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Larry June 4th 09 03:28 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising .06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Capt. JG June 4th 09 04:17 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Larry" wrote in message
...
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Obviously, you don't understand the science. Why not get out now before you
start to look foolish.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Gordon June 4th 09 06:46 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Larry wrote:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising .06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....




Recent large decline in CO2 being blamed on recession! Less driving,
manufacturing etc, less CO2.
Right! Cows quit farting (couldn't afford life's little pleasures),
Chinese decided to freeze instead of using their charcoal fires
(putrifying flesh is okay) and volkswagon has a diesel that gets 58 mpg
without expensive batteries every other year. (WTF, I thought only
crossovers could do this)!
How much Bull are we expected to consume?
It is getting really old.
And this crap is from both dems and reps. Time to dump all these ****
heads.
Nuff rant. Time to go cruisin'!
g

cavelamb June 4th 09 07:20 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Gordon wrote:
Larry wrote:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend
continues, TO SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....




Recent large decline in CO2 being blamed on recession! Less driving,
manufacturing etc, less CO2.
Right! Cows quit farting (couldn't afford life's little pleasures),
Chinese decided to freeze instead of using their charcoal fires
(putrifying flesh is okay) and volkswagon has a diesel that gets 58 mpg
without expensive batteries every other year. (WTF, I thought only
crossovers could do this)!
How much Bull are we expected to consume?
It is getting really old.
And this crap is from both dems and reps. Time to dump all these ****
heads.
Nuff rant. Time to go cruisin'!
g



Turn OFF the TV, G.
Life gets a lot better then.

pirate June 4th 09 10:52 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 

Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)

[email protected] June 4th 09 11:42 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:17:37 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Larry" wrote in message
.. .
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Obviously, you don't understand the science. Why not get out now before you
start to look foolish.


Too late for that!

Keith nuttle June 4th 09 12:30 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)

To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.

RichH June 4th 09 02:41 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising .06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....


No big deal!!!! The estimate of the sea temps of the early
Pleistocene era was that the sea temperature was 18-20 degrees C
HOTTER than current.
Simple and elemental chemistry equilibrium will show that the hotter
the sea the less carbon dioxide saturation in the water hence more CO2
in the atmosphere.

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.


cavelamb June 4th 09 04:17 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)

To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.


Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!

Wayne.B June 4th 09 04:21 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700 (PDT), RichH
wrote:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.


Rich, please try not to confuse people with the facts. Next thing
you know everyone will blame the ice age 12,000 years ago on a
decrease in cow manure and we'll all have to start raising livestock.


Capt. JG June 4th 09 05:44 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)

To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.


Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!



It has a brightness knob, but that doesn't seem to work.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Capt. JG June 4th 09 05:45 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700 (PDT), RichH
wrote:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.


Rich, please try not to confuse people with the facts. Next thing
you know everyone will blame the ice age 12,000 years ago on a
decrease in cow manure and we'll all have to start raising livestock.



I guess you guys need to take a remedial course in basic history. Pollution,
for lack of a better word, is good for America.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




cavelamb June 4th 09 07:58 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Capt. JG wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)
To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.

Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!



It has a brightness knob, but that doesn't seem to work.


that's funny!

mr.b[_2_] June 4th 09 08:10 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700, RichH wrote:


No big deal!!!!


snip

thank-you Prof. Irwin Corey...

Capt. JG June 4th 09 08:10 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
Capt. JG wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)
To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.
Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!



It has a brightness knob, but that doesn't seem to work.


that's funny!



I wish it was original... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Gallagher


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Keith nuttle June 4th 09 08:28 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
cavelamb wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)

To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in
your sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.


Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!


You think a windmill will produce energy when there is not enough wind
to move your boat?

Wayne.B June 4th 09 10:00 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:45:58 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700 (PDT), RichH
wrote:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.


Rich, please try not to confuse people with the facts. Next thing
you know everyone will blame the ice age 12,000 years ago on a
decrease in cow manure and we'll all have to start raising livestock.



I guess you guys need to take a remedial course in basic history. Pollution,
for lack of a better word, is good for America.


Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.


Wayne.B June 4th 09 10:01 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:56:25 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

I am
still accumulating land north of Hudson Bay on which I will erect my
year-round resort where one can watch the Northern Lights in mid-winter while
wearing a bathing suit -- or nothing.


Cool !


cavelamb June 4th 09 10:46 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Capt. JG wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
Capt. JG wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Keith Nuttle wrote:
pirate wrote:
Akin to sticking ones head in the sand..but ignorance is bliss isn't
it....;-)
To enjoy all of the energy produced by windmills as you sitting in your
sailboat feeding the ducks as they swim around your boat.
Horse feathers!

If you think you are well informed by that idiot box, you definitely
have your head in the sand!

It has a brightness knob, but that doesn't seem to work.

that's funny!



I wish it was original... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Gallagher



He is getting olde! But he's always funny.


Capt. JG June 5th 09 01:30 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:45:58 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:41:20 -0700 (PDT), RichH
wrote:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.

Rich, please try not to confuse people with the facts. Next thing
you know everyone will blame the ice age 12,000 years ago on a
decrease in cow manure and we'll all have to start raising livestock.



I guess you guys need to take a remedial course in basic history.
Pollution,
for lack of a better word, is good for America.


Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.



Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue. It's a
global problem.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Capt. JG June 5th 09 01:30 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:56:25 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

I am
still accumulating land north of Hudson Bay on which I will erect my
year-round resort where one can watch the Northern Lights in mid-winter
while
wearing a bathing suit -- or nothing.


Cool !



No... warm. :-)

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




KLC Lewis June 5th 09 02:43 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...

Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue. It's
a global problem.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


And yet carbonated beverages are allowed to run amok. It's not a "serious
problem" until soda pop, beer and champagne are outlawed. Until then, people
are just flapping their jaws.

--
KLC Lewis

Irrefutable photographic proof of alien visitations!
www.KLCLewisStudios.com



Larry June 5th 09 03:42 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
RichH wrote in news:25c9f7ba-7013-417a-88ef-
:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.



Precisely the HONEST and TRUE and LOGICAL answer. None of them want to
talk about the World War 2 to 1973 DROP in temperature.....when ALL THE
BILLIONS OF CARS HAD CARBS, GUZZLED GAS LIKE A FISH and industry spewed out
billions of tons of just awful stuff you could hardly breathe.

Americans are so stupid.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Larry June 5th 09 03:43 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.



Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.



The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Capt. JG June 5th 09 05:59 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
et...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...

Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue. It's
a global problem.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


And yet carbonated beverages are allowed to run amok. It's not a "serious
problem" until soda pop, beer and champagne are outlawed. Until then,
people are just flapping their jaws.

--
KLC Lewis

Irrefutable photographic proof of alien visitations!
www.KLCLewisStudios.com




Heh...


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Capt. JG June 5th 09 06:00 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.



Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.



The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE
ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Don't loon out Larry. You know damn well that no one is talking about
eliminatnig C02.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Capt. JG June 5th 09 06:00 AM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Larry" wrote in message
...
RichH wrote in news:25c9f7ba-7013-417a-88ef-
:

Its the SUN stupid, the sun has been at record thermal output for the
last few DECADES, no wonder the earth is getting hotter. Until they
can control the variability solar output ... all bets are off; of
course & unless, you need tax revenue and research funding.



Precisely the HONEST and TRUE and LOGICAL answer. None of them want to
talk about the World War 2 to 1973 DROP in temperature.....when ALL THE
BILLIONS OF CARS HAD CARBS, GUZZLED GAS LIKE A FISH and industry spewed
out
billions of tons of just awful stuff you could hardly breathe.

Americans are so stupid.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Love it or leave it.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Keith nuttle June 5th 09 12:08 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
Capt. JG wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.


Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.


The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE
ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Don't loon out Larry. You know damn well that no one is talking about
eliminatnig C02.

No they want to store 3 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide every year from
those plants. (National Geographic figures not mine). That means every
power plant will have an increasing number of pressurized containers
buried around their plant for the storage of the gas, that will have to
be maintained for eternity.

If one of those thing fails in the next dozen centuries, 100% of every
thing living within hundreds of square miles will die.

MMC June 5th 09 02:06 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 

"Larry" wrote in message
...
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues, TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?


I really think the resistance to anything that could be considered as
environmentally responsible stems from the same "me generation" thinking as
people who want to do something about the homeless but just can't skip thier
next latte and give the $4 to the man/woman on the corner instead.
It's like the friggin stupidity (not caring if this insults -it is
incredibly stupid) of the "conservative" legislators squealing about Obama
setting new mileage standards.
"It's my RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN to protect my family" by driving a friggin SUV
that's as big a tractor trailer. These sure look like the same assholes that
were preaching energy independence not too long ago.
Yeah. We Americans can get behind anything as long as we aren't expected to
sacrifice anything AT ALL for it. Well, maybe we can buy the $1.95 yellow
ribbon to show our support for the troops but it's only because we don't
want to be seen as unsupportive!
We couldn't support a WWII nowadays like our parents did - we're too friggin
spoiled. We're 5 year old children being told to share our cookies with a
sibling.
memememe, I got mine but I want more, more, more! has screwed america.



Capt. JG June 5th 09 03:08 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.


Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.


The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE
ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



Don't loon out Larry. You know damn well that no one is talking about
eliminatnig C02.

No they want to store 3 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide every year from
those plants. (National Geographic figures not mine). That means every
power plant will have an increasing number of pressurized containers
buried around their plant for the storage of the gas, that will have to be
maintained for eternity.

If one of those thing fails in the next dozen centuries, 100% of every
thing living within hundreds of square miles will die.



You need to restrict your comments to something you know about. You do know
about something right?


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Capt. JG June 5th 09 03:11 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...

"Larry" wrote in message
...
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues,
TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?


I really think the resistance to anything that could be considered as
environmentally responsible stems from the same "me generation" thinking
as people who want to do something about the homeless but just can't skip
thier next latte and give the $4 to the man/woman on the corner instead.
It's like the friggin stupidity (not caring if this insults -it is
incredibly stupid) of the "conservative" legislators squealing about Obama
setting new mileage standards.
"It's my RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN to protect my family" by driving a friggin
SUV that's as big a tractor trailer. These sure look like the same
assholes that were preaching energy independence not too long ago.
Yeah. We Americans can get behind anything as long as we aren't expected
to sacrifice anything AT ALL for it. Well, maybe we can buy the $1.95
yellow ribbon to show our support for the troops but it's only because we
don't want to be seen as unsupportive!
We couldn't support a WWII nowadays like our parents did - we're too
friggin spoiled. We're 5 year old children being told to share our cookies
with a sibling.
memememe, I got mine but I want more, more, more! has screwed america.



I have no problem allowing people to drive SUVs the size of a big rig. All
they have to do is agree to pay for the privilege, including higher fuel
costs, pollution tax, insurance, etc. That should also cut out a lot of the
morons leaving rubber at one stop light after another, so they can be the
first to the next stop light.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com




Bruce in Bangkok[_14_] June 5th 09 04:08 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 07:11:32 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"mmc" wrote in message
ng.com...

"Larry" wrote in message
...
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jaustin/ICE.html

Yeah, these guys living off Global Warming funding say it's rising
.06C/yr!

By the year 5485, it may be warm enough, if this rapid trend continues,
TO
SWIM IN!

Global Warming - Your CO2 tax dollars at work.....



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?


I really think the resistance to anything that could be considered as
environmentally responsible stems from the same "me generation" thinking
as people who want to do something about the homeless but just can't skip
thier next latte and give the $4 to the man/woman on the corner instead.
It's like the friggin stupidity (not caring if this insults -it is
incredibly stupid) of the "conservative" legislators squealing about Obama
setting new mileage standards.
"It's my RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN to protect my family" by driving a friggin
SUV that's as big a tractor trailer. These sure look like the same
assholes that were preaching energy independence not too long ago.
Yeah. We Americans can get behind anything as long as we aren't expected
to sacrifice anything AT ALL for it. Well, maybe we can buy the $1.95
yellow ribbon to show our support for the troops but it's only because we
don't want to be seen as unsupportive!
We couldn't support a WWII nowadays like our parents did - we're too
friggin spoiled. We're 5 year old children being told to share our cookies
with a sibling.
memememe, I got mine but I want more, more, more! has screwed america.



I have no problem allowing people to drive SUVs the size of a big rig. All
they have to do is agree to pay for the privilege, including higher fuel
costs, pollution tax, insurance, etc. That should also cut out a lot of the
morons leaving rubber at one stop light after another, so they can be the
first to the next stop light.



I've always advocated an annual "road tax" based on engine size. Use a
base level, say 1,500 c.c., for a nominal tax. then as the
displacement goes up the tax goes up, but at, say multiples of 100
c.c..

Say you bought a 2.0 liter car. The first 1,500 c.c costs, say 10
dollars a year, the next 100 c.c = 2 X original tax; second 100 c.c. =
3 X O.T., and so on. You could do the same thing with horse power but
it is easier to get into arguments about horse power then it is about
displacement.

People will say, OH! But I need a big engine". I remember when a 100
HP engine was a BIG engine and most people got along perfectly well
with about 65 HP. You can certainly get 100 H.P. out of a 1.5 liter
engine these days.

This is not a new idea, by the way, it has been used in Europe for
many years.



Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

KLC Lewis June 5th 09 04:47 PM

Lake Superior RAPIDLY WARMING!
 

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message
...


I've always advocated an annual "road tax" based on engine size. Use a
base level, say 1,500 c.c., for a nominal tax. then as the
displacement goes up the tax goes up, but at, say multiples of 100
c.c..

Say you bought a 2.0 liter car. The first 1,500 c.c costs, say 10
dollars a year, the next 100 c.c = 2 X original tax; second 100 c.c. =
3 X O.T., and so on. You could do the same thing with horse power but
it is easier to get into arguments about horse power then it is about
displacement.

People will say, OH! But I need a big engine". I remember when a 100
HP engine was a BIG engine and most people got along perfectly well
with about 65 HP. You can certainly get 100 H.P. out of a 1.5 liter
engine these days.

This is not a new idea, by the way, it has been used in Europe for
many years.



Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)


How would you calculate the horsepower on a car like my Impala, which shifts
into 3 cylinder mode whenever it doesn't need all six? Cruising down the
highway on long trips I get over 32mpg, but that drops down to around 28 for
mostly city driving (of which I do hardly any).

Fuel taxes take all that into consideration automatically.

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Larry June 5th 09 06:55 PM

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"Capt. JG" wrote in
easolutions:

Love it or leave it.



Can't. It's mine.



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Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Larry June 5th 09 07:03 PM

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Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
:

This is not a new idea, by the way, it has been used in Europe for
many years.



The politicians, who work for the big oil companies, will do everything in
their power to keep microcars like the Tata Nano....OUT OF AMERICA. Smart
cars came in the back door as a specialty car and have been effectively
defeated by making them so expensive, $18000 is normal, that people are
refusing to buy them, now in the depression. The dealer that told me I'd
have to be on a waiting list, now calls me weekly to see if they have the
car, IN STOCK, I want. I want a Smart DIESEL fortwo and they are NOT
imported into America because 1) too high mileage and too low maintenance
2) lower priced as plain car. America has only the upper models.

India, Japan, Korea, China all have very fuel efficient micro vehicles
Americans cannot own.

Government by, of and for the BIG CORPORATIONS.....

I'd love to open up a Tata Nano dealership right in the middle of "Car
Row" on Savannah Hwy, here in Charleston, selling Nanos for $2000. Tata
couldn't supply the demand for a CHEAP CAR....

Of course, GM has some idle factories to build more....

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Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Capt. JG June 5th 09 07:22 PM

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"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
easolutions:

Love it or leave it.



Can't. It's mine.



--
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Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?



But, you claim Americans are stupid? What's your excuse?

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Keith nuttle June 5th 09 09:19 PM

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Capt. JG wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.

Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.


The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE
ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
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Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Don't loon out Larry. You know damn well that no one is talking about
eliminatnig C02.

No they want to store 3 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide every year from
those plants. (National Geographic figures not mine). That means every
power plant will have an increasing number of pressurized containers
buried around their plant for the storage of the gas, that will have to be
maintained for eternity.

If one of those thing fails in the next dozen centuries, 100% of every
thing living within hundreds of square miles will die.



You need to restrict your comments to something you know about. You do know
about something right?



If you know of another disposal method for the 3 billion tons Carbon
Dioxide that is proposed to be captured from of coal fired energy
plants please post to the group so we all will know. Don't just say I
don't know what I am talking about.

There is one other way to handle it but that will create 7 billion
tons/year of metal salts that will have to be treated as toxic waste for
eternity. This could be more depending on the metal they used to react
with the carbon dioxide.

I have a degree in Chemistry and worked in the chemical industry for
many years so know my chemistry. I know federal disposal regulations
for chemical disposal. Can you tell me the educational basis for your
comments?

Edgar June 5th 09 09:43 PM

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
ions...

I have no problem allowing people to drive SUVs the size of a big rig. All
they have to do is agree to pay for the privilege, including higher fuel
costs, pollution tax, insurance, etc. That should also cut out a lot of
the morons leaving rubber at one stop light after another, so they can be
the first to the next stop light.


Surely higher fuel costs come automatically if you buy something like a big
SUV?



KLC Lewis June 5th 09 10:38 PM

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"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...

If you know of another disposal method for the 3 billion tons Carbon
Dioxide that is proposed to be captured from of coal fired energy plants
please post to the group so we all will know. Don't just say I don't know
what I am talking about.

There is one other way to handle it but that will create 7 billion
tons/year of metal salts that will have to be treated as toxic waste for
eternity. This could be more depending on the metal they used to react
with the carbon dioxide.

I have a degree in Chemistry and worked in the chemical industry for many
years so know my chemistry. I know federal disposal regulations for
chemical disposal. Can you tell me the educational basis for your
comments?


The current method of sequestering co2 is to pump it into underground
chambers left empty from oil deposits. A more long-term solution would be to
create calcium carbonate by pumping it through lime slurry, or use it to
grow simple plants (algaes) and create more oxygen, trapping the carbon in
the plants' cellulose. The algaes can then feed people and animals, and be
used as fertilizer for other food crops.

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www.KLCLewisStudios.com



[email protected] June 5th 09 11:00 PM

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On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:19:42 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

Capt. JG wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Pollution is a serious, but quite separate, issue. Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) is not considered to be a pollutant in normal concentration
levels.

Come on... "normal concentration levels"? It's not a separate issue.
It's a global problem.


The more CO2 in the air, the MORE WE HAVE TO EAT! Eliminate CO2 and WE
ALL
WILL STARVE!



--
-----
Larry

If a man goes way out into the woods all alone and says something,
is it still wrong, even though no woman hears him?

Don't loon out Larry. You know damn well that no one is talking about
eliminatnig C02.

No they want to store 3 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide every year from
those plants. (National Geographic figures not mine). That means every
power plant will have an increasing number of pressurized containers
buried around their plant for the storage of the gas, that will have to be
maintained for eternity.

If one of those thing fails in the next dozen centuries, 100% of every
thing living within hundreds of square miles will die.



You need to restrict your comments to something you know about. You do know
about something right?



If you know of another disposal method for the 3 billion tons Carbon
Dioxide that is proposed to be captured from of coal fired energy
plants please post to the group so we all will know. Don't just say I
don't know what I am talking about.

There is one other way to handle it but that will create 7 billion
tons/year of metal salts that will have to be treated as toxic waste for
eternity. This could be more depending on the metal they used to react
with the carbon dioxide.

I have a degree in Chemistry and worked in the chemical industry for
many years so know my chemistry. I know federal disposal regulations
for chemical disposal. Can you tell me the educational basis for your
comments?


How much of which chemicals did you ingest?



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