I agree about the change. When you live somewhere that freezes over all winter, a little bit of global warming isn't a bad thing.

I think they don't really understand the oceans well. It was just last year that they announced a discovery of deep ocean currents that move heat from the north to the south pole and vice versa.  While one is getting warmer, the other gets colder.  But all this time and they never understood that.

Oceans went from a ph of 8.2 to 8.1.  I would suspect us dumping stuff into them as the culprit before I'd suspect a changing climate.

The measurement of pH is logarithmic, a decrease in pH from 8.25 to 8.14 is a 35% increase in acidity.  And there is that pesky buffering effect where pH changes slowly at first, then a very rapid change. Suspect the change is more the added carbon dioxide in the atmosphere going into solution.

Boeing is saying: but from what I understand, that $170 mil is for a design and feasibility study".  That may not even cover any actual design work, much less any per-production work.

I will reserve judgement until I hear some real details.

Best course of action!  Don't know if the cost includes design, purchase, spares, support and what-not.

I have to keep reminding myself the President-elect speaks figuratively, not literally, so who really knows what he meant. 

Interesting quote:

“The plane is totally out of control,” Trump said in a brief appearance in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. “I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-06/trump-says-air-force-one-order-should-be-canceled-as-costs-rise

Wonder how much money should Boeing be allowed to make to be the "right" number?

Or - perhaps it was a response to Boeing's presidents comments concerning trade?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-boeing-china-trump-robert-reed-1206-biz-20161205-column.html

Yes, see here:

https://www.stopsmartmetersinpa.com/services.html

Here's the PROPAGANDA from the power company on Smart Meters, and how they will "help" the consumer.

https://www.peco.com/SmartEnergy/SmartMeterSmartGrid/Pages/AdvancedMeterTechnology.aspx

Anthony, in all due respect……

We share the same power district (PECO) so here is my take on the Smartmeter issue.  The primary difference between a Smartmeter and the conventional meter is the ability of the Smartmeter to send the readings over a radio frequency.  A Smartmeter can indeed send a meter reading without the power company having to send a person door-to-door to take the reading, they can simply drive down the street, interrogate the meter and get your usage, this saves a considerable amount of labor and is more accurate.  A Smartmeter can detect tampering and it can indeed shut off power remotely, I do not believe this is a negative and the power company already has that ability.  It can also detect problems with the line.  I had a personal experience with this when the squirrels decided to sharpen their teeth on the neutral line.  This caused flickering of lights and different voltage readings in different outlets in the house.  The PECO technician was able to do diagnostics to quickly isolate and fix the problem.

A Smartmeter in and of itself, cannot determine what loads are being used by different appliances.  While this is technically possible, it takes a LOT of effort to figure out your water heater came on at 10PM.  If a power company wanted to do that, they can do that with or without a Smartmeter.  A Smartmeter cannot control individual appliances in your home without additional wiring and special devices AND requires consent by the property owner. 

There was a lot of concern over the radio frequency exposure risk.  This is way overblown.  At the power level the meter operates at, I see no increased risk.  I believe the opponents of the Smartmeter cherry-picked and drastically over-emphasized the RF risk and presented it poorly.

I understand you believe this to be an intrusion of some type, but I'm obviously not of the same opinion.  While there may be some potential negatives, the benefits clearly outweigh the negatives.  Of all the risks we face of having personal information being revealed, this is WAY down the list of things to worry about.

I do not remember having to pay for the Smartmeter, if I did, it sure didn't make much of an impression.

Many liberals, including several of my in-laws, say that Rachel Madow is the smartest woman on TV.

And they say that Republicans insult women.  Sheesh.

That clip was hilarious.

Rachel is more or less the left wing equivalent of Sean Hannity.

Lol, what is required to win the presidency of the US?

Money!    Not that the most spent automatically wins.

But nobody claimed that Trump won the so-called "popular vote".  He won the electoral vote.

OK, so of all the candidates, who got the most votes?

I certainly agree that it was their call.
I can also disagree with their call, even if it makes no difference.

Fair enough!!  No quibbles!

I thought the funny part is that the median age of the FOX demographic is 68.  Man, I haven't been on the low end of an age demographic for ages!

Ouch!  I am getting old!   Seriously, the median age was 68???