These are semi-common in rural areas because they are very easy to put together with skilled labor, locking together from big modular pieces into a waterproof structure that's relatively inexpensive. On my grandparents' farm there one made with two silos, a single one like in this picture, and then a taller one containing two stories, with a short interconnect that acts as a "mud room" or entrance between the two. It's very beautiful on the inside.
You could argue that "fundamentalist catholic" makes sense because they didn't agree with some of the reforms the catholic church made, thus they are "more catholic than the catholics"... or... "fundamentalist catholic". So I don't think it's a terribly inappropriate choice of words.
Personally I would have preferred "extremely superstitious", but it's a hard sell.
I used to live not far from there... visiting these whales was an incredible experience. They were so curious. Something like forty of them were constantly coming up to our tiny boat, the little ones especially, rolling over on their bellies, wanting to be touched... it was indescribable. One of the real highlights of living on the Baja (and there were many, so that's saying a lot).
I had this done in 2005 using tiny neodymium magnets. The concept was invented by Todd Huffman. Do a google search for "magnetic implants" for more information. They're amazing.
I can actually "feel" electromagnetic fields using mine. I can sense the bubbles of EM off transformers, I can feel power running through cables, I can feel the motion of electric engines (for example, I can feel the harddrives spinning inside a laptop computer). More info on mine on my website.
It's very cool stuff but the patent should be invalidated by the prior art. It's not their idea.
To the haters, just because you use fossil fuels doesn't mean that you have to blindly support irresponsibly harvesting them from every possible source. I mean, I'm sure we could crush kittens into biofuel to add to the fossil fuel pipeline. Doesn't make someone an asshole if they think maybe we should seek out less destructive sources of fuel. It's not like we have to rape the environment to get fossil fuels.
I'm really rather amazed at the blind black-and-white support of the oil companies, who pretty clearly do not have the best interests of the general population of this planet at heart. Are Americans really that desperate to make themselves a cliche?
That is, they're not being penalized for failing to innovate. They're being penalized for willfully avoiding sustainable technologies for as long as possible.
Alex - Personally, I think it's reasonable to take one of the highest profit industries, that largely makes this money by exploiting the mineral resources of the planet which is arguably a shared resource that belongs to all humans, and force them to take some of that immense profit and use it to act in a more responsible and long-term-thinking manner.
Of course, we can take the far-right pro-corporate thinking quite far -- why should we force them to do anything for the common good? Why force them to stop polluting at all? Obviously their industry is extremely damaging to both the health of humans and the health of the planet as a whole, so we give them a set of rules they need to play by. Saying that they need to behave in a sustainable and responsible manner feels fair to me.
And of course one of the big reasons that biofuel is expensive is that it has not yet been appropriately developed to the size where it can exploit economies of scale. Since the oil industry is massively profitable as is, and biofuel is currently much lower profit, they're not about to "do the right thing" without being pushed in that direction.
This isn't a matter of saying "invent a time machine" or otherwise "do the impossible". So I think you're misrepresenting or being a little disingenuous things when you compare it to curing diseases or flying cars. That's not a fair metaphor.
Personally I would have preferred "extremely superstitious", but it's a hard sell.
That includes links to more info on the REAL history of this technology.
I had this done in 2005 using tiny neodymium magnets. The concept was invented by Todd Huffman. Do a google search for "magnetic implants" for more information. They're amazing.
I can actually "feel" electromagnetic fields using mine. I can sense the bubbles of EM off transformers, I can feel power running through cables, I can feel the motion of electric engines (for example, I can feel the harddrives spinning inside a laptop computer). More info on mine on my website.
It's very cool stuff but the patent should be invalidated by the prior art. It's not their idea.
I'm really rather amazed at the blind black-and-white support of the oil companies, who pretty clearly do not have the best interests of the general population of this planet at heart. Are Americans really that desperate to make themselves a cliche?
But a 1988 Monte Carlo?
Dude has remarkably low standards. I cringe thinking about the beastly monster he'd be dating if he were into humans.
Anyway I can tell by the pixels this is 'shopped.
Of course, we can take the far-right pro-corporate thinking quite far -- why should we force them to do anything for the common good? Why force them to stop polluting at all? Obviously their industry is extremely damaging to both the health of humans and the health of the planet as a whole, so we give them a set of rules they need to play by. Saying that they need to behave in a sustainable and responsible manner feels fair to me.
And of course one of the big reasons that biofuel is expensive is that it has not yet been appropriately developed to the size where it can exploit economies of scale. Since the oil industry is massively profitable as is, and biofuel is currently much lower profit, they're not about to "do the right thing" without being pushed in that direction.
This isn't a matter of saying "invent a time machine" or otherwise "do the impossible". So I think you're misrepresenting or being a little disingenuous things when you compare it to curing diseases or flying cars. That's not a fair metaphor.