Well actually, an entire peer reviewed research paper was written on what possible methods contamination from fracking wells can get into drinking water. It includes historical records of chemicals found in the water table dating back to the 60's and also methods of determining which contaminates came from which well. It also notes that 2-Butoxyethanol is found in cosmetics etc. and you can read it here: http://www.marcellus.psu.edu/n...
They won't because they know something like this would happen...
On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL. In this demonstration, he poured TEL over his hands, then placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems whatsoever.[5][8] However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant to be closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden to manufacture TEL there again without state permission. Midgley sought treatment for lead poisoning in Europe a few months after his demonstration at the press conference
Gaahhh, why does everyone always have to mix units?! Its either bajillion atoms/tiny volume or gazillion atoms/minute volume. Standards people, use them.
Circa when? My 8kW array was $19k last summer not including any incentives. I expect them to have a useful life of over 30 years. If your roof gets sun prices don't need to get higher (but I can't imagine they won't), you just need to think a tiny bit further out.
Why shouldn't "keeping graduation stats up, which leads to more enrollment and, you guessed it, more money" be the goal of every institution? I'm guessing the methods are whats deplorable. Perhaps you should mention those instead of just the things that could just as easily be hugely beneficial to students.
I would gladly pay more for a bundle that did not include ESPN
WTF?! Save your money and just don't watch them. You can even set up a favorites list so you never even see them when channel surfing. Don't give Veromcast-warner any ideas that there are morons out there who would pay more for less just to make a statement or we'll all start seeing channel exclusion fees!
"You're right that we don't have enough renewable energy yet to make this a useful technology. But hopefully that day is coming." No it will not.
While I'm glad you came back from the future to tell us this, I can't help but wonder how perfect and/or boring the future must be if your only mission was that/. post.
unlike most of the business ppl, such as Romney, Fiorina, McNerney, Welsh, Koch bros, etc, they focus on nothing but making money and have no interest in the future of America or Mankind.
Uhh, I'm pretty sure any feigned interest in mankind by the motley crew cited above (no offense to the band) has to be part of a ploy for more money/power (if there is a difference). You should probably add a bunch of names from the left as well.
The answer turned out to be about 80 million gallons per year.
Yeah I had that same question but the article cites "The company claims 700m gallons a year". Where did you get your number that could be off by an order of magnitude? And this article http://www.desertsun.com/story... says anywhere from 200M to 450M gallons....
I remember reading about reports from the middle ages about severed heads moving mouths, eyes, etc. well over a minute after decapitation. Surely some of it was involuntary twitches but on the other hand heart attacks usually don't kill instantly and most people can hold their breath somewhere around a minute. In any case its tough to ask how it feels.
You know why ozone (presumably you're referring to the ozone hole) isn't a problem today? Because the international community agreed to address it and its fucking FIXED (fixed enough anyway). If you meant ground level ozone, we got you covered there too. Tougher emissions standards and the ensuing cleaner vehicles have significantly reduced ground level ozone in the past 30 years.
Yes deforestation is a problem but the CO2 we're currently releasing from coal is coming from a bank of 50 Million Years worth of CO2 sequestration. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Human fossil fuel burning is absolutely enough to merit the CO2 change on its own.
Interesting, but the important question is how much possible forest land is forested? About 1/3 of the US is desert and the top 1/3 of Canada is tundra. I don't think the EU has nearly as much as either. But I won't deny the good news that forests in those two continents are somewhere in the neighborhood of sustainable these days....
the photo is simply too blurry to be useful (to the avg person)
What use does the average person have for any photo of outer space objects? If its simply to whet the appetite for better cooler stuff to come then its done its job for you right? Me personally I always had an image of pluto being bluish gray from some artists conception I saw when i was 5 or so. To find out it may be red just blew my mind! (sorta) I'd say that was useful to me...of course it didn't make me any money so perhaps you're right after all.
The winning ticket went unclaimed for almost a year. Hours before it was scheduled to expire, a company incorporated in Belize tried to claim the prize through a New York attorney.
Unfortunately that means you're going to need a new plan...
Volcanoes are part of a balanced system that's existed in pretty much the same state for the past few 10,000 years. Volcanic activity has not increased yet oceans are acidifying at an unusual rate (given no increase in pretty much anything besides human generated CO2 emissions). You'll just have to come to the logical conclusion on your own.
Lets hope so! That will mean we won't be dealing with all the mass migrations and any other abrupt changes that humans tend not to deal with very well.
Unfortunately its also impossible. First of all, people die of malaria but it is nowhere near the GP's 10's of millions (WHO cites 863k deaths worldwide as of 2008...not nothing but not a bullshit FUD number either). Second, while no link to cancer has been found, DDT does have wide ranging environmental impacts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT#Effects_on_wildlife_and_eggshell_thinning) so it behooves us not to spray shit everywhere for a relatively minor annoyance in most of the world. Third, the DDT scare started with one book that brought up the cancer question. Reports of dangers from human caused global warming are widely distributed among many 1000's of climate scientists dating back to the 1930's. Dissenting opinions are almost always found to have been funded by the oil industry in some way.
So even without a crystal ball you can be sure that we will not look back at your QUOTE global warming QUOTE in the same way. The smart money is on a situation similar to the lead industry propaganda campaign of the mid 1900's.
Good thought but a bunch of outlets are reporting that TSLA volume did indeed shoot up by almost a factor of 20 yesterday (and I checked for myself as well). So no, this story doesn't mean we're fooled, it means we're fucked.
Indeed. That high frequency trading has resulted in a single point of failure is the real story here. If bloomberg announced this to a bunch of humans, some would buy without thinking, a smaller amount would buy cause they're stupid but most would just laugh at bloomberg's mistake. Computers don't get jokes. Every time a previously unknown trigger occurs there is a chance a feedback loop will blow something up.
I'm more annoyed that there is a *minimum* pit time, meaning drivers have to wait and get penalized if they leave the pits too early.
That's a safety issue. It guarantees more than enough time for all of the belts to be properly fastened to avoid "Le Mans start" situations (where drivers would speed off as they were buckling up leading to several deaths) and it's consistent across the field so it doesn't affect the outcome. I believe present day LeMans racing doesn't need minimum pit times since refueling+tires takes longer than a driver change.
Yeah F1 isn't nearly as advanced as all those other racing series that don't have any regulations on the cars. For those interested I've compiled a list of regulation free racing series:
Wrong. The "rules" are set by the customer in this scenario. If they aren't followed the customer (government) is perfectly able to choose another bid (provided pork seeking senators allow it). Thus, this is not an Uber situation where the customers don't know/care about the rules that competitors are legally forced to play by.
The difference between new and old "space guys" is how they choose to follow rules set by the customer. In one case, decades of lobbying has resulted in unwieldy bureaucracy that only works when money is no object. The other case started from a blank slate with the goal of serving more than just one customer. Boeing can change it's process whenever it wants to.
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Well actually, an entire peer reviewed research paper was written on what possible methods contamination from fracking wells can get into drinking water. It includes historical records of chemicals found in the water table dating back to the 60's and also methods of determining which contaminates came from which well. It also notes that 2-Butoxyethanol is found in cosmetics etc. and you can read it here: http://www.marcellus.psu.edu/n...
Its also the first link in the summary.
They won't because they know something like this would happen...
On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL. In this demonstration, he poured TEL over his hands, then placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems whatsoever.[5][8] However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant to be closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden to manufacture TEL there again without state permission. Midgley sought treatment for lead poisoning in Europe a few months after his demonstration at the press conference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T....
That guy was the poster child for Hanlon's razor. Probably one of the single biggest environmental villains of all time, intentional or not.
gazillion lithium atoms......tiny volume.
Gaahhh, why does everyone always have to mix units?! Its either bajillion atoms/tiny volume or gazillion atoms/minute volume. Standards people, use them.
If you combine a 4kW PV system (roughly $16k)
Circa when? My 8kW array was $19k last summer not including any incentives. I expect them to have a useful life of over 30 years. If your roof gets sun prices don't need to get higher (but I can't imagine they won't), you just need to think a tiny bit further out.
Why shouldn't "keeping graduation stats up, which leads to more enrollment and, you guessed it, more money" be the goal of every institution? I'm guessing the methods are whats deplorable. Perhaps you should mention those instead of just the things that could just as easily be hugely beneficial to students.
I would gladly pay more for a bundle that did not include ESPN
WTF?! Save your money and just don't watch them. You can even set up a favorites list so you never even see them when channel surfing. Don't give Veromcast-warner any ideas that there are morons out there who would pay more for less just to make a statement or we'll all start seeing channel exclusion fees!
And who the hell gave you +4 for that?!
"You're right that we don't have enough renewable energy yet to make this a useful technology. But hopefully that day is coming."
No it will not.
While I'm glad you came back from the future to tell us this, I can't help but wonder how perfect and/or boring the future must be if your only mission was that /. post.
unlike most of the business ppl, such as Romney, Fiorina, McNerney, Welsh, Koch bros, etc, they focus on nothing but making money and have no interest in the future of America or Mankind.
Uhh, I'm pretty sure any feigned interest in mankind by the motley crew cited above (no offense to the band) has to be part of a ploy for more money/power (if there is a difference). You should probably add a bunch of names from the left as well.
The answer turned out to be about 80 million gallons per year.
Yeah I had that same question but the article cites "The company claims 700m gallons a year". Where did you get your number that could be off by an order of magnitude? And this article http://www.desertsun.com/story... says anywhere from 200M to 450M gallons....
I remember reading about reports from the middle ages about severed heads moving mouths, eyes, etc. well over a minute after decapitation. Surely some of it was involuntary twitches but on the other hand heart attacks usually don't kill instantly and most people can hold their breath somewhere around a minute. In any case its tough to ask how it feels.
You know why ozone (presumably you're referring to the ozone hole) isn't a problem today? Because the international community agreed to address it and its fucking FIXED (fixed enough anyway). If you meant ground level ozone, we got you covered there too. Tougher emissions standards and the ensuing cleaner vehicles have significantly reduced ground level ozone in the past 30 years.
Yes deforestation is a problem but the CO2 we're currently releasing from coal is coming from a bank of 50 Million Years worth of CO2 sequestration. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Human fossil fuel burning is absolutely enough to merit the CO2 change on its own.
Interesting, but the important question is how much possible forest land is forested? About 1/3 of the US is desert and the top 1/3 of Canada is tundra. I don't think the EU has nearly as much as either. But I won't deny the good news that forests in those two continents are somewhere in the neighborhood of sustainable these days....
the photo is simply too blurry to be useful (to the avg person)
What use does the average person have for any photo of outer space objects? If its simply to whet the appetite for better cooler stuff to come then its done its job for you right? Me personally I always had an image of pluto being bluish gray from some artists conception I saw when i was 5 or so. To find out it may be red just blew my mind! (sorta) I'd say that was useful to me...of course it didn't make me any money so perhaps you're right after all.
Sounds like you two are on the same page!
The winning ticket went unclaimed for almost a year. Hours before it was scheduled to expire, a company incorporated in Belize tried to claim the prize through a New York attorney.
Unfortunately that means you're going to need a new plan...
Volcanoes are part of a balanced system that's existed in pretty much the same state for the past few 10,000 years. Volcanic activity has not increased yet oceans are acidifying at an unusual rate (given no increase in pretty much anything besides human generated CO2 emissions). You'll just have to come to the logical conclusion on your own.
That's because almost everyone in court for speeding is guilty and hoping for a reduced sentence or guilty and an idiot.
Lets hope so! That will mean we won't be dealing with all the mass migrations and any other abrupt changes that humans tend not to deal with very well.
Unfortunately its also impossible. First of all, people die of malaria but it is nowhere near the GP's 10's of millions (WHO cites 863k deaths worldwide as of 2008...not nothing but not a bullshit FUD number either). Second, while no link to cancer has been found, DDT does have wide ranging environmental impacts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT#Effects_on_wildlife_and_eggshell_thinning) so it behooves us not to spray shit everywhere for a relatively minor annoyance in most of the world. Third, the DDT scare started with one book that brought up the cancer question. Reports of dangers from human caused global warming are widely distributed among many 1000's of climate scientists dating back to the 1930's. Dissenting opinions are almost always found to have been funded by the oil industry in some way.
So even without a crystal ball you can be sure that we will not look back at your QUOTE global warming QUOTE in the same way. The smart money is on a situation similar to the lead industry propaganda campaign of the mid 1900's.
The lead pipes were mostly fine
Perhaps you could elaborate "mostly".
(and they may be some still in use near you)
How is that at all related?
Is the industry that expensive even with everyone using a $30k satellite? Or does a $300B market rely on satellites costing closer to $1B each?
Good thought but a bunch of outlets are reporting that TSLA volume did indeed shoot up by almost a factor of 20 yesterday (and I checked for myself as well). So no, this story doesn't mean we're fooled, it means we're fucked.
Indeed. That high frequency trading has resulted in a single point of failure is the real story here. If bloomberg announced this to a bunch of humans, some would buy without thinking, a smaller amount would buy cause they're stupid but most would just laugh at bloomberg's mistake. Computers don't get jokes. Every time a previously unknown trigger occurs there is a chance a feedback loop will blow something up.
I'm more annoyed that there is a *minimum* pit time, meaning drivers have to wait and get penalized if they leave the pits too early.
That's a safety issue. It guarantees more than enough time for all of the belts to be properly fastened to avoid "Le Mans start" situations (where drivers would speed off as they were buckling up leading to several deaths) and it's consistent across the field so it doesn't affect the outcome. I believe present day LeMans racing doesn't need minimum pit times since refueling+tires takes longer than a driver change.
You know your product is crap when you have to create a market for it.
That's why I only buy products that serve markets that god created on the 6th day right after he hid all those dinosaur bones!
Yeah F1 isn't nearly as advanced as all those other racing series that don't have any regulations on the cars. For those interested I've compiled a list of regulation free racing series:
(end of list)
Wrong. The "rules" are set by the customer in this scenario. If they aren't followed the customer (government) is perfectly able to choose another bid (provided pork seeking senators allow it). Thus, this is not an Uber situation where the customers don't know/care about the rules that competitors are legally forced to play by.
The difference between new and old "space guys" is how they choose to follow rules set by the customer. In one case, decades of lobbying has resulted in unwieldy bureaucracy that only works when money is no object. The other case started from a blank slate with the goal of serving more than just one customer. Boeing can change it's process whenever it wants to.