Jay Kysha
New Member Checking in - Ohio
24 January 2020 | 8 replies
(Looking to avoid emissions in CT as it is a diesel truck).Thank you in advance for any insight / advice with this
Brian Gibbons
Bernie Sanders - Not Good for Flippers - Increase Taxes
4 March 2020 | 22 replies
Bernie Sanders wants a 25% “house flipping” tax levied against investors who sell a property at a profit within five years of purchase.He also wants a 2 percent “empty homes tax” on the property value of vacant homes in order to discourage real estate investment.From Bernie's Website"When Bernie is president, he will:Create an office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate and work with states and municipalities to strengthen rent control and tenant protections, implement fair and inclusive zoning ordinances, streamline review processes and direct funding where these changes are made.This office will convene key leaders, academics, experts, local officials, renters, tenants, and homeowners to create and implement these necessary solutions.Preempt laws that prevent inclusionary zoning for luxury developments.End exclusionary and restrictive zoning ordinances and replace them with zoning that encourages racial, economic, and disability integration that makes housing more affordable.Require that recipients of federal funding from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development make these important zoning reforms.Provide funding to states that preempt local exclusionary zoning ordinances to make housing more equitable, accessible and affordable for all.Make federal funding contingent on creating livable communities.Encourage zoning and development that promotes integration and access to public transportation to reduce commuting time, congestion and long car commutes.Prioritize projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create walkable and livable communities, and reduce urban sprawl.Encourage zoning and development designed to expand and maximize the number of units fully accessible to people with disabilities.Place a 25 percent House Flipping tax on speculators who sell a non-owner-occupied property, if sold for more than it was purchased within 5 years of purchase.Impose a 2 percent Empty Homes tax on the property value of vacant, owned homes to bring more units into the market and curb the use of housing as speculative investment.Encourage “circuit breakers” on property taxes to protect homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods from being priced out of their own homes as their property values rise.READ MORE: https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/From my point of view, anything that impedes or obstructs REI's cash flow is a bad thing.
Alan Ford
Coronavirus (STR - give me piece of mind please friends?)
26 March 2020 | 45 replies
The media behavior over all of this is simultaneously laughable and reprehensible.How many people didn’t die from carbon emissions pollution in China since the factories have been shuttered?
Kenny Oliver
Direct mail lowballing
23 March 2017 | 10 replies
Plus high taxes, gun regulations, sanctuary cities, emissions tests, insurance costs, gas prices.
Elias Twitchell
Walkability a good long term focus or hype?
3 January 2023 | 1 reply
The per capita carbon emissions of low density areas are higher then the the city and walking in the suburbs is more dangerous due to cars.
Gurkaran Grewal
US Court Rejects DocuSign E-Signatures as method to provide Digit
7 November 2019 | 2 replies
Signer ensures both Non-Repudiation of Origin (NRO) and Non-Repudiation of Emission (NRE), which provides proof of both the identity of the sender, as well as evidence of them sending specific content in messages .Whether or not this will affect how the US courts accept e-signatures remains to be seen.
Michael Madden
Ethanol
8 March 2008 | 3 replies
Because ethanol production requires a significant amount of energy, and most energy in the US is produced from coal, the small reduction in CO2 and other polluting emissions from burning ethanol versus gasoline will be more than offset by the power needed to produce the ethanol.
Jeff L.
How exactly do umbrella insurance policies work?
5 March 2015 | 6 replies
This coverage will offer defense and claims settlement for alleged or actual injury caused by CO2 emissions from a heating or air conditioning source.You can add a "personal umbrella" to cover your personal liability exposures of your home and auto, if your net worth justifies it, but you should keep any income producing assets separate from your personal liabilities.
Shawn Quigg
Ramping up our REI business
24 February 2020 | 4 replies
Our next steps include creating systems for running our business smoothly (considering Buildium and a rent paying feature like RentTrack which reports to credit bureaus; we also need checklists for getting our units ready), building our brand which focuses on high quality student rentals which are net-zero or zero-emission homes, and getting more properties under contract.
Brendan Conners
Investing Around Vancouver, BC. Looking to Make Connections.
5 October 2022 | 45 replies
Looking at the long term commitments a number of Asain countries already have in place to purchase Canadian LNG as a means of reducing global emissions by getting those countries off of crude, coal and more.