It's not unknown, it's absurd--CO2 levels have been far, far higher in the past (where do you think all that carbon we're burning came from originally? Protip: It was all in the atmosphere prior to the advent of plant life) and the Venus scenario has never happened. The Earth is too far out from the Sun for that to become a stable equilibrium.
No, but it is often put into a higher entropy state where it is harder to recover--trace metals in electronics being a good example of this. They're a lot easier to get from mining the original deposits from recycling--they're not gone, they just become more labor and energy intensive to get.
It's only hard to imagine if you're retarded--ethanol was discovered millenia ago--at least 5,000 years ago in fact. Distillation is at least 1800 years old. Distillation of ethanol is at least 900 years old.
We didn't discover ethanol as a fuel a few decades ago, it's been known for centuries. The fact that you have an American education doesn't mean the world is actually the way you think it is.
All of those things were around before France. Democracy is the Greek word for the Athenian system of government circa 400 BC, the Romans had a word for the blowjob, and existentialism existed in various forms in various cultures for millenia before Sartre.
Maybe you don't live in the US, but most of the deserts here have plenty of pumped storage capacity--seeing as all the water in those areas comes from massive reservoirs (granted, not all of them are equipped with hydroelectric generators, but many are).
I hope you don't file your own taxes, because otherwise the IRS is going to come down on you for your incompetently filed returns--you have no idea what you are talking about.
The angle of incidence on the poles is so low that the contribution to albedo from polar caps is much smaller than their overall area would otherwise suggest.
I haven't been to a gas station where this was possible...ever. Every pump I've ever used had to be authorized by the attendant, you couldn't just pump and go.
The only people who are short on Vitamin D are people with darker skin in more northern climates, or people who get incredibly low amounts of sunlight. Even I get more than 20 minutes a day.
Moreover, most of the industrialized world consumes Vitamin D fortified dairy products as well.
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It's not unknown, it's absurd--CO2 levels have been far, far higher in the past (where do you think all that carbon we're burning came from originally? Protip: It was all in the atmosphere prior to the advent of plant life) and the Venus scenario has never happened. The Earth is too far out from the Sun for that to become a stable equilibrium.
No, but it is often put into a higher entropy state where it is harder to recover--trace metals in electronics being a good example of this. They're a lot easier to get from mining the original deposits from recycling--they're not gone, they just become more labor and energy intensive to get.
It's only hard to imagine if you're retarded--ethanol was discovered millenia ago--at least 5,000 years ago in fact. Distillation is at least 1800 years old. Distillation of ethanol is at least 900 years old.
We didn't discover ethanol as a fuel a few decades ago, it's been known for centuries. The fact that you have an American education doesn't mean the world is actually the way you think it is.
All of those things were around before France. Democracy is the Greek word for the Athenian system of government circa 400 BC, the Romans had a word for the blowjob, and existentialism existed in various forms in various cultures for millenia before Sartre.
Are you saying that Barack Obama is a motorist?
Maybe you don't live in the US, but most of the deserts here have plenty of pumped storage capacity--seeing as all the water in those areas comes from massive reservoirs (granted, not all of them are equipped with hydroelectric generators, but many are).
CEO is an employee, FYI. This falls under raise employee salaries. Your correction is moot.
Yes, we all watched GATTACA too.
Phrenology was not a science. Giving something a greek name does not make it a science.
You must be new to the internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale
Any test you find online is bogus, and anyone who brings up their IQ in conversation or on a resume is a pretentious twit.
Then you have never been inside a high school or university career center.
Maybe there is an applicant with an equivalent resume, but a better brain scan?
And as for aptitude tests, that's more common than you think.
Language isn't fixed, and never has been. Thanks for playing.
So, reality supports my (implicit) claim that airline industry is "free, competitive marketplace". What reality do you live in?
The one where you have yet to list the conditions that actually define a free market, neither of which apply even slightly to airline travel.
Number of competitors is irrelevant. Profit margin is irrelevant. Go take an Econ class some time, learn something.
Free markets require transparency and mobility to function properly. Airline travel exibits neither of these properties.
You always have a choice in a free, competitive marketplace
We're talking about the airlines.
Fuck that, we're talking about reality.
There is no such thing as a free, competitive market in reality. So no, you don't always have a choice.
I'm willing to bet you can't even list the conditions that define a free, competitive market.
Why should I have to pay more because I'm a larger person than you? I'm slender at 200 lbs.
Because it costs more to transport you. The laws of physics aren't that complicated, you have no excuse for not understanding this.
I hope you don't file your own taxes, because otherwise the IRS is going to come down on you for your incompetently filed returns--you have no idea what you are talking about.
The angle of incidence on the poles is so low that the contribution to albedo from polar caps is much smaller than their overall area would otherwise suggest.
I haven't been to a gas station where this was possible...ever. Every pump I've ever used had to be authorized by the attendant, you couldn't just pump and go.
The one where Gene Simmons STILL wipes his ass with $100 bills.
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Wiktionary is.
I don't know how one can use e-mail and slashdot, but think facebook is a scourge to the internet.
Cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy come to mind.
Wheres the -1 Stupidly Unclever mod when I need it?
Because it's simply wrong. The human body can produce as much as 40 times the RDI for vitamin D in just 20 minutes (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets#Supplementation).
The only people who are short on Vitamin D are people with darker skin in more northern climates, or people who get incredibly low amounts of sunlight. Even I get more than 20 minutes a day.
Moreover, most of the industrialized world consumes Vitamin D fortified dairy products as well.
Most people in the industrialized world consume Vitamin D enriched dairy, and have since the 1930s.