It may have made sense in the past, when lighting was the main use of electricity. Nowdays with efficient LAD and fluorescent lights and many more uses for electric power, it doesn't save anything.
And you can add in the fact that a lesser proportion of the people these days work 9-5
and what if the magnetic fields in the MRI are affecting the way the brain operates. IIf we can sense the weak field of the earth, whats going to happen with the strong fields in a MRI
" parents who don't want their kids waiting for the bus in the dark"
A way around that is to have schools closed in the winter, and open all summer. (instead of them being open all winter and closed in the summer) It would also save the kids from waiting for the bus outside when its -20f (-40f windchill) or having to close schools when thr roads are blocked with snow.
Energy derived from the sun is not renewable. The sun will run out of hydron in a couple billiom years.
The correct term is Non-Carbon-Emittting or NCE which also includes nuvlear fission and geothermal (which is derived from nuclear fission, at the core) We won't be able to totally replace fossil fuels unless we develop more of the latter two sources, or get local fusion (intead of relying on the reactor that is 93 million miles away.
Or reduce the worlds population to a few hundred million.
If you ask people around here if they are worried about a 2 to 3 degree F temperature increase, they would say they'd welcome it, especially at this time of year. Last week it hit -35F (actual temperature, not wind chill)
Of course ots not as simple as that, climate change means preciptation patterns change and extreme weather events (floods, droughts and storms) become more common.
In recorded and prerecorded history the climate/weather problem that has killed the most people is drought.
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and not the most serious one.
Throughout history (and prehistory) the weather phenomenon that has killed the most people is drought.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves, this thing is not a starship , it couldn't even get out of the solar system.
For people that live in Fairfax county.
Not so good for the people who don't even know where Faifax county is
Theres probably quite a few of them.
"Norway has severe weather, sub zero temperatures for much of the year"
Yeah but sub-zero in Norway is not as cold as sub-zero in the US
They use Celsius temperature there, 0C is 32 above in Fahrenheit.
Don't all vacuums have lights these days?
Except the cordless handhelds of course
Are we talking hummingbird or albatross ?
Or swallow?
It may have made sense in the past, when lighting was the main use of electricity.
Nowdays with efficient LAD and fluorescent lights and many more uses for electric power, it doesn't save anything.
And you can add in the fact that a lesser proportion of the people these days work 9-5
and what if the magnetic fields in the MRI are affecting the way the brain operates. IIf we can sense the weak field of the earth, whats going to happen with the strong fields in a MRI
in Kessel Runs ?
"A prime number is divisible only by itself and 1
1 is prime (by this definition)"
When I was learning Maths (Mathematics is plural where I come from) I was taught that 1 is not prime, it is a special case.
Anyway for 1 the statement becomes:
1 is divisible by 1 and 1
But 1and1 is now IONOS
They're using BASE 9
Who uses .RAR archives these days?
And it would take a lot of energy to make one
The sun us nit renewable.
The correct term is non-carbon energy
" I believe going beyond 40 or so digits already gets you down in the range of accurate to within a planck length or so."
But what if you draw a bigger circle?
" parents who don't want their kids waiting for the bus in the dark"
A way around that is to have schools closed in the winter, and open all summer. (instead of them being open all winter and closed in the summer) It would also save the kids from waiting for the bus outside when its -20f (-40f windchill) or having to close schools when thr roads are blocked with snow.
harn copyright owners
I won't be joining uo
are the ones made of wood
there are only 4 of them left flying, including one in NZ
The sun is not renewable.
They need to start calling these energy sources "Non Carbon Energy"
Which also includes fission based power plants and geothermal.
Energy derived from the sun is not renewable. The sun will run out of hydron in a couple billiom years.
The correct term is Non-Carbon-Emittting or NCE
which also includes nuvlear fission and geothermal (which is derived from nuclear fission, at the core)
We won't be able to totally replace fossil fuels unless we develop more of the latter two sources, or get local fusion (intead of relying on the reactor that is 93 million miles away.
Or reduce the worlds population to a few hundred million.
and its not pitch black, its snow white during the winter
Amy made her big announcement yesterday - how come Slashdot is only caught up to it today?
If you ask people around here if they are worried about a 2 to 3 degree F temperature increase, they would say they'd welcome it, especially at this time of year.
Last week it hit -35F (actual temperature, not wind chill)
Of course ots not as simple as that, climate change means preciptation patterns change and extreme weather events (floods, droughts and storms) become more common.
In recorded and prerecorded history the climate/weather problem that has killed the most people is drought.
He also predicted that we'd still be using PetaByte drives in 3001