Quinn is an idiot! Gram for gram, ethanol contributes somewhat LESS chemical energy than straight gasoline, because it's already... read more
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Re: E-Fuel Corporation has unveiled its EFuel 100 MicroFueler
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"Quinn says running sugar-based ethanol will produce about 85 percent fewer carbon emissions than using gasoline."
Quinn is an idiot! Gram for gram, ethanol contributes somewhat LESS chemical energy than straight gasoline, because it's already... read more
Re: Tent Help!!!!
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Some of the most active campers in our group are Springbar aficionados. Here's a link to a tent discussion in an earlier thread. If I remember correctly, their smallest model is within your price range.
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Re: What do Aussie's think of Americans...LIVING in Australia?
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Congratulations, Samantha! Working with nice people can make a huge difference.
discussion post on Tue, May 6, 2008 - 3:10 AM
Re: What do Aussie's think of Americans...LIVING in Australia?
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"This thread was commenced almost a year ago. Proving to me that some people just cannot let some things lie..." Don't blame Suzi. I'm also relatively new to this tribe, and I'm the one who exhumed this thread. Guilty as charged... read more discussion post on Mon, May 5, 2008 - 1:35 AM
Re: What do Aussie's think of Americans...LIVING in Australia?
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The American quandary. Canada is a part of North America. Aren't Canadians Americans too? An online friend from Canada has a great solution: Everyone from the U.S. is a Merkin. That way, nobody unfairly monopolizes the American label. The double e...
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discussion post on Sun, May 4, 2008 - 12:27 PM
My BlogThe way that we design quiet residential streets could be more efficient. The modified grid model is somewhat waseful--in terms of space, asphalt, and energy. A honeycomb approach--where each 'block' is an elongated hexagon--could handle the same traffic, with a slightly smaller paved surface area. The ratio of living space to car space would be slightly higher. The small triangles at the end of each 'block' could be planted with some attractive vegetation, to enhance property value... read more
The last Ice Age wiped out all of the coniferous trees in Finland. After the continental ice sheet retreated, trees from elsewhere--like the Scots Pine--gradually colonized the vacant niche. On a smaller scale, the same thing happened in many high mountain ranges of the Earth's temperate regions, including the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. We can learn a thing or two about climate change from Alpine dendrology.
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Round Top Lake, at 9340 feet elevation in the Northern Sierras, is my... read more
There is a creative way for the Democrats to handle the Iraq War funding issue. Make the money contingent on Bush stepping down, enlisting in the U.S. Army, and serving in Iraq. Bush puts his neck where his mouth is, or else no more funding for the war. Think about it.
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Vetoing the bill would not help Bush. If he does not sign a war-funding bill of some kind, then the war will automatically end when the money runs out. If Bush is the superpatriot he wants us to believe, and if he reall... read more
Usually I am more interested in learning about real science than in debunking junk science. However the subject of Bible codes came up on another board that I subscribe to, and I just had to respond. Here is some background info from the Wikipedia article on the subject:
Sun, March 25, 2007 - 9:49 PM
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"Bible codes, also known as Torah codes, are words, phrases and clusters of words and phrases that some people believe are meaningful and exist intentionally in coded form in the text of the Bible. These codes were made f... read more
Condos and PUD's are a form of home ownership that indirectly promotes energy conservation, because the population densities of condo complexes are greater than neighborhoods having only conventional, single-family houses. For an urban population of a given size, greater density means reduced transportation fuel use for commuters. Moreover sharing one or two walls with one's neighbors can decrease the amount of energy needed for heating and cooling.
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However condo homeowners associations (... read more
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