Todd
Why would you not wish to poke fun at your future (?) president? After all, if you
collected all the jokes about the current one, they would fill all 30-odd volumes of
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Al Gore may not be one of the world's greatest intellects
(what politician is?) but he could certainly lap George W. Bush within two minutes in
an intellectual race. We must never forget that he has so much beat that he invented
that computational system called the AlGoreRhythm.
Brian
Todd Harris wrote:
> Al Gore did not make this statement. I think you are referring to Dan
> Quayle's quote :
>
> If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.
> -- Vice President Dan Quayle, to the Phoenix Republican Forum, 3/23/90
> (reported in Esquire, 8/92) Also reported by Reuters, 5/2/90
>
> Lets not make fun of our future President!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kasprzak, Bill (esd) USX [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 6:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
>
> As long as we're getting on the "lighter" side...
>
> Can the answer to the "Sun or Moon" question be attributed to Al Gore?
>
> After all he once said, "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
>
> Bill Kasprzak
> Moog Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dieselberg, Ron [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 8:14 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
> >
> > Same as speed of light only less bright (brite)!
> > Or -186,000 ft/sec whichever you like.
> >
> > Q. Which is more important, the Sun or the Moon?
> > A. If you said Sun you were wrong. The Moon is more important 'cuz it
> > shines
> > at night when it is dark, whereas the Sun shines in the daytime when it is
> > light anyway.
> > Ron Dieselberg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ingemar Hernefjord (EMW)
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 06:19
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
> >
> >
> > However, THIS is a very severe question to you guys: all speak about the
> > speed of light. And all know what, even the man with the hanging tongue
> > and
> > Noble Prize. But nobody speak about the speed of dark! So, what's speed of
> > dark?
> >
> > Ingemar
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
> >
> >
> > Yes, but it makes life more interesting :-)
> >
> > "Ingemar Hernefjord (EMW)" wrote:
> >
> > > I like the way TechNet members can camouflage electronic technical
> > questions..he-he
> > > Ingemar
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what exactly is the biggest contributor of CH4, there are
> > so
> > many large sources.
> > > Whereas the termite is one, I doubt whether it is even one of the
> > largest.
> > I suspect that it may
> > > be the myriad leaks along HP natural gas pipelines, but in terms of
> > nature, I'll plump for the
> > > anaerobic decomposition of vegetable matter, esp. in wetlands, stagnant
> > water, rainforest floors,
> > > etc. In fact this includes the termite: as he chews the wood, he digests
> > a
> > very small percentage
> > > of it and the rest passes out where it decomposes to produce the stuff.
> > Similarly, much kelp and
> > > other sea vegetation decomposes on the sea bed. Interestingly, studies
> > have shown that, when the
> > > Amazonian rainforest is slashed and burnt and then converted to cattle
> > farming, the methane
> > > production per hectare actually increases. This is because only a small
> > percentage of the cycle of
> > > vegetation decomposes anaerobically - most of it is destroyed
> > aerobically
> > by microfungi,
> > > producing essentially CO2 and H2O.
> > >
> > > As for the contribution to global warming by canned baked beans ...
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > Michael Fenner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, thank you for that thought...
> > > >
> > > > I understand though that the biggest contributor of methane to the
> > world
> > is the humble termite
> > > > on account of the fact that there are so many of them.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > So yes, Mike, we must never forget that a large proportion of VOCs
> > can
> > > > > be from natural causes.....animal farts...
> > > > >
> > > > > ....ammonia from pig farms and other animal breeding not to forget..
> > imagine what tens of
> > > > millions of those animals generate each hour...latest reports say
> > ammonia is a real O3
> > > > killer....//Ingemar
> > > >
> > >
> >
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