Exactly. There is relatively a 100% probability of discovering huge new repositories of NG, Oil and coal compared to all this alternative energy crap.
I just don't understand the problem of using hydrocarbons for energy. It is being done safely and should continue to be.
Bailing out the Venture Capitalists that have sinking investments in this technology.
" boost the development & adoption of electric vehicles"
Why what is wrong with gasoline and CNG powered vehicles?
Obama got roughly 95% of the black vote.
His third largest block by percentage were Jews, 80%,
But the second largest block, 90%, were Jew haters.
So go figure.
Somebody is going to be quite surprised.
Wikipedia is more like google than a library; a place to start vs. a place to end when looking for information. The big problem for google is you have to sometimes weed past pages and pages of adds to find info. (Say a hotel's website).
I would say that Wikipedia is cross between Google without adversting (at least so far not blantant) and a blog. But much more like a blog. It is mostly opinion which is just fine as long as you know what it is your are getting.
If it looks like a blog; walks like a blog; and quacks like a blog; it is a blog.
When viewing Wikipedia, just like when reading the New York Times or Rueters, you have to say, "interesting, I wonder if it is true."
Big deal. The climate is getting warmer. Big deal. We will all be dead anyhow. The planet cannot die. We die and the planet goes on. It has happened before. Who know all this aledged global warming could be saving us from an immediate terminal (for human life) ice age.
Get a life people.
I really do not like MSNBC. I'm not a big fan of MSFT or NBC so I don't go there. I also really get irritated with Mat-hues and his guests esp. Katrina what-her-name and that guy Corn. I think the technical problem had something to do with WMP on Mac. I have seen some sites use ActiveX to launch the clip and I'm pretty sure MSNBC.com was one. I remember sending them an email and I think they told me to pound sand. Because of the relationship with MSFT I thought maybe it was intentional but since I can easily live without MSNBC (and so can millions and millions of Americans) I kind never went back. I just find it ironic that entity that give FEMA a ding did the same darn thing.
The idea off building levees and floodwalls and stopping the subsidence are mutually exclusive. If you do not want the city to loose elevation you must flood it from time to time. In fact the current flooding will actually raise the level of the city (flooded areas) by a few fractions of an inch.
The Dutch system does not completely depend on single layers of dykes. It is a system that also entails vast low lands of farmland that can be flooded. Where would we get such "empty" reservoirs around New Orleans? Condemn part of the City and enclose it? Drain more of the wetlands and enclose them?
Barrier islands would not have helped much since the water came in from the west and north across the Lake. It would have helped a bit if the Lake (actually a shallow bay) would be sealed off from the Gulf. That would be a big project and would ruin a vast estuary. The only engineering solution is to dredge and canal residential areas that are currently below sea (actually Lake) level. This would create a huge political problem and entail massive condemnation and property confiscation battles. But property values would soar.
One other thing that drives me nuts is the concept that once the water comes out people can return. Houses that have been dunked will not survive. I guess this begs the question as to why there was such a rush to pump.
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Exactly. There is relatively a 100% probability of discovering huge new repositories of NG, Oil and coal compared to all this alternative energy crap. I just don't understand the problem of using hydrocarbons for energy. It is being done safely and should continue to be.
Bailing out the Venture Capitalists that have sinking investments in this technology. " boost the development & adoption of electric vehicles" Why what is wrong with gasoline and CNG powered vehicles?
Stalin
Obama got roughly 95% of the black vote. His third largest block by percentage were Jews, 80%, But the second largest block, 90%, were Jew haters. So go figure. Somebody is going to be quite surprised.
William Jefferson D-New Orleans AKA the cold cash democrat was re-elected by a wide margin.
"The newspapers will write articles that sell " No. They do not. They are in the tank. They are in rapid decline.
"Global Warming is real. The only..." No there is one more question: Over what time period? The long term change is towards cooling. That is a fact.
I thought /.ers believed in evolution?
IDC is a joke. They get the numbers from asking vendors. What do you think MSFT would say? Come on.
FEMA = Darwinism Interrupted. If you are too stupid to get out of the way of a Hurricane or forest fire...
Wikipedia is more like google than a library; a place to start vs. a place to end when looking for information. The big problem for google is you have to sometimes weed past pages and pages of adds to find info. (Say a hotel's website). I would say that Wikipedia is cross between Google without adversting (at least so far not blantant) and a blog. But much more like a blog. It is mostly opinion which is just fine as long as you know what it is your are getting.
If it looks like a blog; walks like a blog; and quacks like a blog; it is a blog. When viewing Wikipedia, just like when reading the New York Times or Rueters, you have to say, "interesting, I wonder if it is true."
Scanned it. Page one had conventional false hood. The polar ice caps are not at a record low. Only 50-100 million years ago they were completely gone.
Big deal. The climate is getting warmer. Big deal. We will all be dead anyhow. The planet cannot die. We die and the planet goes on. It has happened before. Who know all this aledged global warming could be saving us from an immediate terminal (for human life) ice age. Get a life people.
How about Chrysler running TV commercials glorifying jibberish? I "seen" it did you? Pathetic. Watching Katrina coverage gives me the creeps.
Most of SEBL's revenue is not from the sales product. Big product is help desk.
Tiger
I really do not like MSNBC. I'm not a big fan of MSFT or NBC so I don't go there. I also really get irritated with Mat-hues and his guests esp. Katrina what-her-name and that guy Corn. I think the technical problem had something to do with WMP on Mac. I have seen some sites use ActiveX to launch the clip and I'm pretty sure MSNBC.com was one. I remember sending them an email and I think they told me to pound sand. Because of the relationship with MSFT I thought maybe it was intentional but since I can easily live without MSNBC (and so can millions and millions of Americans) I kind never went back. I just find it ironic that entity that give FEMA a ding did the same darn thing.
Half the stuff on MSNBC requires Windows last time I tried it.
The idea off building levees and floodwalls and stopping the subsidence are mutually exclusive. If you do not want the city to loose elevation you must flood it from time to time. In fact the current flooding will actually raise the level of the city (flooded areas) by a few fractions of an inch. The Dutch system does not completely depend on single layers of dykes. It is a system that also entails vast low lands of farmland that can be flooded. Where would we get such "empty" reservoirs around New Orleans? Condemn part of the City and enclose it? Drain more of the wetlands and enclose them? Barrier islands would not have helped much since the water came in from the west and north across the Lake. It would have helped a bit if the Lake (actually a shallow bay) would be sealed off from the Gulf. That would be a big project and would ruin a vast estuary. The only engineering solution is to dredge and canal residential areas that are currently below sea (actually Lake) level. This would create a huge political problem and entail massive condemnation and property confiscation battles. But property values would soar. One other thing that drives me nuts is the concept that once the water comes out people can return. Houses that have been dunked will not survive. I guess this begs the question as to why there was such a rush to pump.