I would be somewhat shocked if something like this made it to the C level and still didn't get resolved. At a minimum, those folks would at least recognize the impending PR disaster.
We can just build nukes and rip the nitrogen out of the air.
I doubt that your 2/3 would hold up to modern farm practice (assuming that the energy from petroleum was otherwise replaced), things would likely be much better (if nitrogen fertilizers were more expensive, crop rotation would be more popular...).
He's saying you'd need a goddamn lot of fucking worms.
I don't know why he is so pessimistic, fatalism is a lot more fun, if he really fears for the future, he should just do us the resource preserving favor of killing himself now.
You are posting thoughts, organized in paragraphs, with minimal errors (minimal errors is a stand in for me not having the patience to check closely...). You should give yourself more credit.
Human activity currently uses about 15 terawatts of power. The sun strikes the earth with more than 100 petawatts of power. That 100 petawatts can't even nearly be completely converted into usable energy, but it makes for a nice numerator when you start throwing inefficiencies at it.
For much of the world, biofuels probably won't work, but there are lots of pieces of Brazil that are perpetually pumping sunlight out as ethanol *right now*, so you need to be a little less petulant and absolute in your ranting.
Your ethanol math is shonky (or you typoed...). Ethanol is probably less than 10% of most gallons of gasoline, so 90% * 100% + 10% * 160% = 106%, not 160%.
Note that 10% and 90% are my estimates of the percentage of each liquid present in a gallon at the pump, and the 100% and 160% are percentage of the price of gasoline that you state for each.
I would guess the actor got a big head and the producers fired him (but I am just engaging in rank speculation here).
It still makes the show more interesting, but if that is the case, the writers don't deserve much credit for it.
(I watched about 20 minutes of a couple of early episodes this season, after skipping the last few nearly entirely; nothing made sense, and Jack was still the guy who did right just by doing, so I lost interest pretty quick)
My grid power is still cheaper than photovoltaic, by a lot (given my latitude, the panels would be basically useless long before they produced energy equivalent to the cost).
If you think corn ethanol is anything but a boondoggle, look longer and harder; the energy return is crap (this is especially true for the actual corn, using the celluose is a little better).
Ocean big. Biomass small. It is a more interesting question than 'is likely', but it isn't one that I have been able to answer (I haven't come anywhere near figuring out how fast the oceans mix, which has a huge impact on it).
Unless you are talking about writing mathematical proofs for all of the software, the app store isn't going to be 100% certain either.
A simple first thought is a time bomb; set it to the back half of a release cycle and it isn't real likely to get tested out, while still being present on lots of machines when it goes off.
Because they make a decent snack. I sure don't crave a tomato when I get done with a run.
I guess french fries (which are around 50% higher in potassium by weight) would be the holy grail for people that drink several liters of soda on an ongoing basis.
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I would be somewhat shocked if something like this made it to the C level and still didn't get resolved. At a minimum, those folks would at least recognize the impending PR disaster.
Out of the frying pan, into the steamer.
We can just build nukes and rip the nitrogen out of the air.
I doubt that your 2/3 would hold up to modern farm practice (assuming that the energy from petroleum was otherwise replaced), things would likely be much better (if nitrogen fertilizers were more expensive, crop rotation would be more popular...).
He's saying you'd need a goddamn lot of fucking worms.
I don't know why he is so pessimistic, fatalism is a lot more fun, if he really fears for the future, he should just do us the resource preserving favor of killing himself now.
Yeah, that you had a misconception was a misconception of GP poster.
You are posting thoughts, organized in paragraphs, with minimal errors (minimal errors is a stand in for me not having the patience to check closely...). You should give yourself more credit.
Human activity currently uses about 15 terawatts of power. The sun strikes the earth with more than 100 petawatts of power. That 100 petawatts can't even nearly be completely converted into usable energy, but it makes for a nice numerator when you start throwing inefficiencies at it.
For much of the world, biofuels probably won't work, but there are lots of pieces of Brazil that are perpetually pumping sunlight out as ethanol *right now*, so you need to be a little less petulant and absolute in your ranting.
Your ethanol math is shonky (or you typoed...). Ethanol is probably less than 10% of most gallons of gasoline, so 90% * 100% + 10% * 160% = 106%, not 160%.
Note that 10% and 90% are my estimates of the percentage of each liquid present in a gallon at the pump, and the 100% and 160% are percentage of the price of gasoline that you state for each.
I would guess the actor got a big head and the producers fired him (but I am just engaging in rank speculation here).
It still makes the show more interesting, but if that is the case, the writers don't deserve much credit for it.
(I watched about 20 minutes of a couple of early episodes this season, after skipping the last few nearly entirely; nothing made sense, and Jack was still the guy who did right just by doing, so I lost interest pretty quick)
My grid power is still cheaper than photovoltaic, by a lot (given my latitude, the panels would be basically useless long before they produced energy equivalent to the cost).
If you think corn ethanol is anything but a boondoggle, look longer and harder; the energy return is crap (this is especially true for the actual corn, using the celluose is a little better).
There is some sort of joke in there about the people who joined the cast of SNL after they left, but it isn't a very good joke.
What else would you compare eating diseased vomit to?
That's one baseline for comparison that I'm glad I don't have.
Ocean big. Biomass small. It is a more interesting question than 'is likely', but it isn't one that I have been able to answer (I haven't come anywhere near figuring out how fast the oceans mix, which has a huge impact on it).
He's the announcer on the Tonight Show come June. I guess they will cancel him instead of the show though.
Having Tony and Jack die and come back to life repeatedly just doesn't count.
24 left the shark in their wake long ago, may they forever pull a Bauer.
Yes, I agree.
Can you use your time-phone to call and let them know not to slaughter the dodo?
I want to see if it tastes like chicken.
Unless you are talking about writing mathematical proofs for all of the software, the app store isn't going to be 100% certain either.
A simple first thought is a time bomb; set it to the back half of a release cycle and it isn't real likely to get tested out, while still being present on lots of machines when it goes off.
Black?
After that, it just isn't coffee anymore.
I imagine quite a long time, though I think they are merely a good source of protein, so that might become a problem.
Ya know, I actually worried someone would come back with that. I wish I could prove it.
Ford just sent you a letter; it reads "Ha-ha".
Because they make a decent snack. I sure don't crave a tomato when I get done with a run.
I guess french fries (which are around 50% higher in potassium by weight) would be the holy grail for people that drink several liters of soda on an ongoing basis.
Popsicle sticks are also an excellent source of philosophy.
Not to mention, they come with a delicious treat.
Personally, I wish they taught spalling.
The current level of achievement is apelling.