I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
Changes in technology allowed access to already known sources of oil that were at the time uneconomical to reach or refine.
It is different from watching water which is an even easier to track resource disappearing without magically untapped reserves based on technology.
We know how to get to water everywhere basically. Some places just don't have it.
I know you are from the East so it hard for you to imagine a world without a lot of water but those in the west grew up with it.
There is a reason a large chunk of the American west was at one time described as the Great American Desert.
But we'll end up with like cheap desalination powered by fusion or something and then we'll have all the water. That's my prediction. Science will solve the problem and life will go on.
It's true, everything will work out in the end.
But it's only because of our frenzied thrashing and freaking out that everything will work out.
You don't get one without the other, unfortunately.
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
Changes in technology allowed access to already known sources of oil that were at the time uneconomical to reach or refine.
It is different from watching water which is an even easier to track resource disappearing without magically untapped reserves based on technology.
We know how to get to water everywhere basically. Some places just don't have it.
I know you are from the East so it hard for you to imagine a world without a lot of water but those in the west grew up with it.
There is a reason a large chunk of the American west was at one time described as the Great American Desert.
But we'll end up with like cheap desalination powered by fusion or something and then we'll have all the water. That's my prediction. Science will solve the problem and life will go on.
the way Republicans have slashed state funding to universities and funding at all levels to sciences it's looking like Sciencing our way out of the problem is gonna be hard
maybe we can just have the NSA steal the tech from a country not infected by conservative jackholes
Attacked by tweeeeeeees!
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I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
I wonder how much water in agriculture is essentially "waste" water. It's not like plants are gigantic water balloons just gobbling up all the moisture and never letting it go.
It would be pretty rad if we basically just halted runoff and created a circular agricultural water cycle. Couldn't use a lot of the pesticides we use now, though.
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kaleeditySometimes science is more art than scienceRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
Changes in technology allowed access to already known sources of oil that were at the time uneconomical to reach or refine.
It is different from watching water which is an even easier to track resource disappearing without magically untapped reserves based on technology.
We know how to get to water everywhere basically. Some places just don't have it.
I know you are from the East so it hard for you to imagine a world without a lot of water but those in the west grew up with it.
There is a reason a large chunk of the American west was at one time described as the Great American Desert.
But we'll end up with like cheap desalination powered by fusion or something and then we'll have all the water. That's my prediction. Science will solve the problem and life will go on.
the way Republicans have slashed state funding to universities and funding at all levels to sciences it's looking like Sciencing our way out of the problem is gonna be hard
maybe we can just have the NSA steal the tech from a country not infected by conservative jackholes
Yeah. This is a real problem, I think. Conservatives should be pro science. It's what saves you from having to change things.
It's both, really. But California has a very irresponsible system of government and ag usage in exchange for the short term dolla dolla bills.
This is the point where a legitimate Federal intervention should be undertaken, though. It'd be smart to have a nationwide agriculture rebalance to deal with the new climate realities we're facing.
why not just ask science to fix it for us and change nothing?
My Lord and Savior Elon Musk has made a good point on this subject.
It's true, we're not gonna run out of oil for a long, long time. But ultimately, it is a non-renewable resource, so we'll have to become independent of it some day. We know that, so we're always making strides towards various sources of renewable energy.
He argues that we should be more insistent on perfecting our renewable energy sources, because right now all we're doing is conducting the world's dumbest science experiment. We can't rely on oil forever, so instead what we're doing is "Hey, I wonder what happens if we pump billions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere?"
I mean, we know that can't possibly lead anywhere good.
Now, you're right that, if things got bad enough, there's a very good chance we'd science our way out of it, but man we could save a LOT of money if we didn't have to. You like money, don't you, SKFM?
I'm as confident as you that we can science our way out of basically anything. I believe that almost 100% unironically. But I also know that we'd only do it when things got really, really bad, and I know it would cost a LOT of money.
I'm not an environmentalist because I like fluffy bunnies - I'm an environmentalist because I love efficiency and sustainability.
Sustainability gets me rock hard, frankly.
And that's why we're all gonna watch a rocket do a flip later this afternoon and come back to the goddamn planet so it can be used again, because goddamn that's so efficient that it drives me wild.
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
The problem I have with that Gizmodo is ... well actually, I have several. But anyway, the major problem I have with it is that it suggests that by focusing on almonds, we're missing the bigger picture.
That's not true. The simple fact is that people cannot be bothered to inform themselves when the subject seems overwhelming and complex.
It's true that California is responsible for a lot of agriculture. No one is saying they should stop growing food! What's being suggested is that they need to take a look at what they can actually grow on a sustainable basis. There's not enough water for what they want to do. That's all it comes down to. It doesn't matter what they're currently supplying, it doesn't matter how much money they're making, the only thing that is real and true right now is that there isn't enough water, and that the agriculture industry is by far the largest culprit.
As a species, we've proven that we can totally destroy an area by doing everything we can to reap the resources in the area for the largest profit possible. We're really good at that, we know. It's not impressive any more!
What would blow my fucking mind is if, for once, we decided there was another way.
I just think it's weird to frame this as california going off, doing their own thing, dumping water on the ground
as you point out it's pretty complex?
like if we think we should use our water more sustainably, then we should all eat fewer animal products and &c &c
but ultimately california is just providing the product that the rest of us are consuming, so acting like it's not our collective problem but rather california's irresponsibility seems odd
No, it is California's problem.
No matter how many (or few) Almonds I buy it will not make a bit of difference to how much rain falls on that state.
It is 100% California's problem because they are the ones who will suffer the consequences of the drought.
right, so california residents will bear the consequences for the rest of the country's consumption
but fuck them for growing our rice?
Yes.
If we ended up depleting our fish stocks, killing off one of our biggest exports after oil, we could not go "It's your fault for wanting all this fish! You made us want all the money you'd pay!"
it's up to California not to use more water than they have.
A big part of the problem with the drought is that there are bottled water companies in California that export massive amounts of their water. It would probably help if the rest of the country stopped buying Californian water, which really isn't something they have that much control over, barring telling the companies to fuck off which we know is never going to happen.
It's actually not a big part. Like a lot of other things the number of gallons bottled sounds very large but it is very very tiny compared to agricultural uses.
It's pretty tiny and water from California is generally going to be limited to that region. Generally there are bottling centers scattered across the country and water will be sourced somewhat locally to that center. So LA's bottled water supply is coming out of the water supply but it's also water that would have been drank from the tap.
It's both, really. But California has a very irresponsible system of government and ag usage in exchange for the short term dolla dolla bills.
This is the point where a legitimate Federal intervention should be undertaken, though. It'd be smart to have a nationwide agriculture rebalance to deal with the new climate realities we're facing.
why not just ask science to fix it for us and change nothing?
It already has, but the solution science came up with is "Don't grow stupid crops," among other things like drip irrigation and the like. Modern agriculture is really awesome, but is ultimately limited by physical reality, much like how I can build a bridge that will support 100 cars on it at once in the summer heat, but I can't build a bridge out of marshmellows that will support 100 cars at once in the summer heat.
Water usage problems are almost always solved problems that people are deliberately not doing the thing that science told them to do. It's a "stop hitting yourself," issue, really.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
What's this "we" business, Mister?
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
If I became King Economics, Moneyman Supremus, the second thing I'd do after changing my title from Finance Minister to King Economics, Moneyman Supremus, would be to ban the phrase "safety first"
when, say, an airline says they "put safety first" that is categorically a lie
if safety was their top priority they would ground all their planes and send everybody home
"at best, safety second" would be the legal line
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
Changes in technology allowed access to already known sources of oil that were at the time uneconomical to reach or refine.
It is different from watching water which is an even easier to track resource disappearing without magically untapped reserves based on technology.
t.
Ummm we found water on Mars.
Checkmate, hammer bro
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VanguardBut now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
Changes in technology allowed access to already known sources of oil that were at the time uneconomical to reach or refine.
It is different from watching water which is an even easier to track resource disappearing without magically untapped reserves based on technology.
We know how to get to water everywhere basically. Some places just don't have it.
I know you are from the East so it hard for you to imagine a world without a lot of water but those in the west grew up with it.
There is a reason a large chunk of the American west was at one time described as the Great American Desert.
But we'll end up with like cheap desalination powered by fusion or something and then we'll have all the water. That's my prediction. Science will solve the problem and life will go on.
It's true, everything will work out in the end.
But it's only because of our frenzied thrashing and freaking out that everything will work out.
You don't get one without the other, unfortunately.
Things work out because we did change them.
and sometimes they suck a lot before they're changed
civilization lied, research breakthroughs are done semi-randomly
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
nah I'd say society has its priorities in order in this case
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kaleeditySometimes science is more art than scienceRegistered Userregular
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
Literally more money is in the "things I can look at while I touch myself" business than in the "sustainability research" business.
It's both, really. But California has a very irresponsible system of government and ag usage in exchange for the short term dolla dolla bills.
This is the point where a legitimate Federal intervention should be undertaken, though. It'd be smart to have a nationwide agriculture rebalance to deal with the new climate realities we're facing.
why not just ask science to fix it for us and change nothing?
My Lord and Savior Elon Musk has made a good point on this subject.
It's true, we're not gonna run out of oil for a long, long time. But ultimately, it is a non-renewable resource, so we'll have to become independent of it some day. We know that, so we're always making strides towards various sources of renewable energy.
He argues that we should be more insistent on perfecting our renewable energy sources, because right now all we're doing is conducting the world's dumbest science experiment. We can't rely on oil forever, so instead what we're doing is "Hey, I wonder what happens if we pump billions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere?"
I mean, we know that can't possibly lead anywhere good.
Now, you're right that, if things got bad enough, there's a very good chance we'd science our way out of it, but man we could save a LOT of money if we didn't have to. You like money, don't you, SKFM?
I'm as confident as you that we can science our way out of basically anything. I believe that almost 100% unironically. But I also know that we'd only do it when things got really, really bad, and I know it would cost a LOT of money.
I'm not an environmentalist because I like fluffy bunnies - I'm an environmentalist because I love efficiency and sustainability.
Sustainability gets me rock hard, frankly.
And that's why we're all gonna watch a rocket do a flip later this afternoon and come back to the goddamn planet so it can be used again, because goddamn that's so efficient that it drives me wild.
But no one is going to use his electric cars until they work so well and so conveniently that it doesn't feel like a change. That's the magic of science. People come up with cool new solutions that would require people to adapt their behavior, but by the time they are mainstream, they slot into our lives basically with no effort at all.
why don't we use pebble bed reactors aren't they supposed to be super dope
is it because when you say the words nukelear people start crying and then poop themselves
partly. but hippies are exceedingly ineffective at actually getting shit done (or stopping shit from getting done). They just like to take credit.
The real reason we don't have pebble bed reactors or other energy sources is because:
1) It takes many years and billions in up front spending to build a reactor
2) fossil fuels (esp. coal) are stupid cheap because they don't factor in the cost of the environmental damage they do
3) corporations who produce fossil fuels have lots of puppet republicans to help make sure nobody gets any funny ideas about green energy
I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
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I remember when they were like "there won't be anymore oil" and now they pay you to take a barrel of oil because there is so much. And there were times where I was like "they can't make the iphone any nicer. It's so nice already!" but look how nice the iphone 6 is. Science will always give us everything we need without requiring us to ever put in any effort.
SKFM the secret there is that actually we put in tons of effort to make those things happen.
Science did it. I didn't change anything. I drive my car just like I used to and the iphone in my pocket it better than the one before it, and I didn't do anything!
Yeah, because we're fucking carrying this team!
Scrublords.
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
That's a bigger problem than just science. I guarantee that I am not making the highest and best use of my own skills for society. Money money money though.
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
If I became King Economics, Moneyman Supremus, the second thing I'd do after changing my title from Finance Minister to King Economics, Moneyman Supremus, would be to ban the phrase "safety first"
If I became King Economics the first thing I would do is appoint Ronya Viceroy of Responsible Economics.
The second thing I would do would be to build a yacht made of solid gold.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
On the subject of water. I was reading today about microbial desalination.
It's some cool stuff. It generates electricity. It's basically magic
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I did this during stream last night
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
What about when everyone turns into the thing?
It's true, everything will work out in the end.
But it's only because of our frenzied thrashing and freaking out that everything will work out.
You don't get one without the other, unfortunately.
Things work out because we did change them.
the way Republicans have slashed state funding to universities and funding at all levels to sciences it's looking like Sciencing our way out of the problem is gonna be hard
maybe we can just have the NSA steal the tech from a country not infected by conservative jackholes
Not my fault scientists can solve the oil and better iphone issues but can't figure out how to get paid and run the show. Maybe they should get on that issue too.
It would be pretty rad if we basically just halted runoff and created a circular agricultural water cycle. Couldn't use a lot of the pesticides we use now, though.
develop subaquatic housing, sell arctic ice
it's like a perpetual motion money machine
*pauses with a ketchup bottle over the kitten*
This feels like the easiest solution but is it really the best
Hmm
Yeah. This is a real problem, I think. Conservatives should be pro science. It's what saves you from having to change things.
is it because when you say the words nukelear people start crying and then poop themselves
My Lord and Savior Elon Musk has made a good point on this subject.
It's true, we're not gonna run out of oil for a long, long time. But ultimately, it is a non-renewable resource, so we'll have to become independent of it some day. We know that, so we're always making strides towards various sources of renewable energy.
He argues that we should be more insistent on perfecting our renewable energy sources, because right now all we're doing is conducting the world's dumbest science experiment. We can't rely on oil forever, so instead what we're doing is "Hey, I wonder what happens if we pump billions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere?"
I mean, we know that can't possibly lead anywhere good.
Now, you're right that, if things got bad enough, there's a very good chance we'd science our way out of it, but man we could save a LOT of money if we didn't have to. You like money, don't you, SKFM?
I'm as confident as you that we can science our way out of basically anything. I believe that almost 100% unironically. But I also know that we'd only do it when things got really, really bad, and I know it would cost a LOT of money.
I'm not an environmentalist because I like fluffy bunnies - I'm an environmentalist because I love efficiency and sustainability.
Sustainability gets me rock hard, frankly.
And that's why we're all gonna watch a rocket do a flip later this afternoon and come back to the goddamn planet so it can be used again, because goddamn that's so efficient that it drives me wild.
It's pretty tiny and water from California is generally going to be limited to that region. Generally there are bottling centers scattered across the country and water will be sourced somewhat locally to that center. So LA's bottled water supply is coming out of the water supply but it's also water that would have been drank from the tap.
Oh so you're one of those people, you goddammed pen tapper.
*faps penis on desk*
It already has, but the solution science came up with is "Don't grow stupid crops," among other things like drip irrigation and the like. Modern agriculture is really awesome, but is ultimately limited by physical reality, much like how I can build a bridge that will support 100 cars on it at once in the summer heat, but I can't build a bridge out of marshmellows that will support 100 cars at once in the summer heat.
Water usage problems are almost always solved problems that people are deliberately not doing the thing that science told them to do. It's a "stop hitting yourself," issue, really.
What's this "we" business, Mister?
Daredevil for prez
when, say, an airline says they "put safety first" that is categorically a lie
if safety was their top priority they would ground all their planes and send everybody home
"at best, safety second" would be the legal line
sorry I can't hear you over the sounds of all this money
twitch.tv/tehsloth
it's like printing money
Hey man, I could be curing the disease you're probably going to die from, but instead I'm making porn, and it all happened because some old rich white guys thought "how much money could a center for research on aging possibly need?"
If you really want the science, give me the money! Or else I'll go do something else for someone who will!
I own neither a desk nor a pen, thank you very much. :P
Ummm we found water on Mars.
Checkmate, hammer bro
and sometimes they suck a lot before they're changed
civilization lied, research breakthroughs are done semi-randomly
Pornography is carrying this country!
I'm still a scientist, you can't tell me I'm not
nah I'd say society has its priorities in order in this case
Literally more money is in the "things I can look at while I touch myself" business than in the "sustainability research" business.
Hmm.
Hmm hmm hmm.
Yeah, if we all die we probably deserve it.
But no one is going to use his electric cars until they work so well and so conveniently that it doesn't feel like a change. That's the magic of science. People come up with cool new solutions that would require people to adapt their behavior, but by the time they are mainstream, they slot into our lives basically with no effort at all.
partly. but hippies are exceedingly ineffective at actually getting shit done (or stopping shit from getting done). They just like to take credit.
The real reason we don't have pebble bed reactors or other energy sources is because:
1) It takes many years and billions in up front spending to build a reactor
2) fossil fuels (esp. coal) are stupid cheap because they don't factor in the cost of the environmental damage they do
3) corporations who produce fossil fuels have lots of puppet republicans to help make sure nobody gets any funny ideas about green energy
That's a bigger problem than just science. I guarantee that I am not making the highest and best use of my own skills for society. Money money money though.
If I became King Economics the first thing I would do is appoint Ronya Viceroy of Responsible Economics.
The second thing I would do would be to build a yacht made of solid gold.
It's some cool stuff. It generates electricity. It's basically magic
Look:
http://web.mit.edu/andrew3/Public/Papers/Unknown/Kim/Desalination VL -_Microbial desalination cells for energy_Kim.pdf
FUCKING MICROBES, YO