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libertyandfree said:
free markets rule. 

Problem is for most of us there is no free market for broadband because the city governments are facilitating a monopoly with their choice of cable company. Without competition there is no incentive to provide better or less expensive service.

jd_in_sb said:

Was there an actual problem that caused Net Neutraliy to be enacted or was it enacted because of fears of a potential problem?

There was some proof that a few cable companies were throttling iTunes and Netflix streams. In fact Netflix even created a tool to detect if it was being throttled.

Soli said:

Everyone has a choice of ISP. All you have to do is uproot your life and move to a completely city, state, or country. Easy peasy¡

Where you will likely still have only one choice even if it is a different company, which of course will then be bought out by your original provider.

tallest skil said:

every country have to participate truthfully in an effort against green house gases

Nah, I’m not fighting fake problems.

Human caused global warming is a thing, however a couple volcanic eruptions would easily cancel any efforts to prevent atmospheric pollution. For eons there have been methane vents in the ocean floor worldwide which probably contribute to greenhouse gases as much as man made sources and methane is much more harmful in the atmosphere than CO2. Even the cattle being raised on a huge scale worldwide significantly contribute to methane pollution in the form of farts.

I have always thought that Iceland's Hydrogen Economy proposal was a great idea. Basically you use geothermal energy, which they have in abundance, for electrolysis of sea water. Too bad they don't have the financial resources to execute the plan. Perhaps Apple could jump start the program and use hydrogen fuel cells to power their data centers in the region.

The byproduct of the electrolysis, oxygen, is not so bad since the primary sources of Earth's oxygen are the rainforests which are rapidly being decimated, but the left over salt is sort of a problem. You can't put it back in the ocean because of increased salinization although with the melting of the polar ice it might be offset. Of course the melting of polar ice is sort of a problem in itself though.