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So our water district staff presented how they thought we could reach carbon neutrality by 2020. Depending on how you do the numbers, we became carbon neutral without even trying. A lot depends on this: ( Full presentation via scrolling to March 26 2013, Item 4.1) That’s how much energy’s used to cradle-to-grave a water drop from the Sierras to the outflow of a wastewater treatment plant
Should Eli Believe His Lying Eyes or Makarieva James reminds Eli of Makarieva et al in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics as well as featuring on several blogs. One can summarize the entire thing by noting that Makarieva claims that winds are formed when water vapor condenses decreasing the gaseous volume. Were this the major process, air would move inwards towards the area where the condensation occurred. Most others point out that the release of energy from the heat of condensation will blow the air outwards. That’s the summary There was an almost infinite amount of mathturbation about this including the original paper, and Dr. Makarieva was very, well, insistent. Eli OTOH is a member of the reality based community. The Rabett likes to look at what is going on and figure out what it means before turning the math crank. Recently Ms Rabett dragged Eli off into the mountains where he could actually watch the clouds form. He could tell you what happened, but in this world we have the video.
Cyprus was such a "success", EU to push for losses on big savers at failed banks . The European Parliament will demand that big savers take losses if their banks run into trouble, a senior lawmaker told Reuters, adding momentum to a policy unveiled as part of a Cypriot bailout
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NASA Watch yesterday had posts and comments about a memo issued by NASA suspending all educational and public outreach activities From:    NASA Chief Financial Officer and the NASA Chief of Staff Subject:  Guidance for Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Activities Under Sequestration .
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