Since you cannot even clean up your filthy mouth, your opinion on anything does not count.
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  47.  @ebbhead20  Yes. Now I remember. They wear shoes made out of wood. My mother cooks salmon patties.
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  48.  @carstenhansen5757  Saudi Arabia cannot lower the price of oil. The current oil price is crushing their country. It is a welfare state. They need a higher oil price because the money from the oil they sell gets distributed to all of their citizens to buy food. Saudi Arabia has no other source of income to support their people than selling oil. Saudi Arabia works to keep the price as high as possible. Can you imagine how your people would scream if your government reduced your wages? They would be protesting in the streets. However, if enough EVs are sold, the world markets will bring down oil prices. EV sales are gradually bringing down the price of oil and that will eventually crush the Saudi economy.
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  49.  @carstenhansen5757  Lowering the amount of oil would raise the price. Did you miss the big scarf protests in Iran?
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  50.  @carstenhansen5757  It would not raise prices for Saudi Arabians because the kingdom subsidized their fuel from the profits. It would raise world prices for the world. The scarf protests were huge. There was a lot of news coverage. Just look it up.
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