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    50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

    JohnR no such thing as clean coal, nice marketing scheme but does not exist. Regardless how many dollars politicians throw at it. In referenced materials data sets used 50 years ago collection methods and scope were much smaller than today. Improvements in monitoring via satellites gives...
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    50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

    sl1000794, Ice is less dense than liquid water, this is why it floats. Sea level rise in countries like Bangladesh come to mind as well as some island communities on the east coast of the U.S. You are correct, tides can vary by season. Some areas see extreme tides like the Bay of Fundy...
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    50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

    As I read this the global cooling was incorrect. Types of certain pollutants have decreased, for example : acid rain, ozone hole come to mind these due to regulatory actions. Sea levels have risen causing impacts to some countries. Arctic sea ice has decreased not necessarily extents, but...
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    Piping Mississippi River water west

    Allen Great Lakes Compact is an international treaty no strictly within the states. SL, yes the ice floating in the Arctic Ocean would not change as it is floating. Greenland ice sheet and Antarctic ice sheets are on land. Now lets all go fishing and enjoy iced beer.
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    Piping Mississippi River water west

    SL Ocean level rise is two fold, unusually rapid ice melt globally, and warmer water occupies a larger volume. Measure it has a point. The southwest has seen enormous population growth since the seventies. Water decisions in this part of the country were made based on "current" conditions. This...
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    Too many deer

    Allen has good points may I also add time to go hunting, fewer people have the time to go hunting, we are not all farmers. Another is cost. A friend pointed out is is far less costly to buy food than to go out and kill and process it. Calculate the per pound cost of your fish and see whether it...
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    Too many deer

    PG, Yes targeted harvest by sharpshooters does occur in suburban parks where there is less likely hood of damage/injury to private citizens. This however does not significantly impact the overall size of the herds. They do this in the municipal parks where I come from. Meat is donated to the...
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    Too many deer

    Liberalism has very little to do do with the increase in deer populations. Suburban sprawl has more to do with the problem. As developers push further into previous rural areas it becomes difficult if not impossible to safely hunt deer.
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    Bill Gates’ purchase of North Dakota farmland has locals livid

    So Capitalism works?
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    Juneteenth Day

    BTW White history day is every day. I remember the falsehoods they taught in school back in the day. TR's valiant charge up San Juan hill came after he sent the buffalo soldiers up the hill multiple times to cut down the opposition first. The Japanese were "relocated" because they were deemed...
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    Decrease speed limit

    Damn Skeeter now I have to dig that song out today! Distracted driving is every bit as bad as drunk driving. Ran an experiment in a class I took using a simulator, vehicle was all over he place.
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    Is it immoral to drive an electric vehicle?

    Electric vehicles in urban area are a better bet than out in the country due to distance traveled, Horses were replaced partly because of the manure /health implications. Electric vehicles may play the same role to fossil fueled vehicles. Power plants that run boilers operate 24 hours hence the...
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    Decrease speed limit

    Davey Crockett has it right, wind and tire pressure are big factors. Speed is as important as drag increases exponentially. Most trucks with 8 or 10 speed transmissions try to keep the RPMs in a narrow band for efficiency, leave that band and fuel consumption goes up fast. Hard acceleration will...
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    The official I Did That scavenger hunt

    And yet no one is talking about iol companies making record profits???? - - - Updated - - - Correction, Oil companies.
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    F4 Super Phantom

    F-4 proof positive if you put a big enough engine on, bricks can fly. Allen nailed it, several better planes available at time.
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    Is our food source in jeopardy?

    Take a look at how indoor agriculture is growing. It starts with high end designer foods and will evolve into certain staples. Stack the racks high and get a bigger crop for the same amount of land. There is only so much arable land and clean fresh water. Indoor agriculture reduces the needs on...
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    Hydrofoils

    Put a hydrofoil on my current boat to alleviate a handling issue. It helped get on plane quicker as well. Sometimes trim motor up and use the extra drag to get boat speed down for trolling. Weight distribution within the boat helps in some circumstances. If most of the adults are in the back and...
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    That time of year

    It is that time of year again. As many have to re-learn how to drive on snow after the first snowfall of the year, so should some refresh themselves on open water rules of the road. A quick rundown here: Right-of-Way Rules for Boaters (msn.com) Coast Guard updates are here...
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    Bait

    Just read a good article about how unused worms (bait) are changing northern ecosystems. Nightcrawlers are not native and can change local flora and fauna by changing the bottom of the food chain. Be careful where you "dispose" of unused bait. The local wildlife will thank you. Earthworms are...
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    What are you listening to these days?

    Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. The whole albums holds up after all these decades. BTW Svenmag, excellent choices.

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