Everyone knows helium's only good for filling up party balloons and is lighter than air. So how on earth would you get it back down to earth? The rocket bringing it back down to earth would simply float away into the upper atmosphere.
Looks like the nuclear industry looked at the big bank "too big to fail" strategy and liked it. Why bother cleaning up the mess when they can just let the taxpayers pay for the clean-up.
Realistically, while oil prices will undoubtedly rise over time, we're not likely to hit any "peak" for a long, LONG time.
You're mistaken in what the "peak" in peak oil means. The peak refers to the AMOUNT of oil produced, not the price of oil. If the price of oil peaked, there wouldn't be a problem, would there?
The concept is that oil will continue to rise in price (as you said) and that eventually it will become so expensive that demand for it will drop. Despite the drop in demand, because the stuff will become so expensive to extract, it will still continue to rise in price and drop in demand.
That's the theory anyway - I personally don't think there will be a clearly defined peak in extraction, but more a rollercoaster.
Don't be silly. This is obvious evidence that extra-terrestrials have been on Mars and left behind perchlorate traces from their rockets.
Either that, or Martians have just blasted off somewhere in their rockets. Wonder where they've gone?
Yeah this is true, but the land below wind turbines can still be used for farming. In NZ, groups of farmers have got together to invite power companies to build turbines on their land. The farmers make a nice bit of cash on the side leasing the land to the power company.
The title says it all, really. The Japanese face long commutes by public transport and so there is a huge market for entertaining and providing services for a mobile market. If you spent two hours or so a day on a train/bus, you'd want to browse the net, etc. It used to be reading manga, books and newspapers, but mobiles are providing an alternative to that. Is it a coincidence that Japan has the highest newspaper reading audience in the world?
The other factor is that Japanese have small houses/apartments and so go out to restaurants and bars, etc far more often than people who have a nice big comfortable home to relax in after work and at weekends. Also, no garden and little house maintenance = more free time to go out. You just have to look around the entertainment districts of Tokyo at the incredible variety of eateries, bars, etc to realise what sort of lifestyle Japanese people enjoy.
Add to that a generally non-technophobe populus who are very fashion-conscious about their clothes and accessories (inc tech), then you have a mobile phone dreamland.
The greater mobile phone usage together with favourable conditions for a high-speed mobile network has put Japan at the forefront of mobile technology.
And the next logical step is the diesel hybrid and Peugeot are the first with their 308:
At the Frankfurt Motor Show Peugeot will showcase its new 308 Hybrid HDi, which emits just 90g/km of CO2 and reduces fuel consumption by 38% in the Combined Cycle compared to a standard 308 HDi.
In addition, the engine has been designed to meet the future Euro V directive which comes into force in 2009 and offers the possibility of driving exclusively in electric or "ZEV" (Zero Emission Vehicle) mode for journeys in regulated urban centres.
Here goes another article about it. Apparently it gets 69MPG (US gallons) or 78MPG for urban driving.
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Grrrrr!!!
And yes, that was a rhetorical question.
If the legal copyright holder is offering a free download (seeding) then should they sue you for accepting their offer?
Then they just turn off uploading and only leach - anyone then uploading content that the lawyer is downloading can be said to be distributing.
Everyone knows helium's only good for filling up party balloons and is lighter than air. So how on earth would you get it back down to earth? The rocket bringing it back down to earth would simply float away into the upper atmosphere.
Looks like the nuclear industry looked at the big bank "too big to fail" strategy and liked it. Why bother cleaning up the mess when they can just let the taxpayers pay for the clean-up.
2012 32mbs
2014 64mbs
2018 128mbs
2020 256mbs
2022 512mbs
2014 + 2 =
Answers on the back of an envelope, please.
You're mistaken in what the "peak" in peak oil means. The peak refers to the AMOUNT of oil produced, not the price of oil. If the price of oil peaked, there wouldn't be a problem, would there?
The concept is that oil will continue to rise in price (as you said) and that eventually it will become so expensive that demand for it will drop. Despite the drop in demand, because the stuff will become so expensive to extract, it will still continue to rise in price and drop in demand.
That's the theory anyway - I personally don't think there will be a clearly defined peak in extraction, but more a rollercoaster.
Nice article from 2005 there mate. Stopped reading when I got to the bit predicting HD-DVD winning over Blu-Ray.
Tell that to Nigeria.
If Madagascar detects anyone googling "flu" they'll close their ports.
Natto is NEVER safe to eat. It has the same culinary appeal as cold lumpy vomit.
Don't be silly. This is obvious evidence that extra-terrestrials have been on Mars and left behind perchlorate traces from their rockets. Either that, or Martians have just blasted off somewhere in their rockets. Wonder where they've gone?
MaxMind are pretty big on Geo-location. Try their tool to see if it's them: MaxMind Geo-location
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Yeah this is true, but the land below wind turbines can still be used for farming. In NZ, groups of farmers have got together to invite power companies to build turbines on their land. The farmers make a nice bit of cash on the side leasing the land to the power company.
The title says it all, really. The Japanese face long commutes by public transport and so there is a huge market for entertaining and providing services for a mobile market. If you spent two hours or so a day on a train/bus, you'd want to browse the net, etc. It used to be reading manga, books and newspapers, but mobiles are providing an alternative to that. Is it a coincidence that Japan has the highest newspaper reading audience in the world? The other factor is that Japanese have small houses/apartments and so go out to restaurants and bars, etc far more often than people who have a nice big comfortable home to relax in after work and at weekends. Also, no garden and little house maintenance = more free time to go out. You just have to look around the entertainment districts of Tokyo at the incredible variety of eateries, bars, etc to realise what sort of lifestyle Japanese people enjoy. Add to that a generally non-technophobe populus who are very fashion-conscious about their clothes and accessories (inc tech), then you have a mobile phone dreamland. The greater mobile phone usage together with favourable conditions for a high-speed mobile network has put Japan at the forefront of mobile technology.
At the Frankfurt Motor Show Peugeot will showcase its new 308 Hybrid HDi, which emits just 90g/km of CO2 and reduces fuel consumption by 38% in the Combined Cycle compared to a standard 308 HDi.
In addition, the engine has been designed to meet the future Euro V directive which comes into force in 2009 and offers the possibility of driving exclusively in electric or "ZEV" (Zero Emission Vehicle) mode for journeys in regulated urban centres.
Here goes another article about it. Apparently it gets 69MPG (US gallons) or 78MPG for urban driving.
Yeah - go to layers and turn on "3D Buildings" - only works for major cities...
Yeah - you gotta go where it's mountainous for it to look good. Try Queenstown, New Zealand. Lots of hills and great scenery.
Here goes some pics of the robot from their website: University of Hertfordshire