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Sheesh.
Apr 3, 2024 19:35:03 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 19:35:03 GMT -5
We don't have a stratified atmosphere? Not in the context of the discussion, if you were following it. The gasses in our atmosphere are not stratified by weight. They are not stratified period. Stratified as arranged in distinct layers (the definition of stratified, curiously enough). The gasses that make up our atmosphere are mixed, as in not stratified. This is a matter of empirical observation. But, seat of the pants, elementary school reckoning would lead to a similar conclusion as they are all gasses of nearly identical weight. Not every bit of goose down, every mote of dust, will weigh the same, but in a wind. they will mix. And, by analogy, the heat of the sun is a constant wind. But, any current argument with the Greenhouse Theory is not based on science or observation of any honest nature, so an explanation of the science involved is a waste of time. Done wasting.
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Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 14:07:56 GMT -5
Prescient.
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Sheesh.
Apr 3, 2024 13:52:13 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 13:52:13 GMT -5
And if I'm elected, those tricked-out little 1.5 three-cylinder engines with turbo, variable compression, mucked up camshafts and other techy crap that blow to hell two miles out of warranty (if they last that long), and which, in their actual short use, don't perform as well as the simple, rock solid 2.5 4 banger they replaced, will be outlawed.
(and Ford will have to replace every one of those darn things they put in their Bronco with a nice little V6 free of charge)
Green doesn't have to be dumb-ass stupid.
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Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 13:38:32 GMT -5
Done. If I'm elected, he's riding a damn bicycle.
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Sheesh.
Apr 3, 2024 12:22:06 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 12:22:06 GMT -5
It is true that the different gasses that make up what we call "air" have different weights. If the various weights (most slightly so) were the only force at play, then the earth would have a stratified by weight atmosphere (and we wouldn't be here...gasp, choke). But, the earth, thankfully, doesn't have a stratified atmosphere. The sun's heat energizes all those different gas molecules and they bounce around each like ping pong balls in a bingo tumbler. This isn't theory, it is measured fact, the gas molecules that make up our atmosphere are mixed and that heavy CO2 is found bouncing around like Tigger Too eight miles high in our atmosphere. Exactly. Just like pouring 4 ounces of boiling water into a bathtub of cold water will warm that bath right up. Baby science. The sun is a chariot of fire. Makes sense to your eyes. Stupid scientists.
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Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 12:20:19 GMT -5
There are economic forces (and political forces in their pocket) that have been disturbingly successful in portraying the "global warming" deal as a political power play by progressives that hate cars, themselves part of an even larger hoax perpetuated by a mysterious cabal that wants to rule a planet filled with bicycles.
But, just a smidgeon of applied sentience would reveal that this "global warming" deal DID NOT ARISE FROM POLITICIANS OR THE DESIRES OF THOSE MYSTERY FORCES SERVING THE DARK.
The observation that rising levels of released anthropomorphic greenhouse gasses, notably, but not exclusively, CO2, was driving a warming the earth's atmosphere; a warming that was occurring much more rapidly than other CO2-driven warmings in earth's early history, came FROM SCIENTISTS STUDYING THE EARTH'S ATOMOSHERE PAST AND PRESENT. NOT POLICIANS OR GREENIES.
Unnecessary repeat: The global warming deal came from science. But it has become ensnared in the political. And purposefully so. The Science can't be attacked, but the Politics can be.
And there is an incredible shit load of money being spent by powerful, invested, and incredibly wealthy interests working to keep it political... and thus Attackable! Discreditable!
Purposeful. And damn Clever. These powerful economic interests have successfully re-cast a clear matter of science into a murky, vulnerable one of politics, and have, successfully with too many, recast a matter of science into a scary political power grab by those evil progressive damn liberal politicals determined to destroy religion, gun rights, and the American Way!
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Sheesh.
Apr 3, 2024 11:39:41 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 11:39:41 GMT -5
It is true that the different gasses that make up what we call "air" have different weights. If the various weights (most slightly so) were the only force at play, then the earth would have a stratified by weight atmosphere (and we wouldn't be here...gasp, choke). But, the earth, thankfully, doesn't have a stratified atmosphere. The sun's heat energizes all those different gas molecules and they bounce around each like ping pong balls in a bingo tumbler.
This isn't theory, it is measured fact, the gas molecules that make up our atmosphere are mixed and that heavy CO2 is found bouncing around like Tigger Too eight miles high in our atmosphere.
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Post by epaul on Apr 3, 2024 11:25:29 GMT -5
And yet, we're to believe without question that 0.04% of the atmosphere is unnaturally warming the planet. Spot on! Same deal with that crazy sun stuff those scientists try get us to believe. Makes no damn sense. It's plain as day that the sun comes up at the east and then zips across the sky like a chariot of fire, see it every single darn day. Yet those silly scientists try sell us on the deal that it is the earth that spins around like a lopsided top while racing around the sun. Why don't we get dizzy then! Dumb scientists. It's apparent that those Democratic politicians bought off the entire scientific community just so that they could screw us over. Bruce called it.
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Post by epaul on Apr 2, 2024 20:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Apr 2, 2024 8:48:32 GMT -5
The Republican Party solidifying its base.
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Post by epaul on Apr 1, 2024 22:55:25 GMT -5
Some just should not read anything. I don't know what the hell Casper has been reading, but during discussion this evening, he started carrying on about society limits him just because he was ADAB (assigned dog at birth).
I don't know what to think anymore.
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Post by epaul on Apr 1, 2024 21:11:50 GMT -5
And in the other tournament, I just watched Iowa's own Caitlin Clark fire in one long range swish after another. 27' out, 28' out, 30' out... nine of them, swish, swish, swish, all while guarded. And her passes are incredible. If she were playing with a more athletic team she would have had 30 assists, several of the full-court pass variety.
Caitlin is also a joy to watch. I think she and DJ Burns should get married. What a batch of ballplayers they would produce!
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Post by epaul on Apr 1, 2024 21:01:08 GMT -5
I've watched DJ Burns Jr. make one remarkable spin move after another around the basket then finishing it off with an astounding shooting touch... remarkable soft hooks, flips, and floaters... and, incredibly, at least during my watching, not one dunk, not one slam. Even when it seems a dunk would be the shot of choice, he is flipping in a lovely floating hook from 4' out off the glass or soft into the net.
It is his appeal. He is big, heavy, block of a man, yet he moves and shoots with the soft, easy grace of a ballerina.
Ok, so he does swing his large butt about to good advantage, but his soft hands and shooting touch are exquisite.
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Post by epaul on Apr 1, 2024 18:09:56 GMT -5
Because of a desperation 35' heave that bounced in off the glass in the final second ...
- North Carolina State tied Virginia in the ACC tournament semi-final and went on to win in overtime.
- NC State was able to advance to the ACC championship game where they stunned top-seeded North Carolina 84-76 for the ACC Championship.
- As winner of the ACC Tournament, NC State, a team that finished 10th in the conference and would never have been invited to the "Big Dance", got an automatic bid to the NCCA Tourney.
- Slated to be fired after a disappointing season, NC State coach got a miracle reprieve when the Wolfpack made the NCCA tournament.
- The entire basketball world has now heard of, and fallen in basketball love with, DJ Burns Jr., a round mound of rebound that NBA and Hollywood both have their sights on.
All because of a last second banked in 35' heave that rattled the rim and went in.
Cool Beans!
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Post by epaul on Apr 1, 2024 12:29:26 GMT -5
Casper and I have been doing this at home for the last year. We love it.
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Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 23:24:28 GMT -5
... I am so disappointed about the elimination of the jump ball for the most part. Why did they do that? It was a union thing. All the players can jump so darn high nowadays, the refs were wearing out their rotator cuffs by trying to throw a basketball 15 feet straight up in the air. It got so no one had any idea where the hell the ball would end up. The only people happy with results were orthopedic surgeons.
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Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 23:04:18 GMT -5
We shall see, but I expect that the decisions made by a clear preponderance of people with responsibility in these matters (courts included) will mean that, while the goal of eliminating the use of gasoline and diesel engines for general transportation will be adjusted when necessity demands, it will not be eliminated.
(a Trump term would be bump in the road, no more. I suspect the need to abate the release of CO2 into the atmosphere wherever, whenever, and however possible will continue to grow ever more apparent... with the only arguments remaining being those of how and how much)
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Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 22:33:46 GMT -5
]To inject additional accuracy, a hydrogen powered car is NOT a good old V8 internal combustion engine that substitutes hydrogen for gasoline. They use a hydrogen fuel cell to produce electricity that powers an electric motor that propels the car. The only byproducts of the process are heat, water, and electricity. My division of GM was doing early work on the concept. Edit: I see from Paul's second link that Toyota is indeed working on ICEs that use liquid hydrogen in place of gasoline. Mea culpa. I made a rushed post. The Car and Driver Honda link shouldn't have been used as it was about the fuel cell approach. I dumped it on an edit and replaced it with a general purpose Wiki link on Hydrogen ICE engines. I don't know if Hydrogen-fueled ICE will ever be worth a hoot, I was just amazed that they worked (and that conventional gas engines could be converted). Again, the goal of, the reason for, replacing conventional gas and diesel engines isn't to give the consumer a better performing car, the goal is to give consumers a planet that doesn't go to hell for the generations that follow. If you don't believe/accept that CO2 emissions are warming the earth's atmosphere, then there is no way in hell you will ever forgive the EPA for giving us things like those little turbo-charged 3-cylinders (those little turbo-charged 3-cylinders are unforgiveable even if you do believe CO2 emissions need to be reigned in. Shame on Nissan, shame on Ford.)
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Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 17:00:37 GMT -5
Compromise has gotten us an EPA ban on internal combustion engines by 2035... Well, just for the sake of accuracy, there is no stated ban on the internal combustion engine. There are looming standards that might put an end to the sale of new vehicles that are powered by gasoline or diesel, but the internal combustion engine may still be around for quite a while if it is powered by a fuel that doesn't release CO2, and hydrogen is such a fuel. Only the future will tell what ends up working or not working, but several major car manufacturers are developing cars with internal combustion engines, good old V8s and V6s, that run on hydrogen instead of gasoline or diesel. So far, they aren't exploding. Time will tell. The future is so tricky to predict. [can't get video to work. This link should] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_internal_combustion_engine_vehicle[Toyota's work] www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGL5g91KwLA-I pulled the earlier Honda hydrogen-powered CR-V link as that was about hydrogen fuel cell tech, not ICE.
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Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 16:43:45 GMT -5
This morning was a test of my commitment to church choir. I was in the middle of the neatest dream ever when the darn alarm went off at 7:00 AM for the 8:00 service. And I was so sleepy. But I went. The promise of the pancake breakfast being served between the two services helped. And the pancakes were really good, so it was worth it.
But, after all those pancakes, I was so drowsy I fell asleep during the sermon. But, it was the same one as I had heard earlier, so no loss. My good fellow basses gently nudged me awake when it was time to sing again.
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