Quote of the week
Bruce Anderson takes on the Axis of Friedman:
Have you noticed that the people shouting loudest to make developing oil fields impossible, to tax gasoline to astronomical levels, and to have government subsidized “Manhattan Projects” to create the breakthroughs in solar, wind, waves, bio-mass, etc., are the same people who did not take the math, science and engineering courses in college? Despite their profound ignorance in these subjects, they are sure that creating enough pain will cause those of us who did grind away in these fields for all these years to suddenly have that amazing insight which will let us repeal the third law of thermodynamics. Their core belief is that genius comes forth when misery is piled sufficiently high.
(With thanks to HeatherRadish.)
Jeffro »
16 August 2008 · 7:15 pm
Yes, because no one is working on solutions now. When someone forces the geeks to work on it, the solutions will come and be implemented in about thirty seven seconds.
I will finally be able to flap my arms and fly to the moon.
unimpressed »
16 August 2008 · 8:00 pm
Hey Jeffro, bring me back some rocks, willya? :)
Jeffro »
16 August 2008 · 11:42 pm
unimpressed: I’ll have to take the flying car. They did promise me flying cars.
Lynne »
17 August 2008 · 7:10 am
This morning my 5yr old suggested ‘bananas’ were the answer to the energy crisis.
We’ll use one in your flying car jeffro :)
CGHill »
17 August 2008 · 9:08 am
“Electrical banana is gonna be a sudden craze.” — Donovan
Dan B »
18 August 2008 · 9:30 am
“that amazing insight which will let us repeal the third law of thermodynamics.”
Third Law of Thermodynamics: As a system approaches absolute zero, all processes cease and the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value.
Apparently Bruce Anderson didn’t take those courses either. He should have said SECOND Law of Thermodynamics.
Donovan was mad about saffron, which makes me suspicious of anything he says.