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• Storing Energy Bleg

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  Robert Waldmann
  
  I am eager to learn from this blog again. A problem with solar and wind generation of electricity is the sun isn't always shining and the wind isn't always blowing and it is costly to store energy. I don't see why energy can't be stored using hydroelectric [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Robert

• Open thread Nov. 6, 2009 (with GW)

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:08pm EST
  by Rdan

• Opting Out and Individual Affordability Credits: a reply to DOLB

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  by Bruce Webb
  
  Divorced One and I are having what I think is a useful exchange that started with my post on Eligibility and Enrollment which he followed up with More on the Public Option. If you haven't read that please do as this piece won't make much [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:57am EST
  by Bruce Webb

• How to Explain Moral Hazard

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  It took me many years to understand the phrase "moral hazard." It's a fundamental tenet of economics, usually used to explain that, since consumers are untrustworthy, businesses need to charge them more.*
  
  It was finally cleared up for me in the midst of a presentation last year about how' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:46am EST
  by Ken Houghton

• Employment Report

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  By Spencer,
  
  The unemployment rate jumped to 10.2%. Except for the peak rate of 10.8% after the 1982 recession this is the highest in the post WW II era.
  
  
  
  The overall tenor of the report was very similar to the past three [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:58am EST
  by spencer

• One man's past experience with technological change and employment

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  lifted from comments by run 75441
  
  These are comments that I found interesting describing change to manufacturing processes over tha last few decades. It made for a foil next to Martin ford's projections and our understanding of past events. It is not a post but I learned a few' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Rdan

• Could Advancing Job Automation Technology Cause Structural Unemployment?

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  Rdan
  
  Martin Ford offers one man's look into the future of a world in the USA of the results of continued increasing productivity, increasing income inequality, declining wage compensation, and consumption supported by debt.
  
  Robert touched on the issue recently, and Sandwichman has developed a range of [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:28am EST
  by Rdan