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  1. Re:How about... by khallow · · Score: 1 · on The CIA Wants To Know How To Control the Climate

    How about finding a way to eliminate our dependence on crude oil?

    We already have plenty of ways to do that. They just aren't economical at the moment.

    The West would be so much stronger, if it weren't us having to pay jizya to those crude savages in the Middle East.

    We're paying for stuff that runs our society. So it's not a "jizya", but a legit payment for goods rendered. And those "savages" will either use the wealth to build modern societies or they'll be driving camels in a few generations. That problem is its own solution.

  2. Re:And they said that GW would be a bad thing by Lars+T. · · Score: 1 · on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality

    The same goes for quite a few spots on the southern hemisphere. There is also the little tidbit that global warming stops desertification, and makes e.g. the sahara lose ground. The advantages of that can hardly be overstated.

    Let's ignore the rest of your post, and just focus on this. I find it curious that some people will only believe climate predictions by computer models if they can find a positive aspect of Global Warming in them. But even if in the future a (small) part of the southern Sahara would turn green, large parts of Spain are turning to desert right now. And the Gobi desert doesn't seem to be shrinking yet either. And desertification doesn't even stop from the USA.

  3. Re:What's the point exactly? by Craig+Davison · · Score: 1 · on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building
    MagLev is not used in the bullet trains in Japan. Japan is still testing MagLev technology, as are coutries like the US and Germany.

    There is a MagLev in Shanghai carrying passengers though: http://www.gluckman.com/Maglev.html

  4. shanghai maglev by doubtless · · Score: 1 · on Money Problems May Derail First U.S. MagLev Train
    Is a maglev train an impractical fantasy like the personal flying car?

    shang hai maglev train, tops at 430 kph, currently having it's trial runs.

  5. China proves that with German technology... by McSnarf · · Score: 0, Redundant · on Money Problems May Derail First U.S. MagLev Train
    building a working train is a piece of cake...

  6. Smiles abound.. by maharg · · Score: 1 · on Money Problems May Derail First U.S. MagLev Train

    .. inside the sleek train as, with a breathtaking whoosh, it rockets to 300 kilometers per hour in two minutes flat. Overhead, like a giant scoreboard, an LED blinks out our record-breaking progress till we top 430 kph.

    Shanghai

  7. Solar chimneys by jenssoderberg · · Score: 1 · on UK to "get serious" About Renewable Energy

    How about the idea of solar chimneys.. ..they cost alot to build but could be the answer.

    A once working prototype
    And another link

  8. Re:Nuclear power = flower power by Jeremi · · Score: 2 · on Larsen Ice Shelf Collapses
    There's very simple argument in favor of more nuclear power - Coal plants, during their operation , *will* kill many many more people than a nuclear plant.


    Given your rational POV, you surely know what a "false dilemna" is?


    Personally, I think there ought to be more R&D spent on solar chimneys.