The article is false and misleading. If I clean up a leaking 55gallon drum of mercury wearing a proper hazmat suit I can be exposed to less mercury then a can of tuna, but does that make it safe to dispose of in a landfill? Just because personal exposure to a spill is low doesn't mean they are landfill safe!
I don't quite follow the argument here. How did you go from a CFL light bulb to a drum of mercury? Unless, of course, you're comparing quantities. a few glasses of water per day would be good. One glass a day would be far too little. But if you drank, say, 10 gallons in a sitting, that is obviously going to be toxic. As is drinking a few glasses of DDH2O ("pure" water).
The article talked about amount received during cleanup, not total amount of mercury present. This does nothing to address the environmental impact of improper disposal. I was just pointing out that an apple is an apple and not an orange.
I have a couple led bulbs and can attest that they are almost there. It's kinda reminiscent of CFLs when they first came out. They are expensive and the color isn't perfect. Give em another couple years. How are they replacement tubes working out for you? Haven't gone there yet.
Segway didn't try to fill a niche, they tried to create one. Just like microwaves, or velcro. They just didn't have a game changing device, or more to the point, it didn't change the game.
The article is false and misleading. If I clean up a leaking 55gallon drum of mercury wearing a proper hazmat suit I can be exposed to less mercury then a can of tuna, but does that make it safe to dispose of in a landfill? Just because personal exposure to a spill is low doesn't mean they are landfill safe!
The difference between Republicans and Democrats is who pays the bills. Conservative/Liberal differences are actually in beliefs on who should hold the power, the government vs the people. The way both sides throw around the terms however they see fit doesn't help for casual understanding. Right now I will vote for anyone with actual conservative beliefs and actions, but my ballot is always sadly lacking. Too bad you can't vote "none of the above." and have a random person selected from the population if the choice wins. Call it the political lottery.
Hmm. Tim McVeigh, yes what an excellent strawman. What objective what he trying to achieve? How did that support his fundamental beliefs? Was he going to topple government with his act?
If James Jay Lee was classified as an environmentalist and not a crazy then I'd see some of your point, but at least Lee had direct objectives he wanted to achieve with his act. We don't have home grown terrorists groups, we have home grown crazies, and as such the government can't do much about it. Going after political groups because of crazies in them is, well, crazy. If the groups have terrorists objectives then I can side with the government, but right now it's a pretty horrid assault on freedom of speech.
Both major parties want to invade your personal life:
Democrats want you to smoke weed, but not tobacco (flip for Republicans if they smoke/are bought by the tobacco lobby)
Democrats want to censure you from saying "hurtful" words, but want flag burning (flip for Repubs)
Democrats want to control what you eat, no more fast food for you (I'm sure Repubs want you to eat thing that their lobbyists sell)
Democrats don't want you to drink soda, but alcohol is a-okay (Repubs get money from both soda and alcohol lobbyists.).
Democrats want you to speak out against the government [unless they're in power] (same for the Repubs. But most republicans didn't try to stop free speech. Remember "That's My Bush.")
The list can go on. Thinking that the Democrats are for personal freedom is outdated thinking. Both major parties are led by totalitarian control freaks who think their supporters are mindless idiots who need to be controlled.
FTFY
I keep getting calls from the republicans asking for campaign money because I was foolish enough to give to them once. I keep telling the callers that they won't see any of my money unless I see them actually supporting issues I believe in, but the other sheeples keep giving them money. The sad thing is they no longer make any promises or state what they support/believe in, they only give mindless catch phrases to make me feel like they believe what I believe and the other guys don't. Get all these bums out, on both sides. A random group of people could govern better and I would trust them more.
Up until a couple years ago I would have agreed with you on looks, but the color spectrum of newer CFL bulbs is on par with incandescents. Yes some of them take a few minutes to come up to full brightness, but some don't, it depends on brand.. Lifespan is very misleading. I have an attic light that is on 24/7 and a garage light that is on 24/7 they both have lasted years, every other CFL light bulb in the house has lasted on par with incandescents which offers little to no actual savings. It's not how long they will last, it's how long they will last in normal application. Finally, mercury in the water supply is bad, but at this rate it's unavoidable. CFLs do get tossed with the trash and even if 99% of the people using them recycle them properly it's still a lot of mercury in the landfills. It's just a mater of time before CFLs get banned and we are back in the dark ages. Guess we will all have incandescent heaters then.
I shop online for environmental reasons or at least for the cost of gas reasons. It's not a simple 20 minute trip for me to pick up anything I might want because I'm in a small town. If I want something that isn't sold locally then it's at least an hour drive. And by not sold locally, we don't even have a major home improvement store! So without shoping online I can forget about buying a new hard drive or a new bowling ball unless I want to drive.
Do these foreign companies pay for fishing rights? YES! Is it a large part of their economy? YES! Is fishing the livelihood of many people on these islands? YES! But I guess the starvation of all the fishermen employed by these companies would have a positive environmental impact. Maybe they can all work at coconut farms instead.
References. Please if you are going to make a blanket statement about sea levels rising then back it up. Otherwise I will take your statement with the same indifference I give to the anonymous coward. If it weren't for media blowing these pieces of research out of proportion I would be more receptive to believing facts as offered. As it is now, we have run out of oil several hundred times since the 70s, have overpopulated the earth to the point where we should all be dead by an order of magnitude from the 60s, we're living in a new ice age from global cooling, and we don't even have any birds left nor a viable ecosystem because of DDT from 1962. So let me say this in no uncertain terms: Either back up your claims with data beyond refute, or don't make end of the world predictions and expect me to jump.
Well, they lose a major source of food and income so many of the people starve while their leader can show the world how good he is. Kinda like the whole corn ethanol push, except the actual country making the change will be the one facing starvation. But hey, maybe they have plenty of cake.
But what does fishing have to do with global warming?! I'm going to stop running my water while brushing my teeth tomorrow as my way of fixing the hole in the ozone layer. There that problem's solved!
Ahh, so what does that have to do with rising sea levels? If it's only about conserving their cash crop then it makes sense, but when you tie it into global warming it gets screwy. Also how does stopping all fishing in these areas really help it any better then limiting fishing? This article is poorly written at best, anyone care to shed some light on this from other sources?
Well, most large industrial plants are expensive to operate and even more expensive to shutdown and repair. Sounds like a Dr Evil ransom situation to me. $1,000,000,000,000,000 or I cause your machinery to explode.
Network != Internet. If you have to control a large industrial system then you need to have centralized command and control, this is what enables the operators to see changes and equipment failure before they begin breaking other things. If you were to say the problem is the DEFAULT PASSWORD then I would agree with you.
References! If you don't have them, then we have to take the article as valid.
"To date we’ve invested £48.4m in a combination of staff training, network upgrades, server replacements, hardware and software – and we continue to drive efficiency through innovation"
This could mean anything. Also if it is all the IT services for the city council, does that make it much better? Look at the website yourself!
Shhh!!! Don't tell people about that! There are already people on slashdot who think lighter fluid is extremely dangerous! I hope nobody mentions hand sanitizer napalm, then we would be in trouble!
If this were true then welding torches couldn't exist. The nozzle itself prevents the flame from traveling to the reservoir. Doesn't matter that it's plastic, what matters is that it has no oxygen flowing through it, and it also absorbs any heat before it can flash back. Steady streams of flammable liquids are relatively safe as long as you don't light yourself on fire.
Why is this even a story?! On ship once, our cruise-book (think yearbook for the navy.) had to have pages cut out and sharpied over because there were pictures of things that the photographer and publisher had agreed not to use. It wasn't because we hated books or free speech, it was because there are some things we don't want potential enemies to know. This is no different. If you once had a security clearance and then write about your experiences you are still under contract for the clearance you once had. This guy didn't get permission to print this book before he published and now is in hot water over it.
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The article is false and misleading. If I clean up a leaking 55gallon drum of mercury wearing a proper hazmat suit I can be exposed to less mercury then a can of tuna, but does that make it safe to dispose of in a landfill? Just because personal exposure to a spill is low doesn't mean they are landfill safe!
I don't quite follow the argument here. How did you go from a CFL light bulb to a drum of mercury? Unless, of course, you're comparing quantities. a few glasses of water per day would be good. One glass a day would be far too little. But if you drank, say, 10 gallons in a sitting, that is obviously going to be toxic. As is drinking a few glasses of DDH2O ("pure" water).
The article talked about amount received during cleanup, not total amount of mercury present. This does nothing to address the environmental impact of improper disposal. I was just pointing out that an apple is an apple and not an orange.
Yeah, but it's not cool to roll up on a scooter.
I have a couple led bulbs and can attest that they are almost there. It's kinda reminiscent of CFLs when they first came out. They are expensive and the color isn't perfect. Give em another couple years. How are they replacement tubes working out for you? Haven't gone there yet.
Have you ever ridden a bike on the street?! Cars do not watch out for you, unless maybe it's to aim for you!
Segway didn't try to fill a niche, they tried to create one. Just like microwaves, or velcro. They just didn't have a game changing device, or more to the point, it didn't change the game.
Sources please.
The article is false and misleading. If I clean up a leaking 55gallon drum of mercury wearing a proper hazmat suit I can be exposed to less mercury then a can of tuna, but does that make it safe to dispose of in a landfill? Just because personal exposure to a spill is low doesn't mean they are landfill safe!
The difference between Republicans and Democrats is who pays the bills. Conservative/Liberal differences are actually in beliefs on who should hold the power, the government vs the people. The way both sides throw around the terms however they see fit doesn't help for casual understanding. Right now I will vote for anyone with actual conservative beliefs and actions, but my ballot is always sadly lacking. Too bad you can't vote "none of the above." and have a random person selected from the population if the choice wins. Call it the political lottery.
Hmm. Tim McVeigh, yes what an excellent strawman. What objective what he trying to achieve? How did that support his fundamental beliefs? Was he going to topple government with his act?
If James Jay Lee was classified as an environmentalist and not a crazy then I'd see some of your point, but at least Lee had direct objectives he wanted to achieve with his act. We don't have home grown terrorists groups, we have home grown crazies, and as such the government can't do much about it. Going after political groups because of crazies in them is, well, crazy. If the groups have terrorists objectives then I can side with the government, but right now it's a pretty horrid assault on freedom of speech.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Should be a convenience store, not a government agency!
Both major parties want to invade your personal life:
The list can go on. Thinking that the Democrats are for personal freedom is outdated thinking. Both major parties are led by totalitarian control freaks who think their supporters are mindless idiots who need to be controlled.
FTFY
I keep getting calls from the republicans asking for campaign money because I was foolish enough to give to them once. I keep telling the callers that they won't see any of my money unless I see them actually supporting issues I believe in, but the other sheeples keep giving them money. The sad thing is they no longer make any promises or state what they support/believe in, they only give mindless catch phrases to make me feel like they believe what I believe and the other guys don't. Get all these bums out, on both sides. A random group of people could govern better and I would trust them more.
Up until a couple years ago I would have agreed with you on looks, but the color spectrum of newer CFL bulbs is on par with incandescents. Yes some of them take a few minutes to come up to full brightness, but some don't, it depends on brand.. Lifespan is very misleading. I have an attic light that is on 24/7 and a garage light that is on 24/7 they both have lasted years, every other CFL light bulb in the house has lasted on par with incandescents which offers little to no actual savings. It's not how long they will last, it's how long they will last in normal application. Finally, mercury in the water supply is bad, but at this rate it's unavoidable. CFLs do get tossed with the trash and even if 99% of the people using them recycle them properly it's still a lot of mercury in the landfills. It's just a mater of time before CFLs get banned and we are back in the dark ages. Guess we will all have incandescent heaters then.
I shop online for environmental reasons or at least for the cost of gas reasons. It's not a simple 20 minute trip for me to pick up anything I might want because I'm in a small town. If I want something that isn't sold locally then it's at least an hour drive. And by not sold locally, we don't even have a major home improvement store! So without shoping online I can forget about buying a new hard drive or a new bowling ball unless I want to drive.
Do these foreign companies pay for fishing rights? YES! Is it a large part of their economy? YES! Is fishing the livelihood of many people on these islands? YES! But I guess the starvation of all the fishermen employed by these companies would have a positive environmental impact. Maybe they can all work at coconut farms instead.
References. Please if you are going to make a blanket statement about sea levels rising then back it up. Otherwise I will take your statement with the same indifference I give to the anonymous coward. If it weren't for media blowing these pieces of research out of proportion I would be more receptive to believing facts as offered. As it is now, we have run out of oil several hundred times since the 70s, have overpopulated the earth to the point where we should all be dead by an order of magnitude from the 60s, we're living in a new ice age from global cooling, and we don't even have any birds left nor a viable ecosystem because of DDT from 1962. So let me say this in no uncertain terms: Either back up your claims with data beyond refute, or don't make end of the world predictions and expect me to jump.
Well, they lose a major source of food and income so many of the people starve while their leader can show the world how good he is. Kinda like the whole corn ethanol push, except the actual country making the change will be the one facing starvation. But hey, maybe they have plenty of cake.
But what does fishing have to do with global warming?! I'm going to stop running my water while brushing my teeth tomorrow as my way of fixing the hole in the ozone layer. There that problem's solved!
Ahh, so what does that have to do with rising sea levels? If it's only about conserving their cash crop then it makes sense, but when you tie it into global warming it gets screwy. Also how does stopping all fishing in these areas really help it any better then limiting fishing? This article is poorly written at best, anyone care to shed some light on this from other sources?
Well, most large industrial plants are expensive to operate and even more expensive to shutdown and repair. Sounds like a Dr Evil ransom situation to me. $1,000,000,000,000,000 or I cause your machinery to explode.
Network != Internet. If you have to control a large industrial system then you need to have centralized command and control, this is what enables the operators to see changes and equipment failure before they begin breaking other things. If you were to say the problem is the DEFAULT PASSWORD then I would agree with you.
References! If you don't have them, then we have to take the article as valid.
"To date we’ve invested £48.4m in a combination of staff training, network upgrades, server replacements, hardware and software – and we continue to drive efficiency through innovation"
This could mean anything. Also if it is all the IT services for the city council, does that make it much better? Look at the website yourself!
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/
You had an acetylene bottle explode and are here to talk about it! My hat is off to you friend.
Shhh!!! Don't tell people about that! There are already people on slashdot who think lighter fluid is extremely dangerous! I hope nobody mentions hand sanitizer napalm, then we would be in trouble!
If this were true then welding torches couldn't exist. The nozzle itself prevents the flame from traveling to the reservoir. Doesn't matter that it's plastic, what matters is that it has no oxygen flowing through it, and it also absorbs any heat before it can flash back. Steady streams of flammable liquids are relatively safe as long as you don't light yourself on fire.
Why is this even a story?! On ship once, our cruise-book (think yearbook for the navy.) had to have pages cut out and sharpied over because there were pictures of things that the photographer and publisher had agreed not to use. It wasn't because we hated books or free speech, it was because there are some things we don't want potential enemies to know. This is no different. If you once had a security clearance and then write about your experiences you are still under contract for the clearance you once had. This guy didn't get permission to print this book before he published and now is in hot water over it.