The Goat Pen

crashcourse wrote:

Bklyn wrote:My inauguration, bitches

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arc ... de/237968/

I believe aTm might have his own agenda but bklyn's motives must be questioned based on his first ever post here energy questions and living in DC--could be some political advantage to squash the hopes of ecat's scientific find

Well, I'm a NY finance professional, so (from a selfish professional perspective) I am all for eCat's find if it causes enough disruption to create a new boom in the US capital and job markets. I'm also a human with kids and young relatives, so from a selfish personal perspective, the thought that CO2 could be turned into ethanol, potentially removed from the carbon cycle and ultimately create a virtual "energy loop" whereby the fuels we use are recycled from the pollution we create from the use of that fuel, is awesome and welcome. Maybe Rat's condo in South Carolina will actually stand for another 30 years after all.

If I "roll the tape" forward on this, though, I do wonder if that technology can be kept in US hands. If so, it means a lot for our future economic health...but could also have destabilizing effects on Gulf nations. I could easily see (in some conspiratorial universe...that we may or may not currently live in) that government pressure on industry would keep this technology from being fully adopted to keep it from being too disruptive until parties like the Saudis can fully diversify from their oil-based economies.

ahh watch that technology get implemented and 20 years from now I'll be reading shit about "coldest June on record!"

People will be powering their house with green houses gases and will send us into the next ice age.

and I'm gonna be around to say I told you so

I hope not

you better get a blanket bitch

Woman needs to speak up and tell this guy to leave her alone.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/pos ... 1f48a41e68

aTm wrote:

Bklyn wrote:Capitalism is sociopathic. Very rarely do you see organizations move in any manner that is not fully and totally beneficial to the shareholders. Blame Jack Welch.

On the CO2/ethanol issue, I recommend all manner of skepticism on any posts from aTm. If I go down the list of circumstantial evidence, he is from Texas. Oil country. He went to A&M, which has a vast and pre-eminent petroleum engineering program. Also, he's a nerd. Looking at all of these factors, I believe that he will move in his best interests to poo poo any technology or venture that threatens the fossil fuel industry. A wise man* once said "if you don't know the history of the author, you don't know what you're reading." I think I know enough history to discount this aTm character's feedback.

*that wise man is a rapper from the Bronx. Gotta keep a healthy diversification of influences

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Well done...both accurately working in a valid threat and having it from an "oil" movie. Well played, indeed.

Dont forget sociopathic capitalism.

Although that might be more psychopathic now that I'm thinking about it.

Basically.

Either way, much fucking better than hedge's piano-playing-cat vid.

Most boring conversation ever.

The results of a story I've been following awhile

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/stat ... 73452.html

Heh heh heh. Explains a few things...

eCat wrote:The results of a story I've been following awhile

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/stat ... 73452.html

Well, it's not just the shooting of Black people where the cops get off.

The final 15 minutes of this debate will be studied by candidates for years as how not to behave in a presidential debate. Trump has set the bar pretty low, but he just managed to limbo under it again...

You actually watch that shit? Sheep.

Bklyn wrote:

eCat wrote:The results of a story I've been following awhile

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/stat ... 73452.html

Well, it's not just the shooting of Black people where the cops get off.

yep

and this was particularly egregious because they called him to come down there and deal with his bull.

But he showed up drunk , pissed off and was waving a gun around.

I don't know if I'd call 0.1 blood alcohol "drunk" (which was old threshold for DUI), esp. not for a seasoned drinker as this guy appeared to be. But you're right, in general it's not a good idea...

hedge wrote:I don't know if I'd call 0.1 blood alcohol "drunk" (which was old threshold for DUI), esp. not for a seasoned drinker as this guy appeared to be. But you're right, in general it's not a good idea...

true - I wouldn't call it drunk either, but you show up with a gun and alcohol in your breath - its going to get their attention.

I didn't watch the debate but apparently Hillary mentioned the nuclear response time on national TV last night which is classified information

They did a segment on 60 Minutes a couple of weeks ago, the military guy in charge of telling the president what's what laid it out pretty clearly how much time there is to make a decision...