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David Autumns
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Gerald there's a firecracker of a Sunspot just coming into view
----------------------------------------http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/SDO_Self_Updating_6.htm As far as we are concerned the Sun appears to rotate (like the Earth) in about 27.2753 days  It's arcing and sparking Good day for a tan once it's pointing our way   |
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David Autumns
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Stunned to see this
----------------------------------------http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/08/19/july-wa...ature-record-by-noaancdc/  Isn't that pretty much all of the warming seen in the 20th Century? Science - taking the measurement of something and trying to understand what that is trying to tell us Surely not Science - modifying your results until it tells the story you want it to tell ? I'm running a science project and currently it is showing warming. Have I changed it to show the amazing stability I am expecting - NO! I know it will start cooling again and not continue its current relentless rise. It's good that is has gone up as that will make its decline all the more visible I won't need to tweak anything - just take the raw data and display it for all to see. Why do I think it will show amazing stability? Look around you. How long has life existed on Earth? What kind of life support system do you think we are living on? I would posit - a truly great one Night folks Dave |
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David Autumns
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I wonder how long they will keep talking about this great untapped resource of non-nuclear and totally clean source of power
----------------------------------------http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c181a5c6-ea23-11e1-929b-00144feab49a.html until they scrap the idea yet again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Barrage ? leaving us with even less wriggle room in the UK's ever dwindling power supply. |
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GeraldRube
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I wonder how long they will keep talking about this great untapped resource of non-nuclear and totally clean source of power http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c181a5c6-ea23-11e1-929b-00144feab49a.html until they scrap the idea yet again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Barrage ? leaving us with even less wriggle room in the UK's ever dwindling power supply. Dave the top link goes to an adv.--i think   |
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David Autumns
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Paywalls - the scourge of the Internet
----------------------------------------I must have had just my one free UK view  try this instead http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/au...wer-project?newsfeed=true They have been talking about producing power here since 1925 according to wikipedia just talking about it... then not doing it I wonder if like the Chunnel this time it will get done |
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GeraldRube
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Paywalls - the scourge of the Internet I must have had just my one free UK view try this instead http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/au...wer-project?newsfeed=true They have been talking about producing power here since 1925 according to wikipedia just talking about it... then not doing it I wonder if like the Chunnel this time it will get done I think it would be a great deal---The £30bn scheme, championed by the former Labour minister Peter Hain who quit his shadow cabinet role earlier this year to promote it, promises to generate 5% of the UK's electricity and create 10,000 jobs. It would be expected to be operational for more than 120 years.--Although 5% may not be much but the jobs would be good-- |
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David Autumns
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5% may not be much LOL
----------------------------------------1/20th our power supply is not to be sneezed at. 5% is a whole load more than the 0.039429% that is the CO2 content of the atmosphere which according to some will doom us all  Here's a class piece of prose http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/...eniers-are-almost-extinct (n.b. not denying the climate changes - just the power of that 0.039429% "special" gas in the atmosphere being able to raise the average temperature of the Globe by 2-6C by 2100, as claimed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other fearmongers like Dr Suzuki....and I am concerned about the damaging fallout - some literally - that is a direct consequence of this ongoing lie) Dave |
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GeraldRube
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Yes any amount would be beneficial --According to a recent poll, --what pole --someone in Poland?? There’s also a subset of deniers who see some nefarious conspiracy in climate science and “Agenda 21” (a nonbinding, voluntary UN agreement on sustainable development) to impose a world government or something, but their irrational arguments aren’t worth the time of day.--also we are fighting this here in Mathews County--and the Northwest and Alaska are having unusual cold -cold warming
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David Autumns
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Remember when those Belgian Nuclear Power Stations got a new lease of life and I mentioned MTBF and how it reduced at end of life and expressed my concerns at the time
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