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Net metering tariffs, such as described by CTLawyer, are a great deal for those who are able to deploy rooftop solar in excess of their load and feed energy (MWH) back to the grid. However, its generally not a great deal for the local utility since in most cases, it must still have sufficient generating capacity (MW) to serve those same customers if/when their solar installations (and any linked storage) is unable to meet their load. In fact, California is scaling back its net metering tariff to reduce energy payments to solar customers. There are also cooperatives that aggregate community solar and are able to get credit for some discounted capacity value along with energy sales. Over the long term, as onsite battery storage become more efficient and economic, these problems will lessen considerably and utility capacity backup requirements for solar customers will come down.
Syag: Thats normally my reaction to him/her/it (we don’t know the poster’s “preferred pronoun”) but realized that he/her/it won’t go away anyway given a need to continually feed his/her/its dsyfunction.
“Women have no business being police officers…”
And misogynists have no business posting on social media.
“If electric cars were practical, the government wouldn’t be subsidizing them”
If corn, wheat, soybeans etc. were “Practical” why did the government spend nearly $38 billion in FY 2020 in crop subsidies
If oil and gas were “practical” why did the government subsidize oil and gas producers nearly $7 billion in FY 2020 through below-market royalties for drilling on federal lands and offshore
Same for nearly $4 billion in subsidies to electric utilities by assuming the risks of nuclear power that private insurers won’t provide
Since WW II the federal government has paid out several trillion dollars in subsidies to various sectors of the economy to achieve policy outcomes approved by Congress under both Democratic and Republican presidents. Electric vehicles as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are one of those policies. Several major auto companies have already announced they are phasing out all gasoline powered vehicles and going 100 percent electric.
CS: On a serious note, the mask requirement on airplanes has always baffled me (and I’m generally a supporter of indoor mask requirements in crowded situations with unknown up close and personal seating). How are you “safer” when the rules allow you to take off the mask for what I would guess is typically 1/3 to 1/2 the time you are seated for drinking and eating. Perhaps its better than no mask for the entire flight but otherwise only contributes to public cynicism of (and non-compliance with) public health rules.
P.S. I’m generally a veggie and big fan of tofu-based chulent. Much healthier for the heart (albeit perhaps less so for the atmosphere).So now TSA/HHS are considering a requirement for proof of full vaccination or negative PCR test within 48 hrs of flight before you will be allowed to board a domestic flight. This would mirror requirements for many international flights. Probably more effective than the “mask-on/mask-off” comedy under the current rules where you open a bottle of water and take you mask off and on and then take it off for an hour while you slowly sip your diet coke and nibble your carry-on chulent.
Sadly, there have been similiar posts from “frum” yidden, evangelical Christians etc. who claim they KNOW that Covid is some form of divine retribution for whatever their favorite political, cultural or religious cause
UJM: “Peace in our time”….I’m sure Chamberlin thought he was buying “peace” for Fortress Britain while delivering millions to the Nazis. Whats next? Trade Ukraine for Putin’s “agreement” not to attack any of the other former Soviet block countries (at least not for now)? Support Palestinian independence in return for Iran’s agreement to defer its nuclear program and not to attack tankers in the Gulf of Hormuz?
Subscribe to the Forward. Current promotion is $15/6 months. You will find it offers a very different editorial perspective than Hamodia. Downside is that its hard to wrap the fish in a virtual newspaper.
“Arline CEOs got it……. right??
Well, at least one CEO, Gary Kelly of SouthWest Airlines tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday immediately after appearing at a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday where he questioned the need for masks. Also on Friday, there were two incidents of passengers pushing back against flight attendants seeking compliance with the mask requirments shouting that “Your CEO said we don’t need them”.Anti-semitism doesn’t equate to objective criticism of policies and ideas expressed and/or promoted by Yidden from either end of the political spectrum. Only exception is when in lieu of fact-based, objective criticism, the criticism is personally targeted at the yid, using anti-Semitic stereotypes, tropes, memes, visual extremes, etc.
OK. Lets try again.
One of the real gadolei hador has been kidnapped and a virtual (literally) nobody pretending to be the Gadolhador(ah) has been issuing psak din on a frum social media site being makil on all the chumrahs ever known, starting with giving an OK to smart phones and the internet.
“Achdus with whom? Conservative? Reform? Open Orthodox..”
Yes, Yes and Yes. Only “no” would be with trolls, whatever their hashkafah.
Yserbius: Thanks for the reminder of how crazy the story was. I know it well from frequenting my favorite book store when I visit D.C. which is right across Connecticut Avenue from Comet Ping Pong. They still get small groups of fringe Trumpkopf crazies showing up occasionally (most recently when they had a protest of the incarceration of the January 6th rioters), although fortunately none of them have caused any harm.
“That is not the reason, but it works out..”
Then what is “the reason” you are referencing??Pizzagate and the other crazy meshugaas about a Dem pedophile ring that Qanon and a fringe group of the Trumpkopfs keep repeating.
Participant: Pls gets your facts correct before posting. Whatever you think about Soros’ politics, his investment success as a hedge fund manager running the Quantum Fund are fairly indisputable. One of the largest profits in the history of currency trading was a large bet made by Soros against the British pound in the early 1990s where he made well over a billion dollars. He also made very profitable bets against several southeast Asian currencies
before the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and again more recently when he shorted the Japanese yen while betting on Japanese stocks for substantial profits. No evidence took substantial net short positions against the dollar, although I’m sure his funds, along with just about every other hedge fund at various points in time may have hedged their dollar denominated positions.“it has been shown that our shechita is the most humane way to kill them without any pain.”
Mexicans agree…..they are about to shut down the few remaining bullfighting venues (over the passionate objections of the traditionalists) and put all the remaining bulls “out to pasture”, until its “their time”. Chulent Meijiacano anyone?1. You sound more “bored” than “curious”.
2. Sanders (and other Dems) repeatedly said that Republican policies (primarily their opposition to some form of universal health care) was resulting in the deaths of many Americans who were unable to accesss affordable health care. He never said Republicans “want to kill people”.
Philosopher: We live in a real world where we don’t control other people’s “morality”. Adams was elected mayor and for the next 4 years he will make important decisions affecting the daily lives of 1.2 million yidden in NYC . The elected leaders representing the frum tzibur along with rabbonim and askanin working on behalf of our mosdos are not endorsing his personal lifestyle (if thats what you mean by his “immorality). They are seeking to establish and maintain effective communications and good working relationships with him and his appointees. To do otherwise would be political malpractice and a disservice to frum yidden in New York.
“….This wasn’t interesting at all. ..”
Definitely not unless you earn your parnassah providing consulting services on when/how to make an eruv tavshilim or a travel agent worrying about tradeoffs between midweek travel discounts and when its “safe” to book a flight for your frum clients worried about being stranded erev yom tov.CS: Thank you so much for the kind offer but we have no interest in perpetuating the suffering of the indigenous peoples of Montana by relocating to your Tepee. Instead, we are constructing a virtual compound in a really heimeshe neighborhood in the metasphere where we intend to reside until z’man moishiach.
Yes…but cross-border travel under constantly changing Covid-rules will pose major challenges to younger couples wanting to start families no knowing if mikvah is readily accessible. In any event, after serious consideration, we’ve decided to leave Glasgow based on the new information we learned last night regarding decline in the local demographics.
“Glasgow, Montana”…
And only 6 hour drive to the only mikvah in the state in Bozeman…..never would I have thought you were a landzmen
“Do we all think Hashem is a fool C”V?”
And why would you even ask that question….
As you are probably aware, we are loosing bee colonies at alarming rates due to what is known as “bee colony collapse”. The U.S. has lost nearly 1/3 of its bee colonies over the past decade due to viral infections and mite infestations. While the primary impact is on the pollination of fruit and vegetable crops, there is also an accelerating loss in honey production. This, in turn, will mean that yidden will have to increasingly turn to limud torah to compensate for their honey deficit.
Not a problem….I have a long-term service contract and will still be within the warranty period (at least for the cooling system). The furnace, however, may not meet the new energy efficiency standards so I’m at risk.
Reb E. Hopefully, all CR posters will have access to a certified HVAC contractor
“Personally, i think this question became popular after tv shows like “my unorthodox life”
I don’t think the visuals or storyline from My Unorthodox Life have had any significant impact within the frum tzibur, assuming many even subscribe to Netflix (which I doubt). It is more comedy than reality since it is doubtful R’ Hendler reflect the norm for frum yidden in Monsey whose ex-wives engage in the kind of pritzusdike stuff supposedly portrayed and still are willing to maintain a close relationship and engage in mutual visitations etc. for the sake of the youngest yeshiva bochur (who seems to be the only real grown up in the whole sad mishpacha).
Geez….and when I saw the topic, before reading the post, I thought you were leaving the CR. Oh well…..
For many, Wallace was one of the last legit journalists left at Fox who asked the hard questions to politicians of BOTH sides Given that Murdoch has decided to move Fox News back to the far-right in anticipation of the $$$ spent in the upcoming campaign cycles and competition from OAN, NewsMax and Trump’s new media site, you can expect Wallace’s replacement will be some Trumpkopf acolyte.“….You might be sharing this spot with some Swedes enjoying sauna…”
As they say in Stockholm, “Min Edens trädgård är ditt helvete”
(loosely translated as מייַן גאָט איז דיין גענעם..)“..Some may end up in the room next to the ice machine for eternity..”
For someone straddling the low rent district of olam habah and gehenom (which the goyim associate with global warming), being next to the ice machine may not be such a bad strategy
The relevant goyishe proverb (for those of you for whom Latin is the mama lashon) is: “vestis virum facit” meaning “clothes make the man.” I guess that would translate into “judge a chassidish guy by his bekeshe and shtreimel”. Its a bit more challenging for the Litvish bochurim since the sartorial options tend to be more limited and lacking in individuality.
Missing Word in prior post”
For the CR gematria fans, the numerical value of the LAST letter in each of the words of
“כל ישראל יש להם חלק לעלם הבא” is 541….the SAME as the numerical value of all the letters in the word ישראלFor the CR gematria fans, the numerical value of the LAST letter in each of the words of
“כל ישראל יש להם חלק לעלם הבא” is 541….the SAME as the numerical value of the letters in the word .
Having affirmed the inclusiveness of Olam Haboh, it is important to remind oneself of a few caveats. First, not all chelekim are equal. It is reasonable to assume that a true tzadik may have access to a larger share in a more upscale neighborhood than a poishete yid with a lesser spiritual resume. Second, although we all begin life with a chelek, it is ours to retain or lose depending on how we live our lives. A true rashah may never even get past the malachim in the OB Coop Committe, much less qualify for even a basement efficiency unit.You guys seem fairly confident about your first-hand info regarding so called “gezeirahs min Ha’Shamaim” to accomplish outcome A which in turn resulted in tragedy B that then triggered churban C etc. I’m sure the Ebeshter is aware of the concept of the “shortest distance between two points is a straight line” and didn’t necessarily require collateral damage along the way to implement his plan for the world.
“Whatever bashert means, it clearly does not Equate with chances for getting married…’ Further, since whatever “shidduch crisis” was created by the Ebeshter to provide a posting topic for bored CR participants, hashgacha paratis would suggest that such a ger would somehow be led to meet his/her beshert, under any scenario.
“why should [state legislature] worry about monitoring teachings of religious schools? State is funding general education that they can monitor by testing”
I think Justice Breyer or Kavanaugh raised a question along the lines of whether a religious school whose core “religious” teaching were racist/white supremacist could receive funding under the Maine program. The Asst. state AG arguing for the statute claimed that it was because the state did not have the ability to to monitor whether a fringe religious school was including such teachings, that it excluded all religious schools and restricted eligibility for funding assistance to private schools.
Case may turn on “standing” given the two schools are not directly being denied funding by the statute although they might be affected by future funding. Facts here are very narrow and relate to state providing vouchers for private schools in northern Maine which is so sparsely populated and travel distances so long that there are no readily available public school options. State legislature doesn’t want to have to monitor beliefs/teaching of religious schools so they limited funding to private but non-religious schools.
Avi….totally correct but all the big firms hire SAs nearly at least 6-8 months in advance…If she doesn’t have an offer as a 1L or 2L for 2022, generally too late now but she might have contacts with one of the smaller firms. Being an SA doesn’t leave too much time for dating since you are expected to participate in many AH firm activities, although perhaps less so with COVID.
“23 year old male law student….I would be very surprised if he doesn’t have lots of great girls to date..”
Yaylin Yashan. The OP is a SHE. Not sure why you want to challenge her gender identity. SHE doesn’t want to date “lots of great girls”.
Unless you are a 3L, would you commute until graduation? Obviously, there is a larger pool of both traditional and MO bochurim in a large metro area than some OOT location but these days, lots of connections are being made virtually.
Dullradiance: Thank you. I have heard before, though cannot really imagine, how the news was communicated within the camps and perhaps empowered many to hold on until the liberation. With the news of the petirah of Bob Dole, I am reminded of the true gadlus of that generation of American heroes who provided that chizuk for yidden and the world.
“if you live above/opposite me, I can force YOU to build a wall to not look at me..”
AAQ: Stipulating that under no circumstances would I willingly WANT to look at you, could you clarify your assertion and perhaps include some source. Specifically, I have lived in my hillside home for decades and paid a premium for a lot where I could watch the sunset. You come along and build your house down the hillside with lots of floor to ceiling windows. You then run to a beis din to demand I spend whatever the cost might be to build a wall on my property line to block my view of both your home (and partially obstruct my view of the sunset). Would I then respectfully tell you to take your head out from where the sun doesn’t shine and suggest you put shades on your windows??
Dullradiance….Which “attack” . I’m confused by your reference to the big news in the Camp of “the attack” in 1944. Clearly you are not referring to Pearl Harbor…..
“But they (JBS, etc) are flawed torah scholars with some opinions based on foreign influences and as such have biases that prevent them from being termed gedolei yisroel to whom i must be machniah.
Sounds like you would subscribe to the views of the late Justice Scalia who was famous for stedfastly refusing to join any portions of his colleague’s opinions that implicitly were based on foreign influences and sarcastic dismissal of any judicial citations of foreign law to establish that the position was consistent with chukas hagoyim. However, that disagreement never spilled over to a personal level as noted in a hesped of Scalia by the infamous RBG who (along with the Court’s other Yiddeshe Justice) was probably the most frequent author of opinions with such citations.
“Can anyone suggest a hypothetical c case of antisemitism by an airline that could be successfully brought to court?
Perhaps the OP can further clarify the question. Are you talking about some sort of civil rights case against a common carrier for religious discrimination, a ‘hate crime” under federal law etc.? Otherwise, there are relatively few barriers to “successfully bringing a bringing a [civil]case to court”. The bigger question is what is the liklihood of obtaining a favorable verdict after a jury or bench trial or leveraging the lawsuit into a settlement with an airline anxious to avoid the negative publicity of a trial.
Agree with huju….I’m a UAL 1K and reasonably high FF miles on Delta, much of it on overseas flights and cannot recall serious incidents in 30+ years that might have been construed as overt”anti-semitic” actions by iU.S. based airline crews. I have seen such incidents initiated by passengers (such as today’s news page story) but I think they were quickly defused by the airline crews and/or airport personnel. Notwithstanding recent stories about AA, etc. to some extent, and I cannot verify, these incidents seem more frequently reported on discount airlines or on foreign carriers with code-sharing arrangements with U.S. carriers. Again, I’m not saying these incidents don’t happen…just that I’ve been fortunate not to have experienced such behavior.i
Lostspark….I can assure you that top legal service providers bill a LOT more than $300/hr (even in CT)…….