Please show a graph with actual temperature, the model output from the scientists, and the global climate model output from the Swedish farmers, so we can see who got closer.
Of course, when I mentioned track record, I didn't imply to focus just on climate models. After all, you brought up aether theory as an indication that we were looking much broader than that.
Well, if you read the article, the farmers are not denying that the climate is changing, as they can clearly see this themselves. They are disagreeing about the cause. Now, how much experience do farmers have with climate change and its possible causes ? Not much at all. They've only seen climate change once in their lifetimes.
No, the poles have less ice than usual. You may be confused by the Antarctic sea ice which is getting bigger in the winter. The Antarctic land ice is shrinking. The arctic ice is shrinking both in volume and area.
Escape velocity is the vertical speed you need to get on the surface of the planet to guarantee escape from the planet (assuming no atmosphere).
I'm talking about the orbital velocity (i.e. the horizontal speed the craft has in orbit around a planet). Assume the craft is in a low Mars orbit, and it wants to land on the planet, then it will hit the top of the atmosphere at a speed that's close to it's orbital speed, at least if you don't want to waste fuel by rocket braking.
There is nothing special about Mach 11 that ties it to the "orbital velocity".
Except of course that there is a minimal velocity where orbit decays into atmospheric entry. I don't know the details for Mars, but that could very well be Mach 11.
It depends. Because of the increased usage of solar and wind, the grid needs more upgrades, and part of the consumer bill goes to such investments. Also, government taxes could go up.
And there's no problem with buying low and selling high, as long as they are not using unfair business practices to block competitors from doing the same thing.
Aluminium is a good (compact) way to store electricity. Of course, you can't easily convert aluminium back to electricity, but you can turn off the plant to free more of the existing electricity for other consumers.
Abrupt power glitches are a (different) problem, but I'm sure that can be solved, and/or that plants can be upgraded to handle them better.
The article is also talking about the rolling mill snagging, where I was hinting at the aluminium electrolysis, which is very much insensitive to these glitches.
They are talking about the prices after December when the new plants come on-line. They're also talking about wholesale energy contracts. As a consumer you pay more for electricity, but you also pay other fees and taxes that aren't necessarily going down.
Exactly. Here's an interesting presentation that touches this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The LHC produces 100 million collisions per second (!) at the highest energies we can produce, and every single thing we see can be accurately explained with current theories.
In that case, everybody is a libertarianist, we just differ in what we consider that minimum to be. In other words: unless you define the set of laws, the discussion is meaningless.
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Please show a graph with actual temperature, the model output from the scientists, and the global climate model output from the Swedish farmers, so we can see who got closer. Of course, when I mentioned track record, I didn't imply to focus just on climate models. After all, you brought up aether theory as an indication that we were looking much broader than that.
So where are all the dissenting scientists, and how did you figure out their numbers if they are invisible ?
Nobody thinks scientists are magically infallible, just that they have a much better track record than Swedish farmers.
It's probably a reference to the submitter: cold fjord (826450) writes with this excerpt from ScienceNordic...
I don't believe the two concepts are mutually exclusive, for a few reasons
They are for a lot of people, which is what matters for the analogy.
Well, if you read the article, the farmers are not denying that the climate is changing, as they can clearly see this themselves. They are disagreeing about the cause. Now, how much experience do farmers have with climate change and its possible causes ? Not much at all. They've only seen climate change once in their lifetimes.
A fact means the models should match the observed results
Unfortunately, there are no correct models. The question is: does a model with a smaller climate sensitivity produce a better match with reality ?
No, the poles have less ice than usual. You may be confused by the Antarctic sea ice which is getting bigger in the winter. The Antarctic land ice is shrinking. The arctic ice is shrinking both in volume and area.
If climate *is* weather, then you and I have 1.7 children.
Escape velocity is the vertical speed you need to get on the surface of the planet to guarantee escape from the planet (assuming no atmosphere). I'm talking about the orbital velocity (i.e. the horizontal speed the craft has in orbit around a planet). Assume the craft is in a low Mars orbit, and it wants to land on the planet, then it will hit the top of the atmosphere at a speed that's close to it's orbital speed, at least if you don't want to waste fuel by rocket braking.
There is nothing special about Mach 11 that ties it to the "orbital velocity".
Except of course that there is a minimal velocity where orbit decays into atmospheric entry. I don't know the details for Mars, but that could very well be Mach 11.
Just pirate the books instead.
Nah, he's going for the Politzer prize.
You can have a music player in less than 1.5 Mbps. That's only 5% of a decent "pipe".
It depends. Because of the increased usage of solar and wind, the grid needs more upgrades, and part of the consumer bill goes to such investments. Also, government taxes could go up. And there's no problem with buying low and selling high, as long as they are not using unfair business practices to block competitors from doing the same thing.
Aluminium is a good (compact) way to store electricity. Of course, you can't easily convert aluminium back to electricity, but you can turn off the plant to free more of the existing electricity for other consumers.
Abrupt power glitches are a (different) problem, but I'm sure that can be solved, and/or that plants can be upgraded to handle them better. The article is also talking about the rolling mill snagging, where I was hinting at the aluminium electrolysis, which is very much insensitive to these glitches.
They are talking about the prices after December when the new plants come on-line. They're also talking about wholesale energy contracts. As a consumer you pay more for electricity, but you also pay other fees and taxes that aren't necessarily going down.
Set up aluminium plant that can absorb any surplus capacity.
It's not a google problem, it's an ISP problem.
If your eye is tracking a moving object on the screen you'll need much higher frame rate to see it without motion blur.
Exactly. Here's an interesting presentation that touches this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... The LHC produces 100 million collisions per second (!) at the highest energies we can produce, and every single thing we see can be accurately explained with current theories.
Libertarianism is about some minimum set of laws
In that case, everybody is a libertarianist, we just differ in what we consider that minimum to be. In other words: unless you define the set of laws, the discussion is meaningless.
Minimal is what you get after you minimize.
Huh?
So you can imagine a system where the government enforces a law that they didn't create ? Who creates the laws then ?