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"it's a lot easier to detect " If you are there. We are talking about smuggling, right ? They won't bring it through customs at Miami International. A common method is to land a DC-3 out in a swamp. Slide it in, wheels up, unload it, and leave it there. When I was a kid, you could find parts of bales floating in the mangroves all the time. It fell off unloading.
Smuggling anything is no problem. You got to find them a long way away and stop them there.
Smuggling anything is no problem. You got to find them a long way away and stop them there.
Dude, they can practically (or possibly even actually, but it's classified) see radioactive material from satellites nowadays.
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Okay.... But only if it has a tailgate! 
And, we'll have to designate the dropzones "Non-smoking!"
And, we'll have to designate the dropzones "Non-smoking!"
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QuoteWe don't have any hydrogen. We would have to make it, and it's easier to make it from methane than any other source. If natural gas is cheap, hydrogen will be cheap.
I know, which is why I used the word currency instead of source. Hydrogen is an energy transport medium. However, if energy can be produced cleanly and efficiently (solar, nuclear, wind, whatever), then hydrogen can be produced on site wherever you can get a water and electricity feed.
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We did! That's why we have fuel cell and CNG buses, hybrid cars, home solar power systems, and big wind farms. All we need now is money in the form of incentives and buybacks.
True enough, but the research has never been a huge priority. If we put the effort into energy that we put into the Manhattan Project decades ago, we wouldn't have this issue now. or at least it would be less of a mess.
QuoteYep. While I think people should be able to drive whatever they want, the idea that those people would rather see americans die in the middle east than use less gas is pretty sad. I don't think most SUV owners think that way, but from what I've seen on the net at least some do.
I would just like to see gas prices reflect a more true cost for the stuff. I think people would make better transportation choices if it were $4 a gallon, like most of the world. I think SUVs certainly have their place in the world, but the hordes of giant pseudo-offroad beasts don't have much business here in LA.
"they can practically (or possibly even actually, but it's classified) see radioactive material from satellites nowadays. "
That sounds reasonable. That would be tricky. The guts of a bomb would be easy. Biological stuff wouldn't be that hard either. You are right about the radioactive part.
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If you are refering to the Hindenburg, it's worth noting that it was the doping on the gasbag that burned. If you're interested, check out http://engineer.ea.ucla.edu/releases/blimp.htm
People are not going to climb out of their SUVs and monster pickups again until OPEC manufactures another crisis again that economically forces these people to go back to small cars. It's just part of the wealth effect, and if people can spend money on these things, then they will.
All the phoney baloney marketing on how "safe" these SUVs are hasn't helped with the economical vehicle market... because a false sense of security is more soothing than buying a small "death trap."
Hydrogen is a very good fuel and it's very combustible. One problem designers will have to work on is the best fuel container design that is safe in a crash and will not ignite the compressed hydrogen if the gas escapes and it is exposed to flame. Perhaps a flame retardant foam or liquid interspaced inside the container that will release if the container's shape is changed or is punctured?
Too bad Bush's energy "policy" that Enron helped write included little, if any, incentives to private industry to work on these initiatives.
We *could* create some political waves by taking the remaining 8% of oil we import from Saudi Arabia and transfer that business to Russia, at least until something is worked out.
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All the phoney baloney marketing on how "safe" these SUVs are hasn't helped with the economical vehicle market... because a false sense of security is more soothing than buying a small "death trap."
Hydrogen is a very good fuel and it's very combustible. One problem designers will have to work on is the best fuel container design that is safe in a crash and will not ignite the compressed hydrogen if the gas escapes and it is exposed to flame. Perhaps a flame retardant foam or liquid interspaced inside the container that will release if the container's shape is changed or is punctured?
Too bad Bush's energy "policy" that Enron helped write included little, if any, incentives to private industry to work on these initiatives.
We *could* create some political waves by taking the remaining 8% of oil we import from Saudi Arabia and transfer that business to Russia, at least until something is worked out.
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I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle.
lummy 4
Uhm... wasn't this a JOKE thread?
Where's that flower bed I need to traipse thru?
Where's that flower bed I need to traipse thru?
I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1
The words Bush, energy, and "policy" in the same paragraph is a joke, alright.
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the new Canadian SUV (attached)
QuoteWhy we should attack Iraq
Cause they look differen't...AND they smell funny.
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Cause they look differen't...AND they smell funny.
Is that also why ya like the sheepies?
I bet you watched lots of Sheri Lewis and Lambchop when you were growing up.
btw Lambchop's new master is a jumper (Sheri's daughter).
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QuoteLambchop's new master is a jumper (Sheri's daughter
That's not what that little slut says when I have her chained up in the closet....
QuoteQuoteLambchop's new master is a jumper (Sheri's daughter
That's not what that little slut says when I have her chained up in the closet....
ROFL OMFG!
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They're making a come back and I don't see why it wouldn't be one scwheet-ass jumpshit. You can make'm HUGE, lauch big ways, put a floater bar all the way around the damn thing...
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