Elpomm

> China is convinced it can continue to raise coal production and consumption while significantly reducing emissions. It has made “ultra-low emissions” technology mandatory in all new coal power plants an is also improving mine zoning regulations to ensure pollution is minimized.

Supposedly, 80% of their total coal-fired power is using this "ultra low emissions" tech. In this aspect, it seems to be ahead of the US. China is setting some quite ambitious goals wrt emissions, will be interesting to watch their progress.

Conservatism should be about maintaining checks and balances that keep the government honest. IMO this is something that even Trump's supporters should be concerned about, especially if they themselves lean a bit libertarian.

On that note, it's a shame all these tax loopholes exist that basically give the wealthy an extra edge over the rest. I'm usually one to avoid the "rich people are all cheating" arguments but this is a case where it actually applies.

The feds would get lots of extra revenue from closing these loopholes, too. But lobbying really is effective so nothing gets done, I guess.

Agreed, the average user simply does not care about privacy to that degree. FaceApp is yet another example. On the bright side, most of the tools we need to "cover up" are available to us. You can't ask for more than freedom of choice, I suppose.

Definitely. I just hope licensing and regulation don't make it prohibitive, it would be fun even for personal use as well.