Carbon Neutral

Submitted by cvining on

Climate change is all around
Creeping on us, makes no sound
Always something else to do
The cars, the wars, a bank or two

The answer: easy! has been found!
Leave that carbon in the ground.
Can we resist these fuels so useful?
And live each day carbon neutral?

Commentary

Creationists and pigeons

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Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon—it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.

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In an Amazon.com review for Eugenie Scott’s book Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction.

Illegal

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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

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Conversation with Melih Esenbel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, March 10, 1975, The Foreign Minister's Office, Ankara, Turkey

The cards you're dealt

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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Not perfect

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It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

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From a note he once got back from Sycamore Cleaners upon struggling to clean his leather jacket. "So I'm having that on my tombstone", as he told to David Letterman

Reality defined

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I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.

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Reality and technology

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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Experience

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Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes

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Lady Windermere's Fan