Thats Mauna Loa actually. And the yearly fluctuations has everything to do with landmass. The northern Hemisphere has significantly more landmass (and therefore, biomass) to absorb the CO2 than the southern hemisphere does. We would need to somehow drastically increase the amount of biomass on the planet in order to get a reduction in CO2, and that just ins't possible
Cant dump it in the sea. In an oxygen poor environment the biomass would decompose into methane, and release to the surface. Methane has a much higher greenhouse effect than CO2, and it has a half life around 4 years as well, and decomposes into CO2 itself.
We need a method to capture the CO2 but not let it be reintroduced into the carbon cycle
That wouldn't work. Natural processes weren't able to keep that CO2 in a gaseous state, so why would exciting them into a gaseous state somehow kickstart a natural warming cycle to sustain the molecules in that state? We'd need some chemical that has a very low freezing point that also has a strong infrared forcing. What temperatures do CFCs freeze at?
Water vapor kinda doesn't count. It is added to and removed from the atmosphere at such a rapid rate that it is hard to account for. Some areas have 0% humidity and have miniscule amounts of water vapor, whereas others are at 100% humidity and account for around 4% of local atmospheric mass. Its better to look at everything but water vapor (79% Nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases) and then check water vapor concentration. So 4% water vapor in an area leaves 96% everything else (~19% oxygen, ~76% Nitrogen)
I'm sure this is sarcasm, but for those who take it seriously, CO2 hasn't even reached the parts per thousand level, while oxygen is currently around 200 parts per thousand, or 500 times greater than CO2. So even converting all CO2 to O2 would only be a half % increase in oxygen levels at max
It doesn't matter if you tell yourself that you decided to do better for yourself. 1. Some people can't. They're not smart enough, or physically able, or what have you. 2. SOMEBODY has to do these jobs. Imagine if everyone had an advanced degree to 'better themselves'. We'd have 50 million engineers and nobody to stock our stores.
No matter the job, everyone deserves a living wage. You'd think as a libertarian, you'd be happy to get people off of welfare
Well no, not really. If there were no commercials, you'd be paying more, as the networks would charge the providers more, who would in turn charge you more
You need bread and milk? Sure, you need to keep the prices steady for all. You dont NEED a personal driver to drive you around during a snowstorm or hurricane, so you should pay out the nose for it.
Wait, so you'd trust your daughter in a taxi, but not an uber? Tell me how a taxi medallion makes a taxi driver a better driver than someone with a regular license? Uber and Lyft drivers are background checked, so no worries about getting a felon. Also, if your daughter was an hour late getting home, do you think you could call up yellow cab and they'd be able to tell you where she is? Uber tracks both the driver's phone GPS, and the passenger's phone GPS. There'd be little trouble in finding out where they are.
And for your idea about hailing a cab already in route to a similar destination, Lyft already has that https://www.lyft.com/line
Its pretty obvious you've never tried these services
Actually, Lyft and Uber's model does help eliminate incompetent, scary, and dishonest drivers. All passengers are prompted to rate their drivers at the end of the ride on a 5 star scale. Any driver who drops below a 4.6 average will be offboarded from the platform. Can't speak for Uber, but with Lyft, if a passenger leaves feedback about the safety of a driver, that'll also get the driver suspended until the performance team can investigate the claim.
If your Taxi driver is unsafe, who do you report him to? How about if he rips you off? If there is anything that is wrong with the service, from car maintenance, driver hygiene, navigation, safety; the passengers are able to remove the driver from the system
That is blatantly false. Passengers have to agree to the rate of the surge pricing before they can request a car. Also, its mostly the driver who benefits from the surge pricing, as it is always an 80/20 cut.
Since all of the drivers are independent contractors, Uber needs an incentive to have their drivers out in full force on special occasions, and the promise of surge pricing does just that. If New Years Eve is going to net you the same amount as any other Saturday night, why bother driving instead of spending it with your friends and family
Why should a driver need special certification to drive people around for money, when such a certification isn't needed to drive people around for free? Putting an additional 3 people in the vehicle doesn't turn driving into rocket science.
Ryan Block is a writer you retard. He works for AOL because the company he was writing for got bought out by AOL. Its not like he's some executive for the company
A pound is a unit of weight and can correspond to any kg mass, determined by the gravity of the place where it is being measured.
Weight is dependent on gravity, mass is not. Welcome to 5th grade science class
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Thats Mauna Loa actually. And the yearly fluctuations has everything to do with landmass. The northern Hemisphere has significantly more landmass (and therefore, biomass) to absorb the CO2 than the southern hemisphere does. We would need to somehow drastically increase the amount of biomass on the planet in order to get a reduction in CO2, and that just ins't possible
Cant dump it in the sea. In an oxygen poor environment the biomass would decompose into methane, and release to the surface. Methane has a much higher greenhouse effect than CO2, and it has a half life around 4 years as well, and decomposes into CO2 itself. We need a method to capture the CO2 but not let it be reintroduced into the carbon cycle
How are you removing the sulfuric acid version of the water cycle?
That wouldn't work. Natural processes weren't able to keep that CO2 in a gaseous state, so why would exciting them into a gaseous state somehow kickstart a natural warming cycle to sustain the molecules in that state? We'd need some chemical that has a very low freezing point that also has a strong infrared forcing. What temperatures do CFCs freeze at?
Water vapor kinda doesn't count. It is added to and removed from the atmosphere at such a rapid rate that it is hard to account for. Some areas have 0% humidity and have miniscule amounts of water vapor, whereas others are at 100% humidity and account for around 4% of local atmospheric mass. Its better to look at everything but water vapor (79% Nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases) and then check water vapor concentration. So 4% water vapor in an area leaves 96% everything else (~19% oxygen, ~76% Nitrogen)
I'm sure this is sarcasm, but for those who take it seriously, CO2 hasn't even reached the parts per thousand level, while oxygen is currently around 200 parts per thousand, or 500 times greater than CO2. So even converting all CO2 to O2 would only be a half % increase in oxygen levels at max
Are all libertarians stupid, or just you?
It doesn't matter if you tell yourself that you decided to do better for yourself. 1. Some people can't. They're not smart enough, or physically able, or what have you. 2. SOMEBODY has to do these jobs. Imagine if everyone had an advanced degree to 'better themselves'. We'd have 50 million engineers and nobody to stock our stores.
No matter the job, everyone deserves a living wage. You'd think as a libertarian, you'd be happy to get people off of welfare
I'm literally paying to watch commercials!
Well no, not really. If there were no commercials, you'd be paying more, as the networks would charge the providers more, who would in turn charge you more
Musk has also done the calculations on the Hyperloop and we all know that will never work, yet he still hypes the shit out of it
Lyft does estimate fares. It allows passengers to tip, but it usually rounds out to about 3%, so not world shattering tipping here
T-Mobile actually has the fastest LTE network in the US
Yeah, because Piezoelectrics wouldn't be stealing the energy from the vehicles or anything...
Whoosh
FAA is one of those organizations that really needs to be funded 100% all the time
How do you download the app if you do not have internet access beyond facebook?
You need bread and milk? Sure, you need to keep the prices steady for all. You dont NEED a personal driver to drive you around during a snowstorm or hurricane, so you should pay out the nose for it.
Wait, so you'd trust your daughter in a taxi, but not an uber? Tell me how a taxi medallion makes a taxi driver a better driver than someone with a regular license? Uber and Lyft drivers are background checked, so no worries about getting a felon. Also, if your daughter was an hour late getting home, do you think you could call up yellow cab and they'd be able to tell you where she is? Uber tracks both the driver's phone GPS, and the passenger's phone GPS. There'd be little trouble in finding out where they are.
And for your idea about hailing a cab already in route to a similar destination, Lyft already has that https://www.lyft.com/line
Its pretty obvious you've never tried these services
Actually, Lyft and Uber's model does help eliminate incompetent, scary, and dishonest drivers. All passengers are prompted to rate their drivers at the end of the ride on a 5 star scale. Any driver who drops below a 4.6 average will be offboarded from the platform. Can't speak for Uber, but with Lyft, if a passenger leaves feedback about the safety of a driver, that'll also get the driver suspended until the performance team can investigate the claim.
If your Taxi driver is unsafe, who do you report him to? How about if he rips you off? If there is anything that is wrong with the service, from car maintenance, driver hygiene, navigation, safety; the passengers are able to remove the driver from the system
That is blatantly false. Passengers have to agree to the rate of the surge pricing before they can request a car. Also, its mostly the driver who benefits from the surge pricing, as it is always an 80/20 cut.
Since all of the drivers are independent contractors, Uber needs an incentive to have their drivers out in full force on special occasions, and the promise of surge pricing does just that. If New Years Eve is going to net you the same amount as any other Saturday night, why bother driving instead of spending it with your friends and family
Why should a driver need special certification to drive people around for money, when such a certification isn't needed to drive people around for free? Putting an additional 3 people in the vehicle doesn't turn driving into rocket science.
So a collection of child pornography is ok, as long as its a personal collection?
Ryan Block is a writer you retard. He works for AOL because the company he was writing for got bought out by AOL. Its not like he's some executive for the company
$15 will be the new $7.50
A pound is a unit of weight and can correspond to any kg mass, determined by the gravity of the place where it is being measured. Weight is dependent on gravity, mass is not. Welcome to 5th grade science class
Why would they use a measure of WEIGHT instead of a measure of MASS?