Daily Archives: 3 April 2016

Moore’s End, The Economist, The Absurdity and the Ecstacy

Posted on 3 April 2016 by E.M.Smith

Hitting a wall as Moore’s Law runs into a limit of atoms, and how to describe it well. Plus an absolutely absurd statement about “central planning” from The Economist. Continue reading →

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How Much Government is Just Right? 26% of GDP

Posted on 3 April 2016 by E.M.Smith

Can one answer the question: “How Much Government is The Best Size?” Turns out you can, and Economists have looked at this for a while now. It’s the Rahn Curve. First cousin to the Laffer Curve. While Laffer looked at “How much taxes makes the economy grow less” and came up with about 20-something precent, Rahn looked at “How Much Government leads to maximal economic growth?”. And got a very similar answer. Continue reading →

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Limits To Wind – An Existence Proof in China

Posted on 3 April 2016 by E.M.Smith

We now have some existence proofs of just how much wind power causes grid instability and starts to break things. I suggest changing your government to one more willing to let Power Engineers design power systems, or DIY and build your own power protection setup. Continue reading →

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Admission that the Global Warming Scam is all about the money.

Posted on 3 April 2016 by E.M.Smith

Nothing like an admission by the perpetrator that their goal is to steal money from the rest of us to do what the wish to others… Continue reading →

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