10-30-2012, 02:50 AM
1. WTE is working so well for Sweden that they now have to import trash from neighboring countries:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012...your-trash
2. Energy companies leveraged California's "deregulation" into massive profits; all they had to do was game the system to maximize their rates.
Cable/satellite television is the best example of how far "wrong" things have gone: you pay for the service, then you pay extra for the "premium" channels. Meanwhile, the carrier charges the content providers for delivery, and the content providers make money selling advertising. By the time you turn on your TV, that show has been "paid for" 4-5 times -- and they'll make still more money on the DVD release and syndication.
Download that same show over the Internets and you're a filthy pirate, guilty of the worst felonies -- the "content industry" has already bought and paid for enough laws to put you in prison for daring to interfere with their profit margin.
Power companies operate the same way.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012...your-trash
2. Energy companies leveraged California's "deregulation" into massive profits; all they had to do was game the system to maximize their rates.
Cable/satellite television is the best example of how far "wrong" things have gone: you pay for the service, then you pay extra for the "premium" channels. Meanwhile, the carrier charges the content providers for delivery, and the content providers make money selling advertising. By the time you turn on your TV, that show has been "paid for" 4-5 times -- and they'll make still more money on the DVD release and syndication.
Download that same show over the Internets and you're a filthy pirate, guilty of the worst felonies -- the "content industry" has already bought and paid for enough laws to put you in prison for daring to interfere with their profit margin.
Power companies operate the same way.