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  Hapa

  Well stated Hapa:

  However the dirty little secret, never to be revealed, is that the right wing adores taxes.
  Where, after all, do corporate subsidies come from?
  Where does military spending come from?
  [Non sequitur follows] Just don't get me going on the "peace dividend".

   - Crotchety1On Boucher and Upton introduce bipartisan legislation to invest in carbon sequestration technology posted 1 year, 5 months ago 9 Responses

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  Smelly bottles

  A bit off-topic, I know, but has anyone else noticed a nasty odor emanating from water in Nalgene or other recycle type 7 bottles?
  It occurs typically after use and when the bottle has been kept capped. If uncapped the smell dissipates. It's slight but quite off-putting and I'm hard pressed to decide between "Bacteria" and "Incredibly ugly toxic chemical stuff".
  And no, its not just me and mouthwash failure. My wife's bottle does the same thing. Doesn't bother her in the least. (Yeeeech!)On Ignorance isn't bliss, it's just better than knowing posted 1 year, 11 months ago 9 Responses

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  Orbit Torrent

  Bob Maginnis --

  Couldn't agree more. Don't tell me a whole new generation of starry eyed/naive/opportunistic folks are resurrecting this discredited bit of junk engineering.  A 100MW plant in space (say 50MW delivered on the ground- and by no means a large plant ) needs something like 0.5 to 1 square kilometers of solar panels and support structure plus thousands of RF generating devices.
  Think about how many shuttle trips would be required to erect this monstrosity at something like 6-10GWH energy cost per launch. And, Oh!, by the way, the present space shuttle really isn't quite big enough and could we please have a lot more of them? Yada yada. Grrr!

  Mike M
  On Satellite solar power plants could be coming soon to an orbit near you posted 2 years, 1 month ago 3 Responses