You can't swim against a rip tide, you should swim parallel to the beach and when you finally get out of it you can swim into the shore. They must have panicked, tried swimming against the rip current , tired quickly and had no gas left to swim in.
There is sound logic here. I agree. I'm also concerned about electronic spying with those helmet radio's. How can you tell if someone is listening in ?
I heard LT on ESPN today saying that every team watches so much tape on the opponent that they know what the plays being called are def. and off. by game day. He didn't think they had any advantage over anyone. He mentions you still have to execute def. and off. even if you know the play ahead of time.
Depending on the size of your town, In San Diego's paper they have a lenders section where they advertise local places that compete. Some are national companies just the local branch.
Your still a hick and your probably not a Phd either or you wouldn't be arguing about the early cost of solar power. Early adopters always pay more, the price comes down as more units get sold. Just like flat screen TV's started out at $15,000 per unit. Now they are around $1000 per unit.
So be happy some people arte paying the higher prices so the price will eventually come down.
I understand your points completely, I lose interest in sports where the season is too long and games become unimportant because there are too many. Baseball is like that for me as well. I cant get excited about the playoffs of hockey when I'm going swimming later on in the day.
That is what makes football so exciting, there are only 16 games and every game is very important to make the playoff.
So why are people installing them here in San Diego ? While watching their elec. meters spin backwards and getting a bill at the end of the month for $0 and charging their elec. cars to boot ! Seems like the system is working just fine despite your doom and gloom outlook !