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By: The State Of New Jersey May Start Funding Renewable Energy Storage

The State Of New Jersey May Start Funding Renewable Energy Storage — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:02:36 +0000

[…] appears to be more of a shift of funding to help accommodate the more efficient use of solar and wind power. New Jersey will be able to get more out of their existing wind and solar farms by […]

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:37:00 +0000

It won’t stay so. We’ll invent robots which build robots.

(It’s already happened in the lab.)

We have a problem facing us. We will have to rethink how we distribute goods among ourselves. Over time labor will be less and less valuable.

Do we settle for a tiny percent of one percent owning everything? Return to an age at which we attempt to get what we need with force? Or do we come up with a new and more functional idea?

By: Kompulsa

Kompulsa — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:47:00 +0000

Robots save money, enabling us to stimulate the economy more by buying more things with less money. The robotics industry helps to compensate for manufacturing job losses because the process of building robots is labour-intensive.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:48:00 +0000

well, the countries that have leaned much more towards that are doing much better than the US, and anyone else.

By: Billteud

Billteud — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:16:00 +0000

I don’t. Socialism, I guess, but that doesn’t seem to work well in practice.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:13:00 +0000

that seems to be the trend. not necessarily how it needs to be. but yeah, i’ve got no good answer for you. studied such matters in college as a sociology major, but not much since then. and haven’t heard of any simple solutions. let us know if you have!

By: Billteud

Billteud — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:55:00 +0000

But in a capitalist system, robots take the jobs of the poor and allow even more concentration of wealth in the hands of the rich. What’s the best alternative? How to implement it?

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:43:00 +0000

if we have robots doing what we need to live, we can pay each other for other services we enjoy.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:56:00 +0000

The price of manufactured goods decrease with automation.

We need to figure out how to distribute goods on something other than working 40 hours a week for 40 years.

By: Billteud

Billteud — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:39:00 +0000

Financed by what?

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Hand spinners were replaced with water powered looms.

Change happens. We need to find ways to deal with it. Perhaps we could all work fewer hours or fewer years and do something interesting with our lives other than work.

By: Billteud

Billteud — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Just ignore the massive unemployment as people are replaced by robots. Ain’t capitalism grand?

By: New Jersey and Pennsylvania Solar Facing Short Term Pain | CleanTechnica

New Jersey and Pennsylvania Solar Facing Short Term Pain | CleanTechnica — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:25:51 +0000

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By: Electric38

Electric38 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:59:00 +0000

Now that the advantages of solar are beginning to sink in. The next step will be in the design of factories that utilize mainly robotics for their mass production superiority. These machines have no benefits package and are usable 24/7 without incurring overtime costs.
Robots designed to build (mass produce) other robots is the next step. Our military has definitely stepped to the forefront with the design advancements, but our architects and engineers need to step up to the plate with much better forward thinking manufacturing designs.
Other countries are jumping on this combination of technologies quickly. China is becoming aware that having millions of cheap laborers available, may not provide the advantages formerly seen. They cannot keep up with solar assisted robotics.
One key advantage.. electric cars should be much lower in cost as the “new” production techniques are adapted. Unless the auto companies choose to price gouge the consumer.

By: New Jersey Now Setting US Solar Rooftop Records | Volumatrix Group

New Jersey Now Setting US Solar Rooftop Records | Volumatrix Group — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:10:15 +0000

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