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You have to wonder what kind of research went into this decision, usually i take the prevalence of goths in an area to be indicative of a wealthy middle class and a generally safer and more pleasant area. This is really just a matter of someone not liking the way they look.

First they came for the hoodies I remained silent I was not a hoodie Then they came for the goths I remained silent... ...and so on, WHERE WILL IT END!?!

The values for capacity aren't realistic at all, the regular rail should have a greater capacity then the highway. I increased the capacity of the rail, subway and monorail with the iLive reader, if you have the NAM installed you have to edit one of the NAM files in the plugins folder.

Originally posted by: manticorefan No religious/ conspiracy theorist content? Hmmmm.... Enviromentalism has become a religion all it's own, with Algore as its messiah, and the us-vs-them viewpoint common to many religions. The with-us-or-against us philosophy, etc. Try radioliberty.com, it might explain some things. Ever heard of the Georgia Guidestones? The eco-types want to eliminate 5.5 BILLION people to save the enviroment; not many would be left to enjoy it....quote> There has been no religious or conspiracy theories because most people here are debating the scientific validity of the theory of anthropogenic global warming while some only seem to be here do air their dislike of Al Gore. Trying to invalidate our arguments by comparing us with some of the more excitable groups on the internet isn't going to work, and I'm not going to say what that says about your position (though i would hate to group genuine sceptics with those who simply refuse to acknowledge the facts). I haven't heard of the Georgia Guidestones because they are a fringe group with some strange ideas, few people think that this kind of thing is necessary but it seems convenient for people ignoring the fact that they are damaging the ability of the environment to regulate itself and harming others through their overconsumption of the planets finite resources to simply dismiss people who are concerned about this as tree huggers with nothing better to do and possessing some sort of mental incapacity. Originally posted by: coolotter88 the "eco-types"quote> Again, lumping people with genuine concerns about the state of the environment into the same group and considering them all enviro-hippy-commi-nazis isn't going to make the facts go away.

Wow, lots of nationalism here. Seems people can get pretty worked up over a guy buying arms from someone other than the Americans. The guy does seem to associate with some dubious characters and seems to be spending a lot of money on the military which could be spent on better things, but if you had people trying to overthrow your government then you might get a little paranoid as well. I think we should judge this man by his policies, not what he goes around saying to make himself feel big.

The stations (RCTV) licence had expired, and the government did not renew the licence as it had a legal right to. The station had also violated the terms of its licence by breaking Venezuelan law and openly supporting the military coup. Chavez may be damaging the Venezuelan economy and wasting money on the military but he was democratically elected, remains in power democratically (despite the brief coup) and has broken no laws.

All those level crossings sometimes look unrealistic in large cities, perhaps modding the el-rail track to allow freight traffic would be a solution.

The reason that the worlds population is growing so fast is that infant mortality has fallen, but in developing countries they are still having large families as they would have when the extra children were needed as insurance so some would survive. In more developed countries birthrates have fallen and population growth has levelled off. There is always going to be some population growth but the biggest problem is that more people in developing countries are starting to want to live like we do, and there are not enough resources for everyone on the planet to do that.

The reason that the worlds population is growing so fast is that infant mortality has fallen, but in developing countries they are still having large families as they would have when the extra children were needed as insurance so some would survive. In more developed countries birthrates have fallen and population growth has levelled off. There is always going to be some population growth but the biggest problem is that more people in developing countries are starting to want to live like we do, and there are not enough resources for everyone on the planet to do that.

Carbon dioxide is one of many gasses which contribute to the greenhouse effect but the problem is that so much of it is being released into the atmosphere. How bad its effects will be is open to debate but we can be sure that increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will increase the amount of heat in the atmosphere which will probably alter weather systems to some degree. The atmosphere, the oceans and all plant and animals can be thought of as a self regulating system, altering the system in some way upset the balance in some way but ultimately the system will adapt to this (playing SimEarth can give a basic idea of how this works). I don't think that the earth will be transformed into a Venus like planet, but i do think that humanity will suffer as it has to adapt to new climate systems.

This diagram shows the imbalance in the release and absorption of CO2, the actual imbalance is quite small compared to the how much passes through the system. When comparing the amount that would need to be taken out of the atmosphere to the amount that is taken out by photosynthesis, it would have seemed like a reasonable option.

This reminds me of one of the older plans to combat the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere by dumping loads of iron in the ocean to promote the growth of phytoplankton, but the amount of CO2 released by the boat on the journey out to sea was greater then the amount taken out of the atmosphere. I think they want to pump fertiliser out to the middle of the ocean now.

mimes simply cannot compete with the inherent hilarity of llamas, perhaps Tilted Mill is trying to make its own stamp on the series

People always complain that mass transit doest pay for itself, but when it often has benefits beyond the fares collected (increased commerce etc.), they also seem to forget that roads (except for toll roads) definitely do not pay for themselves (if your just going to consider fares).

Originally posted by: Albatross Domain but here's another problem... the contract is going to a different country... instead of investing into companies here in the U.Squote> Free market? They simply choose the most competitive quote and projects of this scale usually involve international companies, no ones complaining about American companies involved in overseas development.