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The dream of producing hydrocarbon fuels from carbon dioxide and sunlight is one step closer thanks to chemists in Europe who have made jet fuel from scratch in a solar reactor for the first time. Just remember, the third act is called The Prestige.
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If the dream is still hydrocarbon fuel, then we are still having a nightmare.
My dream is a non-hydrocarbon fuel that is low-cost, and provides effective transportation, without ruining the air we breathe.
Last I heard, H2 (Hydrogen) fuel is somewhere in the ballpark with that.
I'm still waiting to see how much of the "H" in "H2" is "Hype" and how much is truly "Hopeful"
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C-P-User-3 wrote: without ruining the air we breathe
How does, say natural gas, ruin air when burnt?
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: How does, say natural gas, ruin air when burnt?
Good point.
Just edited my comment
added "non-hydrocarbon"
My Opinion: As long as we are chasing the next great supply of dead dinosaurs to get our motor fuel; we continue the nightmare.
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You misunderstand, why is a hydrocarbon fuel such as natural gas a nightmare, why does it ruin the atmosphere?
When it burns it produces water and co2, its very clean, not like sulphurous coal or lignite for example.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: why is a hydrocarbon fuel such as natural gas a nightmare,
Because it's a hydrocarbon, that's why.
That's how we got here to this point today: using hydrocarbon fuels.
I would like to see us using a fuel that doesn't require drilling, or searching, for such a scarce resource; a resource which is (possibly, arguably, whatever) dwindling in supply, and which will inexorably rise in price in a manner that will have significantly negative results for the overwhelming majority of the population.
Sure, natural gas is clean stuff.
That's not the point.
It's still a hydrocarbon, and it is closely related to petroleum.
Any hydrocarbon fuel shares the same negative consequences; and those consequences propagate far and wide to just about everybody in the economy.
That's my point: we should seek a non-hydrocarbon fuel.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: That's how we got here to this point today
What 'point today'?
C-P-User-3 wrote: I would like to see
As soon as the cost exceeds a supportable figure alternative fuels will take their place; capitalism dictates this.
C-P-User-3 wrote: Any hydrocarbon fuel shares the same negative consequences
What negative consequences? And no, coal is bad because its sulphurous and produces soot. Gas is very clean burning so they are not all the same.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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You both misunderstand each other!
He is implying the problem due to Global Warming!
You are ignoring them, maybe because you don't "believe" in it, or simply realize this will take it carbon from the atmosphere to start with and will it back, no more, no less, hence it's not very relevant to global warming (which he didn't consider, apparently)
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I always thought you could write comprehensible English, what went wrong? 
Oh, and don't mention GW here, its a taboo subject and gets people upset.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I always thought you could write comprehensible English, what went wrong?
Because you missed his obvious point! He was implying all the problem with...
Ho never mind!
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According to a survey of 4109 US consumers the iPhone 6 is the most anticipated Apple smartphone ever, with interest easily outstripping that of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5. Tommy said Ginny heard from Susan's uncle who's a janitor at Apple that ...
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Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in advance when their information is targeted for government seizure. Psst. Hey, bro. They are coming.
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Linus Torvalds discusses performance profiling on core kernel code, particularly the VM and filesystem. An interesting post on Google+? I do believe a pig may fly.
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There will always be one more emergency. Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
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Seems reasonable and mature to me - apply patches to XP/IE that are issues that also occur in later versions. Don't develop new patches exclusive to XP.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The opinions of others play a major role in people’s purchasing decisions, whether the opinions are about restaurants, movies, or apps.
With respect to apps, opinions and reviews also affect how visible they will be in app store search results and how likely they will be featured on the app store. #6 - Don't suck.
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Ummm, wrong quote/link ?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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 Shhhh... never happened (thanks, all fixed).
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This science-fiction infomercial was made to raise awareness of the fact that bees—which are crucial for the survival of all species, including ours*—are dying all around the world. The fact is that this video isn't too far from the truth: bees may go extinct if we don't act promptly and scientists are already working on robotic replacements. The bees, won't somebody please think of the bees!
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Kevin Priddle wrote: and scientists are already working on robotic replacements.
Ah, they're out of real work?
What will we do with the birds that prey on bees? Replace them with robots too? Then we'll also need robot-mold, to decompose the bodies.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Unless a bird can feed off those, they'd be rather dangerous to the environment.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It won't be long before we're bowing down to our robot bee overlords.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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