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Thiago Silva fought back tears as he led his Brazilian teammates out of the tunnel and onto the field Thursday to welcome a World Cup many here thought would never come.
Star striker Neymar, who, at just 22, is carrying the burden of his country's enormous expectations, nearly broke down during the national anthem, his emotions a mix of joy and terror.
But two hours later the only tears Brazilians were crying were ones of joy. After seven years of waiting and a record $11.5 billion worth of preparing, the country finally got the party started –- and it did so on its own terms, outplaying and eventually outscoring Croatia, 3-1, on a pair of goals from Neymar.
On what was declared a holiday in Brazil, fans began arriving at Arena Corinthians by the thousands more than six hours before kickoff –- though the majority of them came without tickets, just wanting to be near the first World Cup game in Brazil in 64 years.
And just as they did in last summer's Confederations Cup, Brazil's players joined the fans inside the stadium — and out — in finishing the national anthem a cappella after the stadium public-address system went silent.
FIFA, world soccer's governing body, allows just 90 seconds for national anthems and Brazil's is more than twice that long. But this day belonged to Brazil so the players and fans stood and sang.
The fans did not quiet –- nor did many sit down –- until Croatia took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute on an own goal.
Croatia's Ivica Olic sent a cross in from the left wing for forward Nikica Jelavic, who deflected it just enough to send the ball into the path of a surprised Brazilian defender Marcelo, who knocked it into the net.
Shortly afterward the late afternoon skies above the stadium grew dark and cloudy –- even Mother Nature, it seemed, couldn't bear to watch. But Marcelo's mistake would prove to be the only one of the day for Brazil.
Croatian striker Jelavic, something of a surprise starter, nearly doubled the lead in the 28th minute, but goalkeeper Julio Cesar made a leaping two-handed save on his header at the back post. Perhaps Brazil took that as a warning because it immediately counterattacked to tie the score.
The sequence began with Chelsea midfielder Oscar winning control just inside the Croatian end and sending the ball forward for Neymar. After a lengthy run up the middle won him space, Neymar pulled up about 25 yards from the net an sent a low left-footed shot toward the near side where it kissed the right post as slithered in.
The party had officially started as celebratory fireworks erupted outside the stadium.
And while the teams were equal on the scoreboard at the half, they weren't equal on the field with Brazil outshooting Croatia 10-3 in the first 45 minutes and building an even more commanding margin in shots on goal with seven to one for the visitors.
Only the stout play of keeper Stipe Pletikosa kept Croatia in the game.
But Neymar got the best of Pletikosa once again in the 71th minute, scoring with the other foot on a penalty kick to become the first player with two goals in his World Cup debut since Spain's David Villa in 2006.
He had some help though because Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded the controversial penalty when Croatia's Dejan Lovren pulled Brazilian forward Fred player down in the box.
"We better give it up now and go home. We talk about respect, Croatia didn't get any. If we continue in this way we will have a circus," Croatian Coach Niko Kovac said.
"No one in the stadium or 2 billion people watching at home could think that was a penalty," he added.
"Millions didn't see a penalty?" shot back Brazilian Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. "Well the referee did. I watched it 10 times. For me it was a penalty."
If so, it was a soft one because Fred went down easily. Neymar made it count, though, stutter-stepping, then pausing as he approached the ball before sending a right-footed rocket toward the left post.
Pletikosa guessed correctly and leaped that way but the shot was too strong, bouncing off his hands and into the upper corner of the netting.
Neymar, his face now a mix of happiness and relief, raced toward the endline, dropped to his knees and raised his hands while looking toward the skies, which had cleared. Pletikosa, frustrated, put both hands on the sides of his head and stomped away in the opposite direction.
Croatia had one last chance to spoil Brazil's special night, but Ivan Perisic's apparent game-tying goal in the final minutes was waved off by Nishimura, who ruled that a leaping Olic, going for a header, had fouled Cesar when the keeper went to the turf.
Moments later, with Brazil's fans now were in full throat chanting, "The champion is back," Oscar helped secure the win with a goal at the end of a breakaway, chipping in a right-footed shot just inside the near post in stoppage time.
That bought fireworks again. The World Cup was finally here. And for a day at least, it had proved worth waiting for.


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Our definition of printing is "replicating original artwork by laying down a controlled thickness of ink." Maintaining edge definition is also a key part of replicating original artwork, but controlling the thickness of the ink deposit is even more critical--and more difficult.
In graphics screen printing, ink-deposit thickness has a major effect on the color that will be visible to the viewer. In industrial printing, the ink-film thickness can affect the functionality of the print. This month, we'll focus on ink-deposit thickness in graphics applications by considering some of the variables you can control in your plant to reproduce color as consistently as possible. Our discussion won't address color separations or other artwork considerations, although these aspects of production obviously influence color, too.
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Question D.1:
Have you read novels or short stories about life on other planets? What is this type of writing called?
Read the following extract from a letter received by someone on Earth from another planet.
Planet Aurigae II
Dear Pen Pal,
When I received your letter from the interstellar correspondence club, my first impulse was to ignore it. However, your description of Earth sounds exciting. I would like to live there for a while, and I have…
1. What does the letter suggest about its writer?
2. What do you think may happen between the writer and Pen Pal?
This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, some sample solutions have been provided for your reference.
1. The letter, as it depicts, is plausibly written by a being living on a planet other than the Earth (the planet mentioned in the question, Planet Aurigae II) possibly from a parallel universe. S/he seems interested in visiting the Earth.
2. It is possible that the writer might visit planet Earth soon as s/he shows keen interest in doing so, in the letter. They may even become best of friends.
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Question D.2(1):
What does "a hydrocarbon form of life" mean?
Hydrocarbon is a compound of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are the building blocks and the main reason for the existence of life on this planet.
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Question D.2(2):
What would a non-hydrocarbon form of life look like?
A non-hydrocarbon form of life may possibly be like the one described by Skander in the letter. A being that could survive 250°C and call such a climate pleasant. As their body temperature is excessively high, they cannot hold paper without damaging them and use thin metal sheets to write on.
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Question D.2(3):
Why cannot Skander hold ordinary paper (from Earth)?
Skander cannot hold ordinary paper from Earth as his high body temperature might damage (burn) the same.
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Question D.2(4):
Why do you think Skander is in prison?
Skander is in prison possibly because of his experiments to communicate with parallel universes and that might be violation of the laws of his/her planet.
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Question D.3(1):
From the first two letters, what have we so far learned about Skander?
Skander is a non-hydrocarbon being living on Planet Aurigae plausibly from one of the parallel universes. The average temperature on his planet is 250°C. The medium to write there is fine metal sheets and instead of ink they use acid-dipped tungsten. He is in Aurigae jail as charges were laid against him for performing some forbidden experiments on his body that were deemed dangerous to the public welfare. He has to serve a time of 30 more years in jail. He describes himself to be possibly shocking in appearance and is eager to visit planet Earth but is not able to due to plausible physical reasons. His lifespan is longer as their bodies are made of more enduring elements than those of human beings.
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Question D.3(2):
What have we learned about the Planet Aurigae II?
As Skander speaks it seems that the people there are spiritually more enlightened and know how to bring their soul out of their physical form, as he suggests doing so to take a tour of the universe. Bodies of beings of Aurigae are made of a more enduring element that makes their mortality rate much higher. There is no doubt that these beings are spiritually much higher and are beyond human understanding of physical and metaphysical. They are technologically much advanced and have reached a plane which is a perfect blend of both. It is justified by the method he describes to take the impression (picture) of a physical form; it is a blend of technology and spirituality. What is surprising is that there the language for communication is same as in few of western countries on Earth and the global language of today, English.
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Question D.3(3):
Why do you think Skander started this correspondence with Pen Pal?
Skander is a curious one, whose thirst for knowledge is much more as compared to any common being. He tried to experiment on himself without fearing the risks involved. Therefore, he is a daring person. Out of curiosity and insatiable hunger to know and understand he must have tried to reach out to beings on other planets. It is possible that he must have tried to reach out other parallel universes too.
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Question D.3(4):
What impression do you have of Skander?
Skander is a being who thinks beyond and wants to know much more than what is understood commonly. Who dares, and goes ahead with his experiments by even disobeying laws, undertakes risks and cares little for mortal life to have a higher understanding for existence.
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Question D.6(1):
Why (D4) do you think Pen Pal showed Skander's photographic plate to a doctor at the hospital?
Pen pal showed the photographic plate to a doctor possibly due to following reasons.
First, that he did it out of curiosity and to understand physical and chemical properties of the plate.
Second, he must have faced difficulty in using it, so he must have thought of taking help from a doctor.
Third, he must be afraid of using the plate due to the risk involved because of its chemical properties and the way of clicking a picture that one has to think "ready" to get one's impression. And it is possible that he might have hurt himself while operating with it.
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Question D.6(2):
In all the last four letters, Skander is insistent that Pen Pal sends a photograph of himself. Why do you think Skander is so insistent?
Skander is insistent as we know that he is a curious being and is eager to see how people on Earth look like and how different they are from beings of Aurigae. It is possible that he has had some interactions with beings of other parallel universes and wants to chalk out the difference and make an observation out of it for his research.
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Question D.6(3):
Why (D5) do you think Pen Pal's government warned him against continuing the correspondence?
Pen Pal's government warned him from corresponding with Skander due to the risks involved in such intimacy. Skander in not a human being and the government might be afraid of the formidable consequences that the foreign planet's residents might be trapping humans for some experiment or so.
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Question D.7(1):
What exactly did Skander do?
Skander trapped Pen Pal into his scheme very cunningly. He never made his intentions clear in the beginning for it was a possibility that Pen Pal would have backed out of the intended plan. He coaxed Pen Pal to forward his picture or impression on a specific chemical-metal plate and returned his to him in the similar manner. Then, only when the plan was set, Skander, through radioactive rays, exchanged their bodies, without Pen Pal's consent.
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Question D.7(2):
Why did he do this?
Skander appears to be highly adventurous and experimental. He has a wander lust for universes beyond reach. He holds little value for other lives and sentiments. His thirst for knowledge and experimentation had cost Pen Pal heavily as he had to leave his body against his wish.
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Question D.7(3):
Might this ever be really possible, at some stage in the future?
With the researches and studies proving the existence of multiple parallel universes and with the advancement of technology it might be possible in some future but not too soon.
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Question D.7(4):
Would there be advantages and/ or disadvantages in doing so?
There are two sides of every coin. Scientists are apprehensive of advancements like artificial intelligence and time machine as there are higher level risks involved with these. So shall be the case of travelling beyond universe.
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Question D.7(5):
Were there any clues in earlier letters that warned us of what Skander was planning to do?
Skander never made his intentions clear in his previous letters fearing that it might scare the Pen Pal and he would turn down the proposition. So he made all the pre-arrangements without keeping them in Pen Pal's knowledge and executed the whole scheme stealthily.
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Question D.8:
1. Who has written the letter? (Original Pen Pal? original Skander? "New Pen Pal")?
2. Which planet does he live on?
3. When Skander and Pen Pal exchanged bodies and personalities, each received certain benefits. Write words or phrases in the scales under their names, to indicate the advantages to each. Decide who profited most from the exchange.
(Copy and complete.)
4. Imagine that five years have passed since the last letter. Skander and Pen Pal are both still alive. Write another letter from Skander to Pen Pal, outlining what has happened in the intervening years. What is your present situation?
What are your thoughts? What are your plans for the immediate future?
1. Original Pen Pal
2. Planet Aurigae II
Pen Pal
Poor Skander who thought he had lured Pen Pal into a forced deal and will lead his wonderful human life and enjoy it for next thirty years actually got befooled and got trapped in a paralysed body, prone to heart attacks and with a short lifespan.
Pen Pal acted smart. When the government and scientists tested and told him the possibility, he put at stake whatever little he had, not much to lose. Now he enjoys the freedom in a new found body and once lonely now he is enjoying his life completely in a new found land.
This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, a sample solution has been provided for your reference.
This is the letter written by the Original Skander residing on the earth since past 5 years:
Dear Pen Pal,
I am still on Earth, residing in your body. I have faced many ups and down sin the past five years. However, I am pleased to have such a wonderful happy family. Last year, I caught 'cold' (some kind of a disorder in the body which I couldn't comprehend at first) when Meetu (your wife), took good care of me. I am sorry to say that although I was completely devoid of emotions when I was in Planet Aurigae, I guess, I have finally fallen for your wife. Office is great. I got promoted as a Manager last year. Next month, I am planning to exchange bodies with a pen pal of Mars, with whom I've been in touch with through mails, since last 2 weeks. Please kindly keep in touch till then.
With best wishes,
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Hi, everyone. First post here. I'm so glad to have found this site--had no idea such a thing existed. I was beginning to think I was a lone nonbeliever/skeptic where I lived, but here we go.
Anyway, my topic is about posting in online forums as a way of "safely" trying to either lead people from fundamentalism or criticize dangerous beliefs from behind a username one hopes is impregnable and untraceable. I have been doing this a lot for some months now on a somewhat notorious site, Dominica News Online, and while I've found some other nonbelievers with the courage to post there, my impression by and large is that I am not making much progress. Mind you, progress cannot be measured simply by people posting comments that agree with mine, but I still feel discouraged, nonetheless.
The reason I created this topic is not because of that, per se, though--it's to ask whether or not you think this form of debating--i.e., hiding behind a username for safety, not unlike here--is the way we (that is, those of us who do this exclusively) should continue to try to spread information about science, belief, evidence, etc. to the religious community in the Caribbean. My preference would be to arrange actual meetings with locals or whoever in town and just have discussions, but I cannot imagine this actually working, and the threat of violence feels too real for me to truly entertain this notion. Therefore, I post my thoughts online, where it feels safer. But I am not only not reaching those who are not online; I don't even know if I'm reaching many or any locals online.
Has anyone else thought about this? Sorry if it's a simple or already-done bit of questioning and venting--I just want some feedback from others here.
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Hey Calliope22. Good to have a fellow Dominican (are you? or do you just visit/live there) here at last. Ha. I thought I was the only one as well for a long while. I have heard that there were others, but I guess they don't go about advertising it. I can't blame them, for the same reasons you mentioned.
I do share your concern for the goings on at DNO (Dominica News Online). So much intolerance, bigotry, hatred, ignorance and hypocrisy. I shudder to think I was among those ranks not too long ago. Ha. In any case, I was like you. Getting so disappointed at my country men and how warped they are as a result of being brainwashed by religion. I have posted a few points on stories. But as you noted, I feel like my point is not getting very far. I do see a few persons posting some more secular ideas from time to time as well. And this reassures me, however, that there are still rational thinking people out there.
I would suggest to continue posting. Someone has to act as a buffer to all the ridiculous ideas folks spout on sites like DNO.
Yes, just sent you a message about that, lol.
Well, I was born in the USA to Dominican parents and then moved back with them to Dominica when I was young, and so I grew up there. I've lived there since, although I go to school now in the USA.
My own belief is that these conversations would be more effective if I could just talk to people face-to-face, the conversation flowing where it needs to. That people also tend not to read long posts is another, though lesser, concern of mine. But I'm afraid that if people begin to recognize a face or voice too well, they'll find out where that person lives, and he or she will one day or night find violent company waiting outside (or, worse, inside the house). On a small island, anonymity and superficial neutrality are the only ways to hide, to delay violent responses. I used to post on Dominica Diaspora, too, before I got too afraid of my name becoming associated with something.
Ah, well. The irony is that if I show a friend in the States the mad comments some people make about religion on DNO, they crack up laughing.
Welcome Calliope22! I was away on holiday for a while, I'm just now catching up! (As we say in Barbados).
I like your post and the discussion it has elicited.
In my opinion sites such as Nexus are an excellent way for atheists to gain confidence in their world view, exchange ideas and hopefully build fellowship. To really change the societies in which we reside we will have to build real-world associations of like-minded rationalists. While exploring how real-world atheist organizations started, I found they tended to begin first as social groups, for example people with common interests meeting at a coffee shop. Only after they gained some social momentum did these people begin to officially organize with a view to creating a "lobby" on issues that concerned them.
This is a direction that I would like to pursue, ever mindful of Richard Dawkins' analogy of the act of organizing atheists being similar to herding cats!
I decided to publicly declare my atheist views on facebook and to my friends (if the topic arose) because;
1) I was sick and tired of being constantly bombarded with religion in public and the media.
2) I'm in an uber minority anyways (white ex-patriot jazz musician with not many close social connections - no, I'm not looking for sympathy)
3)My wife understands where I'm coming from.
4) After reading Dawkin's book, watching youtube debates and sharing discussions with Nexus members I feel increasingly confident that I can calmly and effectively defend my position if attacked.
5) I think I have a reasonable reputation here in Barbados as a good citizen (not by any means perfect:)
6) I have the growing certainty that religion is unjust, breeds conflict and is holding civilization back.
7) Did I mention I was fed up?
So I said to hell with it. I'm atheist, there's nothing wrong with that and I'm not going to hide it.
I was paranoid in the beginning, understanding full well that lurking within the otherwise friendly and intelligent ranks of Barbadian society exists an ignorance that defies belief. I was particularly concerned about my young sons at school.
One evening, a few weeks ago, fueled by a glass of wine and my usual foolish curiosity, I decided to try an experiment.
First I challenged one of the many Christian Facebook "friends" who are constantly (and annoyingly) broadcasting christian propaganda. In my comment to him, I simply asked if he could provide any empirical evidence for the existence of god (Gaps in our knowledge and Bronze age texts written and edited by man didn't count). Many christians immediately joined and replied with attempts to defend their belief system. Many were convinced that I needed saving. When I rationally invalidated their arguments and informed them I was atheist and didn't need saving I got a few slightly vindictive comments but that was all.
The second part of my experiment was to broadcast a very nice positive message about atheism on my FB page that went out to all my "friends"...... and nothing happened. As David Ince (Caribatheist) drily commented "the silence in here is deafening". Finally after a week or so, a FB friend commented and we began a cordial debate discussing atheism and christianity.
So far so good.
I don't think I will ever change any fundamentalist's views, but perhaps if we stand up and show ourselves, we will have the opportunity to clump together like so many magnetized iron filings and gain mass and momentum. If we engage in calm positive debate, show ourselves to be good role models and a source of benefit to society through charitable works, then perhaps we can make a difference. Who knows? Maybe this so called christian society will accept that we are not the agents of Satan(tm).
If we directly challenge the historically strong and influential Barbadian Anglican church or rile christian evangelical groups we will be in for a very rough ride indeed. Quietly gathering social momentum is the key.
Thanks again for your post - sorry if this one was long :)
Andre Woodvine
Nice post and very good discussion. Spoke about something relating to this in my blog this week. Will include the link at bottom if you wish to look at that.
In short, I think we need to keep making comments online. One point that I heard Matt Dillahunty of 'Atheist Experience' make is that you have to remember that in online debates you are not only speaking to the people commenting on the forum. There are always others lurking reading on the sidelines that you may be influencing, these may be far more than those you are actually talking to. You have no idea where the seed you sow will lead.
In terms of decisions to 'come out', I fully understand the reservations people have. It was one I thought about for a long time. But it simply came to the point where I felt that my atheism was too important a part of me to just hide away. I do want to make a difference and I think that this is far easier to be achieved if I am not 'behind the curtain.'
I am hoping that by 'coming out' others will be encouraged to as well. I was very moved when I decided to 'come out' on my blog, that I got emails from a few people telling me that hearing my story had encouraged them to do the same. I still go as 'caribatheist' on Nexus and in my blog, since that is what I was known as in these places from before and I am fine with keeping on using it as my " atheist name." But I have no problem with exposing my real name 'David Ince' at the same time. It also makes it easier for people to connect with me on Facebook or through other online means. However, I have to admit that I am a doing my doctrate and working at a university in Canada where such disclosures are really no big deal. If I change my job tomorrow, things may be different, but I will cross that bridge if and when I come to it.
So Calliope 22, I don't think you need to 'come out' if you do not feel comfortable with it. Dominica is a very small country. So continue what you are doing, the message is more important than the messenger at this stage. We know that for every message challenging religion we put out, there will be 100 that the other side will put out in support of faith, but we can't afford to give up. We have logic on our side and I am confident that will win out eventually although I have no idea when that eventually will be.
I agree that face to face discussions are always better, but again you have to balance that with risks of identifying yourself. I must admit that the people I have spoken to so far on my lack of faith have been curious rather than violent in their response. Pitying me for not having the 'truth' moreso than anything else. So, although I don't go out of my way to discuss my non belief with anyone, I am glad to talk about it if the subject comes into conversation naturally and the time and place is appropriate.
I used to think it might be annoying to talk about atheism in public discourse, since I myself get tired of hearing preaching and proselytising from their side. Now, I am thinking differently since the point of view we give is one that is so rarely put out in public. Very often I realise that what I am telling them, they have never heard from anyone else. So, to me that makes what we have to say more important to be shared than the average preacher who has hundreds of others beside him and around him happy to hit you with that same message.
We are all in our small corners so we have to let our lights shine, to use a little religious imagery :).
Best of luck and don't lose heart!
David Ince a.k.a Caribatheist
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By Page van der Linden • Monday, April 21, 2008 - 17:19
Want to learn more about coal? Check out our resource page on the Top 5 Clean Coal Myths.
"Clean coal" spin by any other name is still spin. In other words, the coal industry has scrapped one front group name for another, as if we wouldn't figure it out.
The coal industry's $35 million spin machine , Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), is now the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). This is the result of a merger between the ABEC and another coal industry interest group, the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED).
The ACCCE website is complete with a gorgeous blue sky, pretty flowers, and assurances that "…electricity from coal is getting even cleaner everyday…".
Click here to watch an interview with ACCCE's president Stephen Miller (transcript ). The folks at Gristmill summarize his key points:
- "If we push too hard, too fast, we will force fuel switching away from coal."
- "The president and the congress have a role to play to make sure the public sector invests in coal-fired power."
- We've spent a lot of money on t-shirts, trucks, and advertising to affect the primary campaign, and it's working.
The ACCCE hasn't wasted a moment in beaming their message into the homes of Americans. Here's their 60-second, buzzword-loaded nationwide ad.
"I believe…" is repeated by the "ordinary Americans" in the ad. "I believe in the future… I believe in protecting the environment… I believe in technology… I believe we can limit greenhouse gases… I believe we will do this… Clean Coal. America's Power."
As DeSmogBlog has pointed out , "clean coal" is a scam. Carbon capture and sequestration is expensive, and won't even be feasible for large-scale operations for many, many years. No matter what the coal lobby tries to make us "believe", it is false.
There are only so many different ways they can spin it, and only so many different acronyms they can invent.
Keep trying, guys, but know this: we'll be watching, and we'll be one step ahead of you all the way.
JSmiley replied on Permalink
I believe
That this ad is evil, spin.
Jim Edelson replied on Permalink
What a ripoff from the Obama
What a ripoff from the Obama campaign!!!!
Yes we can…. I believe we can…..
They not only lie about coal being clean (IT IS NOT), they not only are evil (RIPPING LANDSCAPES OF CARBON APART AND SENDING IT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE), they also steal ideas without attribution.
What a fine group of Americans!!!
Ripoff .. how about WE campaign
Think about this … from Obama (believe) and Gore (WE campaign). They are trying to (and will with many) ride the waves being created by others.
WTF replied on Permalink
"What a fine group of
"What a fine group of Americans!!!"
What does that mean?
Peter S replied on Permalink
The actors
Did these actors know they were shooting a coal commercial? "I believe in protecting the environment." What the hell is that? Coal protects the environment now. Load of s***t.
James Glave replied on Permalink
I believe in the future. I
I believe in the future. I believe in protecting the environment. I believe my wife and I will cast our votes for Obama in a swing state in November, and then in 2009 help keep up the momentum and pressure until these things are taken off-line for good. Anyone else believing along the same lines?
Kim Feraday replied on Permalink
Coal is FUN!
I'm not sure if it's the same organization, but during their coverage of the presidential primaries, CNN has been running an ad by either one of these groups or a similar groups that states that coal is the energy that fuels the good times in America. The ad ends with the song "Celebrate". It's bizarre, but what I find curious is that non of the campaigns have taken notice and made any kind of statement. It makes me wonder what their position is going to be once one of them is elected president.
Troll replied on Permalink
Just Wondering
Just what would all you wide eyed, innocent tree hugging little greenies suggest for a power producing energy source.
Please indicate how you would get it to produce an adequate supply.
It's all very nice and comforting to pretend that singing kumbaya will solve the problem but have ANY OF YOU ever seriously looked at the scale of engery requirements in the 21 century?
Can't wait to hear how curley light bulbs are the answer. Bring it on…..
Phillip Huggan replied on Permalink
I have. You tax carbon and
I have. You tax carbon and use the revenues to fund building insulation retrofits, and the purachase of green appliances and machinery. You raise emissions standards and small vehicle tax breaks. You support anti urban sprawl policies. You tarriff trade when a nation is an avoidably big CO2e polluter.
You build wind turbines everywhere (not as many brownouts as you might think given wind rarely fails everywhere, as it did in Texas two months ago). You fund solar and Amminex. You fund low footprint research of all types.
Curly light bulbs too.
You kill oil and coal tax breaks. You kill corn ethanol subsidies. You elect progressive governments.
You fund desalination, crop research, hydroponics and greenhouses, apiculture, levee infrastrucutre research, thinktanks that specialize in finding solutions for mass migrations. You alter consumer behaviour towards lower footprint and ethical purchases.
Basically, efficiency savings and wind, with some natural gas.
My progressive plan above doesn't kill billions of people in the future. Yours does. Kumbaya, MoFu.
Troll replied on Permalink
You Go Phillip!!
And thank you for making my case. AGAIN.
Your suggestions are of course just the usual ineffective dreams that have been touted for years by dreaming greenies.
The only way "your plan" will work (as has been stated ad noseum" is if the industrialized world goes back to pre-industrial life styles.
And of course that would indeed kill Billions of people.
Wind and solar will come in due time when they are ready and will fill small niches.
Taxes will only hurt the poor. Cutting trade only hurt the economy. Forcing people to live in disgusting city centers is just plain cruel.
But since CO2 is not a problem but quite beneficial, all of your ideas are aimed at solving a non issue.
Higher CO2 will in fact help produce more food, which will help feed all the poorer people in the world.
The people you plan will let die.
Does anyone have any ideas that are …. I know this is a bad word to use around greenies but here it is…. practical?
Trolls can't adapt to
Trolls can't adapt to reality. What do you do when the oil and coal runs out, troll? You learn to walk and to wear a sweater.
Troll replied on Permalink
No problem adapting
VJ: I have no problem adapting to rality.
It is lies I have trouble adapting to.
I have a problem reverting back to the dark ages because of silly hysteria based on lies promoted by people with hidden profit and power agendas. (see carbon credit scams)
My own lifestyle would shock you.
I do it for legitimate reasons however and not because of any BS about CO2.
Oh and google Brazil and new oil find.
Peak oil is a loooong way off.
Harold Pierce replied on Permalink
Fossil Fuels Forever!
Hello VJ!
We ain't goin' to run out of fossil fuels in your lifetime or even your children's lifetime. So why worry about it. There are about 7 trillion tons of coal out there. Unfortunately, a lot of it lies under prime agricultural land or is too difficult and expensive to extract at current prices. I read recently that the UK is going to reactivate some old underground coal mines.
The Japonese are setting up some plants to extract methane from methane hydrates. There are gazillions of cu. ft. of methane in these reserves such as in the permafrost and in the deep oceans. What's really cool is that this methane is quite pure and contains no H2S and CO2. These reserves are called unconventional nat gas.
Phillip Huggan replied on Permalink
Forgot studies to measure
Forgot studies to measure the smog death-toll vs electric car crunches, to render an electric car public safety verdict…I read an article last week about local dry-cleaners using a greener process; the precriptions are generally a failure to adapt best practises or a failure to discount future electricity costs.
"(Troll wrote:) The only way "your plan" will work (as has been stated ad noseum" is if the industrialized world goes back to pre-industrial life styles.
And of course that would indeed kill Billions of people.
Wind and solar will come in due time when they are ready and will fill small niches.
Taxes will only hurt the poor. Cutting trade only hurt the economy. Forcing people to live in disgusting city centers is just plain cruel.
But since CO2 is not a problem but quite beneficial, all of your ideas are aimed at solving a non issue.
Higher CO2 will in fact help produce more food, which will help feed all the poorer people in the world.
The people you plan will let die."
Ironically, soot from 400 million low-efficiency cooking stoves replaced by higher-efficiency stoves, will add billions of person/years and 1.5 hours a day to the lives of about two billion "pre-industrials". True, constructing building to take advantage of geothermal heating and copper cooling towers, will add something like 0.25%-2% to initial construction outlays. You get your cost savings back in 5-7 years via cheaper utility costs.
Taxes will only hurt the poor (if fewer Americans believed this the USD would have always been the unquestioned hedgemonic world currency)? The tax is specifically designed to give poorer households a ($10.01) rebate when purchasing, say, an Energy Star microwave that costs $10 more than the Republican/Conservative model.
Moderately higher CO2 levels can potentially increase the yields of key grain crops, all else equal. But they come tied to increasing drought and flood volatility. They come tied to increasing temperatures. If you could somehow decrease select GHGs and increase CO2 emissions with precision, you might have a risky agri-yield geoengineering experiment to propose. But crops hate floods and droughts. Every industry on Earth I can think of, needs freshwater. Global Warming floods and droughts crops, increases insect and fungal growth, increases the spread of said non-indigenous vermin, alters the range of crops to where geology and infrastructure (such as irrigation and farms) is not favourable (north of the Southern Manitoba bread-basket is boreal forest too acidic for crops and north even further is only accessible by winter roads)…
…these problems are potentially solvable, but certainly as soon as Chinese Himalayan meltwater dries up, or as soon as a Monsoon season fails because of Global Warming, the next decade of cost savings by following the Republican/Conservative geoengineering "plan"…such preventable events in the midst of an economic golden age will be looked on by future generations as evil. If doctors and judges work 20 years and spend two years foraging for ants, pine bark, cattail and squirrels, this is more expensive than working 22 years at a 1% higher tax-rate and not seeing uncoordinated family members starve (okay only one would starve).
All Global Warming really is, is an increase in the velocity of heat transfer from oceans to continental surfaces. Higher temperatures churn rainfall and warm air in *unpredictably* different local locations than present crops grow. There will be some exponential formula discovered shortly that ties temperature increase to # of starved humans. Under GWB and S.Harper's environment platforms, some very optimistic desalination and crop-yield breakthroughs would have to occur, for AGW prevention to be cheaper than neoconservatism.
I'm pretty sure the cost of supplying desalinated water to replace Himalayan meltwater would be more than the entire US economy could output in 2030 given DOE only spends a few tens of millions annually on desalination research…
Farming is where you find suitable seeds, soils, logistics, markets, and predictable rainfall and temperature patterns. The very definition of farming preclude this trolly argument! Beyond GMOs, the prescription would be hydroponic greenhouses or starchy-proteiny chemical vats…once again beyond the affordibility of Uncle Sam.
Wheat yields in MB will fall, using existing strains and land management practises, when the Arctic Circle becomes ice-free in the summer (2015?). Fields will flood unless the soil geology magically adapts to drain the increased runoff at the exact rate required. Despite the 20ppm atmospheric CO2 increase. I doubt there are any Prairie farmers who think increased winter precipitation can be ignored; is a microcosm of global farming. The only plants I can think of that benefit from increased climate beta are cactii.
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Kool and the Gang
That's the same group: http://www.desmogblog.com/celebrate-our-coal-come-on
Used to be called ABEC "Americans for Balanced Energy Choices" they ran ads throughout most of the primaries so far and were the lead sponsor for the CNN Democrat debate in Nevada.
rob replied on Permalink
Nothing Gets Past You
"… as if we wouldn't figure it out."
And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
A Challenge
The best way to counter ads like this isn't outrage, or complaint. It's meeting their arguments in as level-headed and reasonable a way as possible, and continuing to push better alternatives, including renewables like solar and wind.
Outrage gets us nowhere. Work does. http://www.getsolar.com/blog/
Troll replied on Permalink
Rational Suggestion Alert!!!
Eric. Carefull now. that is a good and rational suggestion. You are risking being cast out by the cult leadership!!
How about begining with the stat of the art.
Lay our clearly what the current requirement is. What that requirement can reasonabley be reduced to, then.
Lay out clearly what the current technology is cabable of contributing.
Then specuelate on where real gains are likely with the input of research funding and finally:
Debate which direction produces the best overall outcome.
Keep in mind that electric power is one of the most important factors in quality of life. With it, people die or suffer.
Troll replied on Permalink
With it, people
Meant " without it people die…."
Got flustered by a rational idea on Desmog. sorry
Troll replied on Permalink
Backgound information
This is slightly off topic but could be useful for backgound information while debating effective measures worth putting money into. http://icecap.us/images/uploads/OceansandCO2EngrsAustapr08.pdf
oregonj replied on Permalink
Oh Troll, it sounds like you
Oh Troll, it sounds like you think people aren't rational when they call BS on the coal propaganda.
Well, yes, we can keep the lights on, we don't have to build new coal plants that can't control their carbon, and we don't have to stay silent while some slick public relations firm sells coal as if it were clean in the same way that big tobacco sold cigarettes at "lite".
Oh, in case you were wondering how it can be done. http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/greenhousegas.asp
troll replied on Permalink
Great Link - thanks
That link really tells the story. And in detail. Never mind that forecasting the economy is orders of magnitude less accurate than forecasting climate. (which has a success rate of near zero at this time)
Anyway. 1.1 TRILLION dollars to cut the emission of a Benign plant food.
One wonders what real problems could be solved with 1.1 Trillion dollars.
The list is far too long to print here.
Oh, and BTW; that sum was just for the US.
Therefore the net effect on the climate will equal " un-measurable "
Perhaps " Give you head a shake " is an appropriate sentiment at this point.
If you can't forecast what
If you can't forecast what the economy will do, then you can't claim reducing CO2 emissions will ruin the economy.
Troll replied on Permalink
Good point
Good pont VJ;
Sort of sums up the entire AGW scenario doesn't it.
We shall see……
Matt D replied on Permalink
Diluting Your Message
Troll, I think you show alot of disrespect to people when you call them "wide eyed innocent little tree huggers" and it dilutes your message. Quite frankly, calling people names and cutting people down in order to argue your point shows how lacking in substance it is. The fact of the matter is no matter how hard anyone tries, they're never going to convince you that AGW is real. We won't ever see eye to eye when looking at the situation. I like how you cite a two page pdf from a scientific article by one guy, as if that proves beyond all doubt the falseness of AGW. Its always a single needle in the haystack that AGW skeptics search for amongst a sea of scientific articles and statements by scientific bodies supporting AGW theory. Type "climate change" into any scientific research database and see what comes up. Or check out the statements by the IPCC, National Academy of Sciences, The American Meteorological Society, The American Geophysical Union, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The list goes on and on. Overwhelmingly corporations and businesses are now stepping up and saying that they support cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Some are legit, some arent, but theres an increasing trend. Every developed nation in the world besides the US has signed Kyoto. Recently President Bush came out with a plan to reduce C02 emissions, and even though it's alot of fluff, it pretty much shows how the entire developed world now approaches AGW theory as reality. Oh I know this still hasnt even swayed you the slightest bit, that everyone here has just been duped so that someone(besides the oil and coal companies of course) can make a profit. The one comforting reality for me(because the reality of AGW isnt exactly comforting) is that your voice is gradually becoming more and more drowned out as public and international opinion on this issue shifts from "is it real?" to "what can we do to mitigate it". Its nice to have the three remaining presidential candidates having this conversation. Since global warming skeptics are becoming an increasingly marginalized bunch, the are enough of us "wide eyed innocent little tree huggers" to push through our "economy wrecking agendas" without having to worry about you. That makes me smile.
troll replied on Permalink
You obviously have not read the names I have been called here. Oh Well not worries.
As for scientific articals.
Where to start?
There have been sooooooo many that disagree with you it is just mind boggling that anyone that can read still believes.
Guess that comes from bein Wide Eyed Innocent Tree huggers.
You won't see the light untill you are up to your ass in ice.
LOL….. Have a great day.
And good luck getting people to vote for third world life styles.
Troll replied on Permalink
The list of highly respected scientists that disagree is longer now than ever and growing at " an unpresidented rate " . Little pun there.
And please look closely at the actual position statments of the presidential candidates. They will talk a good story long enough for the truth to finally dawn on the Wide eyes and then say…. See how wise we were not to commit econocide?
And really… I don't know where you hang out, but I hardly know anyone that actually believes this myth. Most will politely nod and smile while some greenie go off on a "save the planet" rant, but they are just being polite and politically correct.
And finally:
It will only take one pivitol study to colapse the entire house of cards.
Science is not based on number of papers, number of members, number of anything.
Concensus has been proven completely wrong time and time again.
Ten thousand James Hansens are no match for one good scientist.
Keep believing though. It gives meaning to the meaningless little lives of people everywhere.
Troll replied on Permalink
Global warming" scores a ZERO in the latest ABC News poll
AGW is soooooo on the minds of the voters.
Troll replied on Permalink
An here.....
From GALLUP….
Little Increase in Americans' Global Warming Worries
Public just can't seem to get worked up about it http://www.gallup.com/poll/106660/Little-Increase-Americans-Global-Warming-Worries.aspx
exusian replied on Permalink
What's that noise?
The sound of one troll typing.
Phillip Huggan replied on Permalink
It isn't about voting for
It isn't about voting for third world lifestyles. It is a moral argument.
If I participate in a 1st world economy it wouldn't be good for me to ignore Sunday morning World Vision commercials and so forth, but it is understandable to most people why I'd put the quality-of-living of my nuclear family ahead of many more strangers. I guess it is monkey brains and social engineering. But if I'm participating in an economy that is knowingly and preventably retarding the future agriculture and freshwater supply of poor people, for the frivolous consumerism of an affluent few…brainwashing by mass media is a weak defense.
I can't see what in Neoconservatopia is so worth the fight? I understand why wealthy/oily vested interests fight on, but it's not like people are being brainwashed to do nothing, they are being brainswashed to cause (admittedly future) injury. Is this the distinction that isn't being grasped? Doing nothing in a green economy would be doing nothing, but in a post-1991 (to me in retrospect when IPCC evidence became overwhelming) economy, doing nothing is inflicting harm.
At some point in the future, whenever the mass-media-brainwashed-me argument holds no bones, doing nothing will be a more evil event than the Holocaust on death-toll alone. Americans and Canadians would be Nazis.
Half of quality-of-living advances are envy and half are genuine. I think neoconservatives are stuck too tightly to serving the former. Now that the Soviet Union is dead, was revealed to be economically impotent and now we know the most dangerous parts of the Cold War were when America didn't nuke USSR twice and defended China against the USSR once (2-1 score for the doves), why can't the focus be upon amassing longevity rather than status via brainwashing? What is the purpose of this American experiment?
David Ahlport replied on Permalink
Coal can't be "Clean" and Cheap at the same time.
$1000/KW for with old mandated pollution controls
+$3500/KW for with current mandated pollution controls
+$6500/KW for with current mandated pollution controls, and carbon storage
That ain't "Cheap" or "Inexpensive" or "Affordable".
Thinker replied on Permalink
Clean coal...sure...why not
Clean coal…sure…why not go one step further, and promote CLEAN POLLUTION? God, is there no limit to the amount of bs marketing people can come up with? How about SPARKLING DIRTY or DEADLY HARMLESS? Newspeak at its best…now seriously, probably one of the most important, if not the most important aspect of the fight for a better, cleaner civilization, is fighting lies and half-lies being spread from big industry..they´ll do ANYTHING for a profit, it´s their only religion, the only dirty word for them is "ethics". Keep up the fight, the media is the battlescape, ground zero in the war to win over hearts and minds.
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When it comes to preparing her Lady Bisons for going to the Atlantic Sun tournament head coach Kristin Peck isn't giving her team the easy way out.
The Lipscomb softball team (20-21 overall, 9-5 A-Sun) has spent all but nine games this season on the road, making trips to powerhouse teams such as Auburn, Florida State and Tennessee Tech, and nationally ranked teams Georgia Tech and Tennessee.
"I think it's given us a lot more confidence going into conference play, said head coach Kristin Peck. "Our players realize that if we can play well against some of those teams that they can play well against the top teams in our conference."
All the hard work has paid off. The Lady Bisons have won seven of their last nine contests including five straight.
On Tuesday night, the Lady Bisons earned a series sweep on the road over defending OVC champion Tennessee Tech.
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While the weather is beautiful, go out and enjoy it in our gorgeous city. One of the best ways to experience the great spring time weather is at Art in the Park.
With 45 local to East Texas artists, this art exhibition is packed full of fantastic art to see. Ranging from all styles and kinds of paintings to ceramics, this event offers it all. Sculptures, photography, drawings, calligraphy, and fine crafted jewelry will all be exhibited. This will truly be a show that exhibits the best fine arts and artists East Texas has to offer.
There will also be some of East Texas best music. Starting with one of Tyler's favorite DJs, DJ Knight. You may have heard him at Julian's restaurant. Maegan Brooks will share the stage. Brooks is up for an ETX Music award, so this is a great chance to give her a listen before you cast your vote. When you walk into the Goodman home your ears will be flooded with the lovely sounds from the past with musicians playing classical instruments like the harp.
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