Worse than "no value". On the negative side:
- One-click impoverishment, or even "un-Personhood" for 'troublemakers'. Guess who decides what a "troublemaker is".
- Panopticon-grade tracking of movements and spending patterns.
- Unavoidable taxation at every level of exchange.
...and that's just what .gov can do 'for' us. I'm sure the hackers and scammers can figure out other methods for mischief.
I take it you're referring to a picture like this.
It certainly does raise questions.
profit from grid infrastructure
Guess Mr. 'Gab OP' didn't bother to read this article from California, that included this...
“electrification of the transportation sector will increase demand by around 300,000 gigawatt-hours statewide,” which would amount to doubling electricity demands.
Worked for me...
She's worthy of being hanged with the same rope used on Julius Streicher.
As a former ten-year 'SSRI' guinea-pig, I have a question for current ones: Do you recall being told the very lie that the article shows was false? Do you then recall:
- Being tested for "brain chemicals"?
- Being told what your "reading" was, and what a normal person's "reading" is for comparison, like every other lab result you ever got?
- if "no" to the above:
- Would you accept a garage mechanic saying you "needed an auto repair" based on such non-scientific 'diagnosis'? If so, why?
I seriously hope there's massive malpractice activity coming.
...and that last word was all Google needs to stampede the herd - "Easier".
Just like their bullying of web-standards bodies to "break" the ad-blockers and anonymity extensions, was supposed to make the Web "faster"...
Ours is $2.85 this morning. Once Biden saw the uproar over the $5 price, he saw the midterms going all "R". That's what really prompted use of the Strategic Reserve.
Where are you, that it's still $5?
Broadly, every form of energy costs what the government says it does. What else explains the huge variation among countries? They all buy oil and refined products from the same suppliers, and everybody uses the "Petrodollar" to buy it.
Anecdotal example: Gasoline in S. Korea has been almost the same price ($5-6/gallon) for the last 30 years. Oh, and diesel is cheaper.
IMHO the reason 'gasoline' is cheaper than diesel in the US is because more proles buy it. Therefore more people (votes) are hoodwinked by "gasoline-price stability" than the number who can actually make the connection with...
"the cost of diesel-> price of everything brought on a truck."
Here's another little-discussed shenanigan: The price-ratio in the US between diesel and gasoline is totally artificial. Diesel is literally nearer to "the bottom of the barrel" in the refining process as shown here.
In much of the rest of the world diesel is cheaper than gasoline at the pump.