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2 Intellectual Property Institutions and the Panda's Thumb:

As early as 1332 the Venetian Grand Council established a privilege fund for providing loans and other rewards for a foreign constructor of windmills who offered to bring knowledge of this art to the city (see Prager, 1944:713). Get price

Trump took the US out of the Paris Accord, was he right?

Yes. The Paris Accord is a fraud as it is intended to make a difference in the climate but it will not. First if there was any validity to the hypothesis of human caused runaway warming from our Co2 emissions the Paris targets are hopelessly inade Get price

Key

2020/4/28The two scales –upper for doubled CO 2, lower one for warming from 1850-2011 – are aligned to each other so that they both start at zero and so that 3.45 Watts per square meter of CO 2 forcing is directly above the 2.5 Watts per square meter of radiative forcing to 2011. Get price

The Pros and Cons of Nootropics Phil for Humanity

Humanity is Reactive The Pros and Cons of Nootropics Nootropics or smart drugs are chemicals that can improve cognitive functions, such as memory boosters, creativity enhancers, motivation stimulators, etc. Nootropics can be both natural and/or artificial substances, and they can be sold as drugs, herbal remedies, and even supplements. Get price

Trump took the US out of the Paris Accord, was he right?

Yes. The Paris Accord is a fraud as it is intended to make a difference in the climate but it will not. First if there was any validity to the hypothesis of human caused runaway warming from our Co2 emissions the Paris targets are hopelessly inade Get price

Science never claimed to know everything

2014/12/23Humanity does not wait, does not oppose introduction of a beneficial social health policy like fluoridation or social steps to mitigate against the effects of climate chage just because very i has not been dotted and t crossed (they never are). Get price

The Jackal: May 2011

On May 12th Mr Henare said that Labour MPs Stuart Nash and Phil Twyford should wipe his arse: That's just the tip of the iceberg of Henare's abusive tweets. Back in August 2009, Tau Henare resorting to name calling against Local Government Minister Rodney Hide over the ACT leader's threat to quit if Maori seats were included on the Auckland super council. Get price

Twenty Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons

MUST READ!! Twenty Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why | Quixotes Last Stand • October 24, 2012 at 8:13 am John Droz, Jr — Master Resource — October 24, 2012 Trying to pin down the arguments of wind promoters is a bit like trying to Get price

Leadership and the Environment

Andreas and I go back five or ten years. He hired me as a coach when he was selling his share of a business he cofounded. He appears in my book Initiative about that experience and what he's done since.I invited him as a guest for two reasons: One, he started the Leadership and the Environment Sweden podcast. podcast. Get price

Philippines Expat Forum: POLITICAL THREAD PART DOS

Philippines Expat Forum: POLITICAL THREAD PART DOS. Forum for Expats Living in Philippines on Expat Exchange. Topic posted by Robertdav298. I was responding to Brexit as im a UK person. I voted leave and i fully believe we will be better off out of the EU Get price

Coping with deep climate uncertainty

2012/10/18Wagathon, as you know, the problem is NOT deep climate uncertainty, . . But deep (blind) certainty about false (deceptive) models of reality (Earth's heat source – the Sun and Earth's immunity to the force that the Voyager spacecraft found to extend out about 120 Get price

Environmental Ethics: DQs Sept 6

PHIL 3340-Environmental Ethics returns to MTSU August 27, 2018, MW 2:20-3:45 202 James Union Building (JUB). Syllabus here Post your introductions, tell us who you are, why you're here, and what you think we can do to reverse or contain the harm of long-term anthropogenic climate change. Get price

The will of the people

2017/4/1I have to be honest. My first reaction is usually groaning disbelief. As I write it's the run-up to the general elections in the Netherlands where I live and a certain bleached blond bombshell is impossible to avoid because he has led the polls for much of it. 1 Get price

The Pros and Cons of GMOs Phil for Humanity

The Pros and Cons of GMOs A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism that has had its genetic code artificially altered. Typically, this genetic modification is implemented for the purpose of creating a more desirable organism to produce superior food, medicines, and other organic goods; however, the drawbacks of GMOs are seldom fully understood. Get price

A discussion of the Slaying the Sky Dragon science: Is the

The pros and cons are expressed originally in the context of Venus then a large defined 'room'; the point or conjecture is that the pressure generated by the enclosed space which is opaque to outside radiation will have a heat profile based on gas and pressure Get price

Bennett's fantasy world breaks down The Standard

Paula Bennett on Q+A: I don't think that every child actually needs to be in early-childhood education says Bennett. There will be cases where parents can do just as good or better job for their child. Yet, her policy is to take away half the incomes of parents and Get price

A Conversation with the World

Phil H, I continue to watch the British political news with undiminished fascination. It makes Monty Python's Flying Circus look serious, reasonable, and rational. Michelle, that sounds about right! Skyrider, yes, I figured it was about time for people to start Get price

About me

Thanks Joe, the windmills that will power our car won't be fitted to it, they will be connected to the grid, from which we will charge the car. It's actually the best way to couple wind energy and cars – both in terms of engineering (cars and windmills don't mix well), efficiency (the best winds are not where the roads are) and cost (for both of the previous reasons). Get price

Pathological altruism

2013/12/9by Judith Curry Pathological altruism can be conceived as behavior in which attempts to promote the welfare of another, or others, results instead in harm that an external observer would conclude was reasonably foreseeable. Concepts and implications of altruism Get price

The Technological Sublime

2014/3/8Life is tragic and absurd and none of it has any purpose at all. Science has killed religion, there's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all. ~ TC Boyle This past Thursday night Get price

Energy development

Energy flow charts show the relative size of primary energy resources and end uses in the United States, with fuels compared on a common energy unit basis (2011: 97.3 quads). Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources. Get price

No Place For Sheep

Politics, Society, Satire, Fiction, Fun Stuff If you are now feeling as if you've fallen down the rabbit hole, you are not alone. Far from a government that is strong, proactive and reassuring during a pandemic, we are faced with the possibility of a government that is Get price

Arctic Ice Growth Since 1971

2013/7/31Reader Brian D sent over this 1971 National Geographic map, which shows that there is a lot more Arctic sea ice now than there was 42 years ago. Arctic Ocean Map 1971 by National Geographic from Maps. I remember seeing that map at the time. The next Get price

Coping with deep climate uncertainty

2012/10/18Wagathon, as you know, the problem is NOT deep climate uncertainty, . . But deep (blind) certainty about false (deceptive) models of reality (Earth's heat source – the Sun and Earth's immunity to the force that the Voyager spacecraft found to extend out about 120 Get price

Miners having a whale of a time The Standard

Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced today a $58.4 million boost over four years for New Zealand Search and Rescue, recreational boating safety and safety awareness to help save lives. Phil Twyford said safety is this Government's top transport Get price

The Technological Sublime

2014/3/8Life is tragic and absurd and none of it has any purpose at all. Science has killed religion, there's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all. ~ TC Boyle This past Thursday night Get price

My Lords of Strogue. A Chronicle of Ireland, from the

Once or twice he had begged that his servant Phil might be permitted to keep him company, but on this point the major was obdurate. His calves still bore the cicatrices cut on them by the farrier's knife, and the major was not one to forgive an injury. Get price

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