Oh, please, read the article.

The simple solution to this is to re-declare extraterrestrial bodies as the property of everyone and set up a licensing system, whereby the revenue from licenses is used for the common good. The mining company makes its profit; the rest of us don’t get left behind/stomped into the gutter by rampant capitalism.

victim-blaming

FYI, some Americans are human.

The research clearly shows that yields in many parts of the world are projected to decline. Plants are not limited only by atmospheric CO2. Factors such as soil nitrogen, water, available sunlight, temperature, and so on, all need to be factored in.

Or, as J Russel Smith so pithily put it, “forest, field, plow, desert.”

I provided some links in a later comment in the thread, mainly to the literature. HTH.

No. Science is not the culprit. I’m not angry with science. I’m angry at the people who are discrediting science in order to make a profit.

In that case, why are pissy little pilot studies with a couple of dozen participants still coming out to “prove” that the latest SSRI works? Why are these studies not being preregistered, in spite of an agreement to do so (meaning that a study showing no effect can be buried, thus skewing meta-analysis)? Why are so…

“It appears you’re saying biomedical science corrected itself.”

Several studies have failed to find any link between downregulated monoamines and depression, while the actual evidence that the drugs actually work is based on severely flawed studies (tiny samples, doctoring of the statistics, publication bias and so on) (review study). Trials (PMID 10703757; PMID: 10775018) that…

Somehow I’m not surprised.

One involved a bunch of religious fanatics, most of whom died.

Going to raise this again.

I’ve been thinking. They’re saying that Pluto is losing atmosphere at about 500 tonnes an hour. That strikes me as a lot of atmosphere, presumably being replenished by sublimation.

[SNORT] The Dothraki kill, rape or enslave anyone weaker than they are.

I didn’t say that.

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What isn’t being mentioned is that the fuel capacity of one Boeing 747-400 (capacity 217,000 litres / 57, 285 US gallons) means that to fuel it once, if they can get yields as high as they want, would require 11 acres (4.5 hectares) of tank, operating for a year.

One set of figures came straight from Volvo. I imagine they might be a bit off given that they are trying to sell coaches, but they would find themselves in court if it were a case of gross misrepresentation. The figures for cars were again based on industry standards but, if you’re going to suspect them of…