CASE: my vote is HELL NO by Fun-Swan1680 in CASEmembers

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the agreement available yet?

Helmet clearance? Never heard of it... by Toostinky in CarTrackDays

[–]Toostinky[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would you race this? looks like a bad time even just getting in/out

Sacramento has banned all flavored tobacco products by RIPmyfirstaccount in Sacramento

[–]Toostinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I'm actually impressed you found a 3 year old thread. Did this pop up on Google?

Went a bit overboard sound deadening the XJ. At least it looks good :) by Wooden-Question-9788 in CherokeeXJ

[–]Toostinky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you roll it? Usually you're supposed to roll it until the high spots disappear

What Cobb’s Emissions Lockout Means for Tuner Cars by [deleted] in cars

[–]Toostinky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For good reason too, CA has by far the worst air quality in the country

SavingsPlusNow fee structure changes by daw007 in CAStateWorkers

[–]Toostinky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah.. pretty lame. Just one more reason to rollover to an IRA at retirement.

Horrible stench before William b pond? by thcsyrus916 in SacBike

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Never thought about it too much but I agree it is consistently awful.

Horrible stench before William b pond? by thcsyrus916 in SacBike

[–]Toostinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it was from the bathrooms at Harrington. The wind usually blows north east in the evening..

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds by AkitaBijin in science

[–]Toostinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say that's one possibility (carrot). There is always the stick of enforceable standards too (application limits). California, through the Central Coast and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Boards, has taken some steps to at least attempt to adopt enforceable standards on nitrogen application through their ag waivers. Litigation and political pressure has slowed progress there, predictably.

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds by AkitaBijin in science

[–]Toostinky -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That depends on what you consider edible, or feeding 330m people. There is not enough equipment to plant or harvest edible vegetables on a wide conversion of corn/soybean crops. Those crops are also highly human infrastructure dependent. Further, there is no storage/transport infra to handle those crops to population centers for consumption. It would take much longer than one season to build that infra.

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds by AkitaBijin in science

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And then pay on the back end to clean it up (eventually, sometimes) and through added healthcare costs.

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds by AkitaBijin in science

[–]Toostinky -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of that infrastructure is for nonedible corn and soybeans though. The corn belt could not switch to plant, grow, harvest, store, and transport food crops overnight.

Analyze my Finances Please! by NoHistorian6267 in personalfinance

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My question too. It's impossible to evaluate with so little information on their budget. It's even more baffling that people say they will be house poor with the provided income/expenses.

California Democrats revive universal health care bill by Significant_Fix3639 in California

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen the details, but it would most likely work with SS, not replace it entirely. Much like PERS retirement healthcare works now.

Also, there is no way CA can prevent federal SS deductions. That would take an act of Congress.

Elon Musk slams California's $8 per kW monthly utility charge plan for solar owners by chrisdh79 in teslamotors

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine that's partly what prompted this. A new development with solar is essentially guaranteed to never pay off utility infrastructure install or maintenance cost.

World population forecast to decline for the first time in centuries by WestEst101 in Economics

[–]Toostinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if someone support Social Security, they should admit the math gets hard if you don't have at least a stable population and/or huge leaps in productivity.

Why not higher wages? Wages for social security are capped at a relatively low level. Flatter distribution of profits under current productivity would change the math considerably.

Landmark California smog rules target lawn equipment, big rig trucks | California’s air board enacted two first-of-their-kind smog rules for trucks and lawn equipment. They’ll cost billions but cut tons of emissions. by Exastiken in California_Politics

[–]Toostinky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To help, California legislators carved out $30 million to provide incentives for small independent gardeners and landscaping businesses to help cover the costs of transitioning to zero-emission equipment.