Comment Re:Same realm (Score 1) 371
I don't recall that E=mc^2 needed peer pressure (consensus) to win converts.
That's because there wasn't a propaganda industry fightingt its acceptance.
Surfing Robot Tracks Great White Sharks 12
ackthpt writes "A network of fixed buoys and solar powered surfing robots called Wave Gliders are set to track Great White Sharks in the Pacific, off the California coast near San Francisco, between Monterey Bay and Tomales Point. According to PhysOrg, 'The self-propelled wave and solar-powered glider is part of a new network of data receivers on fixed buoys will pick up signals from acoustic tags on animals passing within 1,000 feet and transmit the data to a research team on shore, led by Stanford University Marine Sciences Prof. Barbara Block.' Related to the project is 'Shark Net,' a new iOS app 'available free of charge at the Apple app store, created by Dr. Block and her colleagues with developers from TOPP, EarthNC and Gaia GPS to enable a direct, personal connection between the public and wild marine animals and to raise public awareness of the ocean wilderness teeming with life just off North America's West Coast.'"
Comment Re:Natural Gas == Fracking (Score 1) 462
Citation of existing case of this happening needed.
Comment Re:Uncertainty = Doubt (Score 1) 277
In other words, I don't care about the physics or the chemistry or the meteorology. CO2 can't possibly cause global warming because it would interfere with someone's profit margin.
Comment Re:C'mon (Score 2) 288
Tillerson blamed a public that is "illiterate" in science and math, a "lazy" press
The irony is the majority of people who are *literate* in science and math (including, what, about 95% of climate scientists?) agree that global warming is real and we need to do something about it. It's the scientifically illiterate who keep trying to claim (with their scientifically illiterate arguments, of course) that it's all a big conspiracy with no scientific support...
Ignore all the stupid people, they don't understand it. Also, ignore all the smart people. Just listen to me, I'm the only one you can trust.
Comment Re:C'mon (Score 2) 288
Yes, its true that many people are illiterate in math and science. But most of them are aware of the limits of their understanding.
For the past 20 years corporates like Exxon have been trashing the scientists who actually are quite knowledgeable about science, match, climatalogy, etc. They've been undermining public education efforts. They've demeaning any scientist who speaks out as 'greedy', while raking in record profits.
If the public is misinformed about climate change, its largely Exxon's fault.
Comment Re:everyone but.... (Score 1) 221
I'm guessing that the answer is "everyone except the following....." and that list would immediately put those few dozen people under a spotlight, destroying their privacy.
Then everyone would learn how boring that one guy is.
Comment Re:Mailman is likely the best available (Score 1) 131
Mailman is widely supported at many hosting services. It comes already set up on my mine.
Because its ubiquitous, you'll find it easier to find people to help you manage your list .
Comment Re:After all those years (Score 1) 356
I'm riding my bike ON YOUR LAWN!
Comment Historical precedent (Score 0) 735
You know who else used propaganda to demonize his enemies? Hitler!
Comment Re:Methane Trapped in Ice (Score 1) 264
That's great. Now we just have to adjust our civilization to work the same as that other advanced civilization that existed 2.5 million years ago, and we're all set.
--Jeremy
Who needs fire anyway?
Comment Re:Wait, wait, wait... (Score 1) 264
Right. Maybe everything we know about chemistry is all wrong! who can say?
Comment Re:How does this make a difference? (Score 1) 1181
$4 billion is 0.0003% of our national economy.
Then it shouldn't be a big deal to invest that much in alternative energy and conservation?
Comment Re:The problem is chicken little (Score 1) 1181
This is stupid 10 ways to Sunday. No wonder you're posting AC.
To list just one example:
The real shame is that while they've been preaching, real issues are being ignored. Mountain top mining goes on. Coal ash fallout continues. The irony is that if they addressed these real and obvious concerns about which few disagree, then carbon emissions would be reduced as a side effect.
Yeah, nobody in the climate change community talks about mining http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-23-01.asp
Google Cools Data Center With Bathroom Water 230
judgecorp writes "Google is cooling its data center in Douglas County, Georgia, using 'recycled' water that has been through the bathtubs and toilets of the surrounding community. So called 'grey' water is perfectly adequate for the data center's cooling system which relies on evaporation (the wet T-shirt effect), says Google."
