Sometimes I think that the income inequality is being implemented actively as a policy to reduce green house gas emissions. make the middle class a poor as possible to reduce their consumption load. I would be curious to see a chart of the carbon footprints of the different income groups in the usa vs their economic output. An alternate theory is that maybe they know that there is a coming economic collapse and the wealth might as well be concentrated. I think there was a story written about survivors on a life raft where they had to kill some people early on because they knew there was no rescue and they were dependent on the ocean current to get them to land but it would take several weeks. that way supplies would last long enough for the few that did eventually did make it to land. With the wealth concentrated in a few, they can preserve a spark of civilization so when the dark times are over, they can teach the survivors that is wrong to eat human flesh, how to use a fork, and what wines go with which food.
the park is at Gravesend Bay, near Coney Island and it can get pretty gusty off the ocean. I'm from the area, in fact I was sailing near by on Wednesday and I was going to stay out overnight and sail Thursday as well. Wednesday was beautiful and the wind was just right with a few gusts to get the adrenaline flowing. But Thursday was supposed to be a lot worse and it sounded like too much work, so i got out on Wednesday night. After hearing about this I'm all the more glad i didn't go out thurs.. I was out a couple days before, and it was really gusty then, the coast guard helicopter was circling around to see if anyone was in trouble.I'm currently not working:(, but having lots of fun:).
I'm curious if anyone has been discussing the consequences of putting that much water vapor in the air. For example, in a confined space like in Manhattan at the street level, would it cause an apprecible rise in the misery index- temp + humidity? The saying - 'it not the temperature its the humidity' - would change to - 'its not the temperature, it those damn fuel-cell powered cars'.
Also, in the winter time, would some of the water vapor condense, drip on the road and cause icing problems? Or what about in desert areas, like phoenix, how would the local ecology be affected?
The problems probably could be fixed by putting a condensor on the exhaust and storing the water. But that would reduce the efficiency.
- ps I like being a contrarian.
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Sometimes I think that the income inequality is being implemented actively as a policy to reduce green house gas emissions. make the middle class a poor as possible to reduce their consumption load. I would be curious to see a chart of the carbon footprints of the different income groups in the usa vs their economic output. An alternate theory is that maybe they know that there is a coming economic collapse and the wealth might as well be concentrated. I think there was a story written about survivors on a life raft where they had to kill some people early on because they knew there was no rescue and they were dependent on the ocean current to get them to land but it would take several weeks. that way supplies would last long enough for the few that did eventually did make it to land. With the wealth concentrated in a few, they can preserve a spark of civilization so when the dark times are over, they can teach the survivors that is wrong to eat human flesh, how to use a fork, and what wines go with which food.
or maybe its a lot cheaper solution than hiring hookers...
the park is at Gravesend Bay, near Coney Island and it can get pretty gusty off the ocean. I'm from the area, in fact I was sailing near by on Wednesday and I was going to stay out overnight and sail Thursday as well. Wednesday was beautiful and the wind was just right with a few gusts to get the adrenaline flowing. But Thursday was supposed to be a lot worse and it sounded like too much work, so i got out on Wednesday night. After hearing about this I'm all the more glad i didn't go out thurs.. I was out a couple days before, and it was really gusty then, the coast guard helicopter was circling around to see if anyone was in trouble.I'm currently not working :(, but having lots of fun :).
I'm curious if anyone has been discussing the consequences of putting that much water vapor in the air. For example, in a confined space like in Manhattan at the street level, would it cause an apprecible rise in the misery index- temp + humidity? The saying - 'it not the temperature its the humidity' - would change to - 'its not the temperature, it those damn fuel-cell powered cars'. Also, in the winter time, would some of the water vapor condense, drip on the road and cause icing problems? Or what about in desert areas, like phoenix, how would the local ecology be affected? The problems probably could be fixed by putting a condensor on the exhaust and storing the water. But that would reduce the efficiency. - ps I like being a contrarian.