Thanks for the reply. I so question your last assertion. According to Cutler J. Cleveland the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth, Katrina released 5*10^19 Joules of energy alone. Mt. Saint Helen's roughly 1 * 10^17. If this supervolacano is 1000 times larger, then it has the energy of two Katrinas. The problem is it is released in one giant blast as opposed to Katrina doing the mjaority of its destruction over a wide area and over a wide time period
I'm not trying to be argumentative... just trying to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the issue and what practically could be done to tame our enivronment a bit..
Thanks for the reply. I so question your last assertion. According to Cutler J. Cleveland the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth, Katrina released 5*10^19 Joules of energy alone. Mt. Saint Helen's roughly 1 * 10^17. If this supervolacano is 1000 times larger, then it has the energy of two Katrinas. The problem is it is released in one giant blast as opposed to Katrina doing the mjaority of its destruction over a wide area and over a wide time period
I'm not trying to be argumentative... just trying to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the issue and what practically could be done to tame our enivronment a bit.
I don't have to redistribute it with any kind of efficiency. My primary goal is to keep the sucker from blowing up. Worst case scenario, we vent and let the energy escape for free. In that way we'd have a controlled eruption over years rather than in one giant blast.
Thanks for your reply. my question is why would the pipe only to pull energy from lava a few meters away from itself? If I am extracting energy from the lava underneath, it seems like conduction would mean I'd be pulling from a much larger area. I'm not looking to drain all of the energy in one day or one year. Just enough to keep the system in some type of equilibrium. If the numbers I found for Mt. St Helen are correct, and even if I assume that this volcano is a thousand times larger, it doesn't seem like you'd need to extract that much energy over a period of a century (these suckers form really slow) to maintain an equiibirum position.
Again, I will admit I am nowhere near to being an expert on this... I'd love to find out why I'm wrong.
I found some facts to help me wrap my brain around the magnitude of the problem. If any of my facts are incorrect, please let me know!
Human's Energy Consumption (annual) = 4.74 * 10^20 J 1 ton of TNT = 4.184 * 10^9 J St. Helen's volcano = 2.4 * 10^7 tons of TNT = roughly 1 * 10^17 J
I have a hard time believing that St. Helen's toal energy is only about 1/5,0000 of our total annual energy consumption. If it is true, however, it seems like venting and using the power is feasible.
I am coming at this from an uneducated viewpoint, but would appreciate an answer from someone a bit more educated...
If we were to drill into this forming volcano, use geothermal energy to create electricity, could you delay, decrease or prevent the volcano from erupting? It seems like a really good win/win situation where you get almost free energy and prevent a small country from getting obliterated.
The Pioneer anomaly has been explained by far less exotic answers... thermal radiation pressure is the likely culprit. Sorry, but you sound like a conspiracy theorist more than a scientist.
And you link to a blog which states "This way, the scientific establishment will slowly but surely be forced to return to reality, the reality of the existence of a real, physical ether with fluid-like properties."
You realize that the "ether" theory has been absolutely blown out of the water, right? Countless experiments were conducted to determine our motion through this either. all experiments showed the speed of light does not depend on the observer's velocity. It was only after these countless experiments that science finally accepted that there is no absolute vantage point.
But if you don't even understand this, you should presume to disagree with Einstein. Free speech may entitle you to disagree... but free speech also entitles the rest of us to call you out for the uninformed person that you are.
Besides your link to some dude's blog, what is your support for saying Einstein's theories are "obviously wrong"?
If his theories are wrong, how do you deal with the fact that they have been supported with countless experiments, and our GPS system depends on his theories to keep accurate timings down to the billionth of a second?
Ummmm... no it isn't. Although there are 20 Just Bieber stories for every story I want to read about, the fact is that i have a choice. A patronage model is quite different from what we have today.
Hi. I am not sure who the person was who modded this down. However that person apparently believes that because they disagree with the post that they should mod it down. Even if you disagree with the post it is interesting.
And the bottom line is that the OP is quite correct. If only the top a 1% funds books, guess who's viewpoints will be represented? But, my point really isn't to argue about the merits of a patronage model but to point out that the OP should be modded up and the person who modded it down shouldn't get mod points again.
This guy has a total of six posts on Slashdot... he got hit with a downmod for some reason I can't figure out. An upmod or two would get him out of Slashdot purgatory.
An excellent Yeah... I thought about the League of Nations as well... There may have been good intentions, but there was never a real political will to make it work. At least that is my take. The UN had the by-in early from the right people. Perhaps without the League of Nations we wouldn't have had the experience to manke the UN work.
The UN was the first real attempt to get global concensus on issues of the day. Imperfect as it was and is, it has had an incredible positive effect on the world. The US could have wagged its dick in the air as the only superpower in the world and truly no other second tier powers made it through the war intact. Instead, it chose to push for an institution where they had to cooperate with other countries. We are very fortunate that we had leaders who thought about the next generations. That doesn't seem to exist any more...
You wouldn't. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but this is a very advanced course. There are many other free resources on the web that would be more beneficial to a newer programmer.
It is an exciting time to be alive. We are discovering planets around stars that people didn't know even existed 50 years ago. We can communicate with people around the world in real-time for free. We have access to information that you would have had to be rich and/or connected to access.
Now we are truly gaining access to knowledge from world class teachers for free. It is a truly amazing time to be alive and I am grateful to be living in this era. Our grandkids will take it for granted... my kids might too. But we are in a true inflection point in history. In a thousand years, people will look at the idea of countires and wars and not understand why they existed. World War II sparked a real change in thinking. The UN was a step toward a world community and world thinking. The internet has provided the techical means for connecting. Other technology has helped bridge the gap.
The vision has been there for a while and we are just beginning to realize that dream. We have growing pains for sure and will for a while... but we are getting there. This Stanford course is just one of the tremendous side effects.
Yeah.... having a bunch of people wearing the same mask would be a wonderful way to blend in with the natives and make it difficult to figure out who you are and who you are associated with....
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Thanks for the reply. I so question your last assertion. According to Cutler J. Cleveland the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth, Katrina released 5*10^19 Joules of energy alone. Mt. Saint Helen's roughly 1 * 10^17. If this supervolacano is 1000 times larger, then it has the energy of two Katrinas. The problem is it is released in one giant blast as opposed to Katrina doing the mjaority of its destruction over a wide area and over a wide time period
I'm not trying to be argumentative... just trying to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the issue and what practically could be done to tame our enivronment a bit..
Thanks for the reply. I so question your last assertion. According to Cutler J. Cleveland the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth, Katrina released 5*10^19 Joules of energy alone. Mt. Saint Helen's roughly 1 * 10^17. If this supervolacano is 1000 times larger, then it has the energy of two Katrinas. The problem is it is released in one giant blast as opposed to Katrina doing the mjaority of its destruction over a wide area and over a wide time period
I'm not trying to be argumentative... just trying to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the issue and what practically could be done to tame our enivronment a bit.
Please see some of the numbers I found on Mt. Saint Helen. If those numbers are off, please point me to better sources. Thanks.
I don't have to redistribute it with any kind of efficiency. My primary goal is to keep the sucker from blowing up. Worst case scenario, we vent and let the energy escape for free. In that way we'd have a controlled eruption over years rather than in one giant blast.
Anything we can harness would be bonus.
Thanks for your reply. my question is why would the pipe only to pull energy from lava a few meters away from itself? If I am extracting energy from the lava underneath, it seems like conduction would mean I'd be pulling from a much larger area. I'm not looking to drain all of the energy in one day or one year. Just enough to keep the system in some type of equilibrium. If the numbers I found for Mt. St Helen are correct, and even if I assume that this volcano is a thousand times larger, it doesn't seem like you'd need to extract that much energy over a period of a century (these suckers form really slow) to maintain an equiibirum position.
Again, I will admit I am nowhere near to being an expert on this... I'd love to find out why I'm wrong.
I found some facts to help me wrap my brain around the magnitude of the problem. If any of my facts are incorrect, please let me know!
Human's Energy Consumption (annual) = 4.74 * 10^20 J
1 ton of TNT = 4.184 * 10^9 J
St. Helen's volcano = 2.4 * 10^7 tons of TNT = roughly 1 * 10^17 J
I have a hard time believing that St. Helen's toal energy is only about 1/5,0000 of our total annual energy consumption. If it is true, however, it seems like venting and using the power is feasible.
I am coming at this from an uneducated viewpoint, but would appreciate an answer from someone a bit more educated...
If we were to drill into this forming volcano, use geothermal energy to create electricity, could you delay, decrease or prevent the volcano from erupting? It seems like a really good win/win situation where you get almost free energy and prevent a small country from getting obliterated.
Or, roughly 200 grams of antimatter...
Can someone comment on what the "two-stage send" policy is?
The Pioneer anomaly has been explained by far less exotic answers... thermal radiation pressure is the likely culprit. Sorry, but you sound like a conspiracy theorist more than a scientist.
Oh, that is YOUR article? BWAHAHAHAAA. Sorry, I will stop arguing with you now. Only an idiot continues to argue with fools.
And you link to a blog which states
"This way, the scientific establishment will slowly but surely be forced to return to reality, the reality of the existence of a real, physical ether with fluid-like properties."
You realize that the "ether" theory has been absolutely blown out of the water, right? Countless experiments were conducted to determine our motion through this either. all experiments showed the speed of light does not depend on the observer's velocity. It was only after these countless experiments that science finally accepted that there is no absolute vantage point.
But if you don't even understand this, you should presume to disagree with Einstein. Free speech may entitle you to disagree... but free speech also entitles the rest of us to call you out for the uninformed person that you are.
Besides your link to some dude's blog, what is your support for saying Einstein's theories are "obviously wrong"?
If his theories are wrong, how do you deal with the fact that they have been supported with countless experiments, and our GPS system depends on his theories to keep accurate timings down to the billionth of a second?
Ummmm... no it isn't. Although there are 20 Just Bieber stories for every story I want to read about, the fact is that i have a choice. A patronage model is quite different from what we have today.
Hi. I am not sure who the person was who modded this down. However that person apparently believes that because they disagree with the post that they should mod it down. Even if you disagree with the post it is interesting.
And the bottom line is that the OP is quite correct. If only the top a 1% funds books, guess who's viewpoints will be represented? But, my point really isn't to argue about the merits of a patronage model but to point out that the OP should be modded up and the person who modded it down shouldn't get mod points again.
My God.... get over it. It is a Slashdot downmod. If something that small gets to you, I'd hate to see how you manage IRL.
This guy has a total of six posts on Slashdot... he got hit with a downmod for some reason I can't figure out. An upmod or two would get him out of Slashdot purgatory.
An excellent Yeah... I thought about the League of Nations as well... There may have been good intentions, but there was never a real political will to make it work. At least that is my take. The UN had the by-in early from the right people. Perhaps without the League of Nations we wouldn't have had the experience to manke the UN work.
So, your goal is to fluff up your resume rather than actually learnin? Frankly, I am not disappointed that you aren't gaining anything from it.
The UN was the first real attempt to get global concensus on issues of the day. Imperfect as it was and is, it has had an incredible positive effect on the world. The US could have wagged its dick in the air as the only superpower in the world and truly no other second tier powers made it through the war intact. Instead, it chose to push for an institution where they had to cooperate with other countries. We are very fortunate that we had leaders who thought about the next generations. That doesn't seem to exist any more...
You wouldn't. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but this is a very advanced course. There are many other free resources on the web that would be more beneficial to a newer programmer.
You have high costs too. Your gov't just absorbs it and you pay it through taxes.
It is an exciting time to be alive. We are discovering planets around stars that people didn't know even existed 50 years ago. We can communicate with people around the world in real-time for free. We have access to information that you would have had to be rich and/or connected to access.
Now we are truly gaining access to knowledge from world class teachers for free. It is a truly amazing time to be alive and I am grateful to be living in this era. Our grandkids will take it for granted... my kids might too. But we are in a true inflection point in history. In a thousand years, people will look at the idea of countires and wars and not understand why they existed. World War II sparked a real change in thinking. The UN was a step toward a world community and world thinking. The internet has provided the techical means for connecting. Other technology has helped bridge the gap.
The vision has been there for a while and we are just beginning to realize that dream. We have growing pains for sure and will for a while... but we are getting there. This Stanford course is just one of the tremendous side effects.
Yeah.... having a bunch of people wearing the same mask would be a wonderful way to blend in with the natives and make it difficult to figure out who you are and who you are associated with....
Ah, thanks for the clarification. I'm easily confused :)