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The fourth part of Michael Dittmar's article on nuclear power has now been published on the Oil Drum .

Monster Jellyfish : Discovery Earth : Discovery Channel by Discovery News and ABC Science Online June 8, 2009 -- Giant jellyfish like this one are taking over parts of the world's oceans as overfishing and other human activities open windows of opportunity for them to prosper, say researchers. In this photo, a diver is attaching a sensor to track a monster Echizen jellyfish, which has a body almost 5 feet across, off the coast of...

hmmm, while I'm sure there IS pressure from the US to put a rosy spin on the numbers, I'm not convinced we have yet hit the peak output. The List: The World’s Largest Untapped Oil Fields Iraq has put 10 untapped fields up for auction recently and alone has significant untapped resources. Then there's this that adds to the suspicious factor: Quote: At that opportunity, in November 2007 , I had a number of private...

However it's not very surprising.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sir Digalot i never understood any of the manufactuers possibly with the exception of chrysler who never really had a huge european market in the first place, but ford and GM have been successfully making small cars for years in europe. maybe they beleive americans do not want them because of all the hype surrounding how unsafe they are. 10 years ago i would have put my brand new supermini up against many of the...

This thread is bringing back some memories for me. I can remember seeing this one at the Gulf to Bay Drive In when I was about 8 years old. Scared me to death. And it didn't stop then. I can remember being 17, 18 years old and I used to walk out to the point at the north end of Clearwater Beach Island and Snook fish at at night by myself. I'd be walking down the beach in the dark and I'd think about that movie and still get...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lucas You live(d) in the Monterey area, VP? I love that town! Yes, I did. I love it as well. I did my time as a docent at Ano Nuevo State Park. I loved it. I had an opportunity to see an Orca knock a seal off a rock at Ano Nuevo and eat it. I will never ever forget that. Of course Ano Nuevo is pretty far south of Monterey but I was staying in a cabin in the redwoods near Pescadero at the time.

Headline implies ONE jellyfish, but is was a netfull Still, they sure are big!

November 4, 2009 Darling unveils his great bank bailout - Mk II By James Moore, Deputy Business Editor Treasury hands RBS another £25bn to shore up balance sheet It was groundhog day in the Square Mile yesterday as the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, unveiled his second attempt to revive Britain's "zombie" banks in just over a year. Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland were allocated a further £39.2bn to prop them up, just...

one of the problems noted is that employers have learned to cope and employees have been much more productive, so, since the currently employed have been able to cope, and the employers do not have to hire another person it is working out fine, except that those jobs that were lost are going to remain unfilled because now they are not needed. i think it is time to be much less productive again in order to stimulate the job market *L*