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Ripeness Sticker Coming to Supermarket Fruit
Adam Weiss writes "A biosystems engineering professor has just announced a "ripeness sticker" for fruit. According to this AP article, grocers throw out thousands of bushels of fruit a year because it ripens too fast (1 bushel is about 9 U.S. gallons). Mark Riley's RediRipe stickers turn from white to blue as fruit ripens. The stickers react with ethylene gas, a chemical which is released as fruit or vegetables ripen. However the article says "there are still bugs to be worked out: The stickers do not change color to reflect an overripe or rotten piece of fruit. Also, not all fruit produces enough ethylene to be detected by the sticker.""
When pretending to be a metric-system troll it pays not to mis-spell litres giving away your identity as a shit-stirring American.
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"How many bushels are there in a Volkswagen Beetle anyway? Or in a Library of Congress?"
Don't be stupid. None. Neither can fit into a bushel basket.
Dude, are you so dumb that you think farmers in the EU use metric units? Why don't you go ask them, and you'll find out about units of measure called bushels, pecks, quarts etc. Look here if you're confused. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushel
And before you get all smug, consider that in the U.K., despite being metric, all the road signs are in miles and miles/hour. The speedometers are miles per hour, and people talk about miles per gallon.... they mention 0-60 times...
Are you getting the point here?
Being 20 and a sophomore in college is no crime. But to display ignorance at the level you're doing; you should just sit quietly and learn. I'm sure your mom and dad explained that to you at least once.