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The Tuition Addition
Education debt soars with rising college tuition and correlated Piketty inequality, causing loss of opportunity in America Want a good job? Though experts say get an advanced degree, tuition costs continuously rise while salaries continuously drop. If you agree to … Continue reading
World Oil Production – Our Finite World
Just a note on a blog we’ve discussed before. A perceptive analysis of our civilization’s current status in tapping its finite oil reservoir has been posted on Our Finite World. It is called World Oil Production at 3/31/2014–Where Are We … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Gail Tverberg, Oil resources, Our Finite World, World Oil Production
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Piketty Under Attack
Piketty is under attack by the Far Right. They argue the data , or imply he is a hidden Communist. Thomas Piketty published the English translation of his Capital in the Twenty First Century (C21) and pulled his massive open … Continue reading
ABM Test Finally Succeeded, Maybe
Successful test of troublesome ABM used known-flawed kill vehicle. Meaningful or theater? The U.S. successfully tested its anti-ICBM missile on 2014-Jun-22, with a launch from Vandenberg AFB in California. News was trumpeted everywhere! The LA Times says that the launch … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged ABM, ABM test, antibalistic missile test, GBI, GMD, ICBM, MDA, Missle Defense Agency
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Piketty discovers America or vice versa
Piketty describes the growth of U.S. and World inequality with unique large data resource. Our review of Capital In The 21st Century The French economist Thomas Piketty published the French edition of his new book Capital In The Twenty-First Century … Continue reading
NIF shifts toward success – 4
NIF addresses the universal RT instability all implosion fusion schemes must face, is there 7more that they can do? NIF people limited the impact of the RT instability in their most recent report. But they have more to do and … Continue reading
NIF shifts toward success – 3
NIF released positive data. Is some unexpected effect is blocking full success? The staff of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore California released papers on very positive new results in their work toward inertial confinement fusion (ICF). NIF is … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Hohlraum, icf, laser blockage, laser fusion, LLNL, NIF, NIF target, plasma jets, shell burn through
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NIF shifts toward success – 2
NIF’s 2013 data showed fusion can be feasible but geometries need adjustment. We continue our discussion by looking at target geometry. Yes, NIF seems on a success path, but they do need to clean up various physical details. That would … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Enhanced Heating, gain=1, Hohlraum, icf, John Edwards, National Ignitioin facility, NIF
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NIF shifts toward success – 1
Tweaks at NIF generate good results – to come: spectacular shots NIF (National Ignition Facility) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California published results during the dark of winter that are exciting, show astounding differences from all their previous announcements. … Continue reading
Is Copper entering crisis mode?
Under current exponential exploitation, copper supplies will peak by mid 21st century. A recent study indicates that we may run out of economical copper by mid century. This detailed analysis, using a painstakingly gathered database, has been discussed in the … Continue reading
Do you follow Our Finite World?
Our Finite World is an outstanding blog that studies issues related to resource depletion from a financial actuary’ view. Gail Tverberg writes Our Finite World. It is a blog strongly engaged in the problems we are and will be facing … Continue reading
David Brooks and The Inequality Problem problem
Brooks: Minimum Wage – not a problem, Income Inequality – what a sham! The Poor just gotta try harder! David Brooks published the Op Ed essay “The Inequality Problem” in the New York Times (Jan 17, 2014). His views are … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged David Brooks, income inequality, inequality, minimum wage, Saez and Piketty, zero sum game
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Minimum Wage – Poverty Level Wage – Unemployment – inequality
The Minimum Wage, Poverty Level Wage, and Unemployment Employment rates are part of the complex of forces driving American inequality. Minimum wage is in the news because in many localities the current $7.25 seems too low. Should there be a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Employment rate, income inequality, minimum wage, poverty level wage, Unemployment rate
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People are changing the world climate
Could write ten thousand words supporting the stand for anthropologically caused climate change. (LastTechAge is something of a science blog.) But that’s been done. Here is a good recent one: Why Reddit Banned Climate Denialist Comments, by Nathan Allen, editor … Continue reading
Can we stop using slave labor?
Bangladesh disasters highlight – humans should not be treated as throwaway machines. Can we do something about this? Reports say that U.S. retail companies who traffic in cheap commodities from Bangladesh have refused to help the families of the nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Bangladesh, Dov Charney, garment workers, Paul Krugman, Rana Plaza collapse, Right-tariff, Slave users, Steven Greenhouse, Tazreen fire
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When NIF went viral
Internet joy – laser fusion at breakeven! um…NOT. BBC reported, copycats ignited. Smoke only, no flame. Big buzz in Technology news is the rumor that the NIF (National Ignition Facility) laboratory in California made a spectacular step forward. Did they … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged BBC fusion report, breakeven, Daniel Clery, fusion milestone, laser fusion, LLNL, NIF, Science Insider
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Economics can never be right
“What is Economics Good For?” is the provocative New York Times essay by Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain. They point is that economics is no kind of science and never can be. This is an excellent essay and worth reading. … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Alex Rosenberg, Economic science, economic theory, Economist scientist, Erik Maskin, new york times, Tyler Curtain
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ABM: Under The Dome – K2B
Why spend tens of billions of US$ for ballistic missile defense if we cannot rely on it? The previous post examined reasons, from K2B, that people ardently support massive weapons programs which do not work. We apply those points to … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged ABM, EKV, GBI, GBI cost overruns, GBI mismanagement, HTK, kinetic kill, KKV, PAC-3, SM-3, THAAD
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Knights to Battleships – Ardent Support For The Unreliable
Why do people support programs that are not reliable? LastTechAge has been reviewing anti ballistic missile defense systems. After decades, many do not yet work as claimed but have almost violent support. Why? This looks like a common response especially … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged B-1, Battleships, Big Red Lie, Bombers, Bush made in USA, Castles, frozen attitude, Knights, Maginot Line, patriotism, potemkin, trompe l'oeil
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