Study: Tesla car battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of driving on gas | Principia Scientific International:
"Enormous hopes are linked to electric cars as the solution to the automotive industry’s climate problems.
However, electric car batteries are eco-villains during their manufacturing.
Several tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) are generated even before the batteries leave the factory.
IVL The Swedish Environment Institute has, on behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration and the Swedish Energy Agency, investigated the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries from a life-cycle perspective.
The batteries for electric cars were included in the study.
The two authors—Lisbeth Dahllöf and Mia Romare—have done a meta-study, that is, reviewed and compiled existing studies.
The report shows that battery manufacturing leads to high emissions.
For each kilowatt-hour of storage capacity in the battery, emissions of 150 to 200 kilograms of carbon dioxide are generated in the factory.
...Even before you buy the car, CO2 emissions equivalent to 5.3 tons and 17.5 tons, respectively, gets produced.
...By way of comparison, a trip for a person returning from Stockholm to New York by air emits more than 600 kilograms of CO2, according to the UN organization ICAO’s calculation model.
Another conclusion of the study is that about half the emissions come from producing the raw materials and the other half from the battery factory.
The mining accounts for only a small proportion of between 10-20 percent..."
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Cash for Clunkers Was a Complete Failure - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world
Cash for Clunkers Was a Complete Failure - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world:
"Keynesian economics is fundamentally misguided because it focuses on how to encourage more spending when the real goal should be to figure out policies that result in more income....
"Keynesian economics is fundamentally misguided because it focuses on how to encourage more spending when the real goal should be to figure out policies that result in more income....
The Impact of Cash for Clunkers
Three economists (from MIT and Tex A&M) have crunched the numbers and discovered that Obama’s Cash-for-Clunkers scheme back in 2009 was a failure even by Keynesian standards.
The abstract of the study tells you everything you need to know.
The abstract of the study tells you everything you need to know.
The 2009 Cash for Clunkers program aimed to stimulate consumer spending in the new automobile industry, which was experiencing disproportionate reductions in demand and employment during the Great Recession. Exploiting program eligibility criteria in a regression discontinuity design, we show nearly 60 percent of the subsidies went to households who would have purchased during the two-month program anyway; the rest accelerated sales by no more than eight months. Moreover, the program’s fuel efficiency restrictions shifted purchases toward vehicles that cost on average $5,000 less. On net, Cash for Clunkers significantly reduced total new vehicle spending over the ten month period.
This is remarkable.
At the time, the most obvious criticism of the scheme was that it would simply alter the timing of purchases.
And scholars the following year confirmed that the program didn’t have any long-run impact.
But now we find out that there was impact, but it was negative.
Here’s the most relevant graph from the study.
It shows actual vehicle spending and estimated spending in the absence of the program.
At the time, the most obvious criticism of the scheme was that it would simply alter the timing of purchases.
And scholars the following year confirmed that the program didn’t have any long-run impact.
But now we find out that there was impact, but it was negative.
Here’s the most relevant graph from the study.
It shows actual vehicle spending and estimated spending in the absence of the program.
Bad Policy
For readers who like wonky details, here’s the explanatory text for Figure 7 from the study..."
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Former NSC Senior Director: ‘Coordinated Attack’ on President Trump by Media, Obama Loyalists - Breitbart
Former NSC Senior Director: ‘Coordinated Attack’ on President Trump by Media, Obama Loyalists - Breitbart:
"A former senior director of the National Security Council under President George W. Bush said on Thursday that the liberal media and Obama loyalists inside and outside of the federal government had executed a “coordinated attack” on President Donald Trump since he was elected."
"A former senior director of the National Security Council under President George W. Bush said on Thursday that the liberal media and Obama loyalists inside and outside of the federal government had executed a “coordinated attack” on President Donald Trump since he was elected."
Men and Republicans Are the Best Tippers - Bloomberg
Men and Republicans Are the Best Tippers - Bloomberg:
"Hoping to get a good tip?
Seek out the table with the most conservative men from New England.
A new survey finds men, Republicans, and residents of the northeast are the best tippers.
Women tip a median of 16 percent, while Democrats and southerners leave a median 15 percent at a restaurant, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 American adults conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on behalf of CreditCards.com.
That's compared with the median 20 percent that men, Republicans, and northeasterners leave.
Those who pay with plastic leave a median 20 percent, compared with 15 percent for those who pay in cash.
Though roughly half of people tip between 16 percent and 20 percent, about a fifth of restaurant goers polled admitted to stiffing the wait staff at least occasionally.
“I was definitely surprised by how many people tip over 15 percent, but I was also surprised by how many people never tip at all at a restaurant,” Matt Schulz, CreditCards.com’s senior industry analyst, said in a statement..."
"Hoping to get a good tip?
Seek out the table with the most conservative men from New England.
A new survey finds men, Republicans, and residents of the northeast are the best tippers.
Women tip a median of 16 percent, while Democrats and southerners leave a median 15 percent at a restaurant, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 American adults conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on behalf of CreditCards.com.
That's compared with the median 20 percent that men, Republicans, and northeasterners leave.
Those who pay with plastic leave a median 20 percent, compared with 15 percent for those who pay in cash.
Though roughly half of people tip between 16 percent and 20 percent, about a fifth of restaurant goers polled admitted to stiffing the wait staff at least occasionally.
“I was definitely surprised by how many people tip over 15 percent, but I was also surprised by how many people never tip at all at a restaurant,” Matt Schulz, CreditCards.com’s senior industry analyst, said in a statement..."
WHY PEOPLE HATE THE MEDIA, CHAPTER MDCXIII
Instapundit » Blog Archive » WHY PEOPLE HATE THE MEDIA, CHAPTER MDCXIII: “The Washington Post built an entire story around this…:
"WHY PEOPLE HATE THE MEDIA, CHAPTER MDCXIII: “The Washington Post built an entire story around this — a story that blames right-wing talk radio for a left-wing crackpot opening fire on a baseball field full of Republicans, because they are Republicans.
Let that sink in: the Washington Post blames right-wing talk radio for a left-winger’s assassination attempt on Republican politicians…
These people are so lost in their anti-conservative bigotry that they can’t tell up from down or right from wrong.”
As Michael Dougherty of National Review tweets in response to the Post’s fiction, “Alexandria as the new Dallas. So filled with right wing hate it makes socialists kill.”
Hey, that strategy worked remarkably well as a deflection point for the left in 1963; less so in 2011 – but hey, might as well break out the old playbook one more time, huh?"
"WHY PEOPLE HATE THE MEDIA, CHAPTER MDCXIII: “The Washington Post built an entire story around this — a story that blames right-wing talk radio for a left-wing crackpot opening fire on a baseball field full of Republicans, because they are Republicans.
Let that sink in: the Washington Post blames right-wing talk radio for a left-winger’s assassination attempt on Republican politicians…
These people are so lost in their anti-conservative bigotry that they can’t tell up from down or right from wrong.”
As Michael Dougherty of National Review tweets in response to the Post’s fiction, “Alexandria as the new Dallas. So filled with right wing hate it makes socialists kill.”
Hey, that strategy worked remarkably well as a deflection point for the left in 1963; less so in 2011 – but hey, might as well break out the old playbook one more time, huh?"
Bankrupt Illinois Slams Citizens With 32% Income Tax Hike, More to Come
Bankrupt Illinois Slams Citizens With 32% Income Tax Hike, More to Come:
"As the state of Illinois edges near becoming the first U.S. state to ever be rated junk bond status, the Democrat-controlled legislature of the bankrupt state of Illinois has just voted to slam its citizens with a hefty 32 percent hike in state income taxes."
"As the state of Illinois edges near becoming the first U.S. state to ever be rated junk bond status, the Democrat-controlled legislature of the bankrupt state of Illinois has just voted to slam its citizens with a hefty 32 percent hike in state income taxes."
Predatory lawsuits-----California Democratic Party Sues Conservative College Students In Unprecedented Move | Daily Wire
California Democratic Party Sues Conservative College Students In Unprecedented Move | Daily Wire:
"...The Democrats’ lawsuit, which was filed in Sacramento Superior Court last Thursday, alleges that the College Republicans and other conservative activists “misled” voters in their successful signature gathering effort to recall Senator Newman.
The suit names Amanda McGuire, Brooke Paz, and Ryan Hoskins (pictured below) as defendants in the suit, for volunteering their weekends to talk to constituents about the cost of Newman’s vote to the district’s taxpayers.
The recall effort gathered nearly 85,000 signatures in a matter of several weeks, due to constituents’ frustration and anger at Newman’s vote on the gas tax.
The Democrat Party has alleged that recall organizers, which also included dozens of local conservatives of all ages, lied to voters about the true nature of the recall campaign by claiming that the recall would repeal the gas tax.
...Once Democrats in the state legislature realized that the recall petition was moving forward at a record pace, they scrambled to develop a number of subversive methods that would stop the lawful recall by the voters.
...Amanda McGuire, who is Vice-President of the College Republicans, asserted that "the lawsuit is a shameful and frantic attempt to silence voters of the district.
The intimidation tactics espoused by the California Democrats should no longer be tolerated.
It's gone too far when college students are being dragged into court for becoming involved with the issues faced by their local cities..."
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"...The Democrats’ lawsuit, which was filed in Sacramento Superior Court last Thursday, alleges that the College Republicans and other conservative activists “misled” voters in their successful signature gathering effort to recall Senator Newman.
The suit names Amanda McGuire, Brooke Paz, and Ryan Hoskins (pictured below) as defendants in the suit, for volunteering their weekends to talk to constituents about the cost of Newman’s vote to the district’s taxpayers.
The recall effort gathered nearly 85,000 signatures in a matter of several weeks, due to constituents’ frustration and anger at Newman’s vote on the gas tax.
The Democrat Party has alleged that recall organizers, which also included dozens of local conservatives of all ages, lied to voters about the true nature of the recall campaign by claiming that the recall would repeal the gas tax.
...Once Democrats in the state legislature realized that the recall petition was moving forward at a record pace, they scrambled to develop a number of subversive methods that would stop the lawful recall by the voters.
...Amanda McGuire, who is Vice-President of the College Republicans, asserted that "the lawsuit is a shameful and frantic attempt to silence voters of the district.
The intimidation tactics espoused by the California Democrats should no longer be tolerated.
It's gone too far when college students are being dragged into court for becoming involved with the issues faced by their local cities..."
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Life on Earth was nearly doomed by too little CO2 | Watts Up With That?
Life on Earth was nearly doomed by too little CO2 | Watts Up With That?:
"During the last ice age, too little atmospheric carbon dioxide almost eradicated mankind
...Statistician Bjorn Lomborg had already pointed out that the Paris CO2 emission promises would cost $100 trillion dollars that no one has, and make only a 0.05 degree difference in Earth’s 2100 AD temperature.
...What few realize, however, is that during the last Ice Age too little CO2 in the air almost eradicated mankind.
That’s when much-colder water in oceans (that were 400 feet shallower than today) sucked most of the carbon dioxide from the air; half of North America, Europe and Asia were buried under mile-high glaciers that obliterated everything in their paths; and bitterly cold temperatures further retarded plant growth.
In fact, Earth’s atmosphere had only about 180 parts per million CO2, compared to today’s 400 ppm: 0.018% then versus 0.040% today.
...When that Ice Age ended, moreover, CO2 changes didn’t lead the warming. The atmospheric CO2 only began to recover about 800 years after the warming started.
Carbon dioxide truly is “the gas of life...”
"During the last ice age, too little atmospheric carbon dioxide almost eradicated mankind
...Statistician Bjorn Lomborg had already pointed out that the Paris CO2 emission promises would cost $100 trillion dollars that no one has, and make only a 0.05 degree difference in Earth’s 2100 AD temperature.
...What few realize, however, is that during the last Ice Age too little CO2 in the air almost eradicated mankind.
That’s when much-colder water in oceans (that were 400 feet shallower than today) sucked most of the carbon dioxide from the air; half of North America, Europe and Asia were buried under mile-high glaciers that obliterated everything in their paths; and bitterly cold temperatures further retarded plant growth.
In fact, Earth’s atmosphere had only about 180 parts per million CO2, compared to today’s 400 ppm: 0.018% then versus 0.040% today.
...When that Ice Age ended, moreover, CO2 changes didn’t lead the warming. The atmospheric CO2 only began to recover about 800 years after the warming started.
Carbon dioxide truly is “the gas of life...”
Uh Oh, Pollsters Are Screwing Up Again | The Daily Caller
Uh Oh, Pollsters Are Screwing Up Again | The Daily Caller:
"Most national pollsters are back churning out biased and misleading poll numbers after recovering from their shock over President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group analysis.
“I do know inherently there is a Democratic bias in the polls.
And most of them will deny it” says Raghavan Mayur, an independent pollster who is president of TechnoMetrica, which leads the polling operations at Investor’s Business Daily.
A national financial news organization, IBD was one of the few polling organizations to predict a Trump victory, and it has accurately called the last four presidential elections.
“Typically, the mainstream media and the major polling companies will never admit their bias to you,” Mayur said.
“This is like an alcoholic not admitting to using alcohol. They are in denial.”
Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell agreed with Mayur, saying “there was a couple of days of shock. And then they moved on because what they could not do is to get to the bottom of their own polling bias.”
...When polling the public, most mainstream firms “overloaded for Democrats, underloaded for Republicans and conservatives,” said Francis Coombs, managing editor of Rasmussen Reports.
John Zogby, another independent pollster, also told TheDCNF he sees significant Democratic polling bias.
“I am a liberal Democrat, but I always felt that other polls oversampled Democrats and undersampled Republicans,” he said.
Zogby is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Zogby poll and a senior partner at John Zogby Strategies."
"Most national pollsters are back churning out biased and misleading poll numbers after recovering from their shock over President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group analysis.
“I do know inherently there is a Democratic bias in the polls.
And most of them will deny it” says Raghavan Mayur, an independent pollster who is president of TechnoMetrica, which leads the polling operations at Investor’s Business Daily.
A national financial news organization, IBD was one of the few polling organizations to predict a Trump victory, and it has accurately called the last four presidential elections.
“Typically, the mainstream media and the major polling companies will never admit their bias to you,” Mayur said.
“This is like an alcoholic not admitting to using alcohol. They are in denial.”
Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell agreed with Mayur, saying “there was a couple of days of shock. And then they moved on because what they could not do is to get to the bottom of their own polling bias.”
...When polling the public, most mainstream firms “overloaded for Democrats, underloaded for Republicans and conservatives,” said Francis Coombs, managing editor of Rasmussen Reports.
John Zogby, another independent pollster, also told TheDCNF he sees significant Democratic polling bias.
“I am a liberal Democrat, but I always felt that other polls oversampled Democrats and undersampled Republicans,” he said.
Zogby is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Zogby poll and a senior partner at John Zogby Strategies."
Hacked DNC servers: Will government ever be given access? | Fox News
Hacked DNC servers: Will government ever be given access? | Fox News:
"As President Trump reportedly questions Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, there is a growing focus on a different, as-yet-unanswered question: Where are the Democratic National Committee servers that were allegedly breached by Russian hackers, and has anyone in the government been able to look at them?
The notion that Russia interfered with the U.S. election is based in part, if not largely, on an investigation into the DNC's computer servers. "
"As President Trump reportedly questions Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, there is a growing focus on a different, as-yet-unanswered question: Where are the Democratic National Committee servers that were allegedly breached by Russian hackers, and has anyone in the government been able to look at them?
The notion that Russia interfered with the U.S. election is based in part, if not largely, on an investigation into the DNC's computer servers. "
Examining the achievement gap between white and black students in Alabama | AL.com
Examining the achievement gap between white and black students in Alabama | AL.com
"While test scores in Alabama schools generally mirror poverty levels, poverty is only one factor, research has shown.
"While test scores in Alabama schools generally mirror poverty levels, poverty is only one factor, research has shown.
The Alabama state department of education's chief academic officer Dr. Barbara Cooper is charged with improving achievement for the 730,000 students in Alabama's public schools.
"Even in places where students are affluent, there is still a black-white achievement gap," she said.
"So poverty is not the answer there.
"These students are still performing significantly below [their white peers], and their parents are making six figures..."
Much here.
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