conarb
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Many European socialist states are on the verge of collapse now, Sweden is a prime example, people are flooding in from poorer nations to take advantage of the freebies.
but are the rants coming from the "imposers" or "the "self-proclaimed" victims….of building regulationsI find it difficult to reconcile the rants about socialism and big government with the reality that most of the individuals on this forum are willing participants in the imposition of building regulations.
Only after all the lawyers are gone.And us "Deplorables" will be the first ones the politically correct will want to do away with.
If these battery packs are a known danger and you require them shouldn't you be liable for any deaths they cause? Remember Nuremberg stands for the proposition that "Just following orders" is no defense.Fight it how? Not do our jobs?
Bloomberg said:During a heated deposition this past June, Elon Musk finally seemed to admit that his harshest critics were right. Since forcing through the controversial 2016 purchase of SolarCity Corp., the struggling solar sales-and-installation business he co-founded with his cousins, Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer has faced almost-constant criticism: The move was called a catastrophe for Tesla, a $2 billion-plus bailout of a debt-saddled company of which Musk himself was chairman and the largest shareholder. Despite plummeting sales and substantial layoffs in the solar division under Tesla after the merger, Musk has fervently defended the SolarCity acquisition, once calling it “blindingly obvious” and a “no-brainer.”
But in a stunningly rare moment of contrition, Musk expressed regret over the decision at his deposition, part of a class-action shareholder suit that’s gained momentum in recent months. “At the time I thought it made strategic sense for Tesla and SolarCity to combine. Hindsight is 20-20,” Musk said. “If I could wind back the clock, you know, I would say probably would have let SolarCity execute by itself.”
The 85% of shareholders who approved the acquisition had only their devout faith in Musk to go on when they voted three years ago this month. The CEO said a combined Tesla-SolarCity was always part of his master plan and would create the world’s first vertically integrated clean energy company. The hope was customers would drive a Tesla electric car, harvest energy from Tesla solar panels to charge it, and tie the ecosystem together with Tesla’s Powerwall home battery.¹
If these battery packs are a known danger and you require them shouldn't you be liable for any deaths they cause? Remember Nuremberg stands for the proposition that "Just following orders" is no defense.
Clue me in, where in the code are these "required"?
Starting Jan. 1, they won’t be able to get final approval for a variety of home improvements — from replacements of windows to a room addition — unless they have low-flow plumbing fixtures throughout their properties.
By 2017, the law requires all pre-1994 homes to be retrofitted with low-flow plumbing fixtures plus disclosure of noncomplying fixtures when owners sell. Businesses and multifamily buildings also must disclose whether they meet the law when selling property by that date.
Building inspectors say they won’t become “toilet police,” but they do expect toilets to be replaced as people sell their homes and do renovations.
“There’s no language that compels local building departments to write letters and knock on people’s doors,” said Jim MacDonald, building and safety director for unincorporated county territory. “I don’t think the law anticipates there will be 100 percent compliance.”
Local building officials are already trying to get the word out and come up with a consistent policy for the entire county, MacDonald said.¹
Not me... I have to force myself.I find it difficult to reconcile the rants about socialism and big government with the reality that most of the individuals on this forum are willing participants in the imposition of building regulations.
A known cause of failure is bare copper wire in intimate contact with the aluminum solar panel frame. Dissimilar metal corrosion removes the aluminum allowing the grounded copper wire to reach the circuitry within the panel frame. This can, and has, result in a fire.It's all a fraud, for one thing the panels are all shorting out underneath them, of course Tiger could have told them that.
¹ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-deal-has-become-top-threat-to-tesla-s-future
I guess they will be part of California's zero energy initiative.
Not in my code...…...
One can easily see why it may not be a good idea to run flammable gas underground in pipes in a seismically active area.
Yes, since a battery back-up system had a manufacturer's defect in it, we should ban all of them. Sometimes buildings fall down, so we should ban all of those too.
This line of reasoning is based on confirmation bias. I don't want these things to be required, so when I hear that one is defective, they all must be banned, despite the fact that there are many other manufacturers have similar units that have not suffered from similar problems.
Togo is a $5 billion economy that is made up mostly of agriculture and mining. The country is now implementing regulatory reforms to reduce public debt and lure investments. The country is up 40 places this year in the World Bank's ease-of-doing-business ranking to 97, as a result of introducing reforms to lower electricity costs and fees for construction permits. ¹
... you are supposed to be administrating building regulations to minimum health and safety standards...
Lithium, the so-called “white petroleum”, drives much of the modern world. It forms a small but essentially irreplaceable component of rechargeable batteries, used in consumer devices like mobile phones and electric cars. It also has pharmaceutical and other applications. Over half of the earth’s identified resources of the mineral are found in South America’s “lithium triangle”, an otherworldly landscape of high-altitude lakes and bright white salt flats that straddles Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.¹