I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
KHC
12/16/2011 9:11:45 AM
What an amazing country you live in, where legislators must bow down before the powerful unions and solar panel manufacturers, and politicians need to pander to that key "unemployed" demographic!
Where can I sign up?
But shame on those people demonizing that engineer. I'd heard of engineer-demonizing but thought it went out with cow-tipping.
Shame on us
tokyogai
12/16/2011 9:21:26 AM
All I can say is shame on us if we make judgements without facts and if we let Corzine get away without jail.
Interesting post Fred. Thanks for sharing your observations.
Re: Shame on us
Phoenix
12/16/2011 11:17:10 AM
There really seems to be many different facts hidden right under our very own eyes. Careful observations and thinking outside of the box are key things that would help us to see beyond the surface.
The Chevy Volt also has the distinction of being able to burst into flames after the government crash testing. Not right away, but days later. Wow, it is surprising what new technology can do.
Sometimes what passes for pro-environment thinking is really more about NIMBY -- Not in my backyard.
If the motivation was truely about being kind to mother earth - we would prefer well-regulated first-world energy development instead of importing our energy from fields with lower environmental standards. We don't.
Re: Nice!
PAW
12/16/2011 1:58:53 PM
Excellent post. You certainly offer a lot to consider and any of the topics you touched on would make a great article in itself for further discussion and debate.
What is the best American energy source?
ProfR
12/16/2011 6:38:52 PM
Is is often said that coal is the best fuel if you want an American source and low cost. Oh well...
Yes, I think "Green" has gotten out of hand. If electric cars are to succeed they should be cheaper to operate than gas cars (and should not explode on impact.)
Way to mix it up Fred, what a great collection of thoughts! Is it true that the average Stanford professor earns $180K? I suppose it's a private university so that's their perogative, but that's kinda crazy.
Glad you brought it up Scott, the average salary for a full professor at UCLA was $153.7 thousand for the 2010-2011 school year. I don't think that includes the medical school where the top salary was a comfortable $1.7 million.
UCLA is not the only public institution with high average salaries -- University of Michigan nets out at $146.9, Rutgers at $144.7 and so on. Until recently the salaries were increasing by more than 3% annually, but this year the increase was held to 1%.
For private schools, I did not choose the highest when I mentioned Stanford, it is the fourth highest with Harvard just topping $200 thousand in 2011 for an AVERAGE full professor's salary.
I don't bring this up because it bothers me to see people earn a lot, but it bothers me immensly to see some high earners demonized while others performing functions that the complainers consider to be "for the common good," are given a thumbs up for their high salaries even though they are contributing to the poverty of young protestors camping out in parks and disrupting shipping in and out of Oakland.
I guess it's all relative. If those professors can lure the brightest talent around to the school, then it could well be worth it. In addition to the fact that they spend a LOT of time doing research.
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