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22 posted on 06/08/2005 8:25:27 PM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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This was to convey the fragility of the planet's water supply. "It's terrifying and awful when you realize that billions of tons of pollutants are flowing down the Niagara River every day," Moore said.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the abject stupidity demonstrated in this statement, since the artist likely didn't pay much attention in math class, but...

... Niagara Falls drops 150,000 gallons of water every second, or 12,960,000,000 gallons per day.

... one billion tons of water is 239,808,153,477 gallons.

In other words, it takes about eighteen and a half days for only one billion tons, let alone "billions" of tons, of water to flow over Niagara Falls. So in order for "billions of tons of pollutants to flow down the Niagara River in a single day, a goodly portion of the countryside of New York and Canada would have to be flooded with 100% pure pollutants.

25 posted on 06/08/2005 8:43:37 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: vannrox; Howlin; neverdem; xsmommy

Those are "paintings" ... ?!?!?!

(Quiet sound of awed amazement ......)

The colors, imagery, and beauty are amazing!


66 posted on 06/09/2005 4:56:59 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I can only contribute to FR monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS contributes to her campaign every day)
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To: vannrox

Is that a Caravaggio in the bottom of your post 22? Please put some labels in your posts, if only in a list at the bottom. Then I can learn something.

Are you on the art ping list? Please ping me when you post an article so the rest can read it too.


70 posted on 06/09/2005 5:29:09 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
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To: vannrox

Wow. That first pic looks like a photo. Is it?


79 posted on 06/09/2005 6:23:33 AM PDT by subterfuge (Hillary's Operative Cooked the Books! **just keep saying that wherever you go**)
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