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Comment Re:Taking CO2 out?? (Score 1) 376

Excess nuclear power? You're kidding, right? First, only one new nuclear power plant has been opened in the United States in decades, the rest are so old they're falling to pieces. And speaking of old, I'm old enough to remember when they proposed putting in nuclear power plants all over -- the promise was that electricity would be so cheap they wouldn't even charge for it. Guess that will hold true for eDiesel, too, huh?

Comment Fire science (Score 1) 191

The climate scientists who see man-made global warming in every move of the thermometer or barometer claim those who disagree are denying science. Yet they deny fire science. As others have pointed out, allowing smaller fires to clean out undergrowth makes the possibility of mega-fires much less likely.

Comment Free speech for Muslims? (Score 1) 232

I don't understand why "netizens" are so concerned about making certain that a bunch of Muslims in Egypt have access to the Internet. Granted, the regime in Egypt has its flaws, but considering the country is 90 percent Muslim, it's actions have been pretty benign. What happens if the moderates currently in power in Egypt are replaced by radical Islamics? Are we to fight reflexively for freedom of speech for those who hate freedom of speech? It seems a much better use of our energies would be to fight the Obama administration's current attempts to implement an "Internet kill switch" here in the United States.

Comment Politics of envy (Score 1) 445

I don't understand the objection to this. If a library puts a book out to be sold, why would it be happier to sell the book to one person than to another? Just because someone doesn't use a scanner to determine whether or not to buy a book, doesn't mean that he wants the book for the "right" reasons. So what if the purchaser may make money reselling the book later? If the original seller wanted, he could offer the book at that higher price himself. The fact is, he's satisified receiving the lower amount, except in cases where the buyer scans the book. This is envy, pure and simple. You get the feeling that the objecting sellers would be happier if the buyer was planning on burning the book, or using it to plan or commit a crime, than simply reselling it at a profit. Geesh.

Comment Use it all the time (Score 3, Informative) 156

I had a bad feeling about Google 411. It used to be one of the options when you called your own Google Voice account -- you pressed 2 to find the number you wanted. Then Google deleted it out of Google Voice without any notification that I ever saw. I use it all the time with my old "dumb" cell phone. It's a great service, and I'll be sad to see it go.

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