Ah, so global warming is made up because a SOFTWARE ARCHITECT and amateur astronomer says so.
As a Solutions Architect and amateur astronomer I say the world is flat. Through observation:
- From sea level it looks flat
- I have been up in an aeroplane and it still looks flat.
- My world map is flat (well okay it is vertical, but still in two dimensions).
- A marble I place a little way away from me doesn't roll away like it does when placed a little off centre on my wife's exercise ball
- I have lived in the top and bottom halves of the world map (or "hemispheres" to you unbelievers) and the above still applies
I suspect that those of you who think it is round haven't taken into account that light bends when it gets close to a mass.
"we can keep burning as many greenhouse gases as we like"
Maybe we can, but we shouldn't. Electric cars and clean air have to be preferable to petrol cars and smog. Electric cars = advanced portable power = more gadgets and robots.
Back on topic, won't the snow reflect the sunlight resulting in less warming?
I am one slashdotter that can't wait for us to drop oil and coal in favour of electricity and batteries regardless of whether
Energy dense portable power. How else are we going to get workable lasers on friggin' sharks?
As well as all of the other cool things that we are all hanging out for - robot exoskeletons for example
Actually trees are pretty bad at capturing carbon in the short term to medium term (which is probably the lifetime of this factory). Most trees take a minimum of 20 years to reach any size - so not much good for cooling. They are also dormant in the winter.
Imagine the weight of grass clippings (buried as much) you can produce in that same 20 year period. Better yet some weeds (such as the thistle) have a cycle of less than 100 days.
The best thing that Toyota could do would be to let the grounds get completely overgrown and slash and mulch every so often. But then that wouldn't meet our aesthetic would it?
This is true of the plant matter above the surface - if left in place it will oxidise as CO2 - although there is a good chance that the Toyota gardeners will tidy up any dead matter and recycle it, in which case it may be turned into mulch. However the matter below the surface will decompose and add to the soil.
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So fine then, unless you are a monkey in a research lab. So perhaps we should prepare to welcome our simian cybernetic overlords....
Hey, you are not a geezer, don't presume to speak for us....
You gave the answer yourself. All it takes is a government with the bollocks to do it. So we are all doomed...
Ah, so global warming is made up because a SOFTWARE ARCHITECT and amateur astronomer says so. As a Solutions Architect and amateur astronomer I say the world is flat. Through observation: - From sea level it looks flat - I have been up in an aeroplane and it still looks flat. - My world map is flat (well okay it is vertical, but still in two dimensions). - A marble I place a little way away from me doesn't roll away like it does when placed a little off centre on my wife's exercise ball - I have lived in the top and bottom halves of the world map (or "hemispheres" to you unbelievers) and the above still applies I suspect that those of you who think it is round haven't taken into account that light bends when it gets close to a mass.
"we can keep burning as many greenhouse gases as we like" Maybe we can, but we shouldn't. Electric cars and clean air have to be preferable to petrol cars and smog. Electric cars = advanced portable power = more gadgets and robots. Back on topic, won't the snow reflect the sunlight resulting in less warming?
I am one slashdotter that can't wait for us to drop oil and coal in favour of electricity and batteries regardless of whether Energy dense portable power. How else are we going to get workable lasers on friggin' sharks? As well as all of the other cool things that we are all hanging out for - robot exoskeletons for example
Would that be the same UN that Israel has been ignoring for the past 20 years or more, for example security council resolution 452.
Actually trees are pretty bad at capturing carbon in the short term to medium term (which is probably the lifetime of this factory). Most trees take a minimum of 20 years to reach any size - so not much good for cooling. They are also dormant in the winter. Imagine the weight of grass clippings (buried as much) you can produce in that same 20 year period. Better yet some weeds (such as the thistle) have a cycle of less than 100 days. The best thing that Toyota could do would be to let the grounds get completely overgrown and slash and mulch every so often. But then that wouldn't meet our aesthetic would it?
This is true of the plant matter above the surface - if left in place it will oxidise as CO2 - although there is a good chance that the Toyota gardeners will tidy up any dead matter and recycle it, in which case it may be turned into mulch. However the matter below the surface will decompose and add to the soil.