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  1. Re:chicken little on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    I see no problem using the currently cheapest form of energy until it's surpassed by alternatives, which will happen soon enough.

  2. Re:chicken little on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    The lesson is that sometimes* there's a currently unknown technical development that will alleviate the linearly projected future problem. The conference in the listed article had to be aborted since they could not even foresee how the problem would be solved. No subsidies or regulations were ever needed.

    *) So far "sometimes" is "always". If you want to claim that this time is different, there would need to be a substantial burden of proof on your part.

  3. Re:chicken little on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    In the late 19th century we believed we'd soon reach the upper limit of how large our cities could be built, since we would soon not be able to remove all the manure from the streets.

    Then we replaced horses with cars.

    (Point left as an exercise to the reader. If you really want to cheat, click the link)

    http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-great-horse-manure-crisis-of-1894/

  4. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    there is only a limit to how much CO2 plants can take. There was a balance before we started with heavy industry

    You seriously just made that up. Why?

    CO2 optimum for most plants is around 1000ppm, likely because plant life evolved at at time when CO2 concentrations in our atmosphere was much higher than today. There's never been a "balance" either but has varied by more than an order of magnitude.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phanerozoic_Carbon_Dioxide.png

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#Photosynthesis_and_carbon_fixation

  5. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    before it is cut off when it stops matching

    That is different from the dendrochronology graphs cut off at both ends (pre 16th century and late 20th century) just how?

    http://climateaudit.org/2011/03/21/hide-the-decline-the-other-deletion/

  6. Re:There were glaciers all over Montana on Canadian Ice Shelves Halve In Six Years · · Score: 1

    According to some proxies, yes. According to others, no.

  7. Re:The biggest issue isn't the science... on 150th Anniversary of Greenhouse Climate Theory · · Score: 1

    Is that from the scientific or the dumbed-down-political part of the IPCC report?

    (hint: The question is rhetorical)

  8. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    That you don't understand the scientific method. You should've immediately recognized the comparison of what you wrote to proving the non-existence of God.

    Please stick to science, even when you don't agree with the conclusions. Anything else is faith.

  9. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    Thank you for proving my point.

  10. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    No, not all. But almost: http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/About_Argo.html

    Please study what's known as the scientific method before replying. What you're saying is the same as proclaiming that science cannot disprove the existence of God.

  11. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    How do you suggest that the warmer waters manage to skip 2000 meters?

    Please do science, not religion.

  12. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    ARGOS observes, and hasn't seen the "missing heat" enter the deep oceans.

    Observation trumps modeling.

  13. Re:Solar dies, RADIATION LIVES. on Solar Company Folds After $0.5B In Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Ask any reputable Chiropractor about how radiation causes serious subluxations due to DNA malformation.

    I lol'd

  14. Re:man wtf on Like a Redstone Cowboy · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's a PC game. There isn't a cellphone client, yet.

    Maybe a little research before making an idiot of yourself would be worthwhile.

    https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

  15. Re:man wtf on Like a Redstone Cowboy · · Score: 1

    It is not available on any phones, nor has it ever been.

    My Sony Ericsson PLAY runs the official Minecraft for Android absolutely perfectly, thankyou.

    https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

  16. Re:More Anti-AGW Commenters on CERN Studies Connection Between Cosmic Rays and Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I'm not in support of murdering 100000 innocent civilians just because a guy who believe God made him president had a fit, no.

    Hans Blix said Saddam wasn't lying. He was right.

  17. Re:More Anti-AGW Commenters on CERN Studies Connection Between Cosmic Rays and Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I'm from the same country as Hans Blix.

    http://www.smh.com.au/world/hans-blix-slams-bush-blair-over-iraq-war-20100728-10uo8.html

    He was right you know, and what was it Bush said about him and his work again?

    #37: "When he [Saddam Hussein] chose to deny inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him" - http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3907

    My guess is that you're so deep into partisan US politics to ever be able to understand how the rest of the world looks at your actions.

  18. Re:More Anti-AGW Commenters on CERN Studies Connection Between Cosmic Rays and Climate Change · · Score: 1

    You really need to find less biased sources for your daily information flow.

  19. Re:African immune systems no worse than others! on Neanderthal Sex Boosted Immunity In Modern Humans · · Score: 1

    those Africans without Neanderthal genes do not seem to have any weaknesses in their immune systems in dealing with viruses compared to others. True there are some illnesses that Africans suffer more than others, but there are also other illnesses that Europeans and Asians also suffer from more as well, so it seems to balance out.

    "seems", unqualified, is a very non-scientific statement though. It sounds like an interesting hypothesis to test.

  20. Re:Still not sounding quite "settled" on Michael Mann Vindicated (Again) Over Climategate · · Score: 1

    I would agree with you if it was only an error in the recent proxy record, however, the proxy also failed in the beginning of the measurement series casting doubt to it's correlation abilities completely.

    That was also hidden.

    http://climateaudit.org/2011/03/23/13321/

  21. Re:History of this.... on OS X Lion Ships With Faulty NVidia Drivers · · Score: 1

    I used the unsupported version of getting an older EFI back and haven't upgrade to 1.7 since. Works fine my my (Apply Service Center) replaced harddrive, since I got the infamous mid-2009 MBP SATA cable harddisk crash.

    (The SATA cable apparently does other things as well, like keeping track of lid open/closed, and can become "faulty". Symptoms are like a disk crash)

    Note: I THINK these are the same instructions I followed, but it would be best to research yourself.

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=8416559&postcount=323

    Possible starting point: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2267098?start=165&tstart=0

  22. Re:antimatter on Anti-Matter Belt Discovered Around Earth · · Score: 1

    we already have tactical nukes which can fit into a brief case

    I'm assuming he wasn't a researcher in nuclear weapons development :) There's a huge [citation needed] around that myth (?).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitcase_nuke

  23. Re:Today's lesson on UK Police Charge Suspected Anonymous Spokesman · · Score: 2

    real, lasting change. None of which involves "riots"

    On the contrary, that's the basis for most real lasting changes. Look it up. Women's rights movements, blacks, end of slavery, overthrowing kings etc.

  24. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    Thank you. All I wanted to prove was that people who shout "AGW will kill your children!!!11" don't change their views when confronted with data that doesn't match their belief :) No, your interpretation of those graphs do not in any way support your premise. It's somewhat amusing that you went that far.

  25. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    According to our user ids I've been here for "a few" years longer than you - I'm quite sure I know how to "handle the technology". It's much more likely you're not amused with having your statement on "extreme weather" challenged with links to three different graphs all to official websites portraying no such trend at all ;)

    When I tried to just post plain addresses, Slashdot failed to make links of them (cut off somewhere in the path). The version I posted is where I made the A HREF tags manually, but then Slashdot decided to add &%238203; to the middle of all three.

    What you have to do, if you can handle such advanced technology (o_O) is to copy & paste them - as I explained in the post itself. Copy the visible text address, paste it into your address bar. See the diagram. Notice it does not support any increase in "extreme weather". Take care to reflect upon the source and data behind the diagram.

    Have a nice day.