The greenhouse gas emissions of all the space bound rockets in the world would be insignificant compared to say the fireworks and rockets used on 4th July, or even those used on 5th November (for UK and NZ readers).
And what about the environmental impact of next weeks midterm elections, all that advertising that goes straight into the garbage (its glossy so won't recycle) or even the gas used by people driving to the polling booth.
I am sure that the late Sir Edmund Hillery would prefer they gave better connectivity to the poor villages in the surrounding area. (and Tenzing Norgay too)
How about they cancel the frakking wrestling, or at least move it to another channel. Wrestling is not SciFi by any definition. Theres a lot of other crap on there that is arguably not SciFi either.
The earths crust contains carbon, and this impact would have vaporized a lot of that. Also there would be molten bits of rock flung over the whole planet, causing a global firestorm from whatever vegetation was around at the time.
Antarctica has the biggest ice sheets on the planet. It may take a long time to actually melt, but if (as is possible) they start sliding off the land into the sea, it doesn't matter whether it is melted or not, ice floating in water displaces as much water as it would if melted.
Science Fiction authors have known for a long time that time travel can create paradoxes. There are many better efforts than the BTTF series however. (Of course BTTF was never intended as 'serious' science fiction. Even Star Trek has done a better job.
Even if we had Bussard ramscoops it still takes a while to get anywhere. I am assuming that you can't accelerate much faster than 10m per second squared without it being too hard on the crew. Of course once you get close to c the time is slowed down for the crew, but it will take a year to get up to those speeds.
Normally high compression engines require high octane fuel, which costs more to produce. In the past they used to add a lead compound to (cheaply) improve the octane rating. Won't be allowed to do that these days...
It might get more MPG, but if the fuel costs more than teice as much per gallon you aren't going to save $$$
The UN hasn't been able to stop the logging of the rainforests, nations aquiring nukes, or the persecution of minorites (like the Baha'is of Iran, the Palestinians in Israel and the Buddhists in Tibet) so how are they going to stop someone blotting out the sun. I wonder how they will prevent the next solar eclipse.
Anyway how do they plan to prevent global warming if they ban such things that could help?
So this only affects the CIA run Predators? What about those flown by the Air Force ? I know they have some Predator drones they use. (Some are controlled in Grand Forks and by the 199th in Fargo.
Oil in shale and tar sands takes a lot of energy to extract. Its not worth it economically. At least for using oil as an energy source. It may be useful if we have some other source of energy like fusion, and we could use that to extract the oil for its non-energy uses (plastic industry)
It needs a gas engine to go "speeds above 70 miles per hour" ?
So what, thats the speed limit around here. Maybe theres some states like Montana that don't have speed limits, but an electric car is probably not the best option out there.
Yes I know most people don't always obey speed limits, but you know that energy consuption increases with the square of the speed, so driving faster than 70 is not a good idea (unless you are going downhill with a a tail wind, or drafting behind a semi.
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Babylon 5 went for 5 seasons, and was the best Science Fiction on TV. And certainly more scientific than most.
I never got into the 'new' BSG but I used to watch the late 70's show with Lorne Green . The science in that was pretty abysmal.
Do LCD screens even work when its 40 below ? I thought they would freeze up.
How much do the printer cartridges cost (and how many would it take to print a car)??
Is this the same Terry Jones that used to be in Monty python? He's done some very good documentaries on the middle ages and barbarians and such.
DVD drives are relatively cheap. Buy a couple external ones and set them to the other regions you want to use. Don't tell the MPAA .
The greenhouse gas emissions of all the space bound rockets in the world would be insignificant compared to say the fireworks and rockets used on 4th July, or even those used on 5th November (for UK and NZ readers).
And what about the environmental impact of next weeks midterm elections, all that advertising that goes straight into the garbage (its glossy so won't recycle) or even the gas used by people driving to the polling booth.
"The meter is derived from the speed of light in a vacuum "
Dyson, Hoover, or Kirby?
I am sure that the late Sir Edmund Hillery would prefer they gave better connectivity to the poor villages in the surrounding area.
(and Tenzing Norgay too)
Fortuately since there was no people in them, they didn't bring back the black death or bird flu or otther deadly diseases...
How many charge-discharge cycles will this battery last, and how expensive is it?
How about they cancel the frakking wrestling, or at least move it to another channel. Wrestling is not SciFi by any definition. Theres a lot of other crap on there that is arguably not SciFi either.
The earths crust contains carbon, and this impact would have vaporized a lot of that. Also there would be molten bits of rock flung over the whole planet, causing a global firestorm from whatever vegetation was around at the time.
Did they catch any art thieves?
Antarctica has the biggest ice sheets on the planet. It may take a long time to actually melt, but if (as is possible) they start sliding off the land into the sea, it doesn't matter whether it is melted or not, ice floating in water displaces as much water as it would if melted.
Science Fiction authors have known for a long time that time travel can create paradoxes. There are many better efforts than the BTTF series however. (Of course BTTF was never intended as 'serious' science fiction. Even Star Trek has done a better job.
Even if we had Bussard ramscoops it still takes a while to get anywhere. I am assuming that you can't accelerate much faster than 10m per second squared without it being too hard on the crew. Of course once you get close to c the time is slowed down for the crew, but it will take a year to get up to those speeds.
Normally high compression engines require high octane fuel, which costs more to produce. In the past they used to add a lead compound to (cheaply) improve the octane rating. Won't be allowed to do that these days...
It might get more MPG, but if the fuel costs more than teice as much per gallon you aren't going to save $$$
The UN hasn't been able to stop the logging of the rainforests, nations aquiring nukes, or the persecution of minorites (like the Baha'is of Iran, the Palestinians in Israel and the Buddhists in Tibet) so how are they going to stop someone blotting out the sun. I wonder how they will prevent the next solar eclipse.
Anyway how do they plan to prevent global warming if they ban such things that could help?
So this only affects the CIA run Predators? What about those flown by the Air Force ? I know they have some Predator drones they use. (Some are controlled in Grand Forks and by the 199th in Fargo.
Oil in shale and tar sands takes a lot of energy to extract. Its not worth it economically. At least for using oil as an energy source. It may be useful if we have some other source of energy like fusion, and we could use that to extract the oil for its non-energy uses (plastic industry)
Many of us nerds have vision problems, so 3d dont work for us.
(Hey the typical nerd always wears glasses, right?)
We don't know what aliens have built on some other planet in some other solar system...
So when is this "Norwegian Day" ? My calendar only has american holidays on it (Oh yeah theres a few from Canada
Nobody has said anything about it around here, and you'd think they would being there is a lot of people with Scandinavian heritage.
It needs a gas engine to go "speeds above 70 miles per hour" ?
So what, thats the speed limit around here. Maybe theres some states like Montana that don't have speed limits, but an electric car is probably not the best option out there.
Yes I know most people don't always obey speed limits, but you know that energy consuption increases with the square of the speed, so driving faster than 70 is not a good idea (unless you are going downhill with a a tail wind, or drafting behind a semi.