Diacetyl is volatile. You can smell it in the beer. That means you’re inhaling it. And if you’ve never smelled diacetyl, then you’ve never walked into a movie theater. As I said to omnichad, it’s how much that matters.

You’ll inhale it any time you’re drinking a beer with a high diacetyl concentration or whenever you walk into a movie theater. The question is, how much?

> We are talking about a disease carrying filthy animal here.

Yes; I know, but if you bath them and give them proper medications, humans aren’t all that bad.

If there’s any vermin here, it’s people like you.

I’d have to read through the study itself. One thing is concentration. I do know that diacetyl is found in other products, including beer. And that’s a natural byproduct of fermentation. It’s also added to various candies because of the, well, popcorn like flavor.

They do, and so you want to make sure you release them as far away from a populated area as possible.

Marriage is humane?

Yeah; humans are pretty disgusting creatures. Aren’t they?

A fast kill trap is my second choice. Water traps and glue traps are just unacceptable. And yes; it is important to check the humane traps if you’re going to use them.

Are you really that ignorant? There are plenty of brands of no kill mouse traps available. It’s a catch and release system. Do a quick search on Amazon or Google. Seriously. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no…

Mice, and rats, are both actually quite intelligent. They can learn to do quite a few tricks, learn paths, and quite frankly, are probably overall more intelligent than the author. But that’s another story.

Yep. The number of users is going to have an impact on how quickly a region gets something, which is another reason why I’m not a fan of the push for even more roads. We need less sprawl, not more.

Not all of it is market, some of it is other systems, but either way, NGOs (market or not) are useful. But there is another factor which should be addressed: early adopters tend to have outdated technology.

> How is engineering not a science? Engineers predict,test and repeat like no other.

Engineers do not evaluate theories. They use theories to produce things. They apply currently accepted theories (if there really is such a thing in science) to problems. That’s a huge difference.

> Pointing out that consensus exists among the qualified professionals studying climate is a good way to refute those who claim that there is no such consensus.

Sure, but not to support a position.

> Furthermore, your assertion that consensus among experts means little is crap. There is a huge difference between an…

Of course it is. That’s how government works. It creates projects that we don’t need and which are harmful to the environment and the economy. Hell, our entire road system is like that. We need far fewer roads, not more.

I’ve written about this a few times already: http://3tags.org/article/rural-…

It could still easily be litigated as a civil matter though. You’re still breaking a contract, which is legally binding. And of course, you can still be fired for violating company policy.

Well, one of the biggest qualms I have with him, and I addressed this elsewhere in the thread, is his appeal to consensus. A consensus among scientists means very little, if anything. A consensus in a large number of experiments, can mean a lot (more of you’re relying on the inductive scientific method, but still…

He doesn’t. But he should have a solid grasp of the general concept. Nye does not. More importantly, people should not be taking his view as expert opinion, and they are. And that, in part, is because Nye seems to think he’s a scientist and an expert.

No. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering. That’s easily verifiable. He’s a pompous ass who thinks he’s a scientist because he plays one on TV, but he does have a bachelors in engineering.