Interestingly, this effect is like a twisted manifestation of Jeavon's Paradox. As we become more efficient with a resource, more of the resource is used up. (Conventional wisdom would suggest the opposite; that efficiency drives conservation.)

A.G. Riddle wrote a pretty good story based on a similar premise - gene-affecting viruses that modify our intellectual capabilities.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Atla...

Perhaps not "Most CEO's", but the position tends to attract them: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ke...

Finally, something that can be measured in Libraries of Congress! (284, assuming 540 miles of 12" shelving. (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc79.htm) )

Artificial meat is going to happen at some point, well before it can surpass the filet mignon or prime rib. Right now, it just needs to be better and cheaper than Meat Slurry , then, market forces will accelerate the quality.

Trust me on this, the bar is set pretty low for it to succeed.

How much do you think that chicken and beef would cost if it weren't raised on corn-subsidized feed?

Supermarket price is not the true indicator of net cost of all products.

Sulphur Batteries?!!!? The exhaust is gonna smell like rotten eggs!

Coke hasn't copyrighted their recipe because recipes themselves are not copyrightable. http://www.copyright.gov/fls/f...

First and foremost, I want my kids to learn from playing games in addition to being entertained. And there's something to be said about the visual simplicity of older (classic) games encouraging imagination, just like books stimulate the brain more than TV and Movies. You could probably make an argument that the eye candy in today's game is distracting from the puzzle-solving aspects. Then again, newer games potentially have better puzzles... I don't recall much of a physics engine in my Atari 2600.

Fortunately, we don't have to make an either/or choice. But if I did, I would probably start with classic games.

Oh yeah. Obligatory to add "Get off my lawn". :)

Citation definitely needed here.

This document https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/Documents/agricultural-development-strategy-overview.pdf from the gates foundation would lead one to believe that they are promoting local farmers, not suppressing them.

Solar might not achieve infinite continuous operation, but might allow for infinite distance with stops for recharging.

Said RC device might fly for whatever distance the charge allows, then set down on a rooftop or unobtrusive location and start recharging for the next leg.

Energy weight / density / rechargability may not be favorable today, but will certainly improve in the future.

You jest, but there's probably a deeper conversation about property rights.... No one is up in arms about the wonton copying and reproduction of someone else's work since the original owners are long since dead.

But wait 100 years and see what happens when someone wants to recreate a 2013 -era Nike shoe.

Watching a mattress full of cash go up in flames may seems like karma for not disposing of it properly. Burning it (and probably leaving the coils and remnants behind?) Not cool.

So the Boy Scouts of America is really a shell organization for the government!? Holy Double Deception Batman!

It seems irresponsible to me to send a craft into space emitting unsafe radiation. U-238 has a half life of 4.5 billion years, U-235 700 million. (Sorry, I'm not an engineer and I'm too lazy to go look up which would be used in said spacefaring fission reactor.)

We'd be mighty pissed if some ancient alien probe showed up on doorstep spewing poison. (Although for all we know, said radiation might be sugary fuel to them.)