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40% are not, and therein lies the problem. Pay them more, produce on the supermarket shelves goes up. Deport them, a labor shortage with the same result. Worse, because crops are left to rot.

Most governments aim for about 4% unemployment. It's part of fiscal and monetary tools to control inflation and prevent wages growth getting out of hand. Too much unemployment, recession or depression. Too little, inflationary. Inevitably, the least skilled people go into the 4% figure. The problems really start when bureaucracies dealing with unemployment create hoops for the unemployed to jump through. It's war on the poor in disguise. If you want to cut expenditure, start by checking how much of that bureaucracy is really needed.

Mae Moh supplies 50% of the electricity to the North, 30% to the central area, and 20% to the north-east. You have microplastics all through your body. We all do. Plastics have been found at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Again , you are kidding yourself if you think natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel than oil or coal. It comes out of the ground with up to 30% carbon dioxide, which is separated by absorption on amines or via membrane technology. Guess where most of that goes? What's farcical is people without any education in physics, chemistry or thermodynamics who claim anthropogenic emissions of CO2 are not an issue. If you want to begin virtue signalling, start by growing your own food . No pesticides or fertilizers, they are oil-derived. Eat what you harvest with your fingers, off banana leaves. No soap to wash your hands, I know how much energy it takes to make that stuff. If you get sick, you'll have to settle for herbals in place of modern drugs, most of which are fossil-fuel derived. Go on, show us how much you really care.

He has been told repeatedly by advisers tariffs would increase living costs. His ideology is about winning trade wars. The last term when he tried it, American farmers were the ones who suffered.

I guess I am no more prepared to embrace an EV religion than any other. When you are O&A, and not recharging your EV from home solar, you are most probably filling up with electrons from Mae Moh power station, one of the most polluting electricity producers on the planet. You are kidding yourself if you think owning an EV is the solution to CO2 emissions. About 70% of electricity worldwide still comes from fossil fuels. Replace every ICE with EV's overnight, you will only reduce CO2 generation by 9%. My apologies for interrupting the service.

I don't need to move forward, my two ICE's will more than see me out. As far as performance goes, I don't need to drive at more than 100 km/hr, or overtake like a scalded cat. You keep calling me a hater, I am not. I just view both EV's and ICE's through a pragmatic lens. If I was ten years younger, I would probably be buying an EV. OTOH, I have always been comfortable buying secondhand ICE's. I would have to buy an EV new.

Gina always.....

There is plenty of lithium in the ground. It takes on average 7 years to develop most mining projects.

You have to admire a nation that runs up a $28 trillion debt without being called to account, and just keeps on printing money.

Musk skates over the problem of availability. There is simply not enough lithium, copper and other elements to completely replace ICE vehicles, at least short term, until new mines are developed. At best, 30% of ICE vehicles can be replaced by EV's. IMO the ICE car will be around for at least another 30 years.

That's OK, you are probably too tight to spend anything.

One of my favorite Latin expressions is " Si tacuisse, philosophus mansisses" Loosely translated, it means " If you had kept your mouth shut, we might have thought you were clever". Exeunt jubilate.

You don't have garage sales in America, to get rid of all the redundant and obsolete stuff? You guys should try it, you meet all kinds of people.

Just wondering when one will come along to this thread, attempting to justify being thrown under a bus. Comedy gold.

I saw Ricky Nelson live in Dallas, 1983. Women in the audience were passing their panties up to the stage. RIP.

America gets 50% of its oil from Canada - at a discount. China and India are potential customers. Trump promised to lower the cost of living for Americans. Tariffs do the opposite. So if Canada decides to direct the oil to other markets, what can Trump do? Invade Canada?

Oy veh! Absolutely meshugga. Not the washing of hands after, of course. I am wondering how the monotheistic religions would cope if their god turned out to be transgender.

Your narrative appeared to disrespect genuine scientists. My mistake for misinterpreting what you said, I apologize.

I'd say i have had a good batting average with my GF and a former partner, nothing like the stellar performance of GG and Gary Cooper. Nowadays, a good dump is more satisfying.

You are hereby awarded the Royal Order of the Most Puissant Urine Extractor on ASEAN. Please continue.

Phagocyte is an existing word. What are you, the grammar police? I wasn't aware being creative was a hanging offence on ASEAN.

I can see why.

You're equating Greenland to a '63 VW Bug? What are you smoking?

Impossible.

You have heard of the term inflation, yes? My first house cost $14,000. I paid off the mortgage in 18 months. The same house today would cost about $800,000. It would take the average wage earner of today about 40-50 years to pay it off. I don't understand how you can say working class people are richer. The average American has $104,000 in debt.