Recent content by tarstarkusz

There's this Geological Archeologist called Dr Bruce Masse who believes a comet strike in the Indian ocean is the reason for some flood myths (including Noah's) seem to occur around the same time and believes a comet hitting the Indian Ocean causing huge tsunamis and vaporizing a lot of water...

I don't remember where it was, but I brought up using thorium and the person insisted that it's loaded with problems. My understanding is that the DOD had a working LFTR reactor running 24/7 for like 4 or 5 years without any problems, but that the need for nukes and nuclear medicine drove the...

I think we could solve the problem, but NOT with the same per-capita energy use at the same level of population, particularly with China and India rapidly industrializing. China is headed for a massive collapse the likes of which have never been seen, so that really is a wild card. I suspect...

Yes, that's what I meant. I just wish there was more interest in the topic. I was really hoping that the information I was trying to get a hold of existed and someone would point me to it. I am extremely pessimistic about the long term future. Something has to give, we either have to get used to...

Unless you count overthrowing foreign governments by launching a war of aggression (the highest crime in the world), aiding and abetting known terrorist organizations, arresting and holding people without charge, torture, let's not forget the growing police state the Snowden has made available...

The tears that are going to be shed in China will overflow The Yangtze. How anyone can look at China and see capitalism is a mystery to me. The US has it's bust ghost towns, China has brand new ghost mega-cities. The prices in these cities are way out of line with what the average Chinese can...

Don't get me wrong, the whole US banking system is corrupt and I certainly am no fan of Wall Street. But I am curious to know how capital formation and the joining of investors (savers) with entrepreneurs could happen without a financial system? If someone has a great idea (but little money)...

Somehow I lost the genetic lottery and became "cancer"! My very first exposure to horoscopes was at a vending machine in a supermarket when I was about 8 or 9 (or about that) and my parents dragged me to the supermarket with them. So being bored out of my mind, I bummed some change from my dad...

I should have been more clear. I was trying to keep laser focused on AGW. Population and AGW are related which is why I addressed it, but by only dedicating a single line to it, I misrepresented my own views. So I will try to better explain myself and how the West almost inevitably does far...

First, I don't believe that redistribution of wealth will ever solve any problem and in fact, makes them worse. When we give money to developing nations, the money is almost always used to maltreat the citizens of that country. I think the best approach to poverty in the developing world is to...

I saw a youtube video that Aronra put up today referencing this board and I didn't know of it before that. I don't generally like labels like 'skeptic', 'rational', 'reason' etc, but that's just my personal preference. I would imagine most people here are irreligious, or at bare minimum aren't...

Sorry about that, I didn't see it, I'll make a post there introducing myself better.

Hi, this is my first post and I didn't see an "introduce yourself' sub-+form, so hello to all. My primary interest in this forum is climate change or anthropomorphic Global Warming (AGW), though watching creationists would be good for the lols. I am not the typical skeptic in this area. I...