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Since the industrial revolution, we've released about 375 gigatons of sequestered CO2 through burning and cement production. There are 3.67 tons of CO2 from a ton of carbon so we need to capture on the order of 100 gigatons of carbon to reverse this.

Dry wood is about 50% carbon by weight. So I need 200 gigatons of wood to sequester the necessary carbon. Amazon tells me this chair weighs about 20 pounds, or 0.01 tons. Seems high, but I just need a rough estimate.

200,000,000,000 (tons of wood) / 0.01 (ton of wood/chair) = 20,000,000,000,000 chairs.

That's like 2800 chairs per man, woman, or child on the planet. Maybe then my daughters won't cover one of mine with legos and dolls.

Let me start off by saying, brandishing a weapon of any kind is usually a very bad idea. Most encounters can be defused, but once a weapon is introduced the instinctual "fight or flight (flee)" behavior kicks in and it usually doesn't end well...

Actually firing that weapon at someone in much of anything other than the defense of your life = murder or attempted murder. You haven't the right to respond to misdemeanors with deadly force.

You'd be surprised. Check this page out for Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/13A-3-23.htm.

Burglary is the act of breaking AND entering AND committing theft (logical AND; all three must happen). Theft is the intention to permanently deprive someone of physical property. Since accessing open WiFi does not involve depriving someone of physical property (neither permanent nor temporary), it is neither theft nor burglary.

Definitions of legal terms always depend on the jurisdiction. In law, we can't rely on plain English or "common sense". "Burglary" and "theft" will have the definitions they are assigned in the statutes and case law for that jurisdiction, no more, no less. For example, in Alabama law, breaking is not a required element of a burglary charge (Sections 13A-7-5 through 7). I don't know the law of other states specifically, but I doubt that's anomalous.

So, depending on the law of the relevant jurisdiction, it may not be correct to say "the important thing with burglary is that you had to break something to gain entry".

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It's got its base in several things. First, everybody knows the government has extremely deep pockets. The second is that eminent domain was originally intended to be only for cases where it benefitted the public. So, if my land was one of a small handful of plots connecting to some destination, and the only plot that was stable enough to build a road, I shouldn't be allowed to charge a million dollars an acre for the land, because that road is to benefit someone; however, now that I think about it, I'm sure some places in New York City have probably sold for a million dollars per acre. I'll embellish more next time.

Based only on the official purpose of eminent domain, I'm not thrilled about it. First, it's contrary to the free market ideals this country was founded on. Second, there are still a lot of places where land has been in people's families for generations. Small farmers (but not just them) have poured their blood, sweat, and tears into working the land, but it can all amount to nothing if the government wants it.

That said, eminent domain should be stricken from the lawbooks. Every use of the law is an abuse. If the government wants to take my land, it's government surveyors and appraisers that will set the fair market value, which is what I'll be paid. If the whole action was started by some local politico who I've pissed off before, or if he's got his hands tied into the deal such that he can personally profit, then I'll probably get shortchanged. The latter situation happens quite often, but both are possible. That I've been careful with pesticides and that I've been careful to not deplete the soil amounts to nothing when the price is set.

Finally, "economic improvement" is fast becoming a valid reason for exercising eminent domain. A story on 60 Minutes a few months ago listed several cases of eminent domain abuse. One case was where an auto mechanic who had had his shop in one location for many, many years, was being moved to another location to make way for a business that was expected to be more profitable. His business predated the big road that he was currently located on, but the city officials were more than happy to move him somewhere else to make way for the new business. Almost everything is more profitable than a small farm of any kind. Literally every time a new business wants to move into an area, they've got guaranteed land waiting on them. Some states are eager to whore themselves out for new business. The citizens of Alabama recently passed an amendment legalizing this process, and making it easier. Read the amendment here. It was amendment three. (For anyone who is interested in the segregation language amendment that failed to pass, it's amendment two on this same page. A third of that amendment was about segregation. Another third was about taxes, and the final third would've required counties that are mostly cotton fields to provide equal amounts of money for education as the largest counties in the state, where all the lawyers, doctors, and engineers live. It would've bankrupted most of the counties in the state, even moreso than they are now.)

For further reading, you can research what the TVA did when it put in all those dams and built the lakes. Because the land was about to be underwater, it was worthless. Landowners had the choice of selling good farmland at swamp bottom prices, or having it condemned out of hand and receiving nothing. Eminent domain is a blight in any country where the government is supposed to be by and for the people.

restoring the everglades

If by ``restoring the everglades'' you mean ``stealing people's land using eminent domain'', then sure, they're restoring the everglades.

Eminent domain is the vilest process the government can practice. It is everything this country is supposed to stand against, even when it's not being used to take land from the poor (often poor family farmers) and give to the rich, all in the name of economic development. Ever wonder what's happening to small farms and why the farming industry in America is so bad? It's not possible to make a small farm as profitable as a large farm when the large farm feeds cows moldy feed, parts of other dead cows, and rivers of antibiotics. If eminent domain were made a requirement, the result would be that only rich people would ever get land, because more money bankrolling a process makes it more ``economic.''

*That second link doesn't work as I'm writing this. It was amendment three on the ballot, and you can reach the amendment from here and a Google cache link here.

restoring the everglades

If by ``restoring the everglades'' you mean ``stealing people's land using eminent domain'', then sure, they're restoring the everglades.

Eminent domain is the vilest process the government can practice. It is everything this country is supposed to stand against, even when it's not being used to take land from the poor (often poor family farmers) and give to the rich, all in the name of economic development. Ever wonder what's happening to small farms and why the farming industry in America is so bad? It's not possible to make a small farm as profitable as a large farm when the large farm feeds cows moldy feed, parts of other dead cows, and rivers of antibiotics. If eminent domain were made a requirement, the result would be that only rich people would ever get land, because more money bankrolling a process makes it more ``economic.''

*That second link doesn't work as I'm writing this. It was amendment three on the ballot, and you can reach the amendment from here and a Google cache link here.

I want him to get due punishment, but I'm not out to ruin the guy.

If he did in fact tape a minor, then his due punishment is jail time (with all of his jail buddies knowing what he's in there for) followed by spending the rest of his life sexual predator lists. He _will_ be ruined.

he can boot to Windows 98 to play games

Win98? I am calling the DHR.

A similar effort is under way at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In fact, they've created a special license plate to help raise funds. Otherwise, the Smithsonian has threatened to take the Saturn V back. (Which would certainly be an interesting sight.) You can see the license plate at the bottom of this page.

Here is the link to them all.

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I used the registry for my home state when I was house-hunting. I don't want my children or wife to be anywhere near these people.

is a worthless pile of BS.It goes way beyond exempting surveys, charities, and politicians. There are 25 ways a business can ignore the DNC. Effectively there is a way out for about 99.999% of telemarketers. It would have been easier for them to list the type of businesses that have to pay attention to the list. That is if there is one.

Most of these local companies don't advertise online that I know. (I could be wrong.) You'll find all of them in the Birmingham News, though. The automobile companies I listed advertise heavily in the local newspapers, but you may have to check their websites. The fact that a lot have moved to Alabama and are looking for workers is no big secret. In fact, a lot of the assembly line workers, which are more in demand, are making more than some ITs around here. There's also an Alabama Job Line, which I'll post as soon as I can find it.

Here are a couple of links:
A few Alabama employers
The JobBank

To answer your question about rent... Most one bedrooms are hard to come by, but if you can find them for cheaper than a 2 bed, you won't pay more than about $450/month for a good one. In fact, I nearly got a riverside apartment (beautiful view) in a nice apartment community (lots of kids and a few state troopers) for $375/month. That one was a two bed/one bath, though. They're usually cheaper. One of the nicer apartment complexes (albeit more expensive) where my mother lives is $585/month for a 2 br/2ba, but it includes cable and water.

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