I didn't understand that part either - the editor copied and pasted it from TFA. There's two totally separate methane stores - in soil, bottled up by permafrost, and in methane clathrate on the seafloor, mostly in sediment, bottled up by pressure and low temperature. I also can't see how the ocean's ice cover has anything to do with the clathrate store except indirectly via albedo and temperature, so mentioning permafrost here doesn't make sense even if it refers to ice cover.
So you say that because one data set of many is off somewhat, all the other evidence (glacier retreat, dissolving ice shelfs, animal and plant habitats shifting northward, and record summer temperatures measured on the ground) isn't real either, and that an obscure paper is the only one that knows the truth?
Sounds a lot like one of the usual conspiracy theories to me. The corrected data will be used in the next IPCC report, let's see how much it changes.
Tsunamis are harmless in open water - their height is on the order of a meter, and there's very little horizontal movement of water involved. They only get tall when they steepen as surf, and are dangerous because of their enormous wavelength (up to kilometers) which means one wave has an enormous volume of water to spill. All of this won't affect drilling platforms at all, and for islands you need to build a structure all around it - a wall is a lot cheaper. In any case, the low incidence of tsunamis won't encourage anybody to build such structures. JFWI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami#Characteristics
Amen. The biggest dent in carbon dioxide during the 90s was the demise of the Soviet Union. Now the only thing we need in the US is run the big three in Detroit into the ground.
If the only real benefit is going to environmentalist heaven, then reducing energy use is just a sad waste of humanity.
Jeez. Do you think environmentalists typically pray to Gaia? There's tangible cost associated with environmental decline like global warming. Environmentalists are usually just faster to recognize this. For the rest it'll probably take a few more decades to sink in. Or they'll simply have to make way for the next generation.
Actually I think in the case of the mortgage mess the shareholders are not to blame (for once.) Many European banks are in trouble too, without a manic fixation on quarterly results, and a friend of mine who is in real estate summed it up nicely: "This was fraud on a very large scale and nobody cared." A mortgage auditing firm in SoCal was quoted as saying that about 50% of the mortgages they evaluated were at least "iffy", often with lenders overstating their income or not mentioning other loans or mortgages, and the lenders not giving a damn because all they wanted was their fee and/or bonus. The FBI is looking into many firms and I read somewhere that 400 people have already been arrested.
Last time I read something about it (can't remember where but it was probably SciAm) it was said that the diameter of the visible universe is far greater than 2*13.7 Gly because the universe has expanded significantly since those first photons got underway. After all, they got stretched several times (redshift.)
we ideally side with the good guys, when that distinction can be made
Like Batista, the Shah, Saddam Hussein or the Mujahideen?
Face it, the chances of siding with the "good guys" haven't been all that great. After WWII, Korea is about the only success case that comes to my mind right away. We'll know how Iraq and Afghanistan work out in a few decades. Staying out of other people's business is something that other former superpowers learned the hard or the easy way. We'll have to see how it works out for the US.
1 American soldier = 10000 Iraqi children = X American and other civilians, where X depends on how efficient the American soldier is in pissing off Iraqis by killing their relatives and how efficient the resulting terrorists are.
Taking the long view, however, results in an identical push by both candidates for more government and less individual freedom.
What do you want? Anarchy? Wall Street being able to pay out as much bonuses as they want? Companies allowed to produce and sell whatever they want, irrespective of health or environmental consequences (like milk in China?)
There are good and bad regulations. Nobody in a capitalist society adheres to the golden rule when it comes to their wallet so we need regulations.
And look at all those "socialist" (actually capitalist with more regulation than in the US) countries in Europe with a much higher standard of living than the US.
Will it be possible to dock a remote controlled craft to it? If yes, wouldn't it make sense to design one that can move the HST to an orbit with a different inclination so it can be serviced again in a couple of years? There was talk about de-orbiting Hubble safely at the end of its life, so why not "de-orbit" it to an orbit that's close to the ISS?
I just said "many". Too many for our environment to bear. Every time after a significant storm some beaches are contaminated and the primary source of bacteria is pet (mostly dog) shit. My guess is about 50% pick up. Some dog owners have a little blue plastic bag on them, some don't. And I can see a few dogs in the act of crapping every now and then and I can see very few dog owners picking something up. Given that about 50% comply with the mandatory leashing up I'd say it's probably the same with picking up their dog's shit. I kick a dog in the head about once a year because it's not leashed up and tries to jump me when I'm running. "But he only wants to play!" Yeah right, and I don't. I've been bitten twice, that's enough. I don't hate dogs, but I've come to dislike dog owners a lot.
A brewery doesn't consume CO2 - the yeast produces it. At least in Germany. Dunno about the US - maybe American beer is more like beer flavored soda.:P
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They're talking price, not cost. The two have nothing to do with each other.
I didn't understand that part either - the editor copied and pasted it from TFA.
There's two totally separate methane stores - in soil, bottled up by permafrost, and in methane clathrate on the seafloor, mostly in sediment, bottled up by pressure and low temperature. I also can't see how the ocean's ice cover has anything to do with the clathrate store except indirectly via albedo and temperature, so mentioning permafrost here doesn't make sense even if it refers to ice cover.
So you say that because one data set of many is off somewhat, all the other evidence (glacier retreat, dissolving ice shelfs, animal and plant habitats shifting northward, and record summer temperatures measured on the ground) isn't real either, and that an obscure paper is the only one that knows the truth?
Sounds a lot like one of the usual conspiracy theories to me. The corrected data will be used in the next IPCC report, let's see how much it changes.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903134323.htm
Tsunamis are harmless in open water - their height is on the order of a meter, and there's very little horizontal movement of water involved. They only get tall when they steepen as surf, and are dangerous because of their enormous wavelength (up to kilometers) which means one wave has an enormous volume of water to spill.
All of this won't affect drilling platforms at all, and for islands you need to build a structure all around it - a wall is a lot cheaper. In any case, the low incidence of tsunamis won't encourage anybody to build such structures.
JFWI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami#Characteristics
Amen. The biggest dent in carbon dioxide during the 90s was the demise of the Soviet Union.
Now the only thing we need in the US is run the big three in Detroit into the ground.
If the only real benefit is going to environmentalist heaven, then reducing energy use is just a sad waste of humanity.
Jeez. Do you think environmentalists typically pray to Gaia?
There's tangible cost associated with environmental decline like global warming. Environmentalists are usually just faster to recognize this. For the rest it'll probably take a few more decades to sink in. Or they'll simply have to make way for the next generation.
Actually I think in the case of the mortgage mess the shareholders are not to blame (for once.) Many European banks are in trouble too, without a manic fixation on quarterly results, and a friend of mine who is in real estate summed it up nicely: "This was fraud on a very large scale and nobody cared." A mortgage auditing firm in SoCal was quoted as saying that about 50% of the mortgages they evaluated were at least "iffy", often with lenders overstating their income or not mentioning other loans or mortgages, and the lenders not giving a damn because all they wanted was their fee and/or bonus.
The FBI is looking into many firms and I read somewhere that 400 people have already been arrested.
What about all the nerd porn and Windows hate on /. ?
I rather like the idea of having an OS with as little on it as possible.
That way I can add what I see fit, much like the Server OS.
Hey it's a step in the right direction.
And when everybody is used to downloading app(let)s from Microsoft, they can start charging small amounts for them...
Last time I read something about it (can't remember where but it was probably SciAm) it was said that the diameter of the visible universe is far greater than 2*13.7 Gly because the universe has expanded significantly since those first photons got underway. After all, they got stretched several times (redshift.)
You submit a couple hundred grand in financing to your representative, then you'll have a voice too.
we ideally side with the good guys, when that distinction can be made
Like Batista, the Shah, Saddam Hussein or the Mujahideen?
Face it, the chances of siding with the "good guys" haven't been all that great. After WWII, Korea is about the only success case that comes to my mind right away. We'll know how Iraq and Afghanistan work out in a few decades.
Staying out of other people's business is something that other former superpowers learned the hard or the easy way. We'll have to see how it works out for the US.
1 American soldier = 10000 Iraqi children
1 American soldier = 10000 Iraqi children = X American and other civilians, where X depends on how efficient the American soldier is in pissing off Iraqis by killing their relatives and how efficient the resulting terrorists are.
No, but black+white=non-white.
I.e., not part of the ruling caste. Outsider. Not supposed to be at the helm. Etc.
Taking the long view, however, results in an identical push by both candidates for more government and less individual freedom.
What do you want? Anarchy? Wall Street being able to pay out as much bonuses as they want? Companies allowed to produce and sell whatever they want, irrespective of health or environmental consequences (like milk in China?)
There are good and bad regulations. Nobody in a capitalist society adheres to the golden rule when it comes to their wallet so we need regulations.
To quote Bill Maher: "I don't like him because he's smarter than me!"
And look at all those "socialist" (actually capitalist with more regulation than in the US) countries in Europe with a much higher standard of living than the US.
What happened to the dashboard light?
Will it be possible to dock a remote controlled craft to it? If yes, wouldn't it make sense to design one that can move the HST to an orbit with a different inclination so it can be serviced again in a couple of years? There was talk about de-orbiting Hubble safely at the end of its life, so why not "de-orbit" it to an orbit that's close to the ISS?
But... but... that would cost money!
It would also curb a lot of kids' asthma and acid rain, but who gives a damn about that?
FWIW: http://www.auto-accident-resource.com/gas-tank-explosions.html
I just said "many". Too many for our environment to bear. Every time after a significant storm some beaches are contaminated and the primary source of bacteria is pet (mostly dog) shit.
My guess is about 50% pick up. Some dog owners have a little blue plastic bag on them, some don't. And I can see a few dogs in the act of crapping every now and then and I can see very few dog owners picking something up.
Given that about 50% comply with the mandatory leashing up I'd say it's probably the same with picking up their dog's shit.
I kick a dog in the head about once a year because it's not leashed up and tries to jump me when I'm running. "But he only wants to play!" Yeah right, and I don't. I've been bitten twice, that's enough. I don't hate dogs, but I've come to dislike dog owners a lot.
No problem, you'll just have to add huge underground lamps.
A brewery doesn't consume CO2 - the yeast produces it. :P
At least in Germany. Dunno about the US - maybe American beer is more like beer flavored soda.