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Comment Show those companies who is boss. (Score 1) 848

If you think that there is too much global warming, then please stop buying gasoline, natural gas, and using electricity. We could then stop the evil gasses that contribute to global warming. The best way to stop those evil companies from spending their money is don't give it to them in the first place, so put your money where your mouth is.

Comment Re:This will not get 10 feet off the ground (Score 1) 113

Err, we have this thing called 'gravity'. I hate to be such a realist, but if you don't switch to some other means than rocketry, you won't get to that price. see: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/233/1 And most of the other technologies are not 'feasible' yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-rocket_spacelaunch

Comment This will not get 10 feet off the ground (Score 2) 113

Funny thing is when it costs a few billion dollars, thoughtful ideas will get you nowhere. I wish people would be more serious about proposals. Getting money to make a prototype is not the same as going to the moon and actually printing a building. They don't have "plans to produce a 3d printed building on the moon" they have plans and funding to build a prototype. If you had a dollar for every project like this you would be a millionaire.

Comment Guess what EA?!? I won't buy your game... (Score 1) 386

You think I'm going to buy your game, I was actually considering it until I read this. DRM is total crap. I have always been a simcity fan, I was excited about the prospect of playing your game, I don't have time to play games anyway, but every once in a while I buy one and play it for a few hours, just to remember what it is like. I don't feel that I need to connect to the internet and let you know every time I play your game, but then again you have plenty of money and 60$ isn't worth it to you to please one customer. When you put DRM on a game, I never know when I am going to be able to play it, and it won't work 5-10 years down the road when you decide to switch of your server.

Comment Re:potential for warmongering? (Score 1) 419

No, we have tons that we can't access due to environmental restriction. But we are gaining more access to oil as technology improves. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/business/energy-environment/report-sees-us-as-top-oil-producer-in-5-years.html?_r=0. This is partially due to shale reserves. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/american-oil-find-holds-oil-opec/story?id=17536852. We have even more if we can hydrofrack. In short, we will be fine energy-wise as long as people allow us to access it.

Comment Is it cost effective? (Score 1) 419

By the sound of the article summary, this 'gas' will also make you thin and get you a job promotion. The article itself is much less rosy. It says its compatible and efficient, but how efficient. It suggests that it is for niche markets like the military ect., aka big spenders. And no you can't produce fuel from plants to offset oil because of land area, for more info see http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/a-skeptic-looks-at-alternative-energy

Comment Save the hype for later (Score 1) 280

Great, another over-hyped gutless computer. There are a few problems to this picture. 1)You can only use it if you have an internet connection. 2) This cannot too much more powerful than an atom processor or chrome book, so it will be like a chrome book, but with no screen. You know how popular chrome books are? Dell is doing what the entire industry has been doing for the last 7 or so years. Trying to find something different that consumers will love, while the consumers are stuck on getting every new thing to try it out. In the end we will have stacks of worthless electronics around us.

Comment Re:That's it!! I've had it!! (Score 4, Insightful) 251

Turns out that this is very easy to remove from the smoke of coal, at my local plant they've been doing it for years and it get's a lot of it ou. One thing is for sure, as we move more of our manufacturing to China we are essentially 'Sooting' our planet because regulations are much less strict there. I wouldn't be surprised if they just send it straight up in the air. If you've ever been in the western united states and seen the haze, most of it is from China.

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