If you are seriously interested in looking at the carbon benefits of biofuels, one needs to consider the research done by Professor Tilman at the University of Minnesota. http://pd.startribune.com/sp?eId=18&ecId=197096337 &rNum=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startribune.com%2F562 %2Fstory%2F1060375.html
Not only does the use of a diverse native prarie create a much greater return on energy invested than corn or sugar, but because it is a perennial there is no tilling (better efficiency, easy on the topsoil), the root structures end up sequesturing tons of extra carbon on a permanent basis, the nitrogen fixing of some of the plants actually improves the soil and, of course, it is better for wildlife.
Combining diverse prairie biomass production with cellulosic ethanol production and the infrastructure that the corn ethanol is providing may not solve every problem, but it sure beats petroleum and corn ethanol.
I agree and am doubly troubled because, as I said in my letter, while Windows and Internet Explorer might have high market share, this is due to their widespread use in large corporate and governmental organizations. However, in smaller startup firms and businesses (one's extremely likely to need direct access to this information since they will need to limit attorney's fees) the market share of Mac OS X and Linux is likely quite a bit higher.
What we do is create disk images (using the Apple supplied Utility Disk Copy (Jaguar) or Disk Utility (Panther).
When I only had 15 cds of games I was able to have them automatically mount on login. Now that we are over 20 disk images, we have reached the limit on mounted volumes so I had to teach my five year old how to launch the image before launching the game...not too tough.
As long as the children are thirteen, they can get a Visa Buxx card from a variety of banks (visabuxx.com). It is essentially a credit card where the credit limit is the funds currently deposited.
As a parent of a 17 year old and a 13 year old I can attest that it is GREAT. Each month their allowances are automatically added to their cards from my credit card. I also can look at their usage and get monthly statements so I can make sure that there aren't any Joe's Liquor store purchases.
And, other people can send B-Day, etc. gifts to the kids by adding to their cards right over the internet.
BTW, my daughter has, for the last two months, spent over half her allowance at the iTMS. She LOVES it.
Heck, Apple should create a deal with a bank to make an Apple Visa Buxx
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If you are seriously interested in looking at the carbon benefits of biofuels, one needs to consider the research done by Professor Tilman at the University of Minnesota. http://pd.startribune.com/sp?eId=18&ecId=197096337 &rNum=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startribune.com%2F562 %2Fstory%2F1060375.html
Not only does the use of a diverse native prarie create a much greater return on energy invested than corn or sugar, but because it is a perennial there is no tilling (better efficiency, easy on the topsoil), the root structures end up sequesturing tons of extra carbon on a permanent basis, the nitrogen fixing of some of the plants actually improves the soil and, of course, it is better for wildlife.
Combining diverse prairie biomass production with cellulosic ethanol production and the infrastructure that the corn ethanol is providing may not solve every problem, but it sure beats petroleum and corn ethanol.
As my old law school tort professor used to say, "Tort trumps contract." EULA does not innoculate negligence/malfeasance.
I agree and am doubly troubled because, as I said in my letter, while Windows and Internet Explorer might have high market share, this is due to their widespread use in large corporate and governmental organizations. However, in smaller startup firms and businesses (one's extremely likely to need direct access to this information since they will need to limit attorney's fees) the market share of Mac OS X and Linux is likely quite a bit higher.
What we do is create disk images (using the Apple supplied Utility Disk Copy (Jaguar) or Disk Utility (Panther).
When I only had 15 cds of games I was able to have them automatically mount on login. Now that we are over 20 disk images, we have reached the limit on mounted volumes so I had to teach my five year old how to launch the image before launching the game...not too tough.
As long as the children are thirteen, they can get a Visa Buxx card from a variety of banks (visabuxx.com). It is essentially a credit card where the credit limit is the funds currently deposited. As a parent of a 17 year old and a 13 year old I can attest that it is GREAT. Each month their allowances are automatically added to their cards from my credit card. I also can look at their usage and get monthly statements so I can make sure that there aren't any Joe's Liquor store purchases. And, other people can send B-Day, etc. gifts to the kids by adding to their cards right over the internet. BTW, my daughter has, for the last two months, spent over half her allowance at the iTMS. She LOVES it. Heck, Apple should create a deal with a bank to make an Apple Visa Buxx