No One Gives A Shit About That Climate Change Thing That's Going to Kill Us All

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Sifright

USA pretty much outspends on military every other country combined (This isn't completely accurate but certainly more is spent by USA than the next 15 countries combined on their military) there is a reason the rest of the world looks at america and is so perplexed by your budget priorities and culture it's like you guys are constantly gearing up to invade some where.

well the way the world is shaping up, whatever we will be fighting over, water, food, oil, yea that war is inevitable and the nation with the biggest military will likely be the one to survive.

Not that I think they are competent enough to actually realize that, they probably spend that much because we have been spending that much for decades and politicians were never big on change.

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

well the way the world is shaping up, whatever we will be fighting over, water, food, oil, yea that war is inevitable and the nation with the biggest military will likely be the one to survive.

This is ridiculous though, it would have cost a fraction of that to avert the problem 5% of your countries gdp a year of the last say 10 years would have completely removed your countries need for fossil fuels outside of transportation.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Sifright

This is ridiculous though, it would have cost a fraction of that to avert the problem 5% of your countries gdp a year of the last say 10 years would have completely removed your countries need for fossil fuels outside of transportation.

But, but...

[Flarecobra]

So put the entire state of North Carolina under the status of "Sticking your head in the sand and waiting for it to all boil over.

Originally Posted by article

The law was drafted in response to an estimate by the state's Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) that the sea level will rise by 39 inches in the next century, prompting fears of costlier home insurance and accusations of anti-development alarmism among residents and developers in the state's coastal Outer Banks region.

Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue had until Thursday to act on the bill known as House Bill 819, but she decided to let it become law by doing nothing.

There's being ignorent of what's going on... and then there's this. I can't even think of a proper discription for this.

[Magus]

I can never understand why Republicans can't appreciate a good boondoggle, widget, or whatchamacallit.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Man are you guys still worried about this? Haven't you read the news?
This dude has got us covered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agha_Waqar's_Water_Fuelled_Car

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Professor Smarmiarty

Man are you guys still worried about this? Haven't you read the news?
This dude has got us covered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agha_Waqar's_Water_Fuelled_Car

Fuck you laws of thermodynamics!

[Bum Bill Bee]

....A car that runs on water? 0_0

Well I geuss its a little more concievable now that I've also heard of clocks that run on water. Still, I can't help but think of That 70's Show, when I hear about this.

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Bum Bill Bee

....A car that runs on water? 0_0

Well I geuss its a little more concievable now that I've also heard of clocks that run on water. Still, I can't help but think of That 70's Show, when I hear about this.

.... did you read the article?

it uses electrolysis to split the water and then powers the engine by burning the hydrogen with the oxygen it split from said process, even assuming 100% efficiency you would better off just using the battery to run the car so you remove the weight of the other products.

The entire thing is a dud.

Well it claims not to use electrolysis but then doesn't propose any method of actually splitting the water so I reckon it uses the power of wishful thinking thus neatly sidestepping the problem.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Sifright

.... did you read the article?

it uses electrolysis to split the water and then powers the engine by burning the hydrogen with the oxygen it split from said process, even assuming 100% efficiency you would better off just using the battery to run the car so you remove the weight of the other products.

The entire thing is a dud.

Well it claims not to use electrolysis but then doesn't propose any method of actually splitting the water so I reckon it uses the power of wishful thinking thus neatly sidestepping the problem.

well not 100%. If instead of burning the hydrogen we used it as a material for a fusion reaction we'd get more energy out than we put in.

So all we have to do is master fusion. Then miniaturize it into the size of a car engine. Then find a way to deal with all the heat, and magnetism, probably radiation, safety issues. but if we do all that then we can have it.