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by alexjrgreen
Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:08 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possible?
Replies: 38
Views: 22017

Re: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possibl

Not sure why you would (very expensively) fight your way up to 40 km when a few thousand cubic metres of Helium will do the job for you...
by alexjrgreen
Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison
Replies: 137
Views: 87590

Re: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison

What if a super volcano erupted? What if a 1km meteor struck the earth? What if a virus mutated into a deadly airborne pathogen? What if a super solar flare destroyed all the electronics and put us back into the dark ages? What if there was an alien invasion? What if artificial intelligence science...
by alexjrgreen
Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison
Replies: 137
Views: 87590

Re: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison

mvanwink5 wrote:Use more indoor plants if you are worried about indoor CO2.
I think there's a NASA report on the best ones to use. You'll need water and power to keep them lit 24/7. That works for industrialized countries but maybe less well for the third world.
by alexjrgreen
Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:38 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison
Replies: 137
Views: 87590

Re: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison

But why is it again that this is still being pursued here as this is more appropriate to be discussed in general? I'm sure msimon will move it if he sees fit. CO2 is in the news this week: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/usa-california-carbonauction-idUSL2N0QR2JW20140821 http://www.dailym...
by alexjrgreen
Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:28 am
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison
Replies: 137
Views: 87590

Re: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison

Today emissions are 35 bn tonnes CO2. That's from roughly 2bn industrialized inhabitants. So suppose 10bn people emit 5 times that. At the moment CO2 is rising about 2.8 ppm per year. In the worst case scenario, it would be rising at 14 ppm per year. It would rise linearly, because CO2 per head has...
by alexjrgreen
Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison
Replies: 137
Views: 87590

Re: Dr. Park to speak at UW-Madison

I'm getting crotchety in my old age. I object to people who object to plant food. I like plants. Do you have any idea what the minimum amount of plant food in the atmosphere should be? Below 100 PPM the plants suffer Maximum levels for growth are about 1000-1200 PPM Plants will grow in much higher ...
by alexjrgreen
Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:16 am
Forum: News
Topic: Recovery.Gov Project Tracker
Replies: 1822
Views: 1335171

The Navy already has working nuclear power, so there's little urgency for a replacement. A safe alternative to huge capacitor banks for pulsed high current operation is more immediately useful.
by alexjrgreen
Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:30 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1154750

A parasite that kills its host doesn't survive in the long term, so it's in our microbes' best interests not to kill us off...
by alexjrgreen
Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Recovery.Gov Project Tracker
Replies: 1822
Views: 1335171

Nah, they knocked a "y" off...
by alexjrgreen
Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So how much things are "improving" in the muslim w
Replies: 218
Views: 69906

The Islamic religion is not at war with you. Since there hasn't been a Caliph in a while, there's no practical way for the entire religion to be at war. Osama Bin Laden, on the other hand, declared war on America in 1996: Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy P...
by alexjrgreen
Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Polywell: We'll know in 7 months time?!
Replies: 203
Views: 83699

You need to put the ladder aginst the other wall, mate...
by alexjrgreen
Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A Loss Of Faith
Replies: 54
Views: 13446

ladajo wrote:I still have my ZX80 (In loft in box in garage). I wonder if they are a collectors item now? Don't know why I kept it all these years.
Might need to refresh the EPROM...
by alexjrgreen
Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tom Ligon on Haiti
Replies: 25
Views: 6659

Even before Papa Doc came to power, damage from Hurricane Hazel in 1954, and stepped up logging for charcoal production, started a downward slide in the forests of the island. The process has continued to the present, driven by a demand for charcoal for cooking. I have seen estimates that about 98%...
by alexjrgreen
Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work
Replies: 90
Views: 21106

djolds1 wrote:
Betruger wrote:F9H isn't the big SpaceX rocket. Musk mentionned a heavier design to match a Saturn V a couple of years back. Apparently it's still in their plans.
Cite/link?
Perhaps it was this: SpaceX looks at Saturn V class