"World demand for energy increased by 2.1% last year, and low-carbon sources could not keep pace. As a result, the word's energy-related carbon emissions rose by 1.7%, the first rise in four years. It's an important reminder that, despite all the talk about the growth of renewables, we still rely heavily on fossil fuels."

World demand increased by 2.1%, resulting in carbon emissions rising by 1.7%, so that means that new renewable energy only contributed 0.4%? We are truly on the verge of eliminating fossil fuels completely!

I just sit back and laugh at all the left-wing nuts calling the right-wing nuts nazis while demanding that the government take away guns from the citizens, leaving the current government in power as the only ones left with arms....

It's along the same line as my mother never understanding the irony of calling me a son of a bitch...

Of course it is... normally all of the uploaded conversations are stored on Amazon's servers, not sent as voicemails to someone on the contact list. Completely isolated incident..

Wondering if they'll replace it with TrendMicro, because that would be so much more secure....

Typical liberal response. I've posted multiple links showing you proof of my statements, but you won't ever allow your opinions to be swayed by facts. I'm done responding to you, post all you want. Bye Felicia!

So much ignorance in this response I don't know where to start....

1.) Any child labor is forced child labor. If they don't have the mental capacity to handle alcohol, consent to sex, own firearms, vote, join the military, then they don't have the mental capacity to agree to a 12x6 workday either. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dol.gov%2Fagencies%2Fi...
2.) Read up just a little bit on Foxconn, if you don't think that's force labor you're just sticking your head in the sand. Walled compounds, workers unable to come and go. High rates of suicide. The list goes on... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fte...
3.) Taiwan is as much a part of China as Puerto Rico is a part of the U.S.: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Just stop trying to justify your continued purchase of Apple products to assuage your own guilty conscience. Or provide proof for any of your claims you've made so far. The one quote you provided has no reference, so I'll assume not just the emphasis is yours, but the words as well.

Hate to shatter your illusion as an i-Phile fanboy, but it doesn't take a whole lot of research to come to that conclusion:

http://www.dw.com/en/foxconn-a...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fne...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2017%2F11%2F21%2F...

So the CEO of a company that relies on low tariffs to justify outsourcing their products to be manufactured by forced child laborers has advised against raising tariffs on their products coming back into the country. Imagine that....

Ethics is completely irrational and forces us to make choices that go against human nature more often than not. If you believe in no after-life, no superior being waiting to judge your actions during your lifetime, what possible motive is there for ethics? How do you not grab all you can while you can to make your time here as pleasurable as possible? Ethics is the denial of doing what feels good or what you want in the moment based on a set of morals that have been decided by others. Ethics is about making the choices that separate us from the animals.

Example: A mother with a toddler only has enough food to feed one of them, not both. Logic would dictate that the mother eat as she is much more probable to find more food, thus enabling them both to live. But ethically? What parent would feed themselves while allowing their child to starve?

"Since December, the New York Police Department said, 21 Chinese immigrants had lost a total of $2.5 million.'
That's ~$120,000 per person? I think the scammers found their niche market!

From the article, it's when a cell phone is not in range of service but someone calling it still hears a ring tone as though it's ringing on the other end of the line, rather than a "that device is not available currently. Please try back later" message.

The only danger to my health is being forced to be a morning person as a condition of continued employment. Used to work a graveyard shift from 10pm - 6am, was never tired. All I can do to stay awake during the day.

It wouldn't be more useful. Arrested criminals can already be forced to give up passwords despite the 5th amendment and it's been upheld by the Supreme Court. A living finger works a lot easier than a dead one. Cops might have to break a few of the unnecessary fingers to get compliance, but they'll get it unlocked whether the hand is alive or not.

No, guns are the CURRENT problem. Once they've banned those and murders are still happening they'll get around to knives and trucks.

I can see you thought out a well reasoned and logical retort. To respond to your definition of "a BS ethical question" imagine if you will....

A self driving vehicle is driving on a highway with a posted speed limit sign of 65 mph. The vehicle is tracking and monitoring all traffic and pedestrians around it. A child on a bicycle darts out 10 feet in front of the vehicle. Next to the vehicle is another vehicle with an elderly person in it. An example of an ethical question in this case would be "do you swerve into the vehicle carrying the elderly person or run over the child?" The self-driving car has broken no laws at this point, but simple physics would prevent it from avoiding injuring or possibly killing one or the other.

And yes, parking lots don't have a speed limit of 65mph, but highways do. Once you've progressed past the point of sitting on daddy's knee to drive around the parking lot you'll learn these things.