The Editorial Times.ca: April 2009



The Editorial Times.ca

"The Thorn of Dissent is the Flower of Democracy"©

or, if you'd rather...
"Its my blog and I'll pry if I want to, pry if I want to"
with apologies to Leslie Gore




"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” CS Lewis.


©Chris Muir

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Context - the US deficit...

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number.
But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit!
We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them
economical numbers.


- Richard Feynman

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Methane derived CO2 from livestock - the answer

CO2 warnings getting you down, bunky? Tired of having to "night-vent" your livestock in order to avoid getting caught up in carbon credits or cap-and-trade?

Purchase an ACME pilot light kit for Bessie and your carbon gas waste problem will be over, and your barn will be warmer in winter too.

Not recommended for barns which also store hay and straw.



h/t Anthony Watts and the Telegraph