This is a good idea but, frustratingly, a lot of registration forms reject the "+" as an invalid character in an email address despite its being part of the spec. However, if one controlled one's own mail server it would be trivial to combine the grandparent poster's scheme and your own by adding '.' as an extension-delimiting character, with the added benefit that it would be more difficult for spammers to detect.
I've been doing just that with postfix for a number of years with great success.
Fertilizer is only one element of the green revolution. Figuring out which specific varieties of which crops to grow where made a huge difference (plus new types were bred), as did irrigation and pesticides. Some of the crop changes meant a fivefold increase in yield even without fertilizer (tenfold with).
Fertilizer, irrigation and pesticides all depend heavily on fossil fuels.
And then there's this, from the wikipedia entry (yeah, yeah):
HYVs significantly outperform traditional varieties in the presence of adequate irrigation, pesticides, and fertilizers. In the absence of these inputs, traditional varieties may outperform HYVs. Therefore, several authors have challenged the apparent superiority of HYVs not only compared to the traditional varieties alone, but by contrasting the monocultural system associated with HYVs with the polycultural system associated with traditional ones.
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Part of that is because oil is just the cheapest source, currently. The thing is - it'll still be the cheapest source even if the price of crude goes up a lot more, and it's not the only possible source.
You've struck upon the crux of the issue: there isn't another possible source that's even nearly as energy-dense as petroleum, and that's a problem. Also, the current agricultural system is deeply entrenched in its oil-based infrastructure. Transitioning to another - albeit much less energy-dense - source will take incredible amounts of time and energy itself, and will have marked effects on food yield when it does happen. And by the way, people are already rioting over the current food prices.
The chess grandmaster, a leading critic of Mr Putin, heads a group of top Russian liberals who have joined forces to keep Vladimir Putin from staying in the Kremlin after 2008.
It's important to note that Russia's Constitution places a limit of two consecutive terms on the presidency, which means Putin cannot be re-elected in 2008 unless the Constitution is changed. Of course, in 2003 he was granted authority to amend the Constitution, so he could now write himself into a third consecutive term. Putin has denied any intention to make such changes, but the possibility is still very real.
BTW, as far as nuke disposal, there's a good reason for a lunar colony... =) Name another major energy source where the pollution could realistically be taken entirely off-planet.
Has our space transport become reliable enough that we'd feel confident pushing nuclear byproducts into space on a rocket? I don't think it has.
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This is a good idea but, frustratingly, a lot of registration forms reject the "+" as an invalid character in an email address despite its being part of the spec. However, if one controlled one's own mail server it would be trivial to combine the grandparent poster's scheme and your own by adding '.' as an extension-delimiting character, with the added benefit that it would be more difficult for spammers to detect.
I've been doing just that with postfix for a number of years with great success.
This won't accomplish what you intend - the .onion addresses are looked up within Tor, bypassing your standard DNS infrastructure.
Fertilizer is only one element of the green revolution. Figuring out which specific varieties of which crops to grow where made a huge difference (plus new types were bred), as did irrigation and pesticides. Some of the crop changes meant a fivefold increase in yield even without fertilizer (tenfold with).
Fertilizer, irrigation and pesticides all depend heavily on fossil fuels.
And then there's this, from the wikipedia entry (yeah, yeah):
HYVs significantly outperform traditional varieties in the presence of adequate irrigation, pesticides, and fertilizers. In the absence of these inputs, traditional varieties may outperform HYVs. Therefore, several authors have challenged the apparent superiority of HYVs not only compared to the traditional varieties alone, but by contrasting the monocultural system associated with HYVs with the polycultural system associated with traditional ones.
Back to your post:
Part of that is because oil is just the cheapest source, currently. The thing is - it'll still be the cheapest source even if the price of crude goes up a lot more, and it's not the only possible source.
You've struck upon the crux of the issue: there isn't another possible source that's even nearly as energy-dense as petroleum, and that's a problem. Also, the current agricultural system is deeply entrenched in its oil-based infrastructure. Transitioning to another - albeit much less energy-dense - source will take incredible amounts of time and energy itself, and will have marked effects on food yield when it does happen. And by the way, people are already rioting over the current food prices.
Not only that, but "OEM and the Craplets" may be the best band name I've heard in a while.
It's important to note that Russia's Constitution places a limit of two consecutive terms on the presidency, which means Putin cannot be re-elected in 2008 unless the Constitution is changed. Of course, in 2003 he was granted authority to amend the Constitution, so he could now write himself into a third consecutive term. Putin has denied any intention to make such changes, but the possibility is still very real.