Posted on 06/23/2005 1:01:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Don't know about buckeyballs, but we should be making buildings and bridges out of carbonfiber and not out of steel.
I was wondering when the eco-nuts would start demonizing this technology and research.
The eco-nut who wrote this article has an agenda, that agenda is to destory and stop research into technology. In other words, this article is complete BS.
Senate Rejects Greenhouse Gas Limits***The Senate yesterday rejected a measure calling for mandatory limits on emissions linked to global warming, siding with the Bush administration's position that the restrictions would cost jobs, drive industry overseas and run up consumers' energy bills.
Voting 60 to 38, lawmakers rejected an amendment to a major energy bill that would have forced reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases to 2000 levels by 2010 and created an emissions trading program. Eleven Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the measure, and six Republicans voted with the Democrats to support it. Opponents said the legislation would be too costly for businesses and would force manufacturers to move operations and jobs overseas. Some also disputed the conclusions of most scientists who have linked greenhouse gas emissions with global warming.
"My first priority is protecting our families and workers," said Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.). The amendment, he added, "will hurt our families, hurt our nation's energy security, drive jobs overseas. I don't want to be imposing this pain when there is no assurance that it will make any significant difference."………..***
I am FLOORED. I thought they were strictly a micro-scale product.
Time marches on.
Somewhat off topic, but what is it about the left and naked demonstrators?
I guess it's the only way they'll get covered.
Uh, no. Although the article briefly mentions nanotubes at one point, it's actually about Buckeyballs, which are another thing entirely. The blurb at the end gives a good quick intro to them.
The eco-nut who wrote this article has an agenda, that agenda is to destory and stop research into technology. In other words, this article is complete BS.
Did you actually read it? You misunderstood what the subject of the article was, and you apparently failed to read the passages where it stated that the known problems have pretty much already been solved...
You complain about the author's supposed "agenda", but you seem to be acting on one more than the article itself does.
So knee-jerking aside, exactly what part of the article is actually "complete BS" -- that is, what parts are you alleging are actually inaccurate in some way?
Caution is appropriate, but some nanotech is actually fairly big. They start with molecular level things like bucky balls and go up from there. By starting small they keep it small, but not always nano. The next crop of TVs will be in that category, with nanotubes as the staring point for pixel creation.
'nanotechnology', 'nanotubes', 'nanoparticles', 'nanomaterials', 'nanofibers'.....Just think, after all this time, we finally realize Mork was talking about 'Buckyballs'.
Nano nano!
Yikes! Kurt Vonnegut's "Ice 9".
Buckyballs are relatively large so they aren't going to change the chemistry of the water, they would be similar to suspended silt. Also if you've ever lit a wax candle you've breathed in buckyballs.
Time to start shaking the money tree again.
Just imagine!
Thanks for the info. But I have to add: OH NO, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!
I'm guessing the engineers at Ga. Tech know more about the water solubility of bucky balls than you do. I'm not sure why you consider them 'eco-nuts' for pointing this out and calling for caution in the consideration of disposal. Batteries are useful, but you don't want to dump them in the river when you're done with them.
There are a number of ways to write an article, this one was writen in way intending to attack this technology.
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