Obama answers 18 Science Related Questions W/Nature McCain Decline Interview

Posted by bruni on October 18, 2008

Very interesting interview and LOL at McCain

US election: Questioning the candidates

Barack Obama accepted Nature’s invitation to answer 18 science-related questions in writing; John McCain’s campaign declined. Obama’s answers to many of the questions are printed here; answers to additional questions (on topics including biosecurity, the nuclear weapons laboratories and US participation in international projects) can be found at Wherever possible, Nature has noted what McCain has said at other times on these topics.
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oil and the euro are in a freefall

Posted by bruni on August 11, 2008

the euro tooks its biggest plunge today in 8 years and oil is down to $116

all this is bad news for the tire inflation guy
By OT’s logic this means that Europe will disintegrate.

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Oil vs. renewable energy analogy

Posted by bruni on August 08, 2008

Oil is like the road system we have, that may have some potholes and ruts, but with some capital investment, we can improve them and they will serve our needs for now and the future.

"Renewable Energy" is like Lyle Lanley selling the monorail system to the people of springfield. a lot of money invested in unknown technology that may or may not work or may or may not be better than what we already have/could have invested in.

I find when people make analogies in an argument it’s because they want to obscure the facts.
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