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  1. Re:LOL at "climate change" on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean the republicans "Lets call it climate change as it is less scary then global warming"?

  2. I am pretty sure the atmosphere will move the high CO2 into the low atmosphere.

  3. Re: Now we know. on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Your out of date.

    The current anti-left argument is "They want to keep the undeveloped world poor by making power more expensive"

  4. Can you actually name a genre that is not white dominated?

  5. Re:And then a hero comes along on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually I don't think he was looking for publicity. I believe he used the flat earthers for funding.

  6. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DY... I think road design may of played a part.

  7. My understanding was it was a very good rate for a limited amount. The miners then took all the cheap stuff.

  8. Re: Repeal the 2nd amendment on President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I would class steak knives very differently from a meat cleaver.

    As for guns I am Australian.

    We managed to remove the vast majority of guns and since then any shooting is national news because it happens so rarely.

  9. Re:I wonder if this ruling creates precedent on Disney Loses in Redbox Copyright Row (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They buy many discs, each with their own code.

    They rent the discs and sell each code once.

  10. Re: Repeal the 2nd amendment on President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But you do not need to carry a knife in public to prepare food do you?

  11. Re:"Dangerous" Climate Change on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    And water is plant drink. But a flood can still happen.

  12. Re:I will believe global warming is a real threat. on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    £19.6 billion and 9 years so for Hinkly point C.

    http://www.renewablesfirst.co....

    £3.1 million for 2MW wind turbine.

    * 6000 to get 12GW (about equivalent to 3GW)

    Nuclear is expensive and slow.

  13. Re:Solutions outside Narrative not credible on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    gas has gone from being "clean energy future" (pushed by the gas companies and not the people who are trying to fight climate change)

  14. Re:Too lazy to look it up... on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    Methane turns into CO2 which goes into the grass which feeds the animals.

    Long term animal methane is not a problem.

    Energy to make fertilizes and move animals though, that is a problem.

  15. Re:Too lazy to look it up... on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    Australia has stopped building new coal plants.
    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/bl...

  16. Re:In control [Re:Kudzu all over again!] on Hoping That Sucking CO2 From the Air Will Fix the Climate? Good Luck (easac.eu) · · Score: 1

    If I have natural variation of 1 degree over a time period of a year. and a human increase of 0.1/year then it can be 20 years for the human to overcome the variation.

  17. Re:The right to vote is a protected right on North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The ideal gerrymander from the point of view of a party is too make your seats safe while your opponent seats ultra-safe soaking up as many of their voters as possible.

    1000 voters in 10 districts, 500 for each party.

    1)you could have 50-50 in each district or
    2)51-49 in 9 districts for you and 59-41 in the other district.

  18. So any device that can be fixed by reloading the firmware are not actually bricked?

  19. Re:Everyone knows if it means more Dem votes on New Bill Could Finally Get Rid of Paperless Voting Machines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Or it makes the candidates try to get the middle votes rather then the extreme votes.

    If they are going to vote for you anyway you may as well try and get the other people to vote for you.

  20. Re:Only half the problem. Need stronger voter ID'i on New Bill Could Finally Get Rid of Paperless Voting Machines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you not buy dead bolts for every room in your house.

    I mean if you really want to protect things having each door locked with the best lock you can buy would be proactive against robbery.

  21. Re:So the they hack the tabulator instead ;) on New Bill Could Finally Get Rid of Paperless Voting Machines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    In Australia this happened
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  22. Re:No they shouldn't on New Bill Could Finally Get Rid of Paperless Voting Machines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And you can even count it toward income tax. That way no one actually loses money (Obviously Sarcasm)

  23. Re: I'll go against the Slashdot groupthink on Trump Wants Postal Service To Charge 'Much More' For Amazon Shipments (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are delivering letters, why not packages at the same time?

  24. Re:10 hour days.. on How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    From my understanding, it was the Romans moving January and February to the start of the year.

  25. The grid cannot handle it?