Pretty much. There are some people who are so enamored of any "green" energy that they'll pour good money after bad ad infinitum.
BINGO! :)
That's one reason (out of MANY) why this is so stupid. Seriously. Why would anyone ever put solar panels on the ground, underneath a semi-opaque surface, and angled in such a way as to greatly reduce its efficiency when they have the CHEAPER alternative of just hoisting them in the air, putting them under…
False equivalence. Solar panels are already priced to the market. So are all the other components of this stupid road. Glass isn't going to become cheaper. Circuit boards are not going to become cheaper. The solar cells are not going to become cheaper. This is NO component of this roadway that is not already…
Solar roads are one of the dumbest ideas human beings have ever had in the history of humanity.
So first let's ignore the fact that glass is only 5.5 on the Mohs scale and is softer than dirt, dust, rocks, and even TIRE RUBBER. That takes a lot of ignoring though since that means the 'textured surface' would be…
There were some good ones from the Sci-Fi era, but it's the Comedy Central era that has always seemed the most 'funny' to me. It's not that the SciFi ones were 'bad'. It's just that they didn't ever seem to rise up to the same level as some of the ComCen episodes. But it's all good. :) MST at its worst was still…
A personal list of my top-10. I was in college when MST was in its heyday, so I was very a loyal fan. :)
Does this include the "sexy" versions of the costumes sold at Halloween? If so, then I can totally see why the numbers are what they are.
Standard "sky is falling" bull from the least credible organization in the history of human-kind. Every prediction the IPCC has ever made has not just been "wrong" - it's been "spectacularly wrong". If they weren't trying to convince so many of the gullible and stupid to approve of multi-trillion dollar tax-hikes on…
Pht. More like...
"Hmmm... Our last attempt to gain more power and control over people's lives wasn't well received for some reason. How can we re-package and/or reposition this steaming pile of crap the Founding Fathers would have been horrified we were even THINKING about doing? After all - if there's one thing…
The 97% lie is a myth that has been debunked over and over. It is a talking point of the ignorant.
Climate is not reaching a tipping point. That is another talking point of the ignorant.
Every estimate that the Greenies have made is based off of cooked books, faked numbers, gross exaggerations, stacked models, and…
Welp - if someone had actually come up with a better system yet then we'd be using it. Touch is fine for things like a touchpad or a smartphone. Touch sucks when you are sitting at a desk trying to get things done. The only way touch works at a workstation is when you're drawing with a pen to do art. For anything…
Don't forget the best group game perhaps of all time... "Fury of Dracula".
Out of print, but if you have a copy then it's fan-freaking-tastic.
TRANSLATION: "If you want to deal with "facts", "science" and "reality" then we're dead. I prefer to scaremonger and tell Chicken Little stories." No one is about to die. We aren't running out of clean air or water. Earth is not boiling. The oceans aren't about to flood your house. The ice caps are bigger than…
They are imaginary. They are not costs that actually exist. They are computer models, 'projections', estimate, and politically driven advocacy that want to make something some people don't like (fossil fuels) look more expensive than they actually are. Meanwhile the same people seek to actively deflate the REAL…
Spoken like a true believer. "I don't care about the real costs. I just care about MY costs! So what if it costs 100X more than the alternative. I don't care as long as I don't pay it."
Not BS. Solar, Wind, and Tide are still far more expensive than other options.
http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/press/germanys…
http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/green-…
"a study is a study, and it's certainly possible that this one is a little bit optimistic"