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- Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:34 am
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: Best of the Rest of the World
- Replies: 778
- Views: 56539
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:33 am
- 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
Straws don’t pollute oceans. People do.
- 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...
- 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-...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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’...
- 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
- 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 ...