If man-made GW is real and a threat, does it make sense to give Al Gore money so he can run his mansions and mega-houseboats, at over 20X normal (high) American consumption levels?....
all while totally ignoring massive emissions from India and especially China, and even Africa where they are rapidly using "legacy" carbon locked in their hardwood forests for 20yrs worth of cooking charcoal?
Anyone remember just couple decades ago and before that the one main environmental topic was OVER POPULATION. At least 1/2 dozen Star Treks had it as central theme, and we had movies like "Soylent Green".
Just a few years ago the Sierra Club was against "immigration" for obvious reasons, then some "deep pocket" took them over and now they dropped all that.
Of the 97% who are promoting GW as something Western Nation are supposed to address, I'm guessing 97% of them will go along with "More immigrants will make the USA better", and "We can't deport illlegal aliens because they are integrated into our economy (because everyone knows our economy depends on blowing leaves and mowing lawns)."
No 3rd world people are going to be interested in "fixing" their lifestyle, much less reducing family size, as long as it is easy to immigrant to USA or other Western nation.
If man made GW is something to worry about, creating schemes were Western economies pay Al Gore for "carbon credits" wont do any good. Reducing high birth rates in 3rd world and fixing their low-tech, high-carbon lifestyles IN PLACE is the only hope.
First, lets break down "an accident" into 3 major parts:
1)everything that happens till impact(driver's control of car, road conditions, condition of car when driver senses 'problem', etc)
2)what happens during impact, till 'state of rest'(metal bends, airbags, human bodies feel forces, etc)
3)what happens after SOR(EMT response, ER room docs, etc)
Guess what? All the DUI stuff hasn't affected #1 to any measurable degree, which is why we don't hear MADD taking credit for lowering auto collision frequency or magnitude. Sure it is a complex and "moving target" because cars handle better but there are now more, but roads got a bit better, but now we also got hella immigrant drivers and used cars are cheaper, but some come off road due to smog check issues, etc, etc. But fact is MADD and DUI enforcement have not had a positive effect on their target....#1.
What MADD (and police) do is take unearned credit for engineers (who tend to be DUIs) for massive improvements in #2, and for other scientists and MDs who have made some improvements in #3.
This pretty easy to understand.
Slower reflexes don't mean "unsafe"(human injury wise) driving. Faster, more hyped up reflexes do. Coffee more dangerous than beer.
Are NASCAR drivers "good drivers"? Sure, among the best, but they crash all the time because they are in a hurry, and the crashes they cause are pretty sever with cars flipping into each other.
The by far most common DUI 'crash' is mild 'rear ender' because he didn't brake in time, which with or without airbags is about as safe a crash as it gets. Also, a DUI will crash at far lower speed than sober, and they TEND to drive much slower. For every "wild man" DUI driver there are 1,000 "good citizens" just in a big hurry, or having fun with their semi-fast cars.
I remember hearing "50% of all traffic deaths happen between 6 and 8 AM", not PM, which makes sense because that is when guys like me are doing 80 on surface streets and over 100 on hwy, rushing to get to work at distant job site, before rush hour slows us down.
If "impaired" is the issue, I've got a much better idea....
Lets include a "reaction time/skills test" similar to one of those $3 (in 1980 USD no less) calculator watches with "games", and you need to get a certain score before it will start the car. This will be for EVERYONE and it will be SAME TEST, because we don't care if you have slow reflexes because you are 22yr old and drunk, or 55yr old divorced MADD member, or maybe just very tired.
No, this is not a troll.
Fact is 99% of what people do with computers they can do just as well, maybe better, on simpler older word processors, spreadsheets and databases.
I've noticed that lot of best professionals in law, construction, architecture, retail, wholesale, etc have really, really old systems. Like small mono-chrome 386 old. Most of the "work" happens in their brain.
If you software guys want to make some real money, create actual "2nd generation" biz software. That would be stuff like a Dragon Naturally Speaking feature that works, and something like Outlook that makes it easier, not harder, to do what it is supposed to do, and maybe even works with the DNS(that works).
Something better than the 40yr old single pointer mouse. Maybe some sort of audible feed back besides a few "caveman" beeps and grunts computers do now.
Go nuts.
Maybe even something to use computer power to supersede the 100+ year old keyboard method of getting around a 'sheet'.
The package wont get lost, you will become "lost" when the police come knocking, and unlike charges of rape, murder, child molesting, etc you wont have any legal defense possible once accused.
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If man-made GW is real and a threat, does it make sense to give Al Gore money so he can run his mansions and mega-houseboats, at over 20X normal (high) American consumption levels?.... all while totally ignoring massive emissions from India and especially China, and even Africa where they are rapidly using "legacy" carbon locked in their hardwood forests for 20yrs worth of cooking charcoal? Anyone remember just couple decades ago and before that the one main environmental topic was OVER POPULATION. At least 1/2 dozen Star Treks had it as central theme, and we had movies like "Soylent Green". Just a few years ago the Sierra Club was against "immigration" for obvious reasons, then some "deep pocket" took them over and now they dropped all that. Of the 97% who are promoting GW as something Western Nation are supposed to address, I'm guessing 97% of them will go along with "More immigrants will make the USA better", and "We can't deport illlegal aliens because they are integrated into our economy (because everyone knows our economy depends on blowing leaves and mowing lawns)." No 3rd world people are going to be interested in "fixing" their lifestyle, much less reducing family size, as long as it is easy to immigrant to USA or other Western nation. If man made GW is something to worry about, creating schemes were Western economies pay Al Gore for "carbon credits" wont do any good. Reducing high birth rates in 3rd world and fixing their low-tech, high-carbon lifestyles IN PLACE is the only hope.
Speed X distance=safety factor. this isn't complex
it took out all my breaks.
First, lets break down "an accident" into 3 major parts: 1)everything that happens till impact(driver's control of car, road conditions, condition of car when driver senses 'problem', etc) 2)what happens during impact, till 'state of rest'(metal bends, airbags, human bodies feel forces, etc) 3)what happens after SOR(EMT response, ER room docs, etc) Guess what? All the DUI stuff hasn't affected #1 to any measurable degree, which is why we don't hear MADD taking credit for lowering auto collision frequency or magnitude. Sure it is a complex and "moving target" because cars handle better but there are now more, but roads got a bit better, but now we also got hella immigrant drivers and used cars are cheaper, but some come off road due to smog check issues, etc, etc. But fact is MADD and DUI enforcement have not had a positive effect on their target....#1. What MADD (and police) do is take unearned credit for engineers (who tend to be DUIs) for massive improvements in #2, and for other scientists and MDs who have made some improvements in #3. This pretty easy to understand. Slower reflexes don't mean "unsafe"(human injury wise) driving. Faster, more hyped up reflexes do. Coffee more dangerous than beer. Are NASCAR drivers "good drivers"? Sure, among the best, but they crash all the time because they are in a hurry, and the crashes they cause are pretty sever with cars flipping into each other. The by far most common DUI 'crash' is mild 'rear ender' because he didn't brake in time, which with or without airbags is about as safe a crash as it gets. Also, a DUI will crash at far lower speed than sober, and they TEND to drive much slower. For every "wild man" DUI driver there are 1,000 "good citizens" just in a big hurry, or having fun with their semi-fast cars. I remember hearing "50% of all traffic deaths happen between 6 and 8 AM", not PM, which makes sense because that is when guys like me are doing 80 on surface streets and over 100 on hwy, rushing to get to work at distant job site, before rush hour slows us down. If "impaired" is the issue, I've got a much better idea.... Lets include a "reaction time/skills test" similar to one of those $3 (in 1980 USD no less) calculator watches with "games", and you need to get a certain score before it will start the car. This will be for EVERYONE and it will be SAME TEST, because we don't care if you have slow reflexes because you are 22yr old and drunk, or 55yr old divorced MADD member, or maybe just very tired.
No, this is not a troll. Fact is 99% of what people do with computers they can do just as well, maybe better, on simpler older word processors, spreadsheets and databases. I've noticed that lot of best professionals in law, construction, architecture, retail, wholesale, etc have really, really old systems. Like small mono-chrome 386 old. Most of the "work" happens in their brain. If you software guys want to make some real money, create actual "2nd generation" biz software. That would be stuff like a Dragon Naturally Speaking feature that works, and something like Outlook that makes it easier, not harder, to do what it is supposed to do, and maybe even works with the DNS(that works). Something better than the 40yr old single pointer mouse. Maybe some sort of audible feed back besides a few "caveman" beeps and grunts computers do now. Go nuts. Maybe even something to use computer power to supersede the 100+ year old keyboard method of getting around a 'sheet'.
The package wont get lost, you will become "lost" when the police come knocking, and unlike charges of rape, murder, child molesting, etc you wont have any legal defense possible once accused.