Scale up the results accordingly and you can see why the Toba Catastrophe Theory is only a theory because no one recorded data on the results that we have found.
"I will kill you with my SUV for questioning my way of life"
"You make less money than me with a small car so your an idiot"
This person HAD to vote for Bush, and really wanted Cheney as Prez.
LOL
You got the Global Warming part right, but the massive coral die off due to the oceans trying to absorb all the CO2 and toxins will have its own consequences.
As you seem very republican I will give you proof from the only source the Republitards trust.
They want an excuse to close down the US plants and shift it all overseas.
The shifting of labor overseas, and importing Visa workers has been going on for decades.
Some of it is for truly brilliant ppl, some of it is for cheaper labor for the mega-corps.
The long term result of eliminating jobs for US citizens is the US citizens will not be able to afford the ever rising taxes, fuel costs, insurance, and health care.
It will hit critical mass if the US automakers fail and the credit default swap derivatives hidden on the OTC tank to the tune of 100's of trillions of dollars.
The problem isn't too many ppl, it is bad management of resources.
Our throw away society has created things like Mt. Trashmore.
It has created the dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi, yet we have 1/3rd the ppl of Africa, 1/4th the ppl of India or China.
We have the technical solutions but too many ppl are getting rich off fake money to take the time to give a damn about the planet.
If you put EVERY human on Earth in Texas they would all get 1,000 sq. ft each.
Real Estate is not the issue, greed, waste, and environmental regulation like Bush has given us are the problem.
We could feed all the ppl in the world ten times over with just rabbits if gave them medicine that stopped the diseases they carry.
Rabbit is leaner meat than chicken, and reproduce much faster than any other animal and you do not need special crops or vet's.
Further more if your vegan just grow Amaranth it is a complete protein unlike rice.
We have all our answers, we just have ppl trying to get rich off manipulating the game.
The over population maniacs are the same ppl from the Club of Rome and Committee of 300 that want to drop the Earth's population down to 500 million and one of them carved it in stone and stuck it on a hill in Georgia.
In the US public education system some students have to deal with thugs that roam the campuses that are part of some gangsta lifestyle.
Send the thugs to thug school.
Here in the US we spend more than any other nation per capita on Education and we are ranked like 16th in the world.
If you consider that the US auto factory workers on average have at best a high school education then that is the best you can hope for in that person.
Throwing more money at this problem will only get more of the same results we got the last time we threw money at it.
Might be doable if we had inductive power tracks overhead like are used for trolley cars of old, but make them inductive so it is passed coil to coil like in a transformer.
All I can think of for use is put something like pike pass on all the long distance highways.
Charge you a time vs. distance vs. car profile drag formula.
I think putting the track on the ground is a bad idea due to the punishment the roads take.
Up in the air they will have to deal with icing from time to time, but vibration due to use keep most ice off, and if they need to they can use heat tape to de-ice it.
I agree we need to get off the gas guzzling monsters.
What he is saying is we live in a democratic republic and we have freedom of speech.
If you want a heated civil debate no problem.
If you want to get in someones face and scream at them and spray spittle on their face that is where it crosses the line.
Until the majority of the ppl and those that represent them feel like you we are going to get more of the same, and odds are it will be far too late when they realize the error.
The US may not be the capitol of crisis management, but it might.
Electric cars are coming, we just need fuel cells, super batteries, super caps, or an overhead inductive power track so it won't spark.
The total US grid long haul transmission losses was around 7%
It uses transformers which is made of inductors, so it is doable but not likely in the next 20 years unless a major catalyst for change occurs and pushes in that direction.
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It can be filtered out by a N-95 or better rated mask.
http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/healthesd/AirQualityVolcano.cfm
Around paragraph 6 roughly.
The Yellowstone one 2.1 million years ago was about same
as the Toba.
The Fish Canyon Tuft one in Colorado was bigger than both COMBINED.
That is scary as hell.
Glad it was a one off like 50 million years ago.
The Caldera alone is 34 miles by 45 miles.
34 x 45 is over 1,500 sq. miles.
As you can see by the Huckleberry Ridge Tuft it is more than
a few 100 sq. miles, it covers most of 13 states.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HuckleberryRidgeTuff.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_caldera
Actually the summary is pretty low key.
The Toba event killed off most life on Earth 74,000 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe
It has been 640,000 years since the last Super Eruption at
Yellowstone, and the longest time between them is 800,000 roughly.
Mount St. Helens is a pee shooter compared to these monsters.
They can potentially kick off a Nuclear Winter around the world.
Keep in mind "The year without a summer" was a Volcanic Winter
that was small by comparison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_without_a_summer
Scale up the results accordingly and you can see why the
Toba Catastrophe Theory is only a theory because no one
recorded data on the results that we have found.
The last super eruption 74,000 years ago supposedly caused a
genetic bottleneck and wiped out 90+% of all life on the planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory
Yup, your "dead" on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory
Ahh you can smell the Elitism in this post.
"I will kill you with my SUV for questioning my way of life"
"You make less money than me with a small car so your an idiot"
This person HAD to vote for Bush, and really wanted Cheney as Prez.
LOL
You got the Global Warming part right, but the massive coral die
off due to the oceans trying to absorb all the CO2 and toxins
will have its own consequences.
As you seem very republican I will give you proof from the
only source the Republitards trust.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202215,00.html
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it lippy.
They want an excuse to close down the US plants and shift
it all overseas.
The shifting of labor overseas, and importing Visa workers
has been going on for decades.
Some of it is for truly brilliant ppl, some of it is for cheaper
labor for the mega-corps.
The long term result of eliminating jobs for US citizens is
the US citizens will not be able to afford the ever rising
taxes, fuel costs, insurance, and health care.
It will hit critical mass if the US automakers fail and
the credit default swap derivatives hidden on the OTC tank to
the tune of 100's of trillions of dollars.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/derivatives-new-ticking-time-bomb/story.aspx?guid={B9E54A5D-4796-4D0D-AC9E-D9124B59D436}
It's funny that is from March and damn near no one knows about it.
Regardless, Good Luck to you all !
The problem isn't too many ppl, it is bad management of resources.
Our throw away society has created things like Mt. Trashmore.
It has created the dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi,
yet we have 1/3rd the ppl of Africa, 1/4th the ppl of India or China.
We have the technical solutions but too many ppl are getting rich
off fake money to take the time to give a damn about the planet.
If you put EVERY human on Earth in Texas they would all get
1,000 sq. ft each.
Real Estate is not the issue, greed, waste, and environmental
regulation like Bush has given us are the problem.
We could feed all the ppl in the world ten times over with
just rabbits if gave them medicine that stopped the diseases
they carry.
Rabbit is leaner meat than chicken, and reproduce much faster
than any other animal and you do not need special crops or vet's.
Further more if your vegan just grow Amaranth it is a complete
protein unlike rice.
We have all our answers, we just have ppl trying to get rich
off manipulating the game.
The over population maniacs are the same ppl from the Club of Rome
and Committee of 300 that want to drop the Earth's population
down to 500 million and one of them carved it in stone and
stuck it on a hill in Georgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
These jerks want to out do all the world wars combined...
We can solve our problems, but we must listen to what Einstein said.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
It is time for the top scientists of the world to set a new
course for us on global matters after thorough research is done.
World wide decisions based on popularity contests of pandering
to special interest is going to take us down the same road.
Not to mention the never ending quest for greed of the Mega-corps
that have more rights than the citizens.
Most ppl that drive SUV's don't go off road.
That is a simple fact.
If you do that is a good reason fro you to have one,
but for the status women in the cities its just them
giving into fear of accident survivability.
This is very true, the lobbyists greased the right palms
and made the worst piece of legislation related to cars ever
in my personal opinion.
If Hybrids had this kind of subsidy they'd be all over the damn place.
Oh noes ! He tarnished the name of the Holy One !
Please give me a break.
Obama got the job, and he may do a damn good job.
But so far his biggest accomplishment in the senate is voting
'present' more than anyone else.
Keep in mind that critical comment came from a democrat.
Education works if the ppl want to learn.
In the US public education system some students have to
deal with thugs that roam the campuses that are part of some
gangsta lifestyle.
Send the thugs to thug school.
Here in the US we spend more than any other nation per capita
on Education and we are ranked like 16th in the world.
If you consider that the US auto factory workers on average
have at best a high school education then that is the best
you can hope for in that person.
Throwing more money at this problem will only get more of the
same results we got the last time we threw money at it.
This guy is right, labor cost last year for GM were like $7 billion.
Their Dealer, marketing, Incentive cost ... $166 billion.
Look at GM's public financial statements.
That is the lead anchor sinking them, not their workers.
If he tops a hill at 100+ mph he does, lol.
You didn't say it nicely, but you are 100% correct ;)
Of course the person your replying to is an arse.
The big tires are for the horrendous roads in some rural areas
after severe flooding.
You coastal ppl do know about flooding down there right ?
Must have 8 passenger space, are you catholic ?
LOL
Might be doable if we had inductive power tracks overhead like
are used for trolley cars of old, but make them inductive so it
is passed coil to coil like in a transformer.
All I can think of for use is put something like pike pass on
all the long distance highways.
Charge you a time vs. distance vs. car profile drag formula.
I think putting the track on the ground is a bad idea due to the
punishment the roads take.
Up in the air they will have to deal with icing from time to time,
but vibration due to use keep most ice off, and if they need to
they can use heat tape to de-ice it.
Yeah some common mantras for change.
Vote with your feet or your wallet.
Some of the bad gas mileage on those large vehicles is weight
and drag coefficient.
Other aspects of it are the gearing so it won't be a slow dog
of a car as it is trying to get on the highway due to drag
and weight.
With those factors you get poor gas mileage.
I agree we need to get off the gas guzzling monsters.
What he is saying is we live in a democratic republic and
we have freedom of speech.
If you want a heated civil debate no problem.
If you want to get in someones face and scream at them and
spray spittle on their face that is where it crosses the line.
Until the majority of the ppl and those that represent them
feel like you we are going to get more of the same, and odds
are it will be far too late when they realize the error.
The US may not be the capitol of crisis management, but it might.
Electric cars are coming, we just need fuel cells, super batteries,
super caps, or an overhead inductive power track so it won't spark.
The total US grid long haul transmission losses was around 7%
It uses transformers which is made of inductors, so it is doable
but not likely in the next 20 years unless a major catalyst for
change occurs and pushes in that direction.
Picken's plan for natural gas and wind power is VERY good.
His idea of draining the Ogallala aquifer in the small
print is a VERY bad idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer
He is using one good idea to sell one bad idea that will
make him a lot more money.
Picken's is a billionaire, he didn't get there via Altruism.
I do hope his wind and natural gas part gets wide support thou.
If the money we spent on the mid east wars was spent on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hioZ7C6HLs
No country on Earth would need to import oil.