Wind turbines used to absorb a power surplus?

I agree with all 20 policies of Libertarian.

Our power utilities aren't competitive - that wouldn't make sense - but are regulated monopolies. But they are very good.

Corruption is native to ALL people. What made Britain respected is that the British business ethic frowned upon it and generally 'cancelled' people found guilty of it. because the survival of the ability to do business depends on honesty. .

For an excellent analysis of how institutional corruption affects a nation, listen to this, unusallly by a Emutopian,

There are crops that do not benefit from increased CO2.

Insect and other pests benefit from warmth.

Try to think about things in a little more complex manner.

Dont tell me another 'peer reviewed' article in a 'majors scientific journal' banging on about the evils of 'climate change'

The satellite pictures de-desertification in the sahel tell their own story.

To climate deniers the truth hurts.

Are there any peer reviewed articles on this? Most articles I have read go on about the continued desertification of the Sahel Region.

I'm not holding my breath.

and:

I sometimes vote Libertarian if the other two choices suck. The Libertarian party does well if it gets 3% of the vote so it is a non-vote.

The LP members I've known personally tend to be slightly nuts and have a much more optimistic view of human nature than I do.

Not all conservatives are Republican and not all Republicans are conservative.

Power companies encouraging you to buy less power from them, ROTFPMSL!

How can them selling less power make it cheaper per watt?

I got a PIR that couldn't handle CFLs, nevermind LEDs. The stupid thing had no neutral connection and actually powered it's own electronics through the bulb.

I know someone who used to walk into supermarkets and take 100s of carrier bags, because they were "free". Technically it didn't say free with a purchase.

You can light LEDs in the microwave.

And contrary to popular belief, no harm comes to anything by leaving a spoon in the bowl when you cook.

The cap is 50p, I've replaced many of them.

Aren't they all (rough service) incandescent? LEDs would melt.

Ours do, they're paid per parcel.

And what's with the "mail person"? I suppose you have a personhole in the road?

Go up another mountain and stick a repeater there.

We had that. I remember climbing onto the roof to tighten the bolts after some high winds. When I told the manager I'd fixed the internet dish she was horrified I'd gone up there. I told her I was an atheist and didn't believe in health and softy.

My street (and the next two) are the last three to get done in the whole town. We were historically (and still are) connected to a small village a mile away presumably due to capacity. They're consequently not putting fibre in for another 2 years! I'm stuck on this horrid 32Mbit (should be 54 but it got overcrowded).

Maybe the dumbest? For Connecticut it's more than the politicians. The company I worked for did business with CT firms when they still had a machine tool industry. You had to understand the power structure and who to grease.

Troy NY, close to where I grew up, was and is corrupt but it worked rather well. You did favors and you got favors. Back then Marty Burke was the city boss regardless of the formal administration. The polite term for his role would be ombundsman I guess.