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My existence.
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I also had a manjaw but it fell off when I criticized podpeople transtopia.
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i am transitioning into a moron
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/boeremag-convictions_n_4174131.html

JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG (AP) — White extremists who set off a series of bombs, plotted to overthrow the South African government and kill Nelson Mandela were given jail terms Tuesday, ending the first major treason trial under post-apartheid laws that many hope will deter future radicals.
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mahatson ghandela
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How many posts do I have, total? Minus the abortion vids?
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"skilled" labor is largely a myth, a misnomer at best, which usually boils down to little more than one guy with a mustache and a GED screaming at 10 illegal immigrants exactly how to do his job for him
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every electronic 21st century device in your house was made by a 10 year old girl that speaks no english
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Superabound posted:

"skilled" labor is largely a myth, a misnomer at best, which usually boils down to little more than one guy with a mustache and a GED screaming at 10 illegal immigrants exactly how to do his job for him



Cross cultural communication skills are important.

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/business/employment/electric-utility-industry-challenged-by-skilled-wo/nRJXK/

While Florida’s unemployed struggle to find jobs, the electric utility industry is challenged by a severe shortage of skilled workers.
The limited pool of available experienced workers has led to an industry-wide practice of “poaching” talent from similar companies, said Kathleen Slattery, Florida Power & Light Co’s senior director of executive services and compensation.
That competition for workers is one reason that $104,337 is the average salary of Florida Power & Light’s 10,312 workers, both union and non-union, this year. The roughly 7,000 non-union employees’ average salary is $78,235. The average salary in Florida is $41,496, according to the Florida Department of Opportunity.

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/magazine/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=14824


“It is possible to end up with a scenario where some utilities are operating like utilities in third-world countries,” said Steven C. Kussmann, executive director of the Utility Business Education Coalition in Reston, Va. “They won’t have a sufficient number of qualified people to operate them. The result will be dangerous working conditions and unreliable power.” Politicians will have a heyday with this, he said.

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/utility-worker-shortage-cripples-coneds-storm-response/148309/

“Utilities do not have the required field personnel at hand to effectively respond to large storms,” the Moreland Commission -- a panel convened by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to investigate utility storm response and preparation – claimed in a June 22 report. “National reforms are needed.”

When Sandy struck the East Coast last October, New York’s Consolidate Edison (ConEd) struggled to get 1,800 additional power line repair workers to respond to the devastating storm. ConEd then called for 2,500 lineman a few days later and only got 171. Despite participating in a mutual aid program in which U.S. utilities send extra workers to hard hit regions, years of cost cuts have hampered this effort, leaving utilities less prepared. Meanwhile, understaffed restoration efforts have definitely taken a toll: blackouts lasting more than five minutes continue to cost electricity customers about $29 billion every year, a 2004 study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds.



Utilities sector: 600,000 workers

Powering 1/3rd the US on wind: 1.7 million workers

Powering 1/3rd the US on solar: 8+ million workers

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Panopticon posted:

we need to work this out. we need to save this gay earth.

let's begin with some assumptions:

1. the earth will die alongside the sun in 5 billion years
2. future lives are as valuable as current lives
3. technology will improve at an unknown rate making living standards better given the same resource input
4. future lives will therefore be assigned less resources the further into the future they are
5. the world socialist republic will be achieved in the near future so we will assume identical living standards across the world

now, mustang, please calculate, given the above assumptions, how much copper will need to be using per person per year in order to eke out a living in 5 billion years

actually the world will descend completely into greed in the year 2424 and then the 25th kalki king will arise from shambhala to usher in a global communist utopia. look it up.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/10/21/welders-shortage/1641073/

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/11/22/9-Hot-Blue-Collar-Jobs-That-Are-Getting-Hotter?page=0%2C1

One of those welders is a former student who, at 19, is training in underwater welding in Florida. He's making $80,000 a year doing so.



Electrician

An average salary clocks in at just over $50K, but the top earners make more than $80K



I thought the Boomers were the worst generation that ever lived, but millenials are worse. You can make more with a community college certificate than with a bachelor's, yet people are still doing their best to avoid working class occupations by over or undereducating themselves.

America is where the Roman Empire was in its last days, with the patricians expecting all the real work to be outsourced to slaves and immigrants so they can live with their parents and work in air conditioned service sector jobs with their useless degrees. Decadent liberalism destroyed all previous civilizations, and it will happen to America too.

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But at least I'm prepared.

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^^ parable for liberalism
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mustang your every single post is just another desperate shudder in the protracted convulsion of your own uselessness. you are dead weight and want to drag every one down with you. get a job buddy



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If I wanted to be useless, I wouldn't get an engineering degree.
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Depends on whats out there. My doctorate will probably be self-taught because my professors will be learning hunter gathering before the curriculum is over.

Either way the best argument for renewable energy is... EXPLODING WIND TURBINE PORN!!!







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Been trolling CleanTechnica with this stuff. Its a blog. Someone has accused me of being "right-wing" of the blue. Guess I'm used to not living in a world where you're either with the democratic party or you're with the republicans.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rassoul-dastmozd-phd/vocational-training_b_3767366.html

A Skilled Workers Shortage Is a Great Problem to Have

ultimate liberal logic
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wow, those wind turpaines look awefully fuckin dangerous! one of these days they might kill somebody! *slams 11th consecutive OctoberFest Sammy and plows tanker sidelong into fully staffed Gulf rig*
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March 10, 2011. Fukushima worker watches Break.com video of mans toy helicopter swatted from the sky by slow moving prop blade. "Holy crap, sure glad im not that guy!"
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Wind turbines kill over 1 person every year.
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bound2hostageXchange posted:

Wind turbines kill over 1 person every year.

so not nearly enough then?

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None of the physical resource depletion scenarios are unavoidably fatal. With good enough recycling the rate of new material that has to be pulled out of the dirt is small. I still hope that liberalism is torn asunder by something totally embarrassing and inane, like not enough technicians.
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i hope that liberalism is successful, even moreso than it already is, such that people live in relative harmony.
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bound2hostageXchange posted:

None of the physical resource depletion scenarios are unavoidably fatal. With good enough recycling the rate of new material that has to be pulled out of the dirt is small. I still hope that liberalism is torn asunder by something totally embarrassing and inane, like not enough technicians.


Speaking of new material, when are you going to get some?

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http://anarchopapist.wordpress.com/
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roseweird posted:

bound2hostageXchange posted:

None of the physical resource depletion scenarios are unavoidably fatal. With good enough recycling the rate of new material that has to be pulled out of the dirt is small.

i'm glad i was able to help you realize this



I mean, you understand why I don't consider it plausible that recycling rates would get that high. Each generation would recycle just enough copper to get by, they wouldn't be concerned with the long run stock. The barriers to sustainability are social, not technical.