[Rhodes22-list] More on GPS

[Brad Haslett]

Wally,

The good (well kinda good) news is that the recent Supreme Court decision
that allows the EPA to regulate CO2 emissions means a whole new wave of
lawsuits is coming from the environmentalists.  Perhaps the unintended
consequences is that nuclear starts to look really, really, good.  I think
the science behind global warming is dubious, the press is only presenting
the worst side of the issue, and the world community wants to punish the US
economically.  Since the UN, EU, NATO, and other multi-national
organizations can't seem to police anything else, what makes people think
they can police CO2 emissions?  If global warming is what it takes to
convince the US that we need to lower our dependence on foreign oil, I'll
start preaching global warming even though I think the whole thing is a
crock of shit.  You want less carbon emissions - tax them!  Make the CAFE
standard 40mpg in ten years (we could do that in one year but it would kill
Detroit - already on life support).  Make gasoline cost a minimum of $4 per
gallon (we've been at $3 per gallon and it didn't kill the economy).  We
hear all the politicians from both sides mouth about solutions to global
warming, but no one has the guts to level with the population about what the
personal costs in money and lifestyle will be as a result.  Get some 'nads'
Washington!  Let's Roll!

Brad

On 4/8/07, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> John, Interesting read...How long was the system "down". The article
> didn't
> seem to mention if it was just a few minutes or hours. I was just
> wondering???
>
> Brad, Every now and then we agree! The Sun!....You know some say it is due
> to variations in the wobble of the spinning earth. These same wobbles are
> also thought by many to have caused various heating and cooling cycles
> over
> the earth's history. Maybe increase in population in India and China are
> the
> cause?
>
> Slight variations in angle can make a difference. We all remember
> lightning
> fires with magnifying glass when we were kids right?....Get the angle just
> right and the glass would burn your brothers arm or small insect very
> quickly. Change the angle and nothing. That glass didn't work to well on
> cloudy days though....so maybe air pollution would reduce global warming
> because it can create a nice shade? :-)
>
> I heard the problem is caused by trrapped gases creating greenhouse
> effect.
> So maybe if we had a bigger hole in the ozone these bad gasses would not
> be
> trapped anymore...just kidding about all this. :-) Heck I don't know who
> to
> believe. We do need to find some clean energy and quit fouling our nest.
> If
> our land, air and water are clean we and our food chain will be ok.
>
> Wally
>
>
> >From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] More on GPS
> >Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:59:58 -0500
> >
> >John,
> >
> >Interesting article!  In the early 90's I flew the polar route from
> >Anchorage, AK to Prestwick, Scotland and then on to London about once or
> so
> >a month.  I never made it to 90 North (the Northern most route) but flew
> >the
> >85N route several times.  Twice, the sun flares were so bad that our HF
> >radios didn't work.  We flew radio silent for 9 hours from Point Barrow,
> AK
> >to coast in at Scotland with the exception of a VHF check-in at Alert and
> >Thule.  We had inertial nav so navigation wasn't an issue.  The whiskey
> >compass would just spin.  Now here's a question, isn't it possible that
> >'global warming' is a function of the sun and not so much mankind?
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >On 4/7/07, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Even though technology is my business (or maybe because of it), I've
> > > learned not to become too dependent on it.  It's wonderful stuff...
> > > while it works.  Regarding GPS specifically, you may want to read
> > > this article on the effect solar activity is having on our GPS
> > > system.  Especially as we approach a solar maximum in 2011.
> > >
> > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/05/gps.solar.ap/index.html
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > John Lock
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> > > Lake Sinclair, GA
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > >
> > > >What is easy and reliable in virtually all  boating
> > > >circumstances is GPS - it will tell you where you are and how to get
> > > >to  where you want
> > > >to go.  Virtually all our navigation, apart from piloting in
> >constrained
> > > and
> > > >familiar waterways (e.g. approaches to our marina),  is  done with
> >GPS.
> > >
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