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The future remains uncertain, but, unarguably, the past was no cakewalk. I'll roll the dice on continued progress even with the risks. I'm betting on the kids being born today to not only change my diaper, but also continuing to make progress on all fronts of human development. My wife Datri Bean wrote a pithy verse for her song Green Onions , which will be coming out with her new album this spring: You say, 'Baby, let's have a baby or two, or three and learn to love selflessly and when we're old and incontinent they'll take good care of us Lord, I don't want to die alone' Green onions are frying and the coffee is cold without even trying love grows old Oh, but it's comfortable like a daily routine eggs and toast and an early morning shot of Jim Beam Chalo
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As for other resources required to make cars, the basic one is steel, and iron is the most abundant element on Earth, so I don't see a problem there. What do you mean by on Earth?
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As for other resources required to make cars, the basic one is steel, and iron is the most abundant element on Earth, so I don't see a problem there. What do you mean by on Earth? I mean the rock we're sitting on is mostly made of iron. From Wikipedia: Iron is the sixth most abundant element in the Universe, formed as the final act of nucleosynthesis, by silicon fusing in massive stars. While it makes up about 5% of the Earth's crust, the Earth's core is believed to consist largely of an iron-nickel alloy constituting 35% of the mass of the Earth as a whole. Iron is consequently the most abundant element on Earth, but only the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Most of the iron in the crust is found combined with oxygen as iron oxide minerals such as hematite and magnetite. So, I reckon there's plenty of iron around for making cars (although it's unlikely we'll resort to mining it out of the Earth's core).
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In any case, I expect to see things get worse before they get better. I hope it's not too much worse. Why? We may be on the brink of ending the greatest threat humanity has ever known
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future technology advances Global Warming and what you can do to against it
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As for other resources required to make cars, the basic one is steel, and iron is the most abundant element on Earth, so I don't see a problem there. What do you mean by on Earth? I mean the rock we're sitting on is mostly made of iron. From Wikipedia: Iron is the sixth most abundant element in the Universe, formed as the final act of nucleosynthesis, by silicon fusing in massive stars. While it makes up about 5% of the Earth's crust, the Earth's core is believed to consist largely of an iron-nickel alloy constituting 35% of the mass of the Earth as a whole. Iron is consequently the most abundant element on Earth, but only the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Most of the iron in the crust is found combined with oxygen as iron oxide minerals such as hematite and magnetite. So, I reckon there's plenty of iron around for making cars (although it's unlikely we'll resort to mining it out of the Earth's core). Spelling it out. Earth by mass is 1/3 Fe, 3/10 O. But you cannot get at the mantle or core, sooooo we go by abundance in the crust which is 47% O, 5% Fe. As you spoke of Fe for making steel, your statement that Fe is them most abundant on Earth is false.
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It's a terrible thing to say, but ISTM that things like viruses, malaria, MRSA and its kin are part of Gaia's immune system. I'm sure, for example, that if we wipe out malaria we'll soon see the last of the other great apes. I don't believe in Gaia or any other deity. You don't need to regard the earth as divine to consider it as an entity with an immune system. Come to think of it, why would a real deity need an immune system? I don't mourn the loss of smallpox or polio. I wouldn't miss malaria, AIDS, MRSA*, either, and I think it's more than a terrible thing to say, I think it's a crazy thing to say. I'd trade the great apes for malaria in a heartbeat. Not surprising. Our species has a powerful desire to help others survive, to cure diseases, etc. (At least, as long as the survivors don't try to take our territory; then we kill them.) But if we did make the trade - we cure malaria, but the increased pressure for food exterminates the great apes - what next? Do we trade the elephants for a sleeping sickness cure? Do we give up the rain forests for a dengue fever cure? In any case, I expect to see things get worse before they get better. I hope it's not too much worse. Why? We may be on the brink of ending the greatest threat humanity has ever known
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Australian has a truly epic feat. Michael Williams miraculously crossed by swimming through the sea filled with sharks, saving himself and allowing teams to emergency rescue his companion, who spent 30 hours clinging to a piece of the boat overturned.
