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Where Has All the Xenon Gone?
LucidBeast writes "Xenon, the second heaviest of the noble gasses, is only found in trace amounts in the atmosphere. Atmosphere contains less xenon than other lighter noble gasses. Missing xenon has perplexed scientists and it has been speculated that it is hiding in the Earth's mantle. Now, a group at the University of Bayreuth in Germany thinks it might have found the answer. It turns out that xenon does not dissolve easily into magnesium silicate perovskite, and thus it cannot hide there. Because it had no place to hide, it is now gone forever."
Look everyone, it's another Rand Conspiracy nutjob...
I miss the days when the nutballs were easily identified by the tinfoil skull caps and end is near signs.... No they had to find a horribly written book by a incredibly untalented author that was universally panned as horrible in her time and all time after that and start their new religion on that piece of Science fiction..
You guys know that is how Scientology started right?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Because the a-hat tailgating you in a lifted truck with xenon headlights ruins your nightvision.
Is this issue really the bulbs, or is it the asshole, the truck, or the tailgating ? My preference if someone is really close and trying to blind me is to turn my lights off, and let them light the road for me. Of course, this wouldnt be safe, so I keep coasting to a slower and safer speed. Eventually the asshole figures it out.
Sure, if you like replacing your headlights 1-2 times a year. That makes them even more expensive by comparison.
Of course, by insisting on getting out of it ASAP, they're driving prices down so they don't get a return on the investment and they are driving wasteful use of a finite resource. The only way they could be any dumber about their market exit would be if they just opened the valves and walked away.