You've completely missed the point. You ignored the fact that I went from a 14mpg vehicle to a 24mpg vehicle (I don't care what the EPA says, my Century gets 24mpg). So, estimating from your spreadsheet, over 120,000 miles I will produce about 6 tons less CO2 than if I had kept my other vehicle. I've lowered my carbon footprint. Admittedly not as much as if I had bought a Prius, but the Prius would have cost six times as much.
My point was not that people should not buy Priuses. If anyone really wants a Prius, and can afford it, go for it. My point is that they don't HAVE to buy a Prius to make a positive environmental impact.
If you're buying a Prius just to make a statement about how you feel about the environment (and to feel like you're better than other people), then you are no different than the guy who buys a Hummer because he feels insecure about the size of his penis.
If lowering your carbon footprint is your concern, you don't have to spend a lot of money on an electric car to do it.
Purchase a recycled car. What's that? It's what most people call a used car. That's not recycling you say? Well, it's similar to recycling in that no energy was expended, or pollution ejected, or resources depleted in some manufacturing process to get you in a set of wheels. It's cheaper too. Naturally, you'll want to look for a vehicle with better fuel mileage that pollutes less as well.
I'm happy driving around in my used, $4,900, ten-year-old Buick. It's paid for, and has fuel economy that is 10mpg better than my last car.
Why not? It's not like they're really sporting events anyway. It's just another form of entertainment. Who cares if the players are cyborgs? Their job is to injure themselves in order to amuse people.
Now we can immobilize EVERYONE within 500 meters whether they're doing anything wrong or not, such as journalists and other so-called "innocent bystanders". Surely any person within 500 meters of a public disturbance is up to no good. All good citizens always stay at home where they belong. What a jubilant triumph for the brave defenders of our glorious homeland!
Many more people are killed worldwide by simple diarrhea. All that is needed to cure it is clean drinking water. We could save over two million lives each year for less than what we're spending on HIV research. Too bad diarrhea is neither fashionable or tragic. There are no "brown ribbon" campaigns for diarrhea.
I am reminded of Battlezone (1998 version). I don't know about a "swarm", but I imagine one person could manage three or four drones pretty easily if the interface was good enough, and the drones were semi-autonomous.
Calls, texts and (good Lord!) having someone walk up and talk to you are all examples of interruptions. The beauty of email is that you don't have to deal with it until you're ready to deal with it. Other communication methods have their place, but eliminating email altogether is a step backwards.
I think the way we "rethink" travel, is to consider why we're traveling at all. Here's an example: beginning last summer we have paid a lot of money so that a vendor rep can fly in periodically and help us configure a new software package. There is absolutely nothing that he has done that could not be done remotely. What a waste of time, energy, money, and other resources! Not to mention that the travel keeps him away from his family for extended periods.
Even on a regional level, a lot of travel is unnecessary. Millions of people could do their jobs via telecommuting. You can't even argue any longer that managers need people to come into the office so that they can keep their eye on them. Monitoring can be done remotely too.
In the future, I wonder if our descendents will look back on this time period and marvel that we found it necessary to actually, physically, move millions of people around every day by planes, trains, and automobiles?
Heck, how can you have a secret police force if everything they do isn't kept secret? Do not be concerned, citizens. Our secret police force will keep us safe and secure and will inform us of all secret police matters deemed important for the security of our glorious homeland.
Teachers should be cooperating with each other, not competing with each other. This is why business practices should not be applied to schools. Schools are already suffering from this kind of thinking, and the teaching ranks are being filled with sociopaths who could care less about students.
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You've completely missed the point. You ignored the fact that I went from a 14mpg vehicle to a 24mpg vehicle (I don't care what the EPA says, my Century gets 24mpg). So, estimating from your spreadsheet, over 120,000 miles I will produce about 6 tons less CO2 than if I had kept my other vehicle. I've lowered my carbon footprint. Admittedly not as much as if I had bought a Prius, but the Prius would have cost six times as much.
My point was not that people should not buy Priuses. If anyone really wants a Prius, and can afford it, go for it. My point is that they don't HAVE to buy a Prius to make a positive environmental impact.
If you're buying a Prius just to make a statement about how you feel about the environment (and to feel like you're better than other people), then you are no different than the guy who buys a Hummer because he feels insecure about the size of his penis.
If lowering your carbon footprint is your concern, you don't have to spend a lot of money on an electric car to do it.
Purchase a recycled car. What's that? It's what most people call a used car. That's not recycling you say? Well, it's similar to recycling in that no energy was expended, or pollution ejected, or resources depleted in some manufacturing process to get you in a set of wheels. It's cheaper too. Naturally, you'll want to look for a vehicle with better fuel mileage that pollutes less as well.
I'm happy driving around in my used, $4,900, ten-year-old Buick. It's paid for, and has fuel economy that is 10mpg better than my last car.
Carly Foulkes is safe.
Why not? It's not like they're really sporting events anyway. It's just another form of entertainment. Who cares if the players are cyborgs? Their job is to injure themselves in order to amuse people.
You're killing me. Do you have your tax rates hard-coded in the software, or what?
Now we can immobilize EVERYONE within 500 meters whether they're doing anything wrong or not, such as journalists and other so-called "innocent bystanders". Surely any person within 500 meters of a public disturbance is up to no good. All good citizens always stay at home where they belong. What a jubilant triumph for the brave defenders of our glorious homeland!
Whoever came up with that moniker needs a boot party.
Many more people are killed worldwide by simple diarrhea. All that is needed to cure it is clean drinking water. We could save over two million lives each year for less than what we're spending on HIV research. Too bad diarrhea is neither fashionable or tragic. There are no "brown ribbon" campaigns for diarrhea.
I am reminded of Battlezone (1998 version). I don't know about a "swarm", but I imagine one person could manage three or four drones pretty easily if the interface was good enough, and the drones were semi-autonomous.
Usually these stories get trotted out right around budget cutting time.
...what does a mammoth taste like?
Calls, texts and (good Lord!) having someone walk up and talk to you are all examples of interruptions. The beauty of email is that you don't have to deal with it until you're ready to deal with it. Other communication methods have their place, but eliminating email altogether is a step backwards.
Susan Kare is a seriously good looking woman.
After buying Yahoo, it is rumored that Microsoft plans to buy Myspace, Pets.com, and the patent rights to Betamax.
As I have said before, I am in love with Carly Foulkes (the T-Mobile spokes-model) and I intend to purchase whatever she tells me to buy.
I think the way we "rethink" travel, is to consider why we're traveling at all. Here's an example: beginning last summer we have paid a lot of money so that a vendor rep can fly in periodically and help us configure a new software package. There is absolutely nothing that he has done that could not be done remotely. What a waste of time, energy, money, and other resources! Not to mention that the travel keeps him away from his family for extended periods.
Even on a regional level, a lot of travel is unnecessary. Millions of people could do their jobs via telecommuting. You can't even argue any longer that managers need people to come into the office so that they can keep their eye on them. Monitoring can be done remotely too.
In the future, I wonder if our descendents will look back on this time period and marvel that we found it necessary to actually, physically, move millions of people around every day by planes, trains, and automobiles?
Heck, how can you have a secret police force if everything they do isn't kept secret? Do not be concerned, citizens. Our secret police force will keep us safe and secure and will inform us of all secret police matters deemed important for the security of our glorious homeland.
And the folks of the "Show Me State", believe this verification has been preformed?
What does Missouri have to do with this?
Here in Oklahoma, in the last 24 hours, we've had tornadoes, floods, and another earthquake. I'm not liking the looks of this asteroid thing.
I'm beginning to think Facebook is the mark of the beast.
It needs to be renamed the "Ministry of Love" or the "Department of Frightened Old Women" depending on which direction you want to go with your irony.
Whoosh!
Carbonite: endorsed by Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. 'Nuff said.
Teachers should be cooperating with each other, not competing with each other. This is why business practices should not be applied to schools. Schools are already suffering from this kind of thinking, and the teaching ranks are being filled with sociopaths who could care less about students.
It's not only merely dead, it's really most sincerely dead.