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kristopher

(29,798 posts)
15. that's what I thought
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 07:12 PM
Jul 2013

You really haven't got a handle on the existing body of knowledge on this topic, GG.

When I was 10 I spent the summer with an Aunt that was a herbalist. She shared some of her knowledge with me and I was fascinated. My cousin and I spent a great deal of our time that summer "finding" plants that we just knew were going to help cure some ailment or another.

Of course, that was literally child's play, but that is exactly the pattern of behavior I see in your various efforts to 'discover' some meaningful knowledge that will make fulfill you.

Can I recommend that you at some point stop the childish approach of trying to find grand solutions to problems you don't understand? Bite the bullet. go to the library and start doing some reading to learn the body of knowledge that forms the basis for our present understanding of how things work.

THEN, you will be in a position to improve on that knowledge. The idea that you are going to make some momentous discovery coming at it from the outside is suited to a 10 year old on summer vacation, but ill suited to a man of your advancing years.

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Nuclear enthusiasts always ignore the "fallout" Demeter Jul 2013 #1
Do energy efficiency initiatives really displace GHG emissions? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #2
Do we have efficiency initiatives on a global level? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #3
Efficiency initiatives are both local and global GliderGuider Jul 2013 #4
That has nothing to do with the OP kristopher Jul 2013 #5
I'm not talking about a minor rebound effect GliderGuider Jul 2013 #8
What evidence do you have that a lack of energy has curtailed development? kristopher Jul 2013 #12
??? I never said a lack of energy has curtailed development. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #14
that's what I thought kristopher Jul 2013 #15
Mmmm. Gee thanx. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #16
Silly GliderGuider ..... oldhippie Jul 2013 #17
Not the first time I've been criticized for colouring outside the lines. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #18
Whatever - I thought i was suggesting the most basic rule of authorship... kristopher Jul 2013 #19
Unsolicited personal advice from a stranger on the internet GliderGuider Jul 2013 #22
Hardly a stranger. kristopher Jul 2013 #24
What's your name? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #27
Grow up. kristopher Jul 2013 #28
So I don't get to know your name? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #29
Nor his qualifications ...... oldhippie Jul 2013 #35
OK, so is it your contention that Botswana would be better off if US emissions were going up!? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #6
My contention is that the USA has outsourced its manufacuring GliderGuider Jul 2013 #7
I don’t believe that is a sufficient explanation OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #9
It's also worth considering why emissions went down in that graph caraher Jul 2013 #11
What does the EIA have to say? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #23
Yes, that is the problem with most accounting schemes for greenhouse gases caraher Jul 2013 #10
That really isn't relevant to the OP. kristopher Jul 2013 #13
Earlier post where we discuss "energy efficiency." joshcryer Jul 2013 #21
They don't dispute the 64 gt saved by nuclear power. joshcryer Jul 2013 #20
They are dealing specifically with what he signed his name to in that paper. kristopher Jul 2013 #25
No, they are deflecting. joshcryer Jul 2013 #30
Then Hansen doesn't agree with Hansen. kristopher Jul 2013 #31
They did not say his methods were wrong. joshcryer Jul 2013 #32
I think I'm corresponding with... kristopher Jul 2013 #33
Oops, I forgot, you're the guy who bought Nordell's nonsense. joshcryer Jul 2013 #34
Until a WovenGems Jul 2013 #26
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