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  • #46
    Originally posted by Sandman
    Wind farms

    We have several wind-power generators around Fargo (which is the REAL windy city, not Chicago).

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    • #47
      There's also tidal energy, which is quite feasible at many coastal areas.
      (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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      • #48
        Originally posted by General Ludd

        Why not just wait for jesus's second coming so that he can turn it into wine?
        Does Green Jesus turn heavy water into whine?
        He's got the Midas touch.
        But he touched it too much!
        Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!

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        • #49
          Nuclear Power is clearly the way of the future.


          Kind of like jet engines.
          "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

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          • #50
            Jet engines are the way of the future.
            The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

            The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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            • #51
              Teh fixations!



              OK, enough in-jokes for now.
              "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

              Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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              • #52
                Originally posted by Cruddy
                A study came out of the US a couple weeks ago showing that the cheapest way to reduce CO2 levels... is plant more trees.

                Hardly rocket science, is it?
                It isn´t rocket science but it isn´t childs play either. As described in this BBC article quoting a Nature report.

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                • #53
                  Algae and sea weed are better. There is a huge volume of water where they can grow.

                  You don't have to worry about forest fires, either.
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #54
                    But they die and decay, releasing their CO2 back into the system.
                    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by chegitz guevara
                      But they die and decay, releasing their CO2 back into the system.
                      The only way to remove the CO2 for good is to turn it into carbonate rocks, that's how nature does it.

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Oerdin


                        Then you aren't thinking very hard. The coastal areas are usually the most densely populated, ergo, the most likely to have people who will be upset about having their views obstructed. Sure, some remote areas exist and wind generators can be built there but that will never produce more then a tiny franction of the needed energy.

                        If you stopped and thought about it then you'd already know this.
                        In the US, maybe. In the UK, no. Much of our coast is Scotland, the parts that are very sparsely populated. It's also the windiest part, so probably the best place to put them. Plus there's Scottish mountains inland that give us loads of options with where to put them.

                        Plenty of places t provide a majority of our energy.
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                        But he would think of something

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                        • #57
                          Are there any ways that have been devised to harness the power in waves?
                          What?

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                          • #58
                            Nuclear waste is only 'waste' because we currently have no use for it. However radioactive substances and unnatural isotopes certainly might have some use in the future. Rather than trying to drop the stuff into subduction zones or otherwise make it totally inaccessable I'd rather it was just stored in dry caves in some exceptionally stable portion of the earths crust and left there until we find uses for it.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by chegitz guevara
                              But they die and decay, releasing their CO2 back into the system.
                              Some trees can live over 1,000 years, if that doesn't buy enough time to solve the problem, we're screwed anyway.
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                              There are reasons why I believe mankind should live in cities and let nature reclaim all the villages with the exception of a few we keep on display as horrific reminders of rural life.-Starchild
                              Meat eating and the dominance and force projected over animals that is acompanies it is a gateway or parallel to other prejudiced beliefs such as classism, misogyny, and even racism. -General Ludd

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Smiley


                                Some trees can live over 1,000 years, if that doesn't buy enough time to solve the problem, we're screwed anyway.
                                We could also chop down the trees and make wooden stuff out of them. That keeps the CO2 locked up a long time as well.

                                Why do you think chopping down a whole forest gives you 10 shields without so much as a single triangle of pullution

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