Dec 9, 2004 16:51 ET Mercury Amalgam Report Bogus; Released as Feds Investigate Wrongdoing in Contract Award WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A consultant...
John Deere to Use B2 Biodiesel Fuel in US Manufacturing Plants; Natl Biodiesel Board Applauds John Deere's Announcement at Biodiesel Conf. 2/1/2005 10:00:00 AM...
A conservationist interviewed on TV a while back said that Diesel is the name of the inventor of the Diesel engine, who was in the peanut business and...
Zaman Frederick L Civ...
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Feb 3, 2005 2:18 pm
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Lately there is concern in the news about the possibility of the Polar Ice Packs melting and causing flooding. Every now and then a big chunk breaks off and...
... What gives you the idea that the idea was ever killed? There are people who run their diesel cars on the used oil from MacDonalds' french fryers. Mike...
wdante2@...
Feb 3, 2005 10:15 pm
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It's my understanding that much of the ice pack is derived from compressed snow and glaciers that are considerably above sea level. As the glaciers and snow...
Stephen, There are several reasons for concern, none of which have to do with the contribution of actual ice-pack melt to ocean volume. I'll talk about the top...
One other note on global warming: temperature is a measure of heat; heat is a form of energy. Rising global temperature means a net increase in total energy in...
... A given mass of sea-borne floating ice displaces a volume of water exactly equal to that of the water resulting from the melting of that ice, assuming it...
Norman Levitt
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Feb 4, 2005 12:14 am
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... From: "Norman Levitt" <njlevitt@...> To: <Scipolicy-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 6:13 PM Subject: RE: [Scipolicy-L] Global...
... Assuming that the meltwater and ambient seawater don't immediately mix, but somehow remain segregated, the sea-level will increase in the short run, ...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 4, 2005 12:50 am
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... From: "Norman Levitt" <njlevitt@...> To: <Scipolicy-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Scipolicy-L] Global...
Addendum to remarks below. A little gedankenexperiment shows that, with a freshwater iceberg melting in a saline sea, the sea-level does, in fact rise ...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 4, 2005 1:07 am
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... From: "Norman Levitt" <njlevitt@...> To: <Scipolicy-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [Scipolicy-L] Global...
Very interesting. Everyone who answered contributed to understanding the puzzle, yet more questions are raised. Given that the answer is not obvious - if in...
As a commercial endeavor. ... From: wdante2@... [mailto:wdante2@...] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:15 PM To: Scipolicy-L@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Zaman Frederick L Civ...
Frederick.Zaman@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:06 pm
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News -- see release below This story is getting a lot of attention in the new......
Remarks By the President in Presentation of the National Medals of Science and Technology 3/14/2005 11:17:00 AM ... WASHINGTON, March 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The...
... From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <olib@...> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Institute on Aging...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) http://www.genome.gov/ ...
A Victory in the Battle to Stop Fake News: FCC Rules TV Stations Must Not Air Bush Administration Propaganda without Attribution 4/14/2005 2:28:00 PM -- After...
Filmmaker Challenges Monsanto to Debate on Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods 4/14/2005 6:58:00 AM ... SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
... Does anyone take this stuff at all seriously? If so, why? Deborah Koons Garcia owes whatever authority she has to the considerable wealth of her late...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Apr 15, 2005 6:01 am
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Since when do participants in this group rely on character assassination in their arguments?? Did Stephen change the rules lately? Bottom line - if there is a...
donata renfrow
donata@...
Apr 15, 2005 1:06 pm
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GM foods have been on the market for the better part of two decades in the US. Most products that use soy or corn in some way derive their ingredients from GM...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Apr 15, 2005 1:39 pm
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This is an interesting construction of the skepticism about GM, and it seems correct to me as far as it goes. What it covers up, however, is a deep distrust of...
Two points: - If Garcia is bringing the discussion and debate to a public forum, she can do that successfully. Why presume she would do the analysis? We don't...
donata renfrow
donata@...
Apr 15, 2005 3:16 pm
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Least we forget, it is not uncommon for policy advocates to activiate because of personal motivations. And in the public arena, everything is open for debate,...
... The question is why this distrust---quite sensible in many contexts--is so severely focused on GM issues, where the great weight of evidence is that the...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Apr 15, 2005 4:20 pm
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... Monsanto can certainly be criticized. It's greatest sin, in my view, is that its products are not sufficiently "GM". That is to say, they are tailored to...