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[10ebbor10]

The pollution over a lifetime of a gasoline-run car would be much more than the production of an electric one.

Maybe... (rare earths really are quite polluting).

However, would the pollution over a lifetime* of a gasoline-run car be lower than the pollution over the lifetime* of an electric car if it's energy is generated by fossil fuels. (In this example, coal)

*Including production

[Putnam]

Yes, since the fossil fuels will have been used and will pollute regardless of the cars that run on them.

[SalmonGod]

Domestic abuse victims face retaliation from police for seeking help.

TLDR;  Police fine landlords or make them evict victims who call the police under public nuisance ordinances, so victims gets to choose between homelessness or abuse.

Norristown reports that domestic violence victims make up 20 percent of its homeless population.

[scriver]

Horrible. The whole system is just wrong, but to include domestic violence on such a list... I can't even begin to fathom what they were thinking.

[Bauglir]

Who would vote for an ordinance that penalizes you for getting the police to do their jobs? Jegus.

[sackhead]

their is probably a decent reason for this law, Say their is a house where the tenants regularly hassle the neighbors this gives the police the ability to remove them. However in this case it is abysmal how its been handled

[Leafsnail]

I am super sceptical about wikileaks in general.

They're clearly right in this case though

However, would the pollution over a lifetime* of a gasoline-run car be lower than the pollution over the lifetime* of an electric car if it's energy is generated by fossil fuels. (In this example, coal)

*Including production

Two problems: firstly, burning coal does produce a lot less CO2 than gasoline for the same amount of energy (gasoline is the least efficient way to do it).  Secondly, not all electricity is produced from burning coal.

[SalmonGod]

Horrible. The whole system is just wrong, but to include domestic violence on such a list... I can't even begin to fathom what they were thinking.

They were probably thinking 'Hurrrrr'

This made me laugh more than it should have.  Just wasn't expecting it

[Devling]

This is pretty terrible. Especially since my and my mom would be affected by it, if we lived there/it was a law here.

[alway]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22348158
Hunger strike at Gitmo still ongoing and getting bigger.

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/activists-un-put-killer-robots-crosshairs-6C9633925
And discussion is sorta beginning about fully autonomous killbots. As for this one, I'm kinda on the fence. For everything that can go wrong, there's also a great opportunity in that they may reduce accidents or incidents caused by human operators. Autonomous software would require much more thorough vetting and failsafes, and as a consequence may actually end up better.

[SalmonGod]

Lawyer representing Guantanamo detainees commits suicide.

[freeformschooler]

http://www.satanicverses.org/

Obviously my God-breath detector was miscalibrated.

[10ebbor10]

http://www.satanicverses.org/

Obviously my God-breath detector was miscalibrated.

Meh, that's just the background information. As is the entire Old testament.

[Owlbread]

Meh, that's just the background information. As is the entire Old testament.

Where exactly is the old testament defined at any time in the bible or similar as "background info"?

[Skyrunner]

http://www.satanicverses.org/

Obviously my God-breath detector was miscalibrated.

Meh, that's just the background information. As is the entire Old testament.

Also, that's a naïve interpretation of 'lie/lay': in old texts that's a synonym for 'have sex with.' >_>