> Not sure what the point of the website is
I think it's just informative. I found it interesting at least. I formed my own conclusions from it.
> Not sure what the point of the website is
I think it's just informative. I found it interesting at least. I formed my own conclusions from it.
Really? Since it’s lacking any comparison to other states and because many of these complaints single out metropolitan areas comparison to nationwide census of metro areas, what actual conclusions are you drawing that are valid?
Context matters a lot. We haven’t built a lot of mercury based hat felting shops lately in California. What conclusion do you draw from that?
I assume you're being a little obtuse. The comparison to wherever manufacturers phones and EVs is implicit. They are manufactured somewhere with looser environmental regulation than California, where they are purchased en masse. You can draw your own conclusions from that.
I saw complaints that amounted to “it’s more expensive to build out large industrial facilities in bay area than in Reno”
okay what’s different in Reno hmmm I could be like the website and try to imply it’s only environmental regulations… or I could acknowledge that land price and availability is drastically different and also labor costs…. But then that wouldn’t help my contrived argument that it’s all the pesky regulations.
Again, without apples to apples comparisons to other areas, wha are you actually able to conclude from the website other than stoking confirmation bias?
It's providing a single geographic data point to you, for free. You're welcome to do your own research if you want a complete picture.
Nice, you’ve just described how confirmation bias works.
Out of context, incomplete single data points that feels like one’s already held view is how confirmation bias works.
All data points can be called confirmation bias if you frame them that way. The question is whether the data is accurate, not whether it's complete.
The site isn't claiming regulations are the only factor, just that they're sufficient to make things impossible regardless of other factors.
“The question is whether the data is accurate, not whether it is complete”
Oh so Lies of omission don’t exist? Deception researchers will be very keen to hear how that works.
So if someone Mormon bubbles a photo of you that also has a kid in it, you’re fine being arrested for indecency and registering as a sex offender? After all, that’s just omitting a few pixels, not a lie or deception in your book.
Agree to disagree, I guess. Not everything interesting has to be comprehensive.
I think I'm done with this conversation now you're comparing a website about manufacturing to child porn. That's in bad taste.
Bad taste started with you calling me obtuse
I like that your vague response to the question is either “this provides no value without context” or “the value it provides without context is a secret that only I know” but phrased in a silly way
Fair point. My actual conclusion: California has made it structurally impossible to manufacture things it consumes, and has exported the environmental burden to places with fewer protections.