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by JWWhite
Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:34 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: Best of the Rest of the World
Replies: 778
Views: 56539

Re: Best of the Rest of the World

by JWWhite
Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:09 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 65273

Re: Global Warming 2

An extensive report from the Environmental Protection Agency found that including ethanol into the U.S. gas supply is wreaking havoc on the atmosphere and soil. In a study titled “Biofuels and the Environment: The Second Triennial Report to Congress,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determ...
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:50 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: The $2.5 trillion reason we can’t rely on batteries to clean up the grid
Replies: 0
Views: 444

The $2.5 trillion reason we can’t rely on batteries to clean up the grid

Fluctuating solar and wind power require lots of energy storage, and lithium-ion batteries seem like the obvious choice—but they are far too expensive to play a major role. by James Temple July 27, 2018 A pair of 500-foot smokestacks rise from a natural-gas power plant on the harbor of Moss Landing,...
by JWWhite
Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:54 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand
Replies: 601
Views: 139397

Re: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand

Bonfire of the plastic you recycle: Disturbing investigation into a waste industry exploited by criminal 'trash mafia' gangs reveals Tesco bags and M&S packaging burning 1,600 miles away on a rubbish tip in Poland https://dailym.ai/2AKvIwG
by JWWhite
Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:26 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1695
Views: 117357

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Guy says he ‘identifies as a woman’ to legally save a bundle on car insurance. Libs mad at their own laws. A clever Cannuck took advantage of the insanity of the left’s gender nonconformity beliefs to save a bundle on car insurance. With his eye on a new Chevrolet Cruze, the Alberta man, identified ...
by JWWhite
Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:30 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand
Replies: 601
Views: 139397

Re: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand

In the public campaign to demonize plastic drinking straws, almost all the stories are oriented around a single stat plastic straw pollution — “500 million straws are used and discarded by Americans every day.” The New York Times cited the figure as recently as last week. But this stat is the result...
by JWWhite
Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 65273

Re: Global Warming 2

The Extinction of Honest Science Warmists' predictions of climate doom haven't come to pass or anything like it, but give them credit for agility and perseverance in always concocting a fresh scare. The latest meme to keep grants flowing and careers on track: the purported mass die-off of species la...
by JWWhite
Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:05 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1695
Views: 117357

Re: Best of the Rest of the World

Grand to the end: The Russian mafia bosses buried in strange, lavish tombs https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/russia-mafia-gangsters-mobsters-cemetery-graveyard-10537208?cid=emarsys-cna_20180729_0100_eNews4+-+Sunday+-+0740+%28wef+18+Feb+18%29_newsletter_29072018_cna&sc_customer=becc3446-...
by JWWhite
Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:04 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Town in Iceland Paints 3D Zebra Crosswalk To Slow Down Speeding Cars
Replies: 4
Views: 513

Town in Iceland Paints 3D Zebra Crosswalk To Slow Down Speeding Cars

In the small fishing town of Ísafjörður, Iceland, an exciting development in road safety has just popped up – almost literally. A new pedestrian crossing has been painted that appears to be 3D by way of a cleverly-detailed optical illusion. Not only does the innovative design give foot-travelers the...
by JWWhite
Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:31 am
Forum: News
Topic: Baby saved from Laos dam disaster by Thai cave rescue volunteers
Replies: 0
Views: 422

Baby saved from Laos dam disaster by Thai cave rescue volunteers

APPATEU, Laos: The rescue of a baby boy, terrified and hungry after days without food, has been captured in a viral video showing the infant survivor of a dam collapse in southern Laos being carefully carried through swirling flood waters and waist-high mud. Footage of volunteers from Thailand rescu...
by JWWhite
Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:55 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1695
Views: 117357

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Explosion In Sex Dolls Threatens Japanese Race With "Extinction" As Japanese birth rates plummet amid a generational fertility crisis, experts have fingered an explosion in sex dolls as an emerging threat to the country's already-dire population problem - with some even saying they will le...
by JWWhite
Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:53 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1764
Views: 349108

Re: Electric Cars

Why Are "Thousands" of Teslas Sitting In a Field in California? When Tesla finally met its Model 3 production run rate target, astute investors and analysts pointed out the use of the word "factory gated" in the company's press release: “Not only did we factory gate 5000 Model 3’...
by JWWhite
Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:12 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: Quote of the Day
Replies: 35
Views: 2172

Re: Quote of the Day

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. - Nikola Tesla
by JWWhite
Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:05 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: The scourge of Facebook
Replies: 452
Views: 242860

Facebook has worst day in Wall Street history

Facebook has made stock market history on Thursday — for all the wrong reasons. The social media titan lost nearly $119.4 billion in value in one day as investors, spooked by a “startling” slowdown in the company’s growth, ran for the exits. Facebook shares tumbled 19 percent, to $176.26. Investors ...