Can people whose legal residence is on Puerto Rico, vote in the presidential election year, for choice of US president? Does our constitution prohibit that vote?
To comply with Human Rights the USA would have to cut off trading with itself. If Human Rights were a criterion for trade then trade between nations, trade between cities, trade between corporations would have to cease and desist. To honor the politically perceived interpretation of human rights, we wouldn't provide aid to any needy country.
"United Nations which would establish “credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance” How can the UN hope to establish non-sectarian governance when the history shows all the conflicts are the result of sectarian interests? I have to assume that none of the parties to Middle East conflicts want non-sectarian governance. I also assume that the sectarian interests are not interested in democratic expression.
The self inflicted deaths cannot be emotionally compared to the Mafia like the organized Nihilistic end of time justifications that motivate the terrorist plots against which the western people react with fear and retribution. Moreover the deaths by vehicles which include mostly accidental incidents cannot be compared to the sudden purposeful deaths of thousands on Sept 11th 2001.
Presumably as the world grew warmer the population living in colder climates would use less energy to heat living space. Space heating has always typically more energy than air-conditioning as shown in the study done by the EIA Energy Information Agency. Presumably as the climate moderated in the Northern USA and Canada, less energy would be consumed for space heating with proportionately much less used for air-conditioning. The growing energy eater are appliances and that could be constrained and made more efficient. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=10271
Heating and cooling no longer majority of U.S. home energy use
For decades, space heating and cooling (space conditioning) accounted for more than half of all residential energy consumption. Estimates from the most recent Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), collected in 2010 and 2011 and released in 2011 and 2012, show that 48% of energy consumption in U.S. homes in 2009 was for heating and cooling, down from 58% in 1993. Factors underpinning this trend are increased adoption of more efficient equipment, better insulation, more efficient windows, and population shifts to warmer climates. The shift in how energy is consumed in homes has occurred even as per-household energy consumption has steadily declined.
While energy used for space conditioning has declined, energy consumption for appliances and electronics continues to rise. Although some appliances that are subject to federal efficiency standards, such as refrigerators and clothes washers, have become more efficient, the increased number of devices that consume energy in homes has offset these efficiency gains. Non-weather related energy use for appliances, electronics, water heating, and lighting now accounts for 52% of total consumption, up from 42% in 1993. The majority of devices in the fastest growing category of residential end-uses are powered by electricity, increasing the total amount of primary energy needed to meet residential electricity demand. As described in yesterday's Today in Energy, increased electricity use has a disproportionate effect on the amount of total primary energy required to support site-level energy use.
Other notable trends in household energy consumption include:
• The average U.S. household consumed 11,320 kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity in 2009, of which the largest portion (7,526 kWh) was for appliances, electronics, lighting, and miscellaneous uses.
• On average, residents living in homes constructed in the 1980s consumed 77 million Btu of total energy at home. By comparison, those living in newer homes, built from 2000 to 2009, consumed 92 million Btu per household, which is 19% more.
• Space heating accounted for 63% of natural gas consumed in U.S. homes in 2009; the remaining 37% was for water heating, cooking, and miscellaneous uses.
Heating and cooling no longer majority of U.S. home energy use
USEAGE % used 1993 % used 2009
Heating 53.1 % 41.5 %
Air conditioning 4.6 % 6.2 %
Water heating 10.3 % 17.7 %
Appliances 24 % 36.6 %
(Appliances includes Electronincs and Lighting)
I question whether the Islamic rooted terrorism can be accurately described as being "home grown". It most certainly has some relationship to external foreign factors and internet religiously labeled terrorist propaganda. The internet has no home and the seeds of terrorism are planted wherever it is most favorable and profitable to do so. Analysts have thus far tended to ignore the monetary aspects of religious fundamentalism.
Can people whose legal residence is on Puerto Rico, vote in the presidential election year, for choice of US president? Does our constitution prohibit that vote?
The ISPU which conducted and managed the poll is not a neutral organization without its own opinions on the subject of the poll.
To comply with Human Rights the USA would have to cut off trading with itself. If Human Rights were a criterion for trade then trade between nations, trade between cities, trade between corporations would have to cease and desist. To honor the politically perceived interpretation of human rights, we wouldn't provide aid to any needy country.
"United Nations which would establish “credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance” How can the UN hope to establish non-sectarian governance when the history shows all the conflicts are the result of sectarian interests? I have to assume that none of the parties to Middle East conflicts want non-sectarian governance. I also assume that the sectarian interests are not interested in democratic expression.
The self inflicted deaths cannot be emotionally compared to the Mafia like the organized Nihilistic end of time justifications that motivate the terrorist plots against which the western people react with fear and retribution. Moreover the deaths by vehicles which include mostly accidental incidents cannot be compared to the sudden purposeful deaths of thousands on Sept 11th 2001.
Presumably as the world grew warmer the population living in colder climates would use less energy to heat living space. Space heating has always typically more energy than air-conditioning as shown in the study done by the EIA Energy Information Agency. Presumably as the climate moderated in the Northern USA and Canada, less energy would be consumed for space heating with proportionately much less used for air-conditioning. The growing energy eater are appliances and that could be constrained and made more efficient.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=10271
Heating and cooling no longer majority of U.S. home energy use
For decades, space heating and cooling (space conditioning) accounted for more than half of all residential energy consumption. Estimates from the most recent Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), collected in 2010 and 2011 and released in 2011 and 2012, show that 48% of energy consumption in U.S. homes in 2009 was for heating and cooling, down from 58% in 1993. Factors underpinning this trend are increased adoption of more efficient equipment, better insulation, more efficient windows, and population shifts to warmer climates. The shift in how energy is consumed in homes has occurred even as per-household energy consumption has steadily declined.
While energy used for space conditioning has declined, energy consumption for appliances and electronics continues to rise. Although some appliances that are subject to federal efficiency standards, such as refrigerators and clothes washers, have become more efficient, the increased number of devices that consume energy in homes has offset these efficiency gains. Non-weather related energy use for appliances, electronics, water heating, and lighting now accounts for 52% of total consumption, up from 42% in 1993. The majority of devices in the fastest growing category of residential end-uses are powered by electricity, increasing the total amount of primary energy needed to meet residential electricity demand. As described in yesterday's Today in Energy, increased electricity use has a disproportionate effect on the amount of total primary energy required to support site-level energy use.
Other notable trends in household energy consumption include:
• The average U.S. household consumed 11,320 kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity in 2009, of which the largest portion (7,526 kWh) was for appliances, electronics, lighting, and miscellaneous uses.
• On average, residents living in homes constructed in the 1980s consumed 77 million Btu of total energy at home. By comparison, those living in newer homes, built from 2000 to 2009, consumed 92 million Btu per household, which is 19% more.
• Space heating accounted for 63% of natural gas consumed in U.S. homes in 2009; the remaining 37% was for water heating, cooking, and miscellaneous uses.
Heating and cooling no longer majority of U.S. home energy use
USEAGE % used 1993 % used 2009
Heating 53.1 % 41.5 %
Air conditioning 4.6 % 6.2 %
Water heating 10.3 % 17.7 %
Appliances 24 % 36.6 %
(Appliances includes Electronincs and Lighting)
I question whether the Islamic rooted terrorism can be accurately described as being "home grown". It most certainly has some relationship to external foreign factors and internet religiously labeled terrorist propaganda. The internet has no home and the seeds of terrorism are planted wherever it is most favorable and profitable to do so. Analysts have thus far tended to ignore the monetary aspects of religious fundamentalism.