What would be the ecological effect of harvesting huge amounts of seaweed? Knee jerk solutions lead to unintended consequences. Mother nature can be a vengeful biatch.
I think the real problem is politics. Special interests lead to some very stupid political decisions based on the "this is going to save the planet" meme. Ethanol made from food as a fuel comes to mind. People claiming to be environmentalists commit terrorism, criminal acts, and run scams for personal profit. Many "researchers" start out with their results already decided for economic reasons. A lowering of ethical standards in exchange for wealth or power. I don't advocate religion of any kind but I care about my family, community, country and fellow human beings so I believe it is wrong to harm them for profit. Do science honestly, report results honestly and keep it as far away from politicians as possible.There is no "good" political party.
The real problem with nuclear power is something everyone understands -- namely, people's ability for sloth and cheapness. A properly constructed and maintained nuclear reactor can be exceedingly safe. The problem is, those that run said plants will cut corners everywhere -- construction, maintenance, etc. -- and when they do, the consequences can be huge.
I totally agree, having spent most of my 25 year US Navy career serving aboard nuclear powered submarines I have no problem living in the same ship as those 60's design reactors. The training and quality assurance programs that were required when I was on active duty insured safe operation.
Bullshit. Let's place blame where blame is due. What screwed America is the unions.
Oh please. If you want to build stuff in America without paying union wages, it's easy: you build your factory in Alabama or Mississippi or Tennessee. That's exactly what a bunch of foreign automakers have done, while American automakers have been building factories in Mexico. There's nothing forcing you to use union labor; this has only been a major factor in northeast states. There's a LOT more to the country than just the northeast.
Have you not heard about the aircraft plant Boeing built in South Carolina and promptly got hit with union and NLRB litigation. BS indeed
My observations of the way things work on this "little blue dot" is that mother nature has her own ways of limiting overpopulation of the various species. Famine, disease, natural disasters, and wars are just a few of her obvious tools. Of course there is always the possibility that we could become one gigantic nuclear mass suicide.
Let me think now, who are some of history's heads of state that had excellent propaganda machines, owned the press and sowed hatred of people for being successful in business?
I would LOVE to be throttled! That would mean I actually maintained connection long enough to use the data at a high speed to be in the top x% of users.
Counting down my last month until I switch to Verizon...
You won't be happy with Verizon either. I hated their (lack of) service so bad I switched to Alltel when my contract with them expired. Verizon then bought Alltel just to show me they were not through screwing me.
The FCC's net neutrality rules were an attempt to circumvent congress and a power grab by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. It would have allowed the cable companies to package internet the way they now package TV (Are you happy with your 200 channels of infomercials?). This was opposed by many people from both parties not just republicans. Even Sen Al Franken (D) was very critical of these FCC rules. This has nothing to do with the net neutrality that opposes govt controls and censorship.
Apparently there is some confusion about net neutrality and FCC defined net neutrality. The former is freedom the latter is massive government control, choose wisely.
Why would anyone want the government to decide that scientific exploration in a particular area is a worthy pursuit? There is no justification for tax revenue being spent on science because private enterprise can achieve more faster and cheaper than government sponsored boondoggles. Look how much money they have wasted on programs like ethanol corn subsidies and fusion power. Private energy science is far more efficient and productive. Don't even get me started on electric cars.
I have not seen a report of any terrorist plot being foiled by a TSA screening. I have heard of federal employees being caught saving thousands of images that the public has been told that these machines cannot save or that the capability has been disabled. It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you. Ben Franklin said it before 9/11 "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both"
I hope you are not implying that the mpaa or other institution would overreach on this. Look how much illegal (or at least in opposition of their point of view) posting of material has been thwarted with takedown notices.
Why is this political, US laws cannot be enforced everywhere there is internet. This just shows how little politicians understand what the internet is.
It might help if the scientific community would stop calling stuff junk science just because it does not agree with what they learned. The history of science is littered with theories that turned out to be wrong. From what I have seen in the past decade with patches being applied to the big bang theory to accommodate observable facts, I would be looking around for some new ideas. Somehow dark matter and dark force fits into a novel better than a scientific journal. I have always been of the impression that if you need to inject data to make your theory work it is possibly flawed in some elemental way. Now we are asked to believe that nothing can go faster than the speed of light except in one special case that is unprovable. When there are exceptions to an assumed absolute it isn't one anymore. BTW climatological data indicates the earth has been cooling over the past decade, everybody panic, another ice age is coming.
Be suspicious of investigative reporters bearing gifts. Anybody remember Rathergate. I did a quick google on the contributing "non-profit orgs" and I would not describe them as unbiased.
All the major players in the cable broadband all decide at the same time that they need to cap usage. I smell a rat and experience tells me that consumers are going to get bitten by it. I predict there is an aspect of this cap thing that will cost us money at some point in the not too distant future. The US already pays more for less broadband than the rest of the developed world.
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And I suppose this chicken was created in some sort of big bang.
It is the candidates that are the problem, if we got rid of all the incompetent candidates we could pick better ones. Oh wait! Anarchy, never mind.
Couldn't they just feed the stuff to pigs and collect their farts instead of creating machinery to bypass those poor starving animals.
so thats the fuel problem solved then
What would be the ecological effect of harvesting huge amounts of seaweed? Knee jerk solutions lead to unintended consequences. Mother nature can be a vengeful biatch.
Danny Vermin: "I can park here, I am handicapped, I'm psychotic."
I think the real problem is politics. Special interests lead to some very stupid political decisions based on the "this is going to save the planet" meme. Ethanol made from food as a fuel comes to mind. People claiming to be environmentalists commit terrorism, criminal acts, and run scams for personal profit. Many "researchers" start out with their results already decided for economic reasons. A lowering of ethical standards in exchange for wealth or power. I don't advocate religion of any kind but I care about my family, community, country and fellow human beings so I believe it is wrong to harm them for profit. Do science honestly, report results honestly and keep it as far away from politicians as possible.There is no "good" political party.
The real problem with nuclear power is something everyone understands -- namely, people's ability for sloth and cheapness. A properly constructed and maintained nuclear reactor can be exceedingly safe. The problem is, those that run said plants will cut corners everywhere -- construction, maintenance, etc. -- and when they do, the consequences can be huge.
I totally agree, having spent most of my 25 year US Navy career serving aboard nuclear powered submarines I have no problem living in the same ship as those 60's design reactors. The training and quality assurance programs that were required when I was on active duty insured safe operation.
Bullshit. Let's place blame where blame is due. What screwed America is the unions.
Oh please. If you want to build stuff in America without paying union wages, it's easy: you build your factory in Alabama or Mississippi or Tennessee. That's exactly what a bunch of foreign automakers have done, while American automakers have been building factories in Mexico. There's nothing forcing you to use union labor; this has only been a major factor in northeast states. There's a LOT more to the country than just the northeast.
Have you not heard about the aircraft plant Boeing built in South Carolina and promptly got hit with union and NLRB litigation. BS indeed
Unintended Consequences
My observations of the way things work on this "little blue dot" is that mother nature has her own ways of limiting overpopulation of the various species. Famine, disease, natural disasters, and wars are just a few of her obvious tools. Of course there is always the possibility that we could become one gigantic nuclear mass suicide.
Let me think now, who are some of history's heads of state that had excellent propaganda machines, owned the press and sowed hatred of people for being successful in business?
I would LOVE to be throttled! That would mean I actually maintained connection long enough to use the data at a high speed to be in the top x% of users.
Counting down my last month until I switch to Verizon...
You won't be happy with Verizon either. I hated their (lack of) service so bad I switched to Alltel when my contract with them expired. Verizon then bought Alltel just to show me they were not through screwing me.
The FCC's net neutrality rules were an attempt to circumvent congress and a power grab by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. It would have allowed the cable companies to package internet the way they now package TV (Are you happy with your 200 channels of infomercials?). This was opposed by many people from both parties not just republicans. Even Sen Al Franken (D) was very critical of these FCC rules. This has nothing to do with the net neutrality that opposes govt controls and censorship.
If you care about this subject read the proposed legislation. There are liars on both sides and the only way to see the truth is to go to the source.
Apparently there is some confusion about net neutrality and FCC defined net neutrality. The former is freedom the latter is massive government control, choose wisely.
Why would anyone want the government to decide that scientific exploration in a particular area is a worthy pursuit? There is no justification for tax revenue being spent on science because private enterprise can achieve more faster and cheaper than government sponsored boondoggles. Look how much money they have wasted on programs like ethanol corn subsidies and fusion power. Private energy science is far more efficient and productive. Don't even get me started on electric cars.
Far out, man
I have not seen a report of any terrorist plot being foiled by a TSA screening. I have heard of federal employees being caught saving thousands of images that the public has been told that these machines cannot save or that the capability has been disabled. It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you. Ben Franklin said it before 9/11 "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both"
I hope you are not implying that the mpaa or other institution would overreach on this. Look how much illegal (or at least in opposition of their point of view) posting of material has been thwarted with takedown notices.
Why is this political, US laws cannot be enforced everywhere there is internet. This just shows how little politicians understand what the internet is.
This is his latest humanitarian project.
Come on the story is from Chicago. [$group] pays [$$$$$] to [$judicial_entity], [$new_technology] is best new law enforcement tool.
It might help if the scientific community would stop calling stuff junk science just because it does not agree with what they learned. The history of science is littered with theories that turned out to be wrong. From what I have seen in the past decade with patches being applied to the big bang theory to accommodate observable facts, I would be looking around for some new ideas. Somehow dark matter and dark force fits into a novel better than a scientific journal. I have always been of the impression that if you need to inject data to make your theory work it is possibly flawed in some elemental way. Now we are asked to believe that nothing can go faster than the speed of light except in one special case that is unprovable. When there are exceptions to an assumed absolute it isn't one anymore. BTW climatological data indicates the earth has been cooling over the past decade, everybody panic, another ice age is coming.
Be suspicious of investigative reporters bearing gifts. Anybody remember Rathergate. I did a quick google on the contributing "non-profit orgs" and I would not describe them as unbiased.
All the major players in the cable broadband all decide at the same time that they need to cap usage. I smell a rat and experience tells me that consumers are going to get bitten by it. I predict there is an aspect of this cap thing that will cost us money at some point in the not too distant future. The US already pays more for less broadband than the rest of the developed world.