Yup. It turns out that effective altruism was very lucrative. According to the dictionary altruism is the unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others. In this case, however, the 'others' had to think the way SBF thinks. If you don't think this way, you're another other and you don't qualify for effective altruism.
I've made this comment to a lot of people prior re: EV charging stations. The power requirements are massive and a lot of people don't have their heads around it. But, what has also gone unmentioned is the CABLING required. At the facility that I run, the 1500m cabling cost to the nearest substation costed MORE than the baseload fee & transformer.
This push for total electric power (dependency on central power) has precedence. In the 19th century Europe, many major cities converted to central heat; the same heating plants that steam turned electric generators also provided hot water to all public office and apartment buildings through underground pipes. Only private residences still had their own heating. When the Nazis went after the Jews and others in eastern Europe, they turned off the heat and froze people. Having learned nothing, most German cities adopted this system in the 80's (fernwaerme).
Re. the if you have two cows video, why no mention of a Mongolian corporation?
On a more serious note, EV fast chargers can charge at crazy high rates when the vehicle battery is near fully discharged, 300KW or so. My Comanche County Electric Co-Op meter says the PEAK demand for my home is 6.427 KW, yes that's the max, running central A/C, all appliances, lights, 3/4 HP water well pump, everything! The most power used one day last summer was 40 KWH on 20JUL the high temperature hit 111, that monthly bill cost $168.00. So an EV fast charger demands 46x more than my home does, would use 40KWH in less than 10 minutes. My water heater, range, dryer, and central heat are propane fired, use about 400 gallons per year, last FEB cost $2.90/gal. in OCT $2.75/gal.
Just a hot take, but perhaps an army that 'stays at home and tootles around' is a feature, not a bug. Maybe preferable to maintaining hundreds of overseas bases and a military that can fight all-out in Europe/Asia for about two weeks before it is depleted.
Oregon should declare itself a sanctuary state, and erect a statuesque statue like the "gal" working the checkout counter at Joann Fabrics this morning.
...“Keep, cruel states, your Reality!" cries she
With pouting lips. “Give me your babies, your 'boys',
Your bindered girls yearning to breathe free,
The wretched ones who played with Tonka toys.
Send these, the questioning and scared, to me!
I lift my lamp beside the bloody door!” (Oregon Health Sciences University)
Ah, Portlandia. "Lady Commerce". Two X chromosomes and a trident.
"She kneels down, and from the quietness of copper reaches out. We take that stillness into ourselves, and somewhere deep in the earth our breath becomes her city. If she could speak this is what she would say: Follow that breath. Home is the journey we make. This is how the world knows where we are."
From that to Armisen and Brownstein, in a brief 26 years. And another dozen later, here we are.
Where is Ftx on the spectrum?
From Ftx and top officers it looks like over $150 million was spent on politicians.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/11/counting_the_ftx_boy_wonders_dirty_money.html
And more was spent on “news” organizations.
@Ray
Yup. It turns out that effective altruism was very lucrative. According to the dictionary altruism is the unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others. In this case, however, the 'others' had to think the way SBF thinks. If you don't think this way, you're another other and you don't qualify for effective altruism.
It's one of those things that starts at home, right?
I've made this comment to a lot of people prior re: EV charging stations. The power requirements are massive and a lot of people don't have their heads around it. But, what has also gone unmentioned is the CABLING required. At the facility that I run, the 1500m cabling cost to the nearest substation costed MORE than the baseload fee & transformer.
This push for total electric power (dependency on central power) has precedence. In the 19th century Europe, many major cities converted to central heat; the same heating plants that steam turned electric generators also provided hot water to all public office and apartment buildings through underground pipes. Only private residences still had their own heating. When the Nazis went after the Jews and others in eastern Europe, they turned off the heat and froze people. Having learned nothing, most German cities adopted this system in the 80's (fernwaerme).
Re. the if you have two cows video, why no mention of a Mongolian corporation?
On a more serious note, EV fast chargers can charge at crazy high rates when the vehicle battery is near fully discharged, 300KW or so. My Comanche County Electric Co-Op meter says the PEAK demand for my home is 6.427 KW, yes that's the max, running central A/C, all appliances, lights, 3/4 HP water well pump, everything! The most power used one day last summer was 40 KWH on 20JUL the high temperature hit 111, that monthly bill cost $168.00. So an EV fast charger demands 46x more than my home does, would use 40KWH in less than 10 minutes. My water heater, range, dryer, and central heat are propane fired, use about 400 gallons per year, last FEB cost $2.90/gal. in OCT $2.75/gal.
Just a hot take, but perhaps an army that 'stays at home and tootles around' is a feature, not a bug. Maybe preferable to maintaining hundreds of overseas bases and a military that can fight all-out in Europe/Asia for about two weeks before it is depleted.
The UK can stay thrifty like that, as long as they can rely on their 800-lb-gorilla "ally" over the pond to do their foreign policy for them.
The sun never did set on the British Empire. It just got rebranded.
Will Schryver's suggestion -- that NATO be disbanded as part of a settlement of the Russia-Ukraine war -- is a novel idea. He might be right.
@Forbes
Totally agreed.
Now...where can I go?
Plus they wouldn't work too well in the Ukraine about now. What happens if the grid (or a portion thereof) goes down or is taken down?
Oregon should declare itself a sanctuary state, and erect a statuesque statue like the "gal" working the checkout counter at Joann Fabrics this morning.
...“Keep, cruel states, your Reality!" cries she
With pouting lips. “Give me your babies, your 'boys',
Your bindered girls yearning to breathe free,
The wretched ones who played with Tonka toys.
Send these, the questioning and scared, to me!
I lift my lamp beside the bloody door!” (Oregon Health Sciences University)
Ah, Portlandia. "Lady Commerce". Two X chromosomes and a trident.
"She kneels down, and from the quietness of copper reaches out. We take that stillness into ourselves, and somewhere deep in the earth our breath becomes her city. If she could speak this is what she would say: Follow that breath. Home is the journey we make. This is how the world knows where we are."
From that to Armisen and Brownstein, in a brief 26 years. And another dozen later, here we are.
"Transphobia" = fear of change = conservative!
It all makes sense now.
In CA the electric rates are insane, and going higher.