It's interesting that you say that. Back in high school there would be epidemics of the cold, only a matter of time before you got it. One teacher however never got sick, and it always amazed us since we even witnessed him eating rejected sandwiches out of the trash barrel. Worked his muscle I guess.
What most people don't understand is that EVERY source of energy comes with it's own issues. Every source of green energy comes with it's own problems.
For one I don't understand why so many people are for wind turbines. On top of taking up an immense amount of space and disrupting the area they are in, they also slaughter bird populations. A somewhat recent slashdot article also talked about research on how altering wind streams could affect the climate (particularly in Europe).
Coal is so horrible and filthy I don't even need to mention it. Solar is a wonderful concept and doesn't disrupt the environment in any way comparable to other sources, but I would wait for higher conversion efficiencies before implementing anything (which should happen soon).
Until then nuclear power is the way to go. Once we work through the politics involved they're are many technologies that have yet to be fully realized. Breeder reactors would supply the world's power at least long enough until fusion power is technologically feasible.
I can't help but disagree with most of the responses to this
point. In my opinion China is rapidly improving in many ways - just look at their progress within the last
decade.
Their technological improvement in the past ten years has
been enormous. They are building advanced transportation systems, including
monorails in some cities
They are also beginning to build
a plethora of pebble-bed nuclear reactors .
It's a shame that some of these technologies can't be implemented
in the US or other countries due to public outcry over anything nuclear.
Arguably the two biggest problems facing their country -
overpopulation and pollution - are slowly coming to an end (still decades
though). What makes this case interesting is that the same government that has
censorship to retain control can swiftly implement strategies to solve
problems. By limiting families to one child by law - the population is
remaining manageably steady
at 0.57% growth (2004 est). Not that I'm promoting
communism - but if the US suddenly faced a problem of overpopulation how long
would it be before protesting and ignorance tapered done enough for our
government to implement an obviously necessary law?
That said I agree it would be best to here the opinions of
someone who had lived in China for the past decade rather than a
US citizen.
I think the best way to go about the gun security idea is a combination of biometrics and RFID chips. Why not insert a small RFID chip into an officers hand for the gun to read? could be used in combination with biometrics, where any positive reading activates the gun...
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It's interesting that you say that. Back in high school there would be epidemics of the cold, only a matter of time before you got it. One teacher however never got sick, and it always amazed us since we even witnessed him eating rejected sandwiches out of the trash barrel. Worked his muscle I guess.
Investors are by no means scientists - you should never judge a scientific discovery by its effect on the stock market...
((4/3)Pi((d/2)^3))*(19.84) > 50 kg
Therefore, it is obvious that all grapefruits have a diameter of 16.88 cm and the plutonium missing is inadequate to construct a bomb.
For one I don't understand why so many people are for wind turbines. On top of taking up an immense amount of space and disrupting the area they are in, they also slaughter bird populations. A somewhat recent slashdot article also talked about research on how altering wind streams could affect the climate (particularly in Europe).
Coal is so horrible and filthy I don't even need to mention it. Solar is a wonderful concept and doesn't disrupt the environment in any way comparable to other sources, but I would wait for higher conversion efficiencies before implementing anything (which should happen soon).
Until then nuclear power is the way to go. Once we work through the politics involved they're are many technologies that have yet to be fully realized. Breeder reactors would supply the world's power at least long enough until fusion power is technologically feasible.
I can't help but disagree with most of the responses to this point. In my opinion China is rapidly improving in many ways - just look at their progress within the last decade.
Their technological improvement in the past ten years has been enormous. They are building advanced transportation systems, including monorails in some cities They are also beginning to build a plethora of pebble-bed nuclear reactors . It's a shame that some of these technologies can't be implemented in the US or other countries due to public outcry over anything nuclear.Arguably the two biggest problems facing their country - overpopulation and pollution - are slowly coming to an end (still decades though). What makes this case interesting is that the same government that has censorship to retain control can swiftly implement strategies to solve problems. By limiting families to one child by law - the population is remaining manageably steady at 0.57% growth (2004 est). Not that I'm promoting communism - but if the US suddenly faced a problem of overpopulation how long would it be before protesting and ignorance tapered done enough for our government to implement an obviously necessary law?
That said I agree it would be best to here the opinions of someone who had lived in China for the past decade rather than a US citizen.I think the best way to go about the gun security idea is a combination of biometrics and RFID chips. Why not insert a small RFID chip into an officers hand for the gun to read? could be used in combination with biometrics, where any positive reading activates the gun...
just a thought