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Fair point, but note that it wasn't Toyota proper with regard to the use of guestworkers, it was Toyota's suppliers, and it was upholstery in...
As an economist, I'll say one more thing about the whole exploitation of guest workers issue. Sometimes a really awful job is better than no job...
The Japanese guest worker program has been discussed in a lot of other credible sources. For example, here's the BBC quoting the US State...
There's a nice op-ed piece in today's NY Times, explaining why its probably not correct to blame high oil prices on "speculation". It's by Paul...
I've read the report a little more closely now. It's not well written. There are some facts and citations as to source, but mostly its case...
Daveinolywa, I'm not disagreeing that the batteries could be used more gently than one full discharge per day. And for NiMH that would extend...
The issuers of the report appear to be an organization genuinely interested in workers rights, and working against slavery or near-slavery...
Perfect. I'm definitely going to steal that term.
That car was sold under a lot of names. Per Wikipedia: "The Swift ... was marketed in the JDM (Japanese domestic market) as the Cultus and...
I don't think you can decide the wisdom or lack of wisdom of subsidies based on a few examples. For example, I think at least part of the...
Thanks. This is what really drives me over the edge on this issue. You get people discussing the details of the CNW report, e.g., shouldn't a...
By contrast, I just happened to check the laws in Virginia today regarding net metering. Virginia Power is required to accept net metering of...
I can only suggest that people who think the RAV4 EV batteries would have done well as PHEV batteries should read the 100,000 mile evaluation of...
Yeah, but it would take a bigger battery to make (say) a 30 mile PHEV. The Hymotion Li-ion pack weighs in at around 300 lbs, versus the 100 lbs...
PHEVs wear out the batteries much faster than the typical EV, and only now are batteries being developed that can last the life of the car when...
Thanks for that. The last time I studied that was probably high school.
What really, really gets under my skin about the CNW report is that nobody will do even the simplest math with his figures. Or the simplest...
Based on what little I know of how humans came to North America, I'm pretty sure you have your causality wrong. As I vaguely recall, they...
Good golly, what a lot of advice from people who know how to drive a Prius. . Let me start with the theory, then you can work out for yourself...
There's an, exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, where they have an entire tree trunk, sawn off at the roots, standing on the...
