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Comment Re:Wait a little bit and save (Score 1) 207

The African Covid19 variant omicron with its 32 mutations to the spike protein (versus 2 for delta) could render all current vaccines largely irrelevant.

How many mutations in Delta? Shows Delta has a lot more than 2 mutations on the spike. Between 9 and 17 depending on the source.

Btw, the WHO has suggested that rather everyone getting boosters that everyone in Africa should be vaccinated. With single digit uptake vaccination rates there, it truly looks like they were proven right on that one!

We should have enough supply by now to do both.

Comment Re:First step hold your breath. (Score 1) 161

Perhaps it's time for "Plan B", where the other COP26 nations start imposing economic sanctions on India until they clean up their act?>

What a WindBourne comment to make...
See little India down at the bottom...
India is down at the bottom of this one too...

If you're going to get serious about stemming climate change, we need to stop making vague promises and pass something with some "teeth".

Like the last time rich countries promised to pay up in Paris. And then didn't...

Comment Re:That's going to cost more than other options (Score 1) 296

For me to believe you would mean that the federal government is paying people to build windmills they'd build anyway. Why subsidize what is already profitable?

To get things done sooner. To help with economies of scale to make it even cheaper. To do more.
Financing isn't free even if the result will be profitable. No need to wait for the profits to finance the next phase of the rollout. You can do more at the same time.

Comment Re: The jobs right now are for lawyers. (Score 2) 296

We could let people develop energy sources that are both low cost and low in CO2 emissions. That means people will buy it because it makes them more money. That means no government coercion required. It means a free market can be one of the options. It may be the only option.

Why would your magic only work on low CO2 energy sources?
We could let people develop energy sources that are both low cost and extremely polluting That means people will buy it because it makes them more money. That means government coercion is definitely required. It means a free market can't be one of the options. It can't be the only option.

If you wan't markets to do anything useful. You either need regulations to stop pollution. Or you need to force a price for pollution into the market.
Markets won't just fix it by magic.

Comment Re: China lied to everyone else?! (Score 1) 219

You conspiracy nutters just never give up do you?

The lab-leak theory has genetic evidence behind it that can be sequenced by any genetics lab from material collected from all over the world. Whether the leak was accidental, the weapon was finalized, or it was purposeful, this research needs to stop.

So why didn't the US provide any of this "evidence" with their big review of all the secret info?
Is the US also in on the conspiracy?
And if so, what on Earth makes you think they are going to attack themselves? Or are you calling for the rest of the world to team up against China and the US?
You don't even think through your conspiracy even a little bit do you?

Comment Re:No thanks (Score 0) 177

I do not want to live in a police state that looks out for one segment of the population while ignoring violent crime occurring against another. It costs millions of dollars to do politically motivated CEO witch hunting and nothing useful comes out if it. In the end the little guy pays. Meanwhile, what is the homicide rate in Chicago?

You're in luck. I've just finished developing (almost) a machine that can detect crime in Chicago with just a single drop of blood. I just need some investment money to finish the prototype and then scale up production.
How much shall I put you down for?

Comment Re:Nothing new here (Score 0) 85

Come back in five years and see where the hamster's porfolio is, except, of course, nobody will be paying him any attention any more, because they've moved on to the next hot thing.

Not sure about the portfolio. But the hamster is probably in a shoebox buried in the backyard. Since they only live a couple years.

Comment Re:Destroys the 'immune from govt meddling' argume (Score 1) 152

I may need some technical help here. I want to send $10 to a seller over the net. What slot on my computer do I slip the bill into to make that happen? It's kind of floppy, do I need one of those old-fashioned floppy drives?

Just use a scanner or take a picture of the $10 with your phone.
Add the pic as an email attachment.
Send.

Just be sure to burn the original $10.
You wouldn't want to get in trouble for 'accidentally' spending the same $10 twice...

Comment Re:But we can have TikTok (Score 0) 91

Notice they place no similar restriction on TikTok itself. They know how destructive it is to children and are willing to let us suffer the consequences.

China bans something in China.
China bad, stop taking away FREEDUMS!

China doesn't also ban it in the US
China bad. Why aren't they taking away our FREEDUMS!.

Comment Re: When can I buy it and more importantly when ca (Score 1) 139

After all, why would somebody take BaS04, convert to BaS, and then convert back to BaSO4?

Did you read the description or just look at the formula?

Almost all of the barium consumed commercially is obtained from barite, which is often highly impure.

In contrast to barium sulfate, barium sulfide is soluble in water and readily converted to the oxide, carbonate, and halides. To produce highly pure barium sulfate, the sulfide or chloride is treated with sulfuric acid or sulfate salts:

Why? To remove the impurities WindBourne...

It wasn't edited 'today' and that section wasn't even changed in the recent edit anyway...

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