The important thing this story points out is the need for more public education on what the risks and benefits of hydrogen are, so there can actually be a coherent public debate.
Like we've ever had one of those.
Does give me an excuse to tell a quick story though to illustrate the total lack of public understanding right now. I overheard this while eating lunch at a dive diner in the Columbia gorge. This guy was holding court at the bar, telling everybody about the wonders of hydrogen:
"So, you remember the guy back in the sixties who got his old car to go 400 miles on a gallon of gas? The one the oil companies paid off? Well, see, what he'd done was figure out a way to use hydrogen right there in his carbuerator! And here's the amazing part: he was using nuclear hydrogen!
"You see, there's two kinds of hydrogen.There's regular hydrogen, and nuclear hydrogen. Nuclear hydrogen is lots faster, and it's what powers the sun. Basically, this guy had a little sun going in his carbuerator, and that's what powered his car for all those miles. I can't believe he didn't kill himself, and really those oil companies did him and us a big favor by paying him off. He would have poisened himself eventually, and if that thing had melted down imagine what would have happened!"
The guy next to him at the bar would kind of nod & grunt every so often while I boggled at the whole thing. There were plenty of other subjects he touched on, but the two kinds of hydrogen almost made me laugh out loud despite myself. I mean, he was so close to something that almost kind of made a little bit of sense, but it was totally drowned out by the idiocy...
No. You would just eat more to maintain that muscle.
It's worth pointing out that many out-of-shape people find that their appetite decreases as they exercise and build muscle. It's partly mechanical: denser muscle around the torso can compress the stomach and make you feel fuller sooner. Of course it's also psychological, but I've been amazed at some of the differences: my pizza-storage capacity has shrunk by at least a slice or two, no matter how bad I want it.
Aren't sports from the Olympic perspective a way of celebrating and uniting humanity in competitions that are meant to be fair?
As has already been pointed out, the original "Olympic perspective" was all about fetishizing the winner. The Greeks had no gold-silver-bronze hierarchy, and no illusions about the victors motives being altruistic. Sports has always been about winning, and always to the victor have gone the spoils.
Besides, people are more than happy to watch sports today where the competitors are entirely engineered and mechanical - take NASCAR, or even the America's Cup.
Minor point: The Sunset Highway was named for the Sunset Division of the Army Core of Engineers, who oversaw it's initial construction. Not because you go blind coming over Silvan in the evenings as is commonly though. There's a plaque at the rest area on the way to Seaside that explains the whole thing...
Which reminds me of two of my favorite little Oregonisms:
Lots of rest stops. If you travel with small-bladdered people, Oregon will be much kinder to you than it's neighbors.
Less billboards. Oregon has a statute limiting the placement of billboards. It's subtle, but every time I cross the border into California, I'm struck by the number of billboards. It's not that we don't have them, but we space them out and make sure they're at least somewhat maintained.
No, the best odds are the poker games in the back. Most casinos run a poker hall somewhere in the building, and the house doesn't take anything - how could they without rigging the game somehow? They just assume you'll blow your winnings in some other game and they'll get their cut then.
If you're a smart player and have the discipline to avoid the blackjack tables on your way out, you can even come out ahead with some consistency.
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Like we've ever had one of those.
Does give me an excuse to tell a quick story though to illustrate the total lack of public understanding right now. I overheard this while eating lunch at a dive diner in the Columbia gorge. This guy was holding court at the bar, telling everybody about the wonders of hydrogen:
The guy next to him at the bar would kind of nod & grunt every so often while I boggled at the whole thing. There were plenty of other subjects he touched on, but the two kinds of hydrogen almost made me laugh out loud despite myself. I mean, he was so close to something that almost kind of made a little bit of sense, but it was totally drowned out by the idiocy...No. You would just eat more to maintain that muscle. It's worth pointing out that many out-of-shape people find that their appetite decreases as they exercise and build muscle. It's partly mechanical: denser muscle around the torso can compress the stomach and make you feel fuller sooner. Of course it's also psychological, but I've been amazed at some of the differences: my pizza-storage capacity has shrunk by at least a slice or two, no matter how bad I want it.
As has already been pointed out, the original "Olympic perspective" was all about fetishizing the winner. The Greeks had no gold-silver-bronze hierarchy, and no illusions about the victors motives being altruistic. Sports has always been about winning, and always to the victor have gone the spoils.
Besides, people are more than happy to watch sports today where the competitors are entirely engineered and mechanical - take NASCAR, or even the America's Cup.
The point is to have a hybrid that isn't fugly. And has AWD for those of us that want to go skiing without borrowing our friends Subaru.
Which reminds me of two of my favorite little Oregonisms:
Lots of rest stops. If you travel with small-bladdered people, Oregon will be much kinder to you than it's neighbors.
Less billboards. Oregon has a statute limiting the placement of billboards. It's subtle, but every time I cross the border into California, I'm struck by the number of billboards. It's not that we don't have them, but we space them out and make sure they're at least somewhat maintained.
If you're a smart player and have the discipline to avoid the blackjack tables on your way out, you can even come out ahead with some consistency.