Comments on: On Used Cars http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: danelaverty http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-80 danelaverty Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:08:12 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-80 I've got another one for you -- CankerMelts. They're these licorice extract drops that you put on canker sores. I'm sure that no scientific testing has ever been done on them, but I think they're great: http://www.dentist.net/cankermelts.asp I’ve got another one for you — CankerMelts. They’re these licorice extract drops that you put on canker sores. I’m sure that no scientific testing has ever been done on them, but I think they’re great: http://www.dentist.net/cankermelts.asp

]]> By: snowpunter http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-74 snowpunter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:31:52 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-74 An amusing picture based on April's comment: http://www.wikiupload.com/images/oil-drilling.jpg 7 New Alternative Fuels: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4277305.html I think I'll work up something on foreign entanglements soon... An amusing picture based on April’s comment:

http://www.wikiupload.com/images/oil-drilling.jpg

7 New Alternative Fuels:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4277305.html

I think I’ll work up something on foreign entanglements soon…

]]> By: kathylee http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-73 kathylee Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:15:11 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-73 Hmmm, my V-6 Ford Taurus could kick your Honda mini-van's butt any day... ;) I am mostly undecided on the global warming issue mostly because I think the research for both sides is very sketchy and doesn't have a firm conclusion. Point is, we should try to conserve, pollute less, and take care of our environment. My two cents. Hmmm, my V-6 Ford Taurus could kick your Honda mini-van’s butt any day… ;)

I am mostly undecided on the global warming issue mostly because I think the research for both sides is very sketchy and doesn’t have a firm conclusion.

Point is, we should try to conserve, pollute less, and take care of our environment.

My two cents.

]]> By: April http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-72 April Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:06:26 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-72 Hello cousins! We missed everyone terribly at the Marsh Reunion. While you were playing in Tahoe, we were, hmm, I can't remember, but I know it wasn't as good as hanging out in Tahoe. I have been meaning to post on here for a while, and so today I find inspiration for a post. Politics have become an interest to me since I graduated from college, got a job, and money started being taken from me based on decisions of the politicians. While I think we could go on for days and days with the global warming debate, one thing neither of my well-versed, more experienced cousins omitted as a possibility for helping our future energy needs is STABILIZING (read "controlling") the areas in the world where we get our oil. Hmm, anyone squirming at that thought? The problem with energy is that for the most part, it is not storeable. Except for oil. Oil is stored in this earth for us to use it. A few bombs, a few more deployments, and a lot of heavily loaded fighter planes patrolling evil Chavez and the Middle East while we go ahead and take over for the liberty of their people and the gasoline-guzzlers in our country. I like that idea. . . Hello cousins!

We missed everyone terribly at the Marsh Reunion. While you were playing in Tahoe, we were, hmm, I can’t remember, but I know it wasn’t as good as hanging out in Tahoe. I have been meaning to post on here for a while, and so today I find inspiration for a post. Politics have become an interest to me since I graduated from college, got a job, and money started being taken from me based on decisions of the politicians. While I think we could go on for days and days with the global warming debate, one thing neither of my well-versed, more experienced cousins omitted as a possibility for helping our future energy needs is STABILIZING (read “controlling”) the areas in the world where we get our oil. Hmm, anyone squirming at that thought? The problem with energy is that for the most part, it is not storeable. Except for oil. Oil is stored in this earth for us to use it. A few bombs, a few more deployments, and a lot of heavily loaded fighter planes patrolling evil Chavez and the Middle East while we go ahead and take over for the liberty of their people and the gasoline-guzzlers in our country. I like that idea. . .

]]> By: snowpunter http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-68 snowpunter Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-68 Like I mentioned in the post I think that humans obviously have an effect on the environment (see: Amazon deforestation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest) but understanding what the consequences may be is a tricky process. Computer modeling of such a complex system such as weather patterns for the entire planet is a very non-trivial and relies on massive amounts of a data. Coincidentally, my company happens to helping UCLA monitor rainforests in Costa Rica (http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-11143) which will hopefully assist in improving models for the environment. Either way, even the big oilmen like T. Boone Pickens see the writing on the wall and are looking creating massive amounts of renewable energy via wind turbines. Importing energy from politically unstable regions is unwise in the long run. Its sad that a country like Brazil has 100% energy independance due to domestic ethanol and oil production while we still depend on Chavez, the Canadians and the Middle East for over 60% of our energy needs. In essence, even if global warming is BS we should still free ourselves from oil slavery to external powers. Like I mentioned in the post I think that humans obviously have an effect on the environment (see: Amazon deforestation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest) but understanding what the consequences may be is a tricky process. Computer modeling of such a complex system such as weather patterns for the entire planet is a very non-trivial and relies on massive amounts of a data. Coincidentally, my company happens to helping UCLA monitor rainforests in Costa Rica (http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-11143) which will hopefully assist in improving models for the environment.

Either way, even the big oilmen like T. Boone Pickens see the writing on the wall and are looking creating massive amounts of renewable energy via wind turbines.

Importing energy from politically unstable regions is unwise in the long run. Its sad that a country like Brazil has 100% energy independance due to domestic ethanol and oil production while we still depend on Chavez, the Canadians and the Middle East for over 60% of our energy needs.

In essence, even if global warming is BS we should still free ourselves from oil slavery to external powers.

]]> By: canonobrien http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-67 canonobrien Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:24:48 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-67 I, myself, am a huge global warming skeptic. My mentor at work and I have a months-long, ongoing conversation about global warming that we pick up whenever one of us finds an interesting article. We both are unconvinced that global warming is man-made, and we try to keep our opinions based solely on research data. Anyway, we got some laughs last month when Intel's cafeteria started a global warming awareness campaign by displaying huge, dramatic posters with such captions as: "Is my cheeseburger causing global warming?" I, myself, am a huge global warming skeptic. My mentor at work and I have a months-long, ongoing conversation about global warming that we pick up whenever one of us finds an interesting article. We both are unconvinced that global warming is man-made, and we try to keep our opinions based solely on research data. Anyway, we got some laughs last month when Intel’s cafeteria started a global warming awareness campaign by displaying huge, dramatic posters with such captions as: “Is my cheeseburger causing global warming?”

]]> By: danelaverty http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-61 danelaverty Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:38:08 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-61 I am firmly of the belief that a bowl of ice cream can cure just about any malady. (Of course, you need to select the flavor according to the illness. That's the arcane science of icicremology. Often it takes several samples to find the right mix.) I am firmly of the belief that a bowl of ice cream can cure just about any malady. (Of course, you need to select the flavor according to the illness. That’s the arcane science of icicremology. Often it takes several samples to find the right mix.)

]]> By: snowpunter http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/on-used-cars/#comment-60 snowpunter Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:53:35 +0000 http://marshcousins.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-60 By 'new' minivan I mean made in 2003. By ‘new’ minivan I mean made in 2003.

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