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360mAh 9V Li-ion Polymer Rechargeable Battery
What next?
I could make a remark about this being a very popular size for Smoke Detectors and how convient it would be to have the source so close to the detector but I shall not.
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Them's the rules, my friend, and you or I can't change the rules. We can only recognize and abide by them.
Or not.
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Pete, I've tried to be clear and consistent in my position on LiPo and Li-ion cells. Perhaps you haven't read enough of my messages yet to be clear on my position. I have been encouraging the use of Li cells for about 5 years now. My first message on this forum in February 2000 was in response to someone who said that Li cells would never be big in e-flight. My response was, "Oh yeah?"
I started about 5 years ago with Li metal cells, then surplus Li-ions, then surplus LiPos. I've been involved in most of the discussions on this forum whenever a new failure mode was discovered, and people lost model aircraft, personal vehicles and parts of their houses to fire damage.
All devices and materials that retain energy can be dangerous if not handled properly. Some are more volatile than others. Those whose hazards are not acknowledged are the most dangerous of all, because people will not prepare for the worst case scenario if they believe that there is no significant danger.
My purpose, along with many others on this forum, has always been to promote the safe use of Li cells. This cannot be accomplished if people treat them just like other types of cells. Li cells require special care and attention. Some people already understand this and some don't. Those who don't need to be educated. Those who refuse to learn should be discouraged from using Li cells.
Perhaps it would help me understand your position a little better if you would explain your reasoning behind the "What next?" in post #1 of this thread. Maybe I'm misreading it but to me, it smacks of disdain.
I haven't dug back through the archives to read your history but I detect the same level of disdain in many of your recent postings on this subject.
Maybe I have you figured wrong but all I have to go by is what you write.
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Pete, all we have to go on about anyone we see in an internet forum is what they write. We just have to be careful not to make the wrong assumptions about people. For instance, I could allow myself to assume that I detect disdain in your messages for people who are focused on safety issues. But I can speak from experience about how assumptions often lead to incorrect conclusions.
My "what next" comment was simply based on the fact that Li cells are rapidly expanding into many different areas, but I did not expect to see a rechargeable Li 9V battery. It was a surprise to me. The two simple words "what next" do not automatically carry a disdainful tone unless you have prejudged the person making the statement.
Thinking about it a little more, this battery does have standard 9V connectors. This means that it will fit into any standard NiCd or NiMH 9V battery charger. Previous rechargeable Li cells have been made in non-standard sizes so that they would not fit into standard consumer NiCd and NiMH chargers. So unless there is an internal safety circuit built into this rechargeable 9V battery, it could represent a problem for the typical WalMart shopper who doesn't even know that you shouldn't try to charge NiMH cells with a NiCd charger.
Pete my point of view on this is that advancements in batteries is great. I enjoy having 2300 mAh NimH AAs to replace the lower capacity(1200 mAh?) Nicads which in themself were a major improvement over the 500 mAh ones which we were stuck with for years however there are problems which come with new battery technology, especially in the consumer market. I can invision these new 9V Li Po packs being charged(?) on/with many of the charges which are intended only for the current (rechargeable)Nicad / NiMh batteries which look the same to many. Why buy a new charger when they already have a good one at home? Many consumers may fee like,they just want to sell me something more which I relly do not need right? To many consumers just refuse to read and follow instructions. Some E flyers are still trying to get by without purchasing a LiPo charger and one would hope that E fliers would be more inclined to do a little research than someone just wanting a rechargeable battery for use around the house.
That's my Redneck point of view.
So there is obviously some kind of regulation circuitry involved and in this age of lawsuit-happy attorneys, I'm sure that the circuitry contains bulletproof protection to prevent over charge/discharge situations.
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I suspect you are correct about some type of protection circuit in the rechargeable Li 9V. There aren't too many general consumers who are prepared for common 9V batteries that vent with flame when used in the wrong 9V charger. Big stores with deep pockets such as Wal-Mart are pretty sensitive about this.
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Still, would be interesting to try these out for R/C use.
[Safety note: the design of this type of battery is disconcerting as it is easy to short. Bit like having a male connector on your R/C pack. NOT a good idea. So I *hope* it has a PTC in there to limit current overload...]
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You are correct that most of the reported Li cell failures have been from human error during discharge or charge. However, there have also been a number of really odd circumstances that I've picked up from reading 5 years of reports on this forum and throughout the internet.
Recently there have been a couple of instances reported on this forum of Li cells venting with flame while sitting in the sun in a parked car on a hot, sunny day. In the past, a couple of instances of LiPos being chewed on by household pets resulted in big problems. At least one charger was reset during the charging process by a brief power failure in a neighborhood electrical grid, and resumed charging at an incorrect rate, resulting in a failed Li pack.
Bottom line is, LiPo cells can fail for a variety of reasons, not all related to direct human error. That's why it pays to always keep them stored in a container where venting flames can't set fire to nearby combustible materials, resulting in a much bigger fire than just a few cells burning.
If you want a quick education on Li cell failures in the consumer electronics world, try a Google search for the terms: lithium battery recall
You will get ~57,600 hits, some of which document flaming Li cell incidents related to a variety of causes. As PGR said in another thread, he respects Li cells rather than fearing them. I agree. You must respect the potential of catostrophic failure for a variety of different reasons. But it also should be kept in perspective. The number of people who actually experience such failures is very small. The most important lesson is that if you are prepared for such an unlikely event, you will come out much better in terms of potential property loss or personal injury.
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The Roughriders and the Buccaneers are both 6-4 in league, as is Olympic. North Kitsap is a half-game behind at 5-4.
Those four teams are likely battling for the Olympic League's last two spots in the district playoffs, as Bremerton (10-0) and Sequim (8-2) have opened up sizable leads at the top of the standings.
On this date last season, Port Angeles (8-6 overall) was 2-9 in league play and 3-12 overall, en route to a 3-17 season.
The Riders hadn't been mathematically eliminated from the postseason yet, but that was only a few days away.
Twelve months later, they're in the thick of the postseason race.
Why the turnaround?
"It's just more team camaraderie and stuff," senior guard Hayden Gunderson said of this season's team compared to 2012-13.
"Last year, after the first couple of games, people got really selfish and they didn't really care about the team as much.
"This year, everybody just wants to win. They don't want a repeat of last year."
"So, they're willing to do whatever it takes to win."
Part of what it takes is a lot of hard work.
"The kids have been playing year-round," second-year head coach Brent Stephens said.
"The season never really stopped."
Stephens said the players entered four basketball tournaments in the Seattle-Tacoma area over the summer.
There, they faced and talked to players from schools such as Woodrow Wilson, which is currently ranked second in Class 3A.
"They saw how good the really good teams are, and those kids are waking up at 8 in the morning," Stephens said.
"That spoke for itself. A light went on in the [Port Angeles] kids' heads: This is what basketball players do.
"It was a matter of them understanding that if you want to be really good and achieve the goals you want to achieve, you have to do this work."
Some players, such as leading scorers Hunter Hathaway and Derek Schumacher and defensive stopper Tristan Isett devoted last summer solely to basketball.
Point guard Brady Konopaski, meanwhile, spent a majority of his summer playing baseball for Wilder.
But that didn't keep him completely off the court. Konopaski often phoned or sent text messages to Stephens, asking him to open the gym.
Stephens also said he sometimes had to tell football players Austin Polly, Steven Lauderback and John Boesenberg to go home during football season when they were hanging around the gym too much.
Then there's Gunderson, who led the team in scoring last year (11.6 points per game).
He, too, planned to play hoops all summer, but broke his right wrist in the first summer tournament.
He still played basketball all summer.
"[Stephens] told me to come in; if I didn't, he'd yell at me," Gunderson said with a laugh.
"I was over here working on my left hand, doing all these drills. He had tons of drills for me.
"Yeah, it was really annoying, coming in every day. But it was worth it."
This season, Gunderson is third on the team, averaging 12.5 points per game. Hathaway leads the team at 14.1 ppg and Schumacher is second at 13.3 per game.
"There's a big difference. Last year, we had a couple of people who could score, but we didn't really get to see them, because we were taking some horrible shots," Gunderson said of sharing the scoring load.
"But this year, we have a lot of guys that are willing to score, and they all know how to. And it helps a lot when we start . . . moving the ball and get open shots."
According to Gunderson, playing together so much in the offseason has helped the players be as close on the court they are off it.
Stephens said that wasn't too difficult.
"It's a bunch of kids that like being around each other," Stephens said.
"It wasn't a hard sell to get the kids to mesh real well; they've always gotten along. It wasn't about getting them to buy into a team concept, because they like each other."
Stephens got his first head coaching job in 2000 at age 19, and has been coaching basketball since.
His resume includes stints as an assistant coach at the college level in California and Texas.
He said he regiments his players' schedules so they are similar to those of college basketball players.
"We want them to be well-rounded student-athletes," he said.
"It's their job to be good basketball players and get good grades."
Against the Buccaneers tonight (7 p.m. at Port Angeles High School), the Riders will be seeking revenge for a 60-52 loss in Kingston on Dec. 13.
A few weeks later, it remained a frustrating setback for a team with postseason aspirations.
"The Kingston loss should bug our kids a lot," Stephens said in late December.
With only six games left on the Olympic League schedule, every game is crucial. But the games against the three teams clustered in third place take on added importance, because the team that wins stays with the pack, while the loser is knocked down a notch.
Port Angeles split the season series with Olympic, and is 1-0 against North Kitsap, which the Riders face on the road next Tuesday, Jan. 28.
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i was excited for this game to come out until i see reviews for it getting 3/10, 5/10 pretty negative scores.
i decided to pick it up the other day anyway, and i was pretty surprised; this game is not half as bad as the reviews make it out to be.
what i found was a solid third person shooter set in a very history-rich (video game-wise) environment, a decently strung together set of missions, and a surprisingly addictive multiplayer
sure, its a more action oriented take on resident evil, but reviews and fans acted as if they had been alienated by capcom and given the shittiest game ever. sure it has flaws (what game doesnt?), but this game is actually pretty decent, no masterpiece, but a solid game that is very fun to play, especially with friends.
crappy controls? its really the same controls as re4 and 5 just sped up a little more to go with the more action-oriented feel
broken cover mechanic? seriously guys? you run up to a piece of cover and automatically stick to it. its a great idea, and not once have i been running or been in the heat of some action and accidentally got stuck into cover (i do tend to take the game slowly, however)
retarded AI? im not really seeing this. they take cover, fire at enemies, heal me when im low on health, and rarely get downed. they are a vast improvement on sheva, and you can actually choose what 3 squadmates you want to come with you to tailer to your own playstyle (going in guns blazing? bring the medic!)
terrible graphics? really? they are on par with resident evil 5's graphics, and with a much more moody and engrossing level design and atmosphere
shit story? well im only about half way through, but the story does take back seat to the action. there is a story there however, and fans of re2 and 3 will probably appreciate it more.
these are just my 2 cents. i think the game is actually good and fun to play, contrary to the reviews and cries of "die hard" fans (the ones who hated re4, my 2nd favorite in the series, after re2). is anyone else actually enjoying the game and its rich atmosphere, or is everyone in the "its crap and not a real resident evil" bandwagon?
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Roads and Routes
Bakersfield to Lone Pine
I have to respectfully partially disagree with Dick. You do NOT want to come down 395 in January...unless you have daily weather report indicating no snow. Parts of 395 are 9000 feet elevation and it doesn't take much to snow up there. I do agree on taking 58 over Tehachapi pass (almost always kept clear of snow as it is a major east/west corridor over the Sierras) to Hwy 14. North on 14 until it merges with 395 at Inyokern. 395 will take you on up to Lone Pine. You DO NOT want to take Hwy 178 out of Bakersfield....this is a road that goes up Kern Canyon and has lots of turns, curves, drop offs, and crazy people driving way too fast. While you can take a large RV over this road, you will eventually have to go over Walker's Pass to get to Hwy 14. During January, this pass can close on a moments notice and you will have no where to go. Even in good weather, taking 178 v.s. 58 will take you at least 1/2 hour longer. So, as mentioned, hwy 58 to 14 to 395 is definitely the best route. I live in Ridgecrest and know these roads intimately. Ron I agree with this route ( 58, 14, Inyokern, 395 ) in the dead of winter. I also agree to stay off of 178 out of bakersfield. You can take a short detour off of Hwy 14 and go into Inyokern for fuel, cheaper then anything you will find further north, and then hit 395 and go to lone pine
08/29/15 01:18pm
Roads and Routes
Update on dealer ripoff
100 sets of gears at $20.00 ea will cost the dealer $2000.00. He has to sell 26 sets of gears at $75.00 (20 X 75 = $1950 to even get back most of his money, then sell all the rest of the sets at $75.00 ea before he even starts to make a profit. Sounds like a gamble to me. ?
08/26/15 06:28pm
Shift cable
A good transmission shop should be able to find a replacement cable that would work, I would think.
08/24/15 05:48pm
Class A Motorhomes
cruise control
With a manual tranny there is also a switch on the clutch pedal that activates when you push the clutch in. That switch along with the brake light switch could be out of adjustment thus not allowing the cruise to activate. just a thought, check it out.
08/24/15 03:43pm
Beginning RVing
Note on updating maps on a Garmin dezl 760.
You can get more space by deleting all the languages that you don't need or ever use.
08/19/15 11:50am
Technology Corner
Help with Cummins Onan Marquis Gold altitude problems
There is an adjustment knob for altitude on the ONAN carb but I don't think it goes up to 8K. Does his have the adjustment knob and has he turned it up all the way?
08/19/15 11:46am
Tech Issues
Noisy Workhorse engine fan
Put the 195 thermostat back in, manufactures OEM, and learn to live with the roar. I live with it. Use a lower gear when climbing hills to keep the RPM's up for more cooling air and less heat build up. The dash temperature gauge is just an indication of temp and usually stays in the middle. With the OBDII` scan gauge my temp can read 200 to 205 when the dash gauge reads right in the middle. And yes the fan comes on and does it's job, roar and all
08/19/15 11:40am
Class A Motorhomes
Determining Tire Pressure
The correct way is to go to a scale and weigh each tire position to see how much weight each tire is carrying. Then go to the tire manufactures web site and look for the inflation table, find your size tire, look at the weight you recorded, and the chart will tell how much air you need to carry that weight. I usually add 5 PSI for safety reasons. If you have different weights on the same axle, use the highest weight to determine the PSI you need. A sample load and inflation chart Load chart sample
08/17/15 12:39pm
Class C Motorhomes
What would you do, stay put or pull over?
I pull over if there is a designated "Turnout" and it is paved. I drove from Willits, Ca to Ft Brag, Ca on hwy 20, a very narrow and winding road with lots of traffic. There was ample turnouts and even if I had only 2 vehicles behind me and they were constantly tailgating, I would pull over. And if I had only one logging truck behind me, I pull over. They are on the payroll and need to get going, I am on vacation and don't need to be holding anybody up. On Hwy 20 when you let them go by almost everyone would give you a short toot on the horn in appreciation.
08/17/15 12:27pm
General RVing Issues
Stuck Generator Oil Filter
The problem on the ONAN, at least the 5500, is that the filter is recessed into the gen set and only protrudes maybe an inch or two. This makes it hard to get most strap wrenches onto the filter. Onan makes a cup wrench just for it's filter but the filter is now probably distorted too must to use a cup wrench. There also is not room to drive a large screwdriver through the filter but that is probably the answer. Good luck and if you get it off, I would suggest you buy a ONAN cup wrench for next time.
08/12/15 07:50pm
Beginning RVing
Onan marquis 5500
on the 5500 there is a PRIME position on the start/stop switch, push and hold the STOP/PRIME button down and listen for the pump to start clicking, this will indicate that the pump is pumping and will soon prime itself. When the clicking stops or slows down, let go of the switch and press the START BUTTON. should start after 15 to 30 seconds. Just a suggestion. But back to your question, have you actually used a volt meter while trying to start the genset to determine that you have no voltage? could be that you lost your prime and if those 5500 sit ( 4 weeks or more) for a while the carb will go dry and you have to prime in order to start. Give it a try.
08/09/15 10:06pm
Tech Issues
Surprised how different Bilsteins are to install
My experience was to not cut the strap until I had one end of the shock in it's mount and then pointed the other end of the shock towards the other mount, then I cut the strap and as the shock expanded, I guided the shock into the other mount. Then installed the nuts and/or bolts and the job was done. yes the shocks are real hard to compress, that's why I had the shock in one mount before cutting the strap. Worked for me.
08/01/15 07:18pm
Truck Campers
Warranty Maintanance requirements?
Keep all your receipts. Look at your owners manual for oil change frequency. Some manufactures have a mileage or time limit. Could be as soon as 6 months or every 12 months. Most oil change's on a MH will probably be a time limit instead of a mileage limit due to the fact they are not driven that many miles each year so if you go by miles you could possibly not comply with the manufactures specs, and they can deny a claim because you went over the time period for a oil change, say 14 months, instead of the required 12 months. They can be real picky.
07/31/15 10:26pm
Class A Motorhomes
No 110 at outlets
I agree, check the GFI and see if it has tripped. The GFI is usually in the bathroom and will be just like a 110 outlet but will have a couple of buttons in the middle. If one button is OUT, reset it and then check if the power has been restored. GFI
07/31/15 05:15pm
Tech Issues
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Humans Are Not Like Slowly Boiling Frogs … We Are Like Slowly Boiling Brainless Frogs
Even though people keep using the famous simile — "the fatally slow human response to climate change makes us like a slowly boiling frog" — it is not quite right.
As Wikipedia puts it, German physiologist Friedrich Goltz "demonstrated that a frog that has had its brain removed will remain in slowly heated water, but his intact frogs attempted to escape the water." Other 19th Century studies appeared to have different results, but modern experiments (!) show that frogs with brains are in fact smart enough to leap out of water as it is heated up.
James Fallows of The Atlantic, who I am quite certain holds the world record for boiling frog posts, has one from Michael Jones who cites "Sensation in the Spinal Cord" from Nature, Dec. 4, 1873:
"Goltz observed that a frog, when placed in water the temperature of which is slowly raised towards boiling, manifests uneasiness as soon as the temperature reaches 25° C., and becomes more and more agitated as the heat increases, vainly struggling to get out, and finally at 42° C., dies in a state of rigid tetanus. The evidence of feeling being thus manifested when the frog has its brain, what is the case with a brainless frog? It is absolutely the reverse. Quietly the animal sits through all successions of temperature, never once manifesting uneasiness or pain, never once attempting to escape the impending death."
Even so, I am inclined to agree with Jones that this should not be fatal to the metaphor. It just needs to be tweaked.
Technically, we are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens, as I've said before (see "Is the global economy a Ponzi scheme?"). Such are the privileges of being the only species that gets to name all the species, so we can call ourselves "wise" twice! But given how we have been destroying the planet's livability, I think at the very least we should drop one of the "sapiens." And, perhaps provisionally, we should put the other one in quotes, so we are Homo "sapiens"
sapiens at least until we see whether we are smart enough to save ourselves from ourselves.
If we destroy a livable climate, which means "billions of people will be condemned to poverty and much of civilisation will collapse" and are renamed just plain Homo, then in fact we will have demonstrated we are dumber than frogs (who were, after all, doing just fine until we came along).
At that point, we will be brainless frogs.
Related Post:
This post is an update.
- Glenn Beck proves he's a brainless frog, warning (?) "Barack Obama has galvanized the country…. He's forced us to think!"
- An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces
63 Responses to Humans Are Not Like Slowly Boiling Frogs … We Are Like Slowly Boiling Brainless Frogs
I think addiction is the better model, where people are willing to trade longevity for self-indulgence and gratification in the here-and-now. Applies to smoking, drugs, and most of all the high energy intensity lifestyle enabled by the availability of 'cheap' fossil fuel.
To add to Superman1, for most of us, it is lifestyle uber alles. So we either deny everything or think that technology alone will save us.
Consequential action roadmap? True danger recognition should help with a desire to stay on course and what should be the course using technology to add to comfort?
These videos explain why we living in a consumer bitch world, which has no sense for the environment, the future. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBADD6DB7D8B8F9AA
And everything you see there is dwarfed meaningless in face of the dangerous climate change we unleash on planet earth. We try to get everything but in the end we lose all.
Frogs at some point have to deal with thriving a few yards from volcanic hot springs without cooking themselves in the hot springs. They would probably have evolved the ability to sense excessive heat and to escape to cooler nearby stream water. Cut-off mud puddles in extremely hot weather might also be slightly dangerous places for frogs.
So Then … (and a Question for CAP)
So then, let's use our brains and begin — now — to ask Hillary Clinton for her answer to this concrete question: "If you were president today, how would you rule regarding the Keystone XL pipeline? Would you approve it or deny approval? Please be clear and concrete and decisive with your answer. Thank you."
As I've explained in earlier comments under other posts (so I won't repeat it all here), it would be both wise and responsible to begin asking Hillary that question now, and to ask it repeatedly and passionately until it receives a clear answer. If Democrats and progressives want the NEXT president to be genuinely serious about climate change, and to be someone who is willing and unafraid to be a Leader in addressing it to the degree it demands to be addressed, then (for reasons explained elsewhere, but that should be clear — at least to anyone with a brain!) we should demand to know how Hillary would make the Keystone XL decision, and we should begin to demonstrate to any and all would-be Democratic presidential nominees that we will not take 'no', or vagueness, or mere hype, as an answer, AND that we will not support anyone who doesn't have a clear and compelling and concrete stand regarding climate change.
So then, a question for Joe and Ryan and CAP: Do you support the idea, and will you encourage it, to begin asking Hillary the question quoted above — in the interest of finding out what she would do, and where she stands, and in the interest of showing all would-be nominees that we are serious this time? And in the interest of starting in a timely fashion so we don't end up getting stuck having to choose between the lesser of two evils in the next presidential election.
Politics and economic self interest has a way of making us "stupid", even willfully so.
The important part of the myth is that (as my suggest) the slowly boiled frog fails to appreciate its own peril. People who believe, for example, that climate change is a hoax are slowly boiled frogs.
Yes we are addicted to the black stuff. And all we do is blaming the dealers (politicians) and the mafia (big oil). We think methadone (renewables) is the answer because we are to scared to go cold turkey.
Do we need to send in the climate change denier firefighters?
"Study sees climate upside in greening arid regions
Wendy Koch, USA TODAY4:49 p.m. EDT May 31, 2013
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has a "fertilization effect" on plants in arid regions that has contributed to the flourishing of foliage there, Australian researchers report."
I really like the proposed Homo "sapien" modification to our nomenclature.
Maybe it is time to add a Homo homer simpsonous – would be appropriate for most Industrial CEOs? Maybe?
I think they have isolated themselves (reproductive-wise, reality-wise, you name it-wise)enough to earn their own sub-species name.
Regarding the "symptoms" exhibited by the frog-with-brains:
I have noticed these symptoms might coincide roughly with the Kubler-Ross stages of grief:
1. manifests uneasiness
2. more and more agitated
3. vainly struggling to get out
4. finally …dies in a state of rigid tetanus.
I am hoping to avoid that last symptom ;)
Enough of the peripherals. The most important question for future President H. Clinton is: what is your plan to reduce CO2 emissions in the transition period to a level where the temperature ceiling (and climate cliff) can be avoided, and what is your plan to show leadership and exert pressure on other nations to do likewise, or even better?
Hi Joe, thanks for your response. But what do you mean by 'moot for Hillary'? Please explain. My point, of course, is not whether or not Hillary has been or is thinking about Keystone XL, nor is it that she can't actually influence, via the State Department, the State Department reports or (directly at least) the President's decision. Instead, my point is that — at least according to many of the news folks and pundits (some of whose shows you've been on) — she is the clear frontrunner for the next Democratic nomination, so much so that (presumably) many other would-be nominees are waiting by the sidelines to see what Hillary decides to do. So, the point of my comment is that WE(!) — members of the climate movement, Democrats, progressives, and responsible citizens — should WANT to find out ASAP where Hillary really stands as well as whether she can show enough leadership and verve to take a hard, clear, and strong stand on a vitally important and timely issue. Do you not think that we should do everything possible to find out where Hillary stands in concrete terms, asap and well, well, well before many people start thinking of her as the de facto nominee for 2016? I trust that you don't want us to end up in the same position in 2017 as we are in today, that is, feeling like we may have elected someone who is either uncommitted to the task or deeply insufficient to tackling it.
I hope this clarifies the question. Any thoughts?
The headline is misleading, there are saturation levels, there are different plants…
Plant defenses go down as carbon dioxide levels go up, the researchers found. Soybeans grown at elevated CO2 levels attract many more adult Japanese beetles than plants grown at current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
She is a fuzzer. Remember her response when asked whether Mr Obama was a Christian, as he claimed: "As far as I know." In other words, she says/does whatever it takes to satisfy her ambition.
There presently is no leadership.
Sometimes, if you stare hard enough with squinted eyes, at the threads of the body bag being zipped up around you, you might mistake those threads for "silver linings."
"Wendy Koch"… hmmm, that name sounds familiar (just joking, no relation I'm sure).
If there were people to take the innetiative to stop the methane plumes in the Arctic at least we would brainy frogs.
The fact that people choose renewables at roughly comparable prices shows the addiction argument is unadulterated nonsense. And as it is fossil fuels that lie at the heart of our problems, replacing them is exactly the right place to start, ME
Actually, the comparison to slowly boiling frogs is not terribly accurate as even more frequent waves of extreme weather seem to be in the near future to compel the population and leadership to go into action.
You talk a lot about temperature ceilings & climate cliffs, frequently citing Kevin Anderson's 2 degrees and your own sense that 1 degree is probably more realistic.
IMO, this conveys the wrong idea that there is some cut-off below which things are fine and above which we are boned. There is no 2 degree (or 1 degree or whatever) cutoff. 1.9 degrees is not problem free, but its better than 2.1. 2.3 is not the end of the world, but its worse than 2.1.
If there is no "climate cliff" to be avoided, talking about it with reference to policy is counterproductive. I would argue that its planning to fail. The agenda should not be to decarbonise at a rate to avoid 2 degrees. It should be to decarbonise as much as possible, as soon as possible.
The addiction analogy imperfect as it is, applies at the level of the economic and political system. We have some people choosing renewables, even if the price is higher, and some not. We also have significant segments of society engaging in highly consumptive lifestyles, so the analogy at least partially holds.
"extreme weather seem to be in the near future to compel the population and leadership to go into action.
That sentence sounds very, very similar to one I heard uttered by an indigenous person who promised to bring rain. I sheet you not.
"the comparison to slowly boiling frogs is not terribly accurate"
Have you seen a picture of the Koch brothers lately? (okay, not fair, but neither are they so there).
Aahhh yes, it IS Obama's decision; and yes, talk is cheaper than actual action. But it would be much LESS cheap, and much more consequential (in terms of at least learning something about Hillary) to pose the concrete question to her and see whether and how she responds. If the question is posed to her persistently and passionately, and if she avoids answering it, or answers vaguely, or (heaven forbid) if she says that she'd approve KXL, we learn something. If the question is posed to her persistently and passionately and she comes out clearly and forcefully and says that, if she were president, she would deny approval to KXL, and if she says that Before Obama makes his decision, that would "say" something, and that would at least show some Leadership and Verve and some degree of Courage. Although talk is typically cheaper than action, that sort of response on her part would tell us something and would be much better than nothing at all. On the other hand, if we don't even pose the question to her (and thus if we don't even ask something of her, to see how she'd respond) not only would we not learn anything potentially new and important about her, but we WOULD learn something revealing about ourselves — that we weren't even willing to try, and that we rationalized not trying to ourselves. IF she is the presumed frontrunner already, then there is no reason not to — and every reason to — try to learn as much about her as possible, as it relates to climate change, and as soon as possible. Are you suggesting that we don't bother to ask questions of her, or demand answers of her, until she is already the de facto nominee or until it is far too late into the process to pick another horse to ride? Why? I don't get it. Or, by saying that talk is cheap, and thus implying that we should only consider her actions in office as relevant, are you saying/implying that we should already know that she'd be a terrible president with respect to climate change? After all, it has been "her" State Department that has been favorable to KXL all along. If we should begin to ignore her words (and not bother asking her concrete questions) and pay attention only to her past actions, then we should already conclude that she's the wrong person for the job, and we should be working as hard as possible to get a much better nominee into the race. Thoughts?
Some logic required. That people change their energy source so easily proves it is not an addiction as leaving an addiction has a severe physiological effect. Heavy consumption does not prove addiction, ME
Uhhh??? How do you go 'cold turkey' on energy? I agree that we must radically reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency, but it will take time. Renewables are not like methadone, they are more like apomorphine.
They just bury themselves in the mud. Speaking of primordial ooze, 'The Australian' is in vintage Green-bashing and denialist form today (hatred of environmentalists is even surpassing hatred of Moslems on the Right here)pushing the 'CFCs are the real cause of warming' hoot as hard as they can.
An excellent suggestion, Jeff, with only one drawback. The congruency between what politicians say, in order to gain votes, and their actions after being elected, is determined entirely by the quantum of loot that they receive from the rich capitalist elite. In the case of environmental concerns, and climate destabilisation in particular, the dissonance between pre and post election positions approaches totality.
Let's talk about real figures here: the average energy consumption per household in my country.
Electricity: 3500kwh
Gas (heating): 25000 kwh
Car use: 3750 kwh (7500km/y at 5l/100km)
If I had the money: I could install PV to cover my electricity needs.
If I had the money: I could build a zero energy home*.
If I had the money: I could buy a Tesla and install PV to cover the power.
If I had the money I would have a big garden where I produce my own food.
I don't have the money , I'm average.
So I can talk about renewabels until I'm blue I don't have the green . I am forced to use the black stuff for the larger part of my energy consumption (addiction).
*(In Belgium we have very strict building codes: by 2020 every new home has to produce energy instead of consuming energy. Only the rich can afford to build such a new home. )
It's all about the money Mulga.
If you and Mulga would learn to read the comment first and then respond, instead of the converse, you would see the high energy intensity lifestyle is the addiction. Today, it is fueled by fossil sources, and since there is no immediate replacement, the lifestyle has to go if we are to survive the transition period.
As Anderson says, do you want to sacrifice now, or make the sacrifices that will be required in a 4 C or higher world?
Cold turkey = zero co2 emissions not zero energy
As much as I agree that the Kochs of this world and their bribed politicians are the archetypal 'Greedy Lying B*stards' who are doing their best to promote doubt and denial about climate science, the fact remains that almost all of us are happily buying what they sell, and can't live without it. The world is powered by fossil fuels, and everything else is small fry. This gives us two problems:
First, we can't simply choose to stop or drastically curtail fossil fuel use without crashing the world economy and probably having a few billion people die of starvation, thirst, disease, conflict and so on.
Second, fossil fuels are finite and heading for decline anyway.
My point is that it makes it really hard to know what to campaign for. We can see the problem but I'm not at all sure there's a painless way out of it. If by some miracle everyone on the planet learned what was happening and had a religious conversion to wanting to live a low-impact lifestyle, we could certainly save significant amounts of carbon emissions by reducing discretionary travel, turning off our TVs, turning down the central heating thermostat etc., but with the best will in the world, we still need massive amounts of fossil fuels to run civilisation's infrastructure – the food supply chain, factories for essentials, water supplies, sanitation, emergency services… quite a long list of things we can't reasonably do without. Even substantially reduced anthropogenic emissions would still be vastly more rapid than the geological processes which lock away carbon in the Earth's crust, so our emissions would accumulate in the climate system and we'd still have the same climate disruption, just a bit later.
It would be nice to think that 'renewables' are the answer. Of course the energy gathered is inexhaustible (sunlight, wind, wave etc.) but the resources we use to gather that energy are finite, and the energy is much more diffuse and much less convenient than fossil fuels. At the moment, all the 'renewable' energy infrastructure we're building is being done with fossil fuel energy. Can we ever rely on solar panels and wind turbines to entirely power the factories making solar panels and wind turbines? It's not clear to me that we can… and of course there is also the location of raw materials, mining, transport, refining, transport of finished products, installation, repair, dismantling, recycling… pretty much every part of that is powered by fossil fuel energy. I don't know of any analysis showing that renewables can ever possibly supply all of the energy we use today to run civilisation *and* renew themselves as well. I worry that renewables are a dead end, and a waste of resources.
In any case, ever more studies are showing that it's already too late for emissions reductions alone to avert massive climate disruption. We need active sequestration of CO2 from the free atmosphere to quickly reduce and eliminate the planetary energy imbalance and stop global warming before natural feedbacks take over and the warming runs away from us, which could be in as little as 50 years. What method and resources are we going to use for this sequestration, which would have to be on the order of 100 billion tons of CO2 per year? What energy source are we going to use to power it? Obviously not fossil fuels, and surely not renewables.
So, what's the 'doable' answer? What radical changes do I demand in my letter to my Member of Parliament? What will actually be (a) technically possible, (b) effective, and (c) tolerated by the electorate who are in love with freedom of travel, iPads, big screen TV, central heating and air conditioning etc.?
Mark Belgium: you could always chose for "Green" electricity. I believe that there are a number of suppliers in Belgium.
And doesn't PV have a payback period of 4-5 years, so it makes economic sense to install it?
Yes, people keep talking about rising sea surface heights and temperatures but these are relatively slow coming compared to the extreme weather and climate events happening allow over the world — right now — caused by much more heat in the system.
Heat is just distributed kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion — all over the world — existing for the taking by global and local natural conditions to concentrate into more obvious forms: winds, currents, rain, etc.
This is a nice take on the use of drones to help protect nature. View methane plumes this summer from a safe distance aboard a ship.
Thanks fj,
That is such a quick summation.
Perfectly said Mulga, as the current U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner (for his 2008 pre-election climate change action talk/promises no less) has shown unequivocally.
Please – we could replace all carbon fuels with renewables in five years if wanted to. The replacement for fossil fuels is ready now, today – as hundreds of posts here have demonstrated.
But that message does not comport with your Anderson doomsday rantings about how we all must suffer because we are "addicted" to an immoral lifestyle.
I really hope you are right fj, I really do.
So where do the smart frogs escape to since they know they are boiling? Outer space?
I absolutely agree, Mark, with one caveat. It is about the money, and the inequality. While people cannot afford energy efficienct and consumption reduction the cost of energy must be subsidised, by de-privatisation, and some really existing 'public sector efficiency', and tax rebates etc to make them affordable, and by that process I unfailing assert is essential to human survival-economic and social justice, massive wealth redistribution and the liquidation (financially only, of course) of the great kleptocratic fortunes, behind each of which, as Balzac observed, lies a forgotten crime.
Re: "We can't simply choose to stop . . . "
The price we continue to pay for feeding at the fossil fuel trough is far from worth it and the transition is much easier than they would have you believe.
In fact, the transition is much easier than continuing the same very difficult wasteful way.
It is pretty amazing how easy it is for people to get used to such stuff and fear change.
The price we continue to pay for feeding at the fossil fuel trough is far from worth it
Well, some smart ones who may have huge storm shelters built in the next few years will need many smart ones to keep the storm city going. Once there was even the idea that seniors will be needed to teach the young and give wise counsel.
"The replacement for fossil fuels is ready now, today – as hundreds of posts here have demonstrated." Sorry, but these arm-waving posts devoid of any analysis that shows emissions and temperatures in the transition region convince me of nothing. The only thing they are 'ready now' to do is lighten the contents of our wallets as we go over the climate cliff.
"we could replace all carbon fuels with renewables in five years". Refresh my memory again; with what would you replace airplane fuel?
"It should be to decarbonise as much as possible, as soon as possible." I agree with the general premise, but at some point we will need to set targets. especially if governments get involved in the solution. Also, with nonlinear dynamical systems, small changes in the boundary conditions can result in large changes in the outcome, so I wouldn't draw premature conclusions about the existence or non-existence of fine lines at this point.
BTW, 2 C is a number used as the basis of international agreements, which Anderson uses for his published computations. The 1 C is Anderson's number as well, which he believes reflects the opinion of many climate scientists. I'm more comfortable with 0.5 C for reasons I have stated in other posts, and adding in a safety factor produces a temperature ceiling about an order of magnitude below the 2 C.
Based on that conclusion, I believe we have no room for maneuver. We are in the danger zone, where it is highly uncertain whether we have passed a point of no return, and ANY further expenditure of fossil fuel puts us further into the danger zone. That's why I cannot support anything but the most draconian sacrifices on fossil fuel use starting NOW, and agree with your conclusion only in that context.
"I agree that we must radically reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency, but it will take time." Ah, weasel wording at its best. If Mother Nature is telling us quite clearly that time is about to run out, then your excuses are meaningless. Either we give Mother Nature what she wants when she wants it, or we pay the ultimate price!
"Refresh my memory again; with what would you replace airplane fuel?"
When dedicated high performance net zero transport and transit is seriously considered all sorts of opportunities will abound; as well as the broad deployment of offshore and possibly transoceanic floating wind turbines as mentioned in 4 June 2013 Climate Progress (pardon my hand waving).
You have stated the essence of the problem. As you imply, even under the best of conditions, where everyone is on-board, it is not clear that we can extricate ourselves. Given the most credible predictions, which reflect the worst of conditions, it is clear that extrication is a fantasy.
"First, we can't simply choose to stop or drastically curtail fossil fuel use without crashing the world economy and probably having a few billion people die of starvation, thirst, disease, conflict and so on." I don't know what we 'can or cannot do'. If you're in a lifeboat that is sinking because of overload, do you throw 20% overboard to save the remainder, or does everyone stay and eventually go under? At what point does our biosphere crisis resemble this lifeboat?
"I don't know of any analysis showing that renewables can ever possibly supply all of the energy we use today to run civilisation *and* renew themselves as well. I worry that renewables are a dead end, and a waste of resources."
What? I don't know where you are, but in the United States there is enough potential wind power alone to supply all of the nation's electricity needs 35 times over. That's not considering solar, geothermal, wave/tidal or hydropower. I have no idea where you get the notion that renewables can't be enough to power civilization. We just need to hurry up and install them.
What's a dead end is continuing to pursue fossil fuels.
You're not required to be average.
"If I had the money: I could install PV to cover my electricity needs.
If I had the money: I could build a zero energy home*."
Do you rent or own? If you rent, then yes, you're SOL. If you own your home, install better windows, insulation, and more efficient heaing equipment (furnace or boiler) to reduce your heating gas use. Yeah, it won't reduce you to zero heating gas, but using less does help. Since you can't afford solar panels to cover all of your electrical demand, can you afford to cover part of your electric use? Solar panels are a much better investment than anything you can find in the stock or bond markets. Install some soon and more later when you've saved more money.
" I have no idea where you get the notion that renewables can't be enough to power civilization." Which renewable e.g. is going to power your airplane on an overseas flight?
Not trivial. Try:
We have cars that run on methanol. Why not airplanes?
"I don't know of any analysis showing that renewables can ever possibly supply all of the energy we use today to run civilisation *and* renew themselves as well. I worry that renewables are a dead end, and a waste of resources. "
1) "we use today" is key. And "we"? Talk to a serious sailboat cruiser. They typically use probably 1/10 the energy or less of most Americans. We CAN have happy lives using far less. You NEED a gallon of water a day to live. You don't NEED 3 to 5 gal for every toilet flush (and multiple toilet flushes per day). You don't NEED to drive an hour a day by yourself to go to work. Etc.
2) There is no other way than renewables (and more) IF humans are to continue to exist past 100 years.
3) Homo Sapiens and possibly virtually all life on the planet will die if we don't wake up soon and do the things you say can't be done. Superman1's lifeboat analogy applies.
4)What alternative do you see to renewables?
5) I'll guarantee the Amish, for instance, manage quite well on less than 10% of typical American energy use.
6) But, OMG, it would be so F*cking INCONVENIENT. Let's face it, Al Gore nailed it.
I don't discount non-linear responses, but talking about a threshold figure (0.5, 1, 2 degrees, whatevs) implies that we know that that figure is the boundary at which one or more of those non-linear responses kicks in. But we don't know what the actual figure is for any of those. And even if we did know, different responses have different thresholds – personally, I believe we have already passed it for Arctic Sea Ice, but that we (might) have not yet passed it for the collapse of the Greenland Ice Cap. No one threshold covers all responses.
My issue with nominating what are, lets face it, entirely arbitrary numbers is the psychology of the issue – such figures form the basis of no-action justifications. We've already passed 0.5, and will pass 1.0 soon, so there's no point in acting to avoid those targets. I believe 2 degrees is generally agreed because it is seen as just-about-achievable with agressive policy, not because it is meaningful in a climatological sense. Even if it was being seriously addressed as a target (and mostly, it isn't), it stifles consideration of the cost-benefits of more aggressive cuts, say to hit 1.8 rather than 2. And if we miss 2, then what? I would rather 2.5 than no policy.
I fear that pushing for "draconian cuts" (as you put it) to hit an arbitrary target will simply result in pushback and no action at all. Smart policy that gets up, even if the pace is too slow, is better than bad policy that fails. Australia is about to overturn poorly-delivered policy in an election that will ensure that they will take no meaningful action for another decade. Essentially this is because the little that was done was successfully messaged by opponents as punishment. Better outcomes could have been achieved by encouraging alternatives.
Calls for "draconian cuts" will fail, ensuring catastrophe. And since 3 degrees is better than 4, I would rather less-than-optimal policies to none at all. I see anti-smoking campaigns as analogous. Those that encourage quitting (help, support, benefits) engage the target demographic. So do the ones that say if you won't/can't quit, cutting back is better than nothing. While the results are sub-optimal, they deliver some benefit. The ones that say "Quit or Die" just get tuned out.
Jane, I invested in insulating my home: Floor, walls and roof are insulated beyond what was required by the building code. I invested in double "high efficiency" glazing. This was my top priority because heating is by far the most energy consuming part. If I use 10,000kwh for heating the place instead of the average 25,000kwh than this has double the effect of installing pv to cover 3,500kwh of electricity. I am planning to cut my electricity needs by using low energy appliances. I also have a rainwater tank with a 10,000 liter capacity. That rainwater is used for toilets, garden, washing and cleaning. With a filter system I can even use it for showering and even cooking. If I had the money my home would be off the grid in no time ;-)


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How would you feel if there was a way for you to reconnect with your departed loved ones? I'm not talking Ouija boards, seances or spirit mediums; I'm talking connecting with them as you would with people around the world online. Sounds great, doesn't it? But how do you think those loved ones would feel? That's the question in the upcoming graphic novel Elysium Online, and it's up to you to get it off the ground so you can find out the real story.
Described by creator Ilias Kyriazis as a graphic novel about what happens when a "revolutionary social network that lets you interact with your dead loved ones" goes wrong, Elysium Online is a hauntingly promising idea for a comic that looks beautiful, touching and just a wee bit creepy all at once. Elysium is the name of that social network, and when it's launched in October 2021, people worldwide flock to it hoping to reconnect with their loved ones long thought dead. What they don't know is that there loved ones are indeed waiting for them in Elysium, but they hate the living and are plotting to wipe them out of existence.
There's been a long history of games adaptations of Judge Dredd, going back to the first board game released by Games Workshop in 1982, and their role-playing game of 1985. Back then, Games Workshop's miniature-making division Citadel released many waves of Judge Dredd figures. I bought many of those as a lad, with plenty of them still in my parents' attic, in various states of assembly.
There have been a few iterations between then and now, but one thing is for sure, the coming-to-an-end-soon Kickstarter campaign for the latest generation of Judge Dredd miniatures from Mongoose is a rousing success, with nearly $80,000 pledged now from an initial goal of $2,000. Their rulebook for the game is a free download, so have a look, and if you're hooked, throw them a few dollars. At the rate they're going, they'll be able to make miniatures of every character ever to grace the strip.
There's a big difference between being a spirited young girl and being a young girl who's a spirit.
In the comic series Nenelt, of the Forgotten Spirits, writer Vera Greentea and artist Laura Müller are following one such spirit girl named Nena as she searches for her family during the Mexican Day of the Dead festival. But as a spirit from the beyond, she has to watch out for exorcists and those who wish to send her away.
Greentea and Müller are using Kickstarter in an effort to raise funds to publish the first issue of this miniseries. They're asking for $4,000, which they state will go towards paying Müller to illustrate the book and offset some of the production expenses. Currently at just above the $1,000 mark with 35 days to go, if they receive more than $4,000 they will put that money into funding the next three issues. They plan to release the first issue by January.
To help stoke the fundraising, Greentea is offering a number of rewards for different pledge levels, from copies of her previous work and even some very cute red skull bracelets.
Brand New Nostalgia is the sketchblog equivalent of The Defenders, a non-group, if you will — a loose conglomerate of artists doing that sketchblog thing of choosing a theme and then posting the results, originally at their respective deviantART accounts and Tumblrs, and now at their own website. They're making the leap into the physical world with a book they're seeking funding for through Kickstarter described as an "anthology consisting of some of the best pieces from the blog as well as all-new comic stories by each of the creators."
There's a list of the members' respective galleries here, and the most easily navigable place to see their combined efforts may well be at deviantART. There's some top-notch artists amongst their number who'll probably go on to big things. There's a representative selection of work from their site below. Continue Reading »
I regularly see new Kickstarter appeals starting I'd consider investing in, but few as handsome as this: Drawmoreinc's Nobodies Vol.2. Launched just a few days ago, they've already met nearly half their target in pledges, understandably considering the high quality of the contributors. The (rather strident) mission statement reads:
This comic anthology is a full color 120+ page perfect bound comic by comic creators from all around the world. Creators contribute all new original stories to the book to go with our theme of "nobodies." We want to create art because we love it. We aren't scared of the bumps and bruises (that comes with the territory). We're here to make the work we want to read. There are no restrictions and anything goes.
This anthology is used to be a platform for relatively unknown comic creators to come together and show everyone else in the industry that we aren't meant to be taken lightly and we're here to stay.
The appeal page shows a lot of good-looking preview art, and plenty of links to further examples by the contributors. "Relatively unknown" is quite the catch-all term — some of these creators already have something of a cult following online. And of course, a lot of people won't be able to resist the allure of the rewards of merchandise based on Shaky Kane's cover art, including art prints and a rather groovy 3D t-shirt.
It seems every day in comics there's war — be it a war of the gods, an infinity war or whatnot. Few comics, though, bring you what it's really like on the frontlines — but an new Kickstarter comic called Tilt-Shift plans to do just that. Written by military veteran Jose Torress and drawn by Josh Hood, Tilt-Shift is the story of a deployment in Afghanistan from the eyes, and the lens, of an Army photographer.
"To call Tilt-Shift a modern war drama is a painful oversimplification," Torres writes on Tilt-Shift's Kickstarter page. "Tilt-Shift marries police procedural intrigue with hard-hitting modern warfare action in its hyper-real presentation of the work done by Special Operations teams throughout Afghanistan. More than that, it paints a picture of young Americans rising from their varied upbringings, distinguishing themselves from among their peers and flying to the most desolate ends of the world to quell a violent insurgency that suppresses the freedom of the Afghan people and threatens the security of their families back home."
In 2009, Sgt. Richard C. Meyer published No Enemy, But Peace, a black and white comic book created with Martin Montiel Luna that recounts the true story of Sgt. Marco Martinez, a former gang member who served as a Marine in Iraq — in the same unit as Meyer, in fact — where in 2003 he rallied his embattled squad and single-handedly attacked an enemy bunker.
Now Meyer has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a digitally colored and expanded version of the story, with the goal of releasing the new edition in time to mark the 10th anniversary of the battle on April 12, 2003. The campaign has entered its final two weeks, raising $2,661 toward its $3,600 goal. Comic Book Resources spoke with Meyer about No Enemy, But Peace shortly after its debut.
Earlier this month we showcased comics-as-cookbooks, and now we find on Kickstarter a veritable buffet of comics for the foodies among us. Organized by cartoonist/small press publisher J.T. Yost, Digestate is a taster's choice of stories by 50-plus cartoonists chronicling their own food tastes.
"Each artist has approached the theme in a manner exclusive to their own personality," Yost says on the project's Kickstarter page. "There are some autobiographical comics (both funny and heart-wrenching), some fictional comics, some akin to an essay and others that defy categorization altogether."
The line-up is a "Who's Who" of cartoonists, with everyone from Renee French and Marc Bell to James Kochalka and Alex Robinson to Keith Knight and Berkeley Breathed. On the Kickstarter page there are several of the stories to be included in the print publication, including the excellent "Bacon Vs. Asparagus with Oscar" by Jeffrey Brown, which is at the bottom of this post.
Digestate is nearly half-way to its$4,500 goal with 30 days remaining in the fundraising campaign. Compared with recent Kickstarter comics drives, $4,500 seems like a relatively small amount but Yost doesn't say what the money specifically will be going for. Regardless, remember to tip your server!


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By Karl Henkel
Andrew Blocksom could have been angry over Attorney General Mike DeWine's decision that a former environmental regulator illegally issued two brine-water permits that allow Blocksom's company to operate.
But Blocksom, president of Patriot Water Treatment LLC, which treats some brine wastewater from fracking sites, had a bit of a different reaction.
"We're actually pleased to get some correspondence," Blocksom said Wednesday. "The [release from DeWine and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency] documented some misunderstandings that are out there.
"It gives us an opportunity where we can finally answer the questions that need to be answered."
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which water, chemicals and sand are blasted through pipes into rocks thousand of feet below the ground to unlock natural gas and oil.
The releases came from DeWine, who ruled Tuesday that former OEPA Director Chris Korleski illegally granted permits to both Patriot and the city of Warren, which accepts wastewater from Patriot, and Scott Nally, current OEPA director, who backed DeWine's decision.
DeWine's conclusion ultimately means both permits could be remanded by Nally, impairing Patriot's ability to treat water, maintain its current 25 employees and expand to new locations in Youngstown, Steubenville, Ashtabula and East Liverpool.
DeWine cited a statute in Ohio law that says brine water can be disposed of in only three ways and wastewater treatment plants are not one of the designated ways.
But Blocksom, who has defended his business with scientific data for more than two years, still maintains that the water treated at Patriot is not brine water.
This is where the debate gets murky.
The water Patriot receives includes mud and "little" salt, Blocksom told The Vindicator on Wednesday.
"We take fresh water with mud in it and take the mud out," he said. "Whatever fresh water is left, we give it to the city of Warren to clean again."
A video describing Patriot's process can be seen at Vindy.com.
Water that Patriot treats is water that should not be deposited into brine injection wells, Blocksom said, as it's akin to trying to shove mud into rocks.
Concentrations of salts in brines from oil and gas drilling can reach up to 300,000 milligrams per later. The concentration of salt in seawater is 35,000 milligrams per liter.
Patriot is permitted to discharge brine with a salinity level that doesn't exceed 50,000 milligrams per liter.
The problem, Blocksom said, is that state environmental regulators are applying the brine-water statute in Ohio law to the water he treats. Blocksom said the low-salinity water shouldn't be considered brine.
But according to Ohio law, "brine" includes all saline geological formation water resulting from, obtained from, or produced in connection with exploration, drilling, well stimulation, production of oil or gas, or plugging of a well.
Chris Abbruzzese of the OEPA said that by the letter of the law, OEPA is in the right.
"There's really no argument here," he said. "What they were approved to do in the past, they should not have been permitted to do, based on Ohio law."
Blocksom said he has prior approval based on a pilot study that the technology he uses — currently the only "brine" wastewater treatment plant in Ohio — is safe.
He's hopeful his future meetings with state environmental regulators will iron out the exact definition of brine, but Abbruzzese remained firm on the legal definition.
"It doesn't differentiate between a little bit salty or a lot salty," Abbruzzese said. "Brine is brine is brine."
Now this is what we republicans want. Less regulations. Dump whatever you want in our water. It's good for business and jobs. Might harm us down the road but it makes for a better atmosphere for business.
Actually taxme, closing of this plant will result in the dumping of untreated brine, but the operation of this plant would have resulted in discharge of cleaner water to the wastewater plant. So the OEPA is really shooting itself in the foot by objecting to a process that would result in an overall cleaner environment.
Why they would even make an issue about this is beyond me. Patriot is trying to do the right thing and make a profit be cleaning fracking water. The envirowackos should be rejoicing!


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Fair Christmas Fayre is also back on the 12th December @ Regent Hall, Oxford Street. Come and find a wide variety of Christmas goodies all ethically sourced. https://fairchristmasfayre.wordpress.com/
London has a great atmosphere around London! I've even put together my own list of where best to shop in London at Christmas time. Read it here: http://raychellev2.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/christmas-shopping-in-london/
Hi, LimeWharf cultural hub are hosting our first Maker Market in our Machines Room makerspace on Vyner Street, Hackney. 4-13 Dec Thurs-Sat. Craft & tech market 1-8pm, evening entertainment and workshops until 11pm. Full details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/669598649805087/673716582726627/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity
I love London in the Winter and especially around Christmas. The only time of year it ever felt normal to exist in London was when it is cold and full of colourful lights.
Hi there is an error in the first of your listings. The nearest Tube Station to Kew Gardens is Kew Gardens and not Richmond as stated.
There is so much to choose from the above list that I think I will start with the food at the Real Food Christmas market.
The best list of the Christmas markets I have come accross so far!
This guide is brilliant, enables us to make the most of our time in London, planning our day in advance and pick the markets that have products that interest us. Tube details are also very helpful..... Can't wait to visit.
This is an extremely useful guide to Christmas markets across London. Just looking at the photos makes you want to start Christmas shopping.
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Could you please forward some information about Christmas fairs. We are a new business dealing with high quality kitchen knives, garden cutting tools and sharpeners
Could please forward some information about Christmas fairs, we aare a new business selling hand made boys clothing, we are called Skidies4Kiddies and our logo is called cycle sid, our clothes are good quality and we would love to showcase them more in the London area. Many thanks.


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Fuse developer Insomniac Games has posted a short Q&A about the game on its official site, shedding light on some of the burning questions surrounding the shooter.
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The UCI said that it acted after a lab in the German city of Cologne, accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, found that an A-sample of Kaykov's urine contained GW1516 sulfone.
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"The provisional suspension of Mr. Valery Kaykov remains in force until a hearing panel convened by the Russian Cycling Federation determines whether he has committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 21 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules," the governing body said.
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night. And David, I think it was in 94 or 96, David was a Champion's Choice. Actually some, Guy Boros, yeah. Dave Stockton Jr ., Guy Boros were the two Champion's Choices. And it's probably David's fondest memory on tour was meeting
Rory works on putting speed at Wells Fargo
so far. And one of the other great things that Dave Stockton does in my discussions with him around putting and Dave Stockton Jr . is the fact that he does implement that element of creativity and, and artistry. And I think that's what a
McIlroy (74) struggles on greens, makes zero birdies
flowing with my stroke," he said. McIlroy says he is working alone on his putting. He spent a few years with Dave Stockton Jr ., but the two haven't worked together in more than a year. McIlroy is ranked 61st in putting on the PGA Tour. In need of a round
Relaxed dress code at Tiger's Bluejack National
limited basis to members this week, we know that the atmosphere will include a relaxed dress code. Former Tour pro Dave Stockton Jr . gave a lesson at the club last week, and while he was very complimentary in an afterward, saying Tiger did a " helluva
McCoy, Garrick headline field for Riviera shootout
Riverside: David Gazzolo (pro Brendan Steele) Pepperdine: Kevin DeHuff (pro Michael Putnam) USC: Rico Hoey (pro Dave Stockton Jr .) Georgia: Lee McCoy (pro Harris English) Oregon: Brandon McGiver (pro Casey Martin) Texas: Kramer Hickok
PNC Father-Son Challenge 2013 TV Coverage
Nicklaus II (son) Mark O'Meara & Shaun O'Meara (son) Nick Price & Greg Price (son) Dave Stockton & Dave Stockton Jr . (son) Curtis Strange & Tom Strange (son) Vijay Singh & Qass Singh (son) Lee Trevino & Daniel Trevino (son
McIlroy reverses fortune with 66 at The Players
succumbed to a putter change that his short game coach Dave Stockton Sr. had been pushing for some time. On Tuesday, Dave Stockton Jr . delivered an identical Nike Golf Method putter to McIlroy that he'd been using. The only difference was about 1
Glover's hot putter to thank for Zurich lead
the ball like he knew he was capable. His putter, however, needed even more time, despite the best efforts of Dave Stockton Jr . "I knew if I putted well I was close to playing well," he said Friday. "I was hitting it as good as I can hit it. But at the same time
Glover makes all short putts en route to 65
haven't been playing well," the 2009 U.S. Open champion said Thursday. Last October, he reached out to Dave Stockton Jr . for an assist. Glover wanted to get back to basics, to putt like he had as a junior and college player, when his clubface had little rotation and
Golf's a kid's game
hike a nearby mountain every morning at 6 a.m. And just this year, he started working with noted putting guru Dave Stockton , Jr . on his short game. If that sounds more like the schedule of a seasoned professional than a kid in middle school, well, there's good reason for that. It's all about the end result. "I
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TOUR Notes Ponte Verda Full of Major Champions
Briny Baird, Julius and Guy Boros, Al and Brent Geiberger, Jay and Bill Haas, Jack and Gary Nicklaus and Dave and Dave Stockton Jr . When Kevin Stadler tees it up this week, he and his father, Craig, will become the seventh father-son duo
Former Open Champ Simpson Tries Again at Q-School
his home in Orlando. Putting guru Stan Utley was one of the unfortunates in Beaumont, as was Kelly Gibson and Dave Stockton , Jr . The real heartbreak, though, belonged to an Argentinan, Julio Zapata of Buenos Aires. He was sailing along
Another Twenty Graduate to the Big Show
058, placing him 199th on the money list, with his best finish a tie for 48th at the West Virginia Classic. Dave Stockton , Jr ., who was a PGA Tour member for eight years, came in 145th on the money list with just seven cuts made in 23
Pair Share Nationwide Lead
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Garrigus Cruising in Louisiana
alone in second place at 11-under-par 205 while Darron Stiles followed at 10-under-par 206. Jimmy Walker, Dave Stockton , Jr ., and Scott Gutschewski were eight shots off the pace at 9-under-par 207. Garrigus used rounds of 66 and
Final Scores and Earnings from Las Vegas
77 211 Brenden Pappas CUT 73-67-71 211 John Rollins CUT 72-64-75 211 Andy Miller CUT 71-73-67 211 Dave Stockton , Jr . CUT 67-68-77 212 Mike Grob CUT 70-69-73 212 Per-Ulrik Johansson CUT 70-75-67 212 Jonathan Kaye CUT
Haas Junior Follows Career of Haas Senior
a playoff to Phil Mickelson in the 2000 BellSouth Classic, but all that did was buy him an extra year on tour. Dave Stockton Jr ., whose father won two PGA Championships, has been on and off the PGA TOUR the last several years. Andy Miller
It All Began in Las Vegas
case of continuing steady play as first one player and then another fired and fell back. Black. Kelly Gibson. Dave Stockton , Jr . Mark Calcavecchia. All tried their best to close the gap, and none could do it ' save one. Love. Love scrambled
Never Too Early to Think Top 15
This week's field at The Cliffs Valley Course in Travelers Rest, S.C., includes names like Tommy Tolles, Dave Stockton , Jr ., and Mike Heinen. Tolles nearly made the Ryder Cup in 1997 and nearly won that year in New Orleans and Ponte
Sectional Qualifying Results
144 Christopher Berry, Las Vegas, Nev., 70-74--144 Chip Deason, Centreville, Ala., 70-75--145 Dave Stockton Jr ., La Quinta, Calif., 71-74--145 Ed McSpadden, Russellville, Ark., 70-75--145 Craig Perks, Boussard